American Cartoons

ParaKiss_Groupie · Post by **ParaKiss_Groupie** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:13 pm

What kind of American Cartoons does everyone here watch? I watch Family Guy, Invader Zim (not anymore since it doesn't come on. I have to get random clips.), South Park, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

Sakuya · Post by **Sakuya** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:36 pm

I used to watch...um...the Justice League (the new one). Then I got tired of it so I switched to the perverted Family Guy and Futurama. I'd prefer Family Guy, Futurama starts off slow in every episode.

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:08 pm

X-Men: Evolution is my favorite right now. It has it's blah episodes, but when it hits, it HITS. It has great writing and characterization, and some great AU re-tellings of the Marvel Universe.

Post by **Tiff** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:01 pm

The Simpons, Futurama (when I can catch it), old eps of Invader Zim, and sometimes The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (again, when I happen to catch it). I also enjoy the old looney tunes cartoons.

Luchia Nanami · Post by **Luchia Nanami** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:27 am

I love lotsa toons!

I always frown when a message board has a forum for anime but no place for toons.

Ed, Edd, & Eddy
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Justice League
Batman
Superman
Batman Beyond
Static Shock
Transformers Armada
Powerpuff Girls (pre-22 minute episodes)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Sealab 2021
Space Ghost C2C
The Brak Show
Home Movies
Family Guy
The Simpsons
X-Men: Evolution
He-Man
South Park
Beavis & Butthead
The Big O 2
Super Mario Brothers Super Show
My Little Ponies
G.E.M.
G.I. Joe
Sonic SatAM
Tiny Toon Adventures
TMNT (both)
Captain N
Looney Tunes
Tom & Jerry
Duck Dodgers
Popeye
Funky Cops

..and those are just the ones I can remember.

(crud..with all them "boy" series I'll prolly be mistaken for one!)

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:56 am

Transformers: Armada and Big O are anime, I'm pretty sure...

Teen Titans (as close to anime as an American cartoon can get, and funny as hell at times)
Justice League
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Time Squad
Samurai Jack
Looney Tunes
Beast Wars
Reboot (Okay, those last two were technically Canadian, but Canada is part of North America so it counts...)

J Anderson · Post by **J Anderson** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:58 am

I like anything that Ward Studios made. Rocky and Bullwinkle being the most recognizable. But Tennessee Tuxedo is one I'm hoping gets the DVD treatment soon.

Looney Tunes and Popeye can get me through a week. Great stuff there. Not too big on Hanna Barbera, except for Flintstones and Jetsons, as well as their Fantastic Four cartoon.

Can't remember a lot of the shows from the 80s. He-Man still has it's moments, and I intend to buy the DVDs if they ever get around to an R1 release of those. I honestly can't remember watching She-Ra, though I did get a copy of Secret of the Sword recently. GI Joe always stuck me as a bit cheesy too, but in terms of story and characters, it had some of the best. I'm looking forward to the season 1 DVD.

I'm up in the air about Transformers. Animation errors abound. I know GI Joe had them too(same animation studio) bt TF suffered far worse, and the stories seemed to rely more on self containing themselves. and so few characters ever really stuck in my mind, shy of the absolute main ones. I've avoided the DVDs.

Reah Ghostbusters, however, is the big one of that decade for me.
And I like Pac-Man and Beetlejuice.

Mot much of the early 90s stuck out to me. Shy of "Super Dave" Osborne's cartoon, I don't think many of the standard morning stuff really grabbed me. But Ducktales was excellent, and I loved Darkwing Duck. Nevermind I think I watched every episode of The Mask.

But X-Men was my favorite. I wasn't even into X-Men at the time and I still enjoyed it. And recent DVDs have shown me it was probably one of the most mature cartoons Fox ever had on.

I actually like Beast Wars, but it was a while. Still think Beast Machines is why Bob Skir should never be allowed to work again, though.

I guess I can count HBO's Spawn, even though it was "animated comic book" rather than ever meant to be a cartoon. South Park, Family Guy, and Striperella are also on my "mature list".

As for current stuff, I like Spongebob even before it became a merchandising craze. And both Kim Possible and Fairly Oddparents are very good.

Stuff I don't get too excited over- Futurama(a very funny show, but they occasionally stick in these strange political and moral messages which are rather unnecessary), X-Men Unlimited(couldn't get into it, these aren't the same characters. Watch the episode Nightcrawler off the Legend of Wolverine DVD to see how that character is, I don't care for the girl crazy teen Nightcrawler), and Spider-Man TAS(Marvel lost what made X-Men good. The depth was lost, and the animation relied too much on CG highlighting).

Luchia Nanami · Post by **Luchia Nanami** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:10 am

Dinozore wrote:Transformers: Armada and Big O are anime, I'm pretty sure...

Transformers is an all American property. Just because it's animated overseas (like most series) doesn't mean it's anime.

And the Big O season 2 simply would have never been made if not for Cartoon Network so I'd say that makes it American enough.

Ah and I forgot Rocky&Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody, and Beetlejuice! Great shows! I wish there were some more good girl led shows. I remember the 80's had a nice bunch of them but these days it's essentially all male. I'd list Totally Spies but that's French.

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:25 am

Whether Transformers was originally American or not, I am 99% sure TF: Armada is an actual anime series. I could be wrong, though. I think Starscream knows about this one, ask him.

*thwacks self for forgetting old Disney afternoon shows like Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, and their ilk*

FoxFire · Post by **FoxFire** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:56 am

I was never much into superheroes before (besides watching Superfriends as a kid) but I've become addicted to Justice League and X-Men: Evolution recently. I haven't as impressed with Teen Titans despite the anime inspired artwork, but it's halfway decent sometimes.

The Simpsons
Futurama
Family Guy
South Park
Scooby Doo
Spongebob Squarepants
Kim Possible

I don't catch the last two that often, but they're always amusing when I do see them.

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:35 am

Transformers: Armada was released previously in Japan as Transformers: The Micron Legend. It finished airing at the beginning of this year. Some people tend to think of it differently than most dubs, as the two were made in some sort of conjunction (i.e., copies of the original were sent over to the US for dubbing soon after airing in Japan), but since it did air in Japan first, I tend to think of it as a good dub of the original anime.

Luchia Nanami · Post by **Luchia Nanami** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:30 am

Starscream wrote:Transformers: Armada was released previously in Japan as Transformers: The Micron Legend. It finished airing at the beginning of this year. Some people tend to think of it differently than most dubs, as the two were made in some sort of conjunction (i.e., copies of the original were sent over to the US for dubbing soon after airing in Japan), but since it did air in Japan first, I tend to think of it as a good dub of the original anime.

Actually it started airing in Japan in January.

Infact, they're only 2 episodes ahead of us due to the lonnnngg break in new episodes we had over the summer.

http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/transformer/story.html

We'll likely be getting Energon first to.

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:44 am

Crap, I read my information backwards ><;

Regardless, it's supposed to be a side-by-side development of action figures and the cartoon, so it's tough to classify it as an American cartoon or a Japanese one.

Tempest · Post by **Tempest** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:15 pm

Lesse.

X-men Evolution
Teen Titans
Justice League
Batman : The Animated Series [Does that even still come on?]
Thundercats [Does that count as Anime or North American?]
The Angry Beavers
Invader Zim
The Family Guy
Futurama
Gargoyles

alot of the AdultSwim Sunday block [Aqua Teens, Harvey Birdman, Sealab]. Used to love Mission Hill and The Oblongs [Will Farrel, wh00t].

Luchia Nanami · Post by **Luchia Nanami** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:24 pm

How can anyone like Teen Titans? That's by far the worst DCAU series yet.

*puts up flame shield*

Which reminds me, I liked The Zeta Project.

*makes the shield a double!*

Tempest · Post by **Tempest** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:13 pm

Oooh! Zeta! I forgot that one. *marks that down*

I do like Teen Titians, but something about it confuses me. Are they trying to go after that anime dime or are they mocking the anime fad/popularity?

Parallax · Post by **Parallax** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:36 pm

For me it's Justice League, Batman:The Animated Series, Superman, Batman Beyond, The Mask(S-s-s-s-smokin!!!!), Duck Dodgers.

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:58 pm

I don't know, Tempest...

However I love the series, and I just adore Starfire's voice. Actually, I think they used the anime style very well, better than some anime series imo.

*smacks self for forgetting Gargoyles*
I used to love that show, too...

Tempest · Post by **Tempest** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:04 pm

I like Starfire's voice too! She's actually my favorite character. She's as cute as a button.

Parallax, this is topic is for non-anime discussion, but you you'd like to list your favorite anime's their is a top 10 list in other anime.
http://www.unemploymentweekly.com/~mari ... c.php?t=16

I've yet to see the new Duck Dodgers. Is it any good? I'm a total Daffy Duck nut. *yoiks and Away!*

J Anderson · Post by **J Anderson** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:13 pm

Some people do consider Thundercats to be anime. I don't know if there was ever a Japanese version, though. Then again, I haven't seen the show in roughly 15 years.

Armada is technically anime. They dubbed it around the same time as the Japanese production. A lot of the early episodes have some rather bad problems keeping names straight(Jetfire called Thrust, half the Minicons being called Leader-1), either due to a rush jub on getting the NA voices or a rush in script writing.

I've also developed a new appreciation for Scooby Doo. I think it was because of the movie.

I'd also suggest tracking down the Gen 13 animated film if you can. Ebay should have plenty of copies. It was never released in the US, but the Phillipines got it on VHS(in English, Region 1), which is where my copy came from. Canada also got it on DVD, I believe, I know someone did since DVDs are out. I need to pick that one up.