Does Canadian animation get too much of a bad rap? Somewhere between 2008 and 2016, Cartoon Network imported a lot of Canadian cartoons and most of them, such as Almost Naked Animals and the infamous Johnny Test, were not very good. I think this gave people a bad first impression when it comes to Canadian animation especially if this was their first exposure to it. Which is kind of sad seeing how there are Canadian cartoons that, in my opinion, are very good. Cartoons like Cybersix, Beast Wars, Stickin' Around, and Ed, Edd n Eddy were quality shows that people often don’t mention. What do you think should be done to improve the industry’s reputation?
>>145534870>What do you think should be done to improve the industry’s reputation?Support the very few cartoons that get made nowadays and get international distribution
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>>145534870Paw Patrol is Canadian. Make of that what you will. I haven't watched it, but I'm well aware it's massively successful and popular.Arthur started Canadian, I have no idea if we're still animating it.A lot of the bad ones you named went out of their way to announce they're Canadian. So you remember them as Canadian. Also the poorly disguised fetishes cemented them in memery so you remember them.Canada had a lot more experimentation in the 90s that set it apart. So the cartoons that made it internationally didn't look like anything else out there.There was tons of dogshit tho.Mega Babies. That little fuck Caillou. Jane and the Dragon.When we make something terrible, it's spectacularly fuckin terrible.
>>145534870>Almost Naked AnimalsIt was aight and worked as a comedy for its target audience of elementary school kids.When I say it's aight, it's akin to Scaredy Squirrel, Spliced, Jimmy Two-Shoes, and Rocket Monkeys in terms of quality.Besides I prefer our negative reputation. It acts as a filter so that only those whom believe in the medium would choose at as a career path, hereby making Canadian animation having more hidden gems.Adam Conover's ilk has reduced influence here compared to that display they made down south.
>>145534870My waifu was animated in Canada
>>145534870Caillou is the only thing here that brings the French and English together
>>145534870Canadian broadcasting is legally required to meet a "Canadian Content" (CanCon) quota, so they actually pay animation studios to pump out slop just to meet those requirements Cartoon Network and Disney XD presumably grabbed as much of that cheap slop as they could just to fill time slots, which is why it's what we're so familiar with here in the states as opposed to older, supposedly more quality stuffThe image in OP is off putting because of the formating and style it's presented with, but it is not at all inaccurate when it comes to the utter shite the government pays them to pump out
>>145537257False, I was an elementary schooler and dreaded whenever that shit was on in the morning. Was just pure ugliness and not an aesthetic ugliness, just a bad ugly
>>145537653Fascinating. I can see now why Canada seemed to have created a lot of low-budget content back in the day. What are the current Canadian cartoons?
>>145537769Personally, I have no ideaI learned of all this years ago, haven't had access to cable since then
>>145534870Anybody watch Jacob Tutu when they were a kid? I remeber enjoying it, it was pretty grounded in reality for a kids show, but still had some exaggerations that spiced it up. I also really likes the character designs and the painterly/sketch backgrounds were really comfy.
>>145537769Virtually nonexistent because all those channels have either shut down or get by on reruns to fill quotas.
>>145534870Detentionaire, 6 sixteen, storm hawks anyone? Heck grojband even. We should have a weekly canadian animation general threads. It would be cool.
>>145539568all kino picks friendwhat about stoked?it was kind of the sister show to 6teen and i recall it being alright but i never see it get mentioned even here>>145537257spliced was my favorite as a kid (for some reason)
>>145534870No. Grew up watching teletoon, Canadian CN. I hated it. The shows were so bad I played outside
>>145537610Not canadian but english/French>Tintin
>>145539568>>145539629based leaf lovers
>>145538353I mostly just remember the opening theme, show was mediocre but that song always stuck out as something unique to me.https://youtu.be/Mnu3dgtmkRU
