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(?) · by **numsOic** (?) » Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:52 am

There's also a YouTube account, but some of the videos are flipped.

(?) · by **Svidrigailov** (?) » Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:53 pm

Have I recommended Parks and Recreation yet?

It's one of the best comedies of the moment and, in my opinion, the closest thing live-action TV has to FiM. It is just pure joy.

(?) · by **Pocket** (?) » Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:35 pm

Mr. Big wrote:It should be noted that Hasbro doesn't own "Dan Vs.", it's an outside production that the Hub acquired.

And its production company is owned by Starz Media, which doesn't even allow its shows on Netflix anymore.

(?) · by **logicow** (?) » Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:02 pm

Lobst wrote:The few Brits that lurk around here may be familiar with a short-lived cartoon series/adventure game named Blazing Dragons, about an inventor squire and his knightly camaraderie in the dragon-populated kingdom of Camelhot. Masterminded by Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame), it ended up getting a great 13-episode first season before its production values were slashed to ribbons by opportunistic suits and the cartoon was sent to an early death.

The game was a Sam & Max clone released for Saturn/PSOne, was made by the same company who did the Beavis & Butthead/Duckman adventure games, and features a slightly more grown-up sense of humor as well as awesome voiceacting by some real cartoon all-stars. (Accompanied by Cheech Marin attempting an English accent [yeah, I don't know either].)

I recommend most of the first season, as well as the game. Don't try to buy the episodes on Amazon Instant Video or whatever -- they were chopped apart for a Toon Disney release, and the cartoon's stereotypical gay character was cut out entirely. You should be able to find a fair amount of it on Youtube; here's a good starting point.

I like this suggestion! I haven't checked the adventure game yet but the cartoons are nice.

(?) · by **Momar** (?) » Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:21 am

Oh man, I remember this show. This aired uncut on Canadian TV a few years back. Not bad, and definitely died an early death.

(?) · by **Scuderia Ferrarity** (?) » Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:58 am

Somebody recommended a web comic by one of the storyboard artists of Adventure Time. Reaching or Turning or something like that. Who wrote it?

(?) · by **Mr. Big** (?) » Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:18 am

So anyone seen this? It's a student film done by the Regular Show guy, featuring an early version of Mordecai and Benson. Pretty much like the show, except they say fuck alot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk9eLbi0QYg

(?) · by **Biblius** (?) » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:08 am

G&PTrixie wrote:Everyone should read Yotsuba&!

It's about having a good time and being with friends!

http://koiwai.biz/

What's weird is I just saw this thread and I started Yotsuba Friday.

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:48 pm

Mr. Big wrote:So anyone seen this? It's a student film done by the Regular Show guy, featuring an early version of Mordecai and Benson. Pretty much like the show, except they say fuck alot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk9eLbi0QYg

Wow, I didn't think there was anything to make Regular Show any better, but, there it is. Having Mordechai and Benson say "fuck" would make Regular Show even better.
I can even hear it. CLEAN THIS MESS UP, OR YOUR FUCKING FIRED! in that awesome screaming yell he does. :allears:

(?) · by **Mr. Big** (?) » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:10 pm

Benson so totally says "fuck" alot. He just does it off-screen. Although, still, I'm amazed that the show gets away with having characters say "piss", "crap", and "suck". One episode had Muscle Man say that all cool parties have guests with breasts, and "mine don't count!" (he actually says "breast")

(?) · by **numsOic** (?) » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:14 pm

How do they even pitch Regular Show to kids? It's clearly by and for the "grew up in the '80s" crowd.

The student film also sets up a possible framing device for the show: yes, we're two deadbeat college-aged dudes working in a park, but we're stoned all the time. It explains everything.

(?) · by **Mr. Big** (?) » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:28 pm

I recently watched an episode where Mordecai sees Pops naked. At one point they go to a video store, where they rent VHS tapes. Yeah, JG Quintel (the show's creator) is definitely an '80s kid. The last time I rented tapes was 10 years ago. That episode also had Benson's gumball flap rising after taking a shower. They're not even trying to be subtle.

In another words, one of the best cartoons on TV right now.

"I watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic all day, every day"

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:45 pm

The new Looney Tunes Show is actually pretty adult sometimes. Like, the humour is aimed at us who remember the old stuff when we were kids, and all the plots deal with 100% adult problems. "Buying a Restaurant", "School Reunion and I'm not Successful", "Plastic Surgery so You Like Yourself", and, my favourite, "Throwing a Dinner Party For Your Neighbors So They Don't Sue For All the Shit Daffy Does."

Plus the music homages, the snappy dialogue, the "grown-up" characters, the fact they don't talk about the fact they live Toon and Human alongside and nobody questions it.

"Well...this party blows." - Yosemite Sam.

(?) · by **Davyinatoga** (?) » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:09 pm

Mr. Big wrote:I recently watched an episode where Mordecai sees Pops naked. At one point they go to a video store, where they rent VHS tapes. Yeah, JG Quintel (the show's creator) is definitely an '80s kid. The last time I rented tapes was 10 years ago. That episode also had Benson's gumball flap rising after taking a shower. They're not even trying to be subtle.

In another words, one of the best cartoons on TV right now.

"I watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic all day, every day"

You need to watch the one where Rigby learns the Death Punch and goes on a tyrannical rampage because he wants to beat Mordecai at an arm-punching game. The Death Punch is basically a punch that you do when sporting a mullet and cut-off jean shorts (that are cut off so high that the pockets poke out from the bottom).

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:35 pm

It is also a world-ending punch. The most mighty of punches. :allears:

(?) · by **Mr. Big** (?) » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:00 pm

Heh, I actually watched that one last night.

"Quick, doctor, both of these butt cheeks are unrecognizable. If we want anyone to be able to recognize this as a butt in the future, then we're gonna have to do a complete butt transplant, stat!"

(?) · by **FightingDreamer** (?) » Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:31 am

When I first heard tell of Marvel's The Super Hero Squad Show, I rolled my eyes. "Really? A show based on those dinky little preschool toys?"

Then I started hearing about the casting, with both a regular cast of cartoon heavy-hitters (Tom Kenny, Grey DeLisle, Tara Strong, Charlie Adler, Steve Blum, Travis Willingham, David Boat) and cool guests like James Marsters, George Takei (as fucking GALACTUS no less), Jane Lynch, Katee Sackhoff, Jim Parsons, Mark Hamill, Adam West, Kevin Sorbo, Jennifer Morrison, and others. So I sat down one day out of boredom and... it's actually quite a bit of fun.

The story editor is Matt Wayne, who wrote the first animated Hellboy movie as well as well-regarded episodes of Justice League Unlimited and The Spectacular Spider-Man, so he has a lot of geek cred. He and the other writers clearly love the Marvel Universe in all its weirdness, digging deep to showcase old favorites as well as more obscure ones; I never thought I would *ever* see the likes of Werewolf By Night, Ka-Zar, Man-Thing or Moon-Boy in animation, but there they are all the same.

Of course, it also helps that the show gleefully embraces silliness, slapstick, and goofy dialogue. The voice actors are clearly having a total blast, especially Adler as Dr. Doom, which might be one of his most purely entertaining creations. Even the animation is pretty solid, though I had to get used to the "chibi" designs. Definitely give it a go, I say.

Also, Charlotte Fullerton worked on a couple episodes. :awesomedash:

(?) · by **Lobst** (?) » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:33 am

Svidrigailov wrote:Have I recommended Parks and Recreation yet?

It's one of the best comedies of the moment and, in my opinion, the closest thing live-action TV has to FiM. It is just pure joy.

If this qualifies (I personally think it's incredible), I'd also like to submit Scrubs, season 1 only. Like FiM, it's a comedy with sharp writing and a bit of depth to it, and the character dynamics evolve from episode to episode. The protagonist/narrator is especially great. He's played by Zach Braff with a pre-Garden-State ego; his in-over-his-head-ness really shows in his performance, and at the end of each episode he wraps the moral up in a neat little package, letter-to-Celestia style.

I don't (necessarily) recommend seasons 2 through 9 because it feels like they focus-grouped and retooled it to be more sitcommy; the protagonist and female lead become huge entitled jerks, the bitterly-divorced couple gets back together, the female characters ham up the sexiness more and more, and the characters are written wacky for wackiness's sake. I still find it tolerable despite all this, but man, that first season was fantastic.

(?) · by **Aurora** (?) » Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:16 am

Seasons 2 through 8 of Scrubs are pretty decent still, don't be silly. A lot of the good stuff is in there, in fact.

I think it dips in 6 and 7 but 8 is a good finale.

Don't watch 9.

(?) · by **Daionus The 23rd** (?) » Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:42 pm

If it helps convince you, the guys who worked on the show also worked on Clone High.

Also that episode where the old lady willingly dies rather than go on dialysis made my mom sad because it reminded her of her own mom.

(?) · by **FightingDreamer** (?) » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:09 pm

Another 80s 'toon reboot that far outstrips its original incarnation has to be the 2002 He-Man series. It's not perfect, but it manages to drop most of what didn't work in the original series, making it the show the original *should* have been.

For one thing, the voice acting is terrific. Oddly, it's kind of like Pony in that while the main character is voiced by a "big name" California voice actor (Cam Clarke does double-duty for Prince Adam and He-Man), the rest of the cast is Canadian. Clarke does a great job differentiating Adam and He-Man in both voice and performance; Adam sounds like an excitable, immature teenager without being annoying, while there's almost a sly edge of self-parody in He-Man's awesomely macho voice and acting. Garry Chalk is rock-solid as Man-At-Arms, Lisa Ann Beley is tough and spunky as Teela, and Gabe Khouth actually manages to make Orko endearing as opposed to the Scrappy-Doo-level annoyance in the original. Additionally, Nicole Oliver plays the Sorceress, and it's amusing to hear her basically use a slightly deeper version of her Celestia voice for it.

On the villainous end of things, Brian Dobson is a terrific Skeletor, keeping just enough of Alan Oppenheimer's iconic high-pitched rasp but also doing his own thing. Kathleen Barr (in another amusing Pony precursor) is wonderfully snarky as Evil-Lyn, and Scott McNeil and Paul Dobson fill out the rest of the side villains (McNeil also voices some of the side heroes such as Stratos).

The animation and action is also excellent, updating the designs to look generally less goofy and great background art, though there's *quite* a lot of sword-spinning in the action scenes to get around the fact that they can't actually cut each other. The writing is a little spottier, but still pretty solid all the way through the first season. It's serious when it needs to be, yet is also willing to poke fun at itself. The music by Joseph LoDuca (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess) is also awesome. Unfortunately, the last 13 episodes turn things over to the much less interesting Snake Men as villains, so it kind of peters out.

Still, I'd definitely recommend checking it out.

(?) · by **kefkafloyd** (?) » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:27 pm

I agree, I really liked the Masters of the Universe reboot and was kind of bummed that it didn't have a proper resolution. It just kind of... petered out.

(?) · by **Doctor Wheeze** (?) » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:03 pm

FightingDreamer wrote:George Takei (as fucking GALACTUS no less)

Where do I watch this :-D

(?) · by **FightingDreamer** (?) » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:21 pm

Doctor Wheeze wrote:Where do I watch this

Almost the entire thing is on DVD, from Shout Factory no less; I believe the final volume is coming out next month.

Also, it's actually been airing on the Hub recently. Check the schedule.

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:19 pm

I liked Swat Kats. Remember Swat Kats? Good times.

There was one episode where they had a group of not-too-subtly-in-the-image-of-Nazis all female cat army attack the city.

I was young enough at the time when I very first watched it to not know all that much about WW2, that all I noticed was how badass their uniforms were.

(?) · by **Isaak** (?) » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:47 pm

^Most. Badass. Intro. Ever.

Click here to view video.

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:59 pm

That was before furries ruined everything for me! T'was a happier time. :allears:

(?) · by **FightingDreamer** (?) » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:36 pm

I've always thought of Swat Kats and Pirates of Dark Water as the moment where Hannah Barbera went, "You know what? Let's do something different. How about we make a couple action shows where we REALLY go all out in the visuals department instead of another cheap-ass talking animal show."

Of course, this was also the same period where they put out "Yo, Yogi!", so don't put too much stock in my theory. Still, those two hold up from a voice acting perspective certainly (HB always had that as a plus), and the animation, while not exemplary for the most part, still has a lot more effort put into it.

(?) · by **reidransom** (?) » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:07 am

FightingDreamer wrote:I've always thought of Swat Kats and Pirates of Dark Water as the moment where Hannah Barbera went, "You know what? Let's do something different. How about we make a couple action shows where we REALLY go all out in the visuals department instead of another cheap-ass talking animal show."

I will always be disappointed that they didn't finish Pirates of Dark Water. It started out kind of patchy, and the animation was still leaving a bit to be desired at times, but they were really putting together a good story and world and just as you start to get invested in it, they cancel it.

(?) · by **Tailspin** (?) » Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:54 pm

Isaak wrote:^Most. Badass. Intro. Ever.

That theme song will never stop being awesome. :awesomedash:

Say, is it true that the only reason Swat Kats was canceled was because some guy who was in charge at CN hated it and wanted to kill it? I mean from what I understand it had high ratings and was a pretty popular show at the time.

(?) · by **Mr. Big** (?) » Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:57 pm

Tailspin wrote:
That theme song will never stop being awesome.

Say, is it true that the only reason Swat Kats was canceled was because some guy who was in charge at CN hated it and wanted to kill it? I mean from what I understand it had high ratings and was a pretty popular show at the time.

The show actually aired in syndication, and yeah it did get really high ratings. It was Ted Turner who cancelled it. He cited violence as the excuse, although it was apparent that he just hated the thing.

(?) · by **Nissl** (?) » Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:50 am

This is making the rounds on /co/. Some of the best 3-d animation for TV I've seen, and the show is super cute. Definitely aimed more at the 3-4 age bracket in terms of story and world depth - and probably not something to watch regularly unless you have a child in that age range - but I found it a lot more engaging than the other shows I've checked out for this age group.

Click here to view video.

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(?) · by **Huitzil** (?) » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:01 am

DarkMatter wrote:I actually have seen the episode in the first image there (the one with the Clockwork Orange reference) and I actually thought the episode was pretty funny. But so far it's been the only one I've seen. I really should try to catch it again sometime.

Oh, I just thought of a cartoon people who like FiM might like: Superjail! I don't know if it's still on as I haven't watched [adult swim] in a long time, but Superjail! mind melting insanity and has some of the best Flash animation (yes, the show is done in Flash!) I've ever seen. It's not the greatest show ever, but I've enjoyed it whenever I've caught it on.

Superjail is fun but it's a show you HAVE to watch in the right state of mind or you'll hate it. You can't go in to it expecting plot or jokes or good writing -- none of those things matter. Superjail isn't a comedy like ATHF, Superjail is those doodles you made in your 6th grade Social Studies notebook of robots mooshing army men expanded to 11 minutes.

(?) · by **numsOic** (?) » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:16 pm

Nissl wrote:This is making the rounds on /co/. Some of the best 3-d animation for TV I've seen, and the show is super cute. Definitely aimed more at the 3-4 age bracket in terms of story and world depth - and probably not something to watch regularly unless you have a child in that age range - but I found it a lot more engaging than the other shows I've checked out for this age group.

Click here to view video.

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The credits are full of Spanish names. Where is this produced?

Also, you're already on a forum about "a fun show for girls—ages 3+". We're not judging. :iamapony:

(?) · by **Nissl** (?) » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:41 pm

I think it's produced in Madrid, Spain. Government funding probably explains how they can afford decent 3d animation in a television series like this. My understanding is that it only launched in the English language maybe a week ago. Decent dub although I find the one with the boombox kind of hard to understand in a few lines.

Also, as far as the disclaimer... I was kind of looking over the last few pages of the thread when I posted this, and figuring it won't be everyone's bag. My opinion is the show is going to appeal to people who like the cute/bright/colorful/strong characters/good animation components of ponies. Not so much with people who like the world building, complex characters, cultural references, or adult-friendly metanarratives. I honestly don't know if I'll bother trying to find all of the episodes, but it's certainly a nice example of its class.

(?) · by **numsOic** (?) » Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:46 am

Well, people were already suggesting seemingly random stuff after the first couple of posts anyway, so it's not really necessary at this point.

Speaking of shows with "cute/bright/colorful/strong characters/good animation", has anyone suggested this yet?

The animation is top-notch cartoony and the writing is goofy enough to be entertaining. And the visual style is as eclectic as it looks in that shot. There's a couple clips on this official page, but I don't know of any place to watch it legally.

E: Okay so it was recommended back in May when the first season was just starting. The season finale aired two days ago, so it's a good way to spend a couple hours if you can get hold of it.

(?) · by **Aurora** (?) » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:39 am

Is this better than that Problem Solverz show? I've only watched Regular Show out of Cartoon Network's block lately.

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:55 pm

Gumball is really funny and well animated. They use real photo backgrounds and draw the animated figures on. They live in a cosmopolitan world where citizens are all races and even objects but they never mention it. Gumball's mom is the best character. She gets really mad and just starts fuckin' breaking everything.

(?) · by **numsOic** (?) » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:20 pm

Chunky wrote:Is this better than that Problem Solverz show? I've only watched Regular Show out of Cartoon Network's block lately.

I was absolutely unable to go through the first five minutes of Problem Solverz due to it being a hideous eyesore, so I couldn't say.

TAWoG is visually a pleasure to watch, if nothing else. Gumball's family dynamics are absolutely clichéd (nothing The Simpsons hasn't driven home in over two decades) and a lot of the characters are really one-dimensional, but there's some clever writing in there. Also, to expand on what Aramek said, they use real backdrops and the characters are all either digital traditional animation, stop-motion or 3D, as far as I can tell, and all the styles are well executed and work together better than you'd expect. HD is highly recommended.

(?) · by **Ragnar** (?) » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:39 am

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Three homeless people--a bitter fat drunk with a beard, a runaway high school girl, and a transgender woman or gay transvestite (still not sure)--discover a baby abandoned in the garbage. They set out to find the baby's mother so they can demand an explanation. It's by the same guy who did Paranoia Agent, Millennium Actress, and Paprika. Yes, it's anime, or at least it's an animated movie from Japan. Don't let that stop you. It's really good, I swear.
Why am I putting this here instead of necroing the movie thread? Because this and Ponies share a basic idealism and positive view of the world without ignoring the world's problems, and all the characters make tons of great, expressive faces.

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