The Venture Brothers

If not anime, then Regular Show. Despite most episodes covering a new topic each episode, many references from older episodes show up in future episodes. Additionally, each season’s overarching story is really good.

Cartoons as animation or cartoon strips? Do you call anime and 3d cartoons also? (That could offend so many people :D )

Rocko’s Modern Life - classic 90s stuff

Omg I keep thinking of all the good ones.

Pinky and the brain

Fineas and Pherb

Ed. Edd. And eddy.

Let’s get “The last Airbender” out of the way now.

Futurama

Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys

Mother. Fuckin.

SWAT KATS

Two junkyard bros who also happen to be super engineers, create this badass jet that has all kinds of awesome weapons and tactical capabilities, and they use it to become vigilantes to save the city from evil and destruction.

Fuckin AWESOME theme song

Justice League/Justice League Unlimited

Great storytelling (imo) and action. Maybe not so much the music (aside from the theme songs).

Young Justice

If you enjoy superheroes/DC, this is a cool show about the sidekicks splitting off and kinda doing their own thing but still working with the Justice League. They mainly focus on covert missions like going undercover to break into secret superpower smuggling rings and things like that. It does get a little bogged down in some “personal” stories and relationship stuff, but imo it’s bearable and balanced out by the action and overarching story.

Way too many. Pretty much all Adult Animation, with a few exceptions which I’ll note.

Bojack Horseman

An anthropomorphic horse man looks out over an ocean as the sun sets

The best description I have for Bojack Horseman is it’s a dark comedy/drama about generational trauma, depression, wrestling with one’s own demons, owning up to your mistakes, redemption, and so much more, all wrapped up in a strange colorful world that’s full of commentary, an absurd amount of witty puns, and so much more. One of my favorites of all time.

Long Story Short

Long Story Short is from the same writer as Bojack Horseman, but was released very recently. I just got done watching it. I would describe it as a montage of coming of age stories around 3 siblings. The format jumps around from different years within their lives as it depicts an American Jewish Family navigating their interpersonal relationships, explore their Jewish heritage, and grow as a family. It’s a well done comedy with some heavy drama thrown in. Well done in my opinion and worth the watch.

Hazbin Hotel

Hazbin Hotel is a Musical Comedy/Drama that takes place in an exaggerated version of Hell. Taking place in the creator’s own “Helliverse”, Hazbin Hotel stars the daughter of Lucifer Morningstar, Charlie Morningstar, who founds a Hotel with the hope that they can redeem sinners so that they might enter into Heaven. It’s a charming show with some pretty well done music, sometimes very well done animation, and an entertaining cast of characters.

Helluva Boss

Same creator, same universe as Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss stars Blitz (the “o” is silent), an Imp in Hell who founds a company IMP, which provides the service of Assassination for any in Hell who have a grievance with someone still among the living. Helluva Boss is also a musical, though admittedly has far fewer musical numbers. It is also a comedy (some of the comedy is very very raunchy), and also a drama. This one you can watch for free on youtube.

Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty is probably familiar to most at this point. Rick and Morty stars the titular Rick Sanchez and his grandson, Morty. They go on wacky sci fi adventures with some overarching drama along the way. The show is definitely a dark comedy that occasionally delves into some deep existential nihilistic moments. If you haven’t watched this on yet, get on it. It’s a solid win.

Solar Opposites

Solar Opposites stars Korvo and his family of Alien Invaders from the recently destroyed planet Schlorp. They come to Earth with their “baby” Pupa, which will eventually evolve to consume the planet and provide resources to create another planet Schlorp. The show has it’s dramatic moments here and there, but is generally a comedy. If you enjoyed Rick and Morty, it’s likely you’ll enjoy the style of humor this show has to offer. Make no mistake though, Solar Opposites is distinctively it’s own show and even has some great side stories around miniaturized humans and some intergalactic policemen.

Flapjack!

Hmm, leaving out anime…

• Futurama (excluding Comedy Central era)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender is styled like an anime but isn’t
• Invincible
• Bob’s Burgers
• Gargoyles
• Street Sharks
• Interstella 55555
• Heavy Metal
• Metalocalypse

I know there are more but I am sputtering just now.

Steve universe:

Adventure Time:

And a classic, Animaniacs:

1. Miraculous

It’s Dork Diaries but with superheroes, keeps going by a reset button ability and a gordian knot dual-inverse love triangle.

Marinette is the for me most relatable protagonist i’ve ever seen.

2. Angelo

A guy with huge eyes and (probably) ADHD goes to school and has plans for how to not learn. The episodes with Tracy are usually the good ones.

Angelo explaining his plan.

3. Robin Hood (the one by method animation, idk what its named in english)

Robin Hood but they’re all kids. Cartoon physics in 3d. Cartoon logic too. However, they very quickly ran out of ideas so most episodes feel almost identical.

Marian’s spells seem to have an 80% rate of something going wrong.

Right now, Common Side Effects (season 2 should come out soon)

Made by the Futurama and Simpson guys, a Matt Groening show. More of a fantasy show with heavy comedy than a comedy show. Very, very strong continuity between episodes. This thread reminds me there are probably a new season or two out by now I need to go watch.

I watched this in the wake of K-Pop Demon Hunters. I am not the biggest fan of its animation aesthetic, but I got used to it. What caught me off guard is that the writing is pretty solid. This is also a very strong continuity show, one long plotline. Can you tell my interest in episodic animation is dead, now?

Honestly, it has been a very long time since I’ve watched this, but I feel like it should get a special mention. I dunno if it would stand the test of time, but it was both incredibly refreshing for the time (2004) while also parodying a lot of anime and videogame stuff I loved.

A show I was obsessed with for a few years. Metalocalypse was king of media in my life for a while. I had the first two Dethklok albums on CD. One of my most recent regrets is I had tickets to see Dethklok and Babymetal together in concert and did not go because depression was eating at me, and I just didn’t want to go out. That was so fucking stupid. I want to punch my past self.