The Western Animation thread

Jacobkosh

Welcome to the thread for discussing cartoons from places that aren't Japan. That last part is very important.

Here are some examples of things you can discuss:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFLTa1_SYfs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvHxhUyPiq4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3EoBl5uBfU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFMsOeWyWTY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUcKJflBG8Q

Trying to slip anime in, or getting too weird and creepy about pony-related children's entertainments, will not be looked upon with favor.

Other than that, go nuts.

surrealitycheck

So handsome

so... like a pony

Bedlam

racist against ponies.

Specieist?

Anyway if you were on the fence about MLP the latest episode is one of the best. It has a alice in wonderland refrence and a benny hill theme interlude. That show is really hitting its stride.

tallgeeze

Watched the latest Sym-Bionic Titan this morning(DVR is the best!). Pretty good episode. I wonder if Genndy has enough time to wrap everything up. I can see where the show may be heading to a nice season finale cliffhanger, but with its cancellation I hope they can get some closer on it.

Steel was cracked me up when he threw his pistol.

Bionic Monkey

Just so we're clear, can we get an edict on western properties given to eastern animation studios, such as the X-Men anime, or this upcoming Mass Effect thing?

21stCentury

Also, what is this Thread's stance on shows such as Avatar who are very much "animesque"? What about shows such as Cybersix which are co-productions between the US and Japan?

enc0re

Last night I saw the trailer for Sym Bionic Titan on CN for the first time. Thought to myself that it's worth checking out. This morning I noticed the title on the last Western Animation thread. Did it get cancelled before it started? Could someone fill me in?

Ninjabear

I just saw the "That's My Jam" episode of Regular Show after not watching the show for a couple of weeks. It's like I've fallen in love with the series all over again.

emnmnme

Fox doesn't air Saturday morning cartoons anymore? It's just the WB now?

Owlbat

So I just finished the first season of Wakfu in a super marathon last night. I am a happy person.

Also, what day are they showing new episodes?

Bedlam

emnmnme wrote: »

Fox doesn't air Saturday morning cartoons anymore? It's just the WB now?

The WB still exsists? Didnt it change to the CW? Or is that only in some markets?

ABC does a some of the disney shows on saturday mornings. Not strictly cartoons though.

21stCentury

emnmnme wrote: »

Fox doesn't air Saturday morning cartoons anymore? It's just the WB now?

it made me sad when I realized Fox stopped airing afterschool and saturday morning cartoons. is it because they just couldn't compete with the cable networks anymore? Still, they produced some great shows in the day. Remember The Tick?

pyromaniac221

Wasn't there supposed to be a new Young Justice episode yesterday?

yalborap

enc0re wrote: »

Last night I saw the trailer for Sym Bionic Titan on CN for the first time. Thought to myself that it's worth checking out. This morning I noticed the title on the last Western Animation thread. Did it get cancelled before it started? Could someone fill me in?

It's been on for a while now. Had an initial 20 episode order. Now that's all it's getting, and that order's almost used up.

Zombiemambo

21stCentury wrote: »

Also, what is this Thread's stance on shows such as Avatar who are very much "animesque"? What about shows such as Cybersix which are co-productions between the US and Japan?

Avatar is really good and I've yet to hear anyone disagree. Later on the show comes into its own style and moves away from a lot of the anime influences it began with.

Xenogears of Bore

Just don't talk about anything that's clearly anime and you'll be fine.

21stCentury

There seems to be a lot of action-oriented cartoons and comedy cartoons aimed at adults, but are there any good cartoons that hit more psychological notes? Or is there just not enough of a market for cartoons for grownups that aren't comedies?

Kipling217

Four legs good, two legs bad!

Slacker1913

21stCentury wrote: »

There seems to be a lot of action-oriented cartoons and comedy cartoons aimed at adults, but are there any good cartoons that hit more psychological notes? Or is there just not enough of a market for cartoons for grownups that aren't comedies?

In most cases you have to look at the European studios for those.
edit: This is one of the recent French ones.
The Illusionist

PikaPuff

tallgeeze wrote: »

Watched the latest Sym-Bionic Titan this morning(DVR is the best!). Pretty good episode. I wonder if Genndy has enough time to wrap everything up. I can see where the show may be heading to a nice season finale cliffhanger, but with its cancellation I hope they can get some closer on it.

Steel was cracked me up when he threw his pistol.

That was the 20th and final episode.

Bedlam

IS Gendy under contract to develop for cartoon network? It seems like with the fanbase his shows have and with CN cancelling them before they are "finished" that he might have better luck shopping an idea somwhere else.

Kind of like how Joss Whedon's Fox shows keep getting canceled. (I think Ive heard that he did have a contract to develop for Fox)

Jacobkosh

Bionic Monkey wrote: »

Just so we're clear, can we get an edict on western properties given to eastern animation studios, such as the X-Men anime, or this upcoming Mass Effect thing?

Those are fine, but they can't be used as an excuse to post long clips of actual anime "for comparison" or anything like that.

Dac Vin

Owlbat wrote: »

So I just finished the first season of Wakfu in a super marathon last night. I am a happy person.

Also, what day are they showing new episodes?

Wakfu airs every saturday morning in France then it's put on the official website until the next episode airs.

Which mean the latest episode came out today.

Also I know I said it in the last thread, but there won't be a new episode on easter break - we'll be getting the Ogrest special instead.

LockedOnTarget

Too late, that video in the last thread already made me a pedo.

delroland

Genndy needs to go back to school to learn how to draw emotive human faces. I love his creature art, but all of his normal characters are limited to eyes: open/closed/glaring + mouth: neutral/grinning/grimacing.

Reynolds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKgEa0mn8Jk

Your move, thread.

DanHibiki

that's some ship of Theseus shit right there.

tallgeeze

That's interesting, but I wonder how many will get the references in that show.

I expect wikipedia hits from Japan going up about 5% after an episode airs.

edit: Thinking about it makes me laugh. A Pimp Named Slickback-san

LockedOnTarget

I can't help but wonder if there's a message board in Japan somewhere where they're bitching about how the Japanese dub ruins the original.

Xenogears of Bore

happens all around the world with bad hollywood movie dubs.

LockedOnTarget

I'm almost kinda glad I never got around to checking out Titan now that I know it didn't get anything close to a proper ending.

21stCentury

LockedOnTarget wrote: »

I'm almost kinda glad I never got around to checking out Titan now that I know it didn't get anything close to a proper ending.

Isn't it, like, the third series by Tartakovsky without anything close to a proper ending?

You'd think by now, it'd have stopped being surprising.

DanHibiki

LockedOnTarget wrote: »

I can't help but wonder if there's a message board in Japan somewhere where they're bitching about how the Japanese dub ruins the original.

happened with Call of Duty.

Oh and hey, they pulled a Funimation: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/03/call-of-duty-black-ops-edited-for-japanese-audience/

Centipede Damascus

I don't understand that logic. There are twenty awesome episodes out there that are mostly self-contained.

LockedOnTarget

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

I don't understand that logic. There are twenty awesome episodes out there that are mostly self-contained.

I'm the type that tends to get invested in characters/running plotlines very easily and when shows end like that I get very frustrated.

I was running under the impression that the show was more continuity-focused than you'e implying, though.

Zombiemambo

Ahahaha the Japanese Boondocks theme is excellent

Mortal Sky

Oh wow, listening to that Japanese dub
so, so, so many references that would go straight over the average Japanese person's head.

TrippyJing

I miss Disney Afternoon.

Centipede Damascus

LockedOnTarget wrote: »

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

I don't understand that logic. There are twenty awesome episodes out there that are mostly self-contained.

I'm the type that tends to get invested in characters/running plotlines very easily and when shows end like that I get very frustrated.

I was running under the impression that the show was more continuity-focused than you'e implying, though.

It has a really neat mythology but it is very heavily influenced by monster-of-the-week shows like super sentai and ultraman. Continuity does show up in ways like parts of the city that are destroyed in previous episodes are still destroyed in subsequent episodes and so forth, but it's definitely not a show that can't be picked up halfway through.

Lalilulelo

Reynolds wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKgEa0mn8Jk

Your move, thread.

O_O

OtakuD00D

21stCentury wrote: »

LockedOnTarget wrote: »

I'm almost kinda glad I never got around to checking out Titan now that I know it didn't get anything close to a proper ending.

Isn't it, like, the third series by Tartakovsky without anything close to a proper ending?

You'd think by now, it'd have stopped being surprising.

That's why I was reluctant to even watch Titan. I was already saddened by the lack of closure to Samurai Jack.