Why did lorebait shows become so popular? By that, I mean cartoons that are really no different from the episodic cartoons of old but occasionally bring back or reference something from a previous episode, or have some vague "lore" or mystery that unfolds throughout the season to loosely tie all the random nonsense together.
>>153361951if i had to guess, someone wanted to make a pure lore show but suits either don't think children want that or think it'd get them in trouble otherwise.plus there is a subset which was imagined as an episodic show but people involved in it decided to start adding stuff.
>>153361951The only show that even comes close to this is Gumball and even then those episodes are so easy to avoid I'm not sure it counts.
>>153361951Because it gives the audience something to keep coming back for and it gives the sense of a deeper story (whether or not it succeeds is dependent on the show).
>>153361951Obsession with anime
