1995-2005, also 2008-2014 because that was the era I came up in.
The best era of TV cartoons was roughly 1987 - 2005, not because I grew up in that era but because a bunch of critically acclaimed stuff with actually good animation came out then.
what happened in 2006-7?
>>1535988271960s
1990-2004
>>153598849Various network shakeups in response to Disney's success with live action and in CN's case the Boston Bomb Scare. Then in late 2007 the global financial crisis started and made all animation channels cut back heavily, something they've never really recovered from.
>>153598878No
>>153598849Class of 3000
>>153599735fair enough
>>153598969>Disney's success with live actionBecause of Lizzie and Raven?
>>153601091Those but especially Hannah Montana which debuted in 2006.
>>153598835I would agree thereIt was probably the only time the USA actually tried to compete with Japan in terms of making more mature stuff without relying on sex jokes and swearing
R.I.P. CartoonsAugust 17th, 1908 - April 5th, 2010
>>153601190>the only time the USA actually tried to compete with Japan in terms of making more mature stuff without relying on sex jokes and swearingWhat about pre-1987 adult animation?
>>153601269Stfu
>>153601732Seethe.
>>153598835FPBP>>153601705Pre-1987 that was pretty much exclusively theatrical, OP specified TV cartoons
>>153598827The best era was when there were no millennials making tv shows or anything.
>>153602258This. Everything Millennials said about Baby Boomers in politics and the economy could be said about Millennials and pop culture.Millennials grew up at a time when some of the greatest TV, music, films and gaming. When Millennials became the leading generation in the mid 2010s, they traded that shit for mediocre, lowest common denominator trash.
>>153602229>Pre-1987 that was pretty much exclusively theatrical, OP specified TV cartoonsWait till your father gets home and Stevie and Zoya beg to differ.
>>153603642Didn't Stevie and Zoya start right at 1987?
>>153603642Fair but I really wouldn't call Hanna Barbera's early attempts at adult animation an attempt to compete with Japan in the adult market. It was just kind of its own thing and had pretty limited animation. For the era it was pretty novel but compared to the stuff that started coming out in the late 80s through the mid 00s it's weak.
>>153603815Don’t diss Wait Til Your Father Gets Home. That was a good show. Japan can’t do sitcoms.
>>153598827a'ight unc
>>153605159That's unc now?Is 2008-2014 unc now?
>>153601269F
>>153598835Yep. Can't forget the early MTV experimental animation. Once everything started going digital you could tell the quality was dropping fast.
>>153607250>MTVOn an unrelated note, when exactly did MTV stop giving a shit about music videos?
>>153598827homer bald
>>153602584i still don't get it as someone born in '94, i grew up on so much cool shit, why are we making lame stuff?
I agree that 2006-07 was a waste land.That was the era that Nick and Disney really pushed their shit kid sitcoms with Hannah Montana and iCarley, et cetra. Thay stopped caring about cartoons.>>153598969It’s funny but the Boston Bomb scare reaction really did a negative effect on animation for a decade.
>>153602584Are millenials in charge of globe spanning mega corporations beholden to boards of directors? Its retarded to try and blame a specific generaiton of people when the people who decide if animation lives or dies barely change between several decades.
>>153602584>millenials>look inside>gen xEvery fucking time.
>>1536081832005-2006.
>>153598827>because that was the era I came up in.no more posts needed. that's all these threads ever are
>>153610635>why are we making lame stuff?I was talking more about the ones in hollywood.
>>153610957The age of the average creator in Hollywood spans from 1975 to 1990. You share equal blame here.
i almost likely think that 1969-1995 is the best erano matter what. Prove me wrong niggers
>>153610635My theory is that the best ideas came from interacting with life and drawing upon that to make funny, interesting, and relatable media - despite the fact that it was building on predecessors. When our generation grew up with that kind of stuff without new real-life input it just made us derivative instead of original. Couple that with the internet then you have a recipe for medicority. Also I think we can only go so far with readapting new ideas before they become cliche, overused and trite, the overabundance of media has filled everything with noise and we can't get a breath of fresh air in a hoarder's basement.
>>153602584They grew up with Pantera and went on to make Imagine Dragons
