Why didn't the west develop 'mature' (as in, shonen, young adult and adult targeted) cartoons like Japan did during the 80s? I get that in the 90s and 00s you had comedy cartoons like Family Guy and South Park marketed towards a teenage audience. But compared to the far east, event today in the west there's little selection for edgy western shows for teenagers that aren't straight up stoner tier comedies.
Note, this is probably a really noob thread so, excuse me in advance. I was weighing up heavily on whether to post it on Yas Forums, Yas Forums or /his/, but decided for here. My mum used to tell me growing up when I asked why Japanese had cartoons for teenagers that "we used to have adult cartoons, but people really decided that cartoons should be for kids so they stopped being made'.
>Literally every DC animated universe cartoon but mostly Justice League and Batman Beyond. >Both He-Man and Jem have adult stuff.
Hudson Howard
America's puritan values, mostly. Everything has to be sanitized.
Noah Walker
probably because how shows were just big advertisements for toys and were all prominently aimed towards kids
Thomas Reed
>Why didn't the west develop quality 'mature' (as in, shonen, young adult and adult targeted) cartoons like Japan did during the 80s? fix you, West tried, but lacked of talent. Japane with their power system copied from the games found a gold fountain.
Grayson Sanchez
There's no merchandising money to be made in actual adult/sex-focused cartoons. South Park's merchandise was marketed to teenagers, not actual adults. If a cartoon can't eventually have a toy line/video game line/100 "Volume" DVDs, no one's interested.
Xavier Rodriguez
All the above. By now it's impossible to fix, now that gaming, anime and live-action are the high brow media. Especially that last one is now capable of what used to be budget-friendly only in animation. Instead of expanding, cartoons will retreat to the niches that still work for them and try to hold the line until they become obsolete entirely.
Jordan Moore
>mature as in shonen I stopped reading here. ahah
Zachary Martinez
Look at me and Sparse on www.watercolorheart.com.... still no takers, btw, and the lore and worldbuilding are MASSIVE. It's nothing one person could possibly accomplish alone.
Hudson Parker
>There's no merchandising money to be made in actual adult/sex-focused cartoons You mean americans are incapable of creating anything interesting because japan makes a lot of money off hentai figurines
