Animation Boomers: Modern Shows Don’t Have The Heart And Souls That The Cartoons That I Grew Up Had

Zelda is right. Return the rights. They're taking off all this shit for tax purposes and so that they don't have to pay residuals but worse than that, for a great deal of projects, they also own the rights meaning these projects can never be available anywhere else.

the lyoko gang

I call this hairstyle ‘ticking time buns’

Well, ain't that the truth

Ain’t much but it helps for the length of an episode

some more code lyoko doodles! the gang hangin out...

Animated horror...that's rated pg-13...with an actual black girl as the lead...with a natural hairstyle...in goth/alternative outfits...in a religious boarding school setting...and funny demon buddies who are also black...directed by Jordan Peele...with stop motion animation...BY HENRY SELICK??!

These people deserved better

Matt Braly talks about the animation massacre

Lady Knights and Fairy Knights

Please watch Wendell & Wild.

Not just because it’s a Halloween classic in the making.

Not just because it has a unique art style.

Not just because it has decent trans rep (which is cool to see it get more attention in recent years).

And not just because it has Key and Peele playing the best characters in the movie.

Watch Wendell & Wild to prove that animation can cater to more than just kids. This movie is PG-13 (but a 90s PG), meaning it’s more for older audiences without relying on constant cursing, grotesque violence, and ludicrous amounts of sex and drugs. Instead, it uses creativity and genuinely good writing to tell a story that, while not really too intense for kids, it’s at least a lot more advanced for them. And that’s great. I want more animation that appeals to a vast majority of audiences of many ages and proves that type of animated content can be successful so people can stop saying animation is just for kids. But it’s not. Anybody of any age should be able to enjoy animation and all its strengths, and the best way to do that is to give movies like Wendell & Wild a shot.

So, please, watch it.

My one hope after Wendell & Wild is that Henry Selick finally starts getting the credit he deserves. Tim Burton did not make Nightmare Before Christmas and he didn’t make Coraline or any of those other movies, that was all Henry and it’s about time people say his name instead