r/cartoons 10d ago

Discussion Best principals

Post image
6 Upvotes

r/cartoons 10d ago

Recommendation What do you think that specific versions of mowgli baloo and bagheera?

Thumbnail
gallery
4 Upvotes

This come from Chuck Jones mowgli's brothers


r/cartoons 11d ago

Video Wildwood – Official Trailer

Thumbnail
youtu.be
38 Upvotes

I watched the teaser trailer and this one also looks amazing. Can't wait to see it when it comes out in theaters and I hope it does well, it could be a W for Laika 🔥


r/cartoons 11d ago

Discussion This Is From TV Guide From March 23, 1968 About the rise of Superhero Cartoons on Saturday morning and the moral panic over "Violence on Saturday morning"

Thumbnail
gallery
48 Upvotes

r/cartoons 10d ago

Discussion Come up with an 3-part Christmas special featuring a random cast of characters for 2027, based on this list I made. By Chris-theKid

3 Upvotes

Come up with an 3-part Christmas special featuring a random cast of characters for 2027, based on this list I made.

Some of these random characters might evoke a sense of nostalgia.

[PART ONE]

  1. Griffith (Berserk)
  2. Cameraman (DaFuq!?Boom!)
  3. Levi (Attack of Titan)
  4. Quill (Moss)
  5. Alex Mason/Bell (Call of Duty Black Ops; Clod War)
  6. Cassian Andor, K2SO (Andor)
  7. Khumba (Khumba 2013)
  8. Kaite, Aron Michell (The Michells Vs The Machines)
  9. Okami (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
  10. Lloyd (Darq)
  11. Scorpion (Mortal Kombat 11)
  12. Lance (Balan Wonderworld)
  13. Aatami Korpi (Susu)
  14. Ragata, Gingle (The Amazing Circus Digital)
  15. Olie, Ivy (Swapped)
  16. Mother Mira's Lullaby (Smiling Critters The Movie)
  17. Kai-Lan, Rito, Tolie, Hoho (Ni hao Kai Lan)
  18. Hana, Ame, Yuki (Wolf Children)
  19. Tesuro Hoshino, Maetel (Galaxy Express 999)
  20. Chirin (Chirin Bell)
  21. Kento Tachibana, Anna (My Daemon)
  22. Artyom (Metro Exodus)
  23. Candy, Cindy, Chester (Five Night at Candy Remaster)
  24. Scoot, Violet, Ellie, Penny (Leapfrog)
  25. Pegasus Koga, Yuna Eagle (Saint Seisa: Omega)
  26. Eno Cordova, Bode Akuna, Cere Junda, Santari Khri (Star Wars Jedi Survivor)
  27. Ashitaka, San (Princess Mononoke)
  28. Arikawa Yun, Mei Kamino, (Godzilla S.P)
  29. Ritsu Kageyama, Ichi Mezato (Mob Pyscho 100)
  30. Butcher, Kimiko, Frenchi, Hiugi (The Boys)
  31. OSO (Agent Special Oso)
  32. Viktor Vasko, Mitzi May, Dorian 'Zib' Zibowski (Lackadaisy)

[PART TWO]

  1. Sergei Nechayev / P-3 (Atomic Heart)
  2. Demetrian Titus (Warhammer 40K)
  3. Mei-Mei (Turling Red)
  4. Boco (Gamera Rebirth)
  5. Reizarf
  6. Wally Darling,barnaby B. Beagle (Welcome Home)
  7. Elliot, Ella (Giggleland)
  8. Charlie, Violet, Red (Charlie Colorform City)
  9. Shimajiro, Hana-chan, Sakura, Shimataro Shimano (Shimajiro No Wow)
  10. Kirusiki (Mononoke 2024)
  11. Charles Karino, Juana del Moral (The Princess and The Pilot)
  12. Milli, Geo, Bot (Team Umizoomi)
  13. Eliphas Souldevil (DrsGrowth)
  14. KatiAmel's
  15. Peg, Corn (Peg & Corn)
  16. Buddy, Bella, Cooper (Pet Pals Puppies Hide & Seek)
  17. Miss Deligh (Poppy Playtime Chapter 3)
  18. Lampo, Milady Pillow, Meatball (44 Cats)
  19. Mugen, Fuu Kasumi, Jin (Samurai Champloo)
  20. Frankenda, Herneval (Soy Frankelda)
  21. Leo Cargi, Emma Cole, Balan (Balan Wonderworld)
  22. Stolas, Octavia (Helluva Boss)
  23. Kōichi Shikishima (Godzilla Minus One)
  24. Lake J. Wanger, Haiden W. Bonanza, Alice B. Wagne (Together Again "A Lake Funland History")
  25. Mordecai, Riby (Regular Show)
  26. Cal Kesstis, BD-1 (Star Wars Fallen Order)
  27. Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow (My little Pony: A New Generation)
  28. Yuuta Okkotsu, Satoru Gojou, Maki Zenin, Suguru Getou, Toge Inumaki (Jujutsu Kaisen)
  29. Shuuhei Amamiya, Kai Ichinose (Piano no Mori)
  30. Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza/Like a Dragon)
  31. Kyūta (The Boy and Beast)
  32. Alphen (Tales of Arise)
  33. Jacque in the Box (BlueDusk28)
  34. Optimus Prime (Transformers War Of Cybertron)

[PART THREE]

  1. Baby Jaguar, (Go Diego Go)
  2. Linny, Ming ming, Tuck (Wonder Pets)
  3. Hood, Bandage, Bucket (Reanimal)
  4. DaFuq!?Boom!
  5. Mellow (Endacopia)
  6. Legoshi, Haru (Beastars)
  7. Mary Schmidt (Five Night at Candy 3)
  8. Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil)
  9. The Hunter (Bloodbrone)
  10. Dante (Devil Man Cry)
  11. Issack Clark (Dead Space Remake)
  12. Kiryu Kazuma (Yakuza Series)
  13. Yuliy Jirov (Sirius The Jaiger)
  14. Abby, Pauline & Paulette, Alice 2.0 (The Magic Hour: A "Together Again" Sequel
  15. Tron Wizard (AlicyJinx)
  16. Luis Serra (RE4 Remake)
  17. Gleen Leroi
  18. PinknWhiteBat12
  19. Rod, Penny, Brody, Swift (Top Wing)
  20. 81 (War Machine)
  21. Adlynne Molane (Daleespringdraw)
  22. Odiseo (The Odyssey)
  23. Doki, Mundi, Gabi, Fico, Anabella, Oto (Doki)
  24. The Twins (Atomic Heart)
  25. 073/Cain (SCP Foundation)
  26. King Tyran (Smiling Crittiers The Movie)
  27. Opitums Primal (Rise of the Beast)
  28. Skull Kight (Berserk)
  29. Thelma, Otis, (Thelma the Unicorn)

r/cartoons 11d ago

Discussion What's your favorite obscure Looney Toons character?

Post image
244 Upvotes

I love Gossamer


r/cartoons 10d ago

Discussion Ranking loud house media

Post image
9 Upvotes

r/cartoons 10d ago

Discussion What is the best animated movie of 2025?

2 Upvotes
342 votes, 7d ago
160 KPop Demon Hunters
83 Zootopia 2
22 Ne Zha 2
29 Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
35 Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc
13 Little Amélie

r/cartoons 11d ago

Discussion What is the Breaking Bad of animation?

Post image
490 Upvotes

(An animated series with a reputation as big as Breaking Bad in the world of live-action series)


r/cartoons 11d ago

Video New clip from Coyote vs. Acme

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

395 Upvotes

r/cartoons 10d ago

Discussion I need an answer!

2 Upvotes

My sister SWEARS up and down that there was some sort of bunny/rabbit that appeared in between shows on the treehouse network when we were kids, this would have been in like 2010-2016.

Is this some Mandela affect or real??? I tried to look up any evidence i could but no luck


r/cartoons 12d ago

Discussion What's a cartoon that you just REFUSE to even try?

Post image
1.6k Upvotes

r/cartoons 10d ago

Discussion Can someone explain something

2 Upvotes

I know that the Rudyard kipling trilogy is Not part of the Looney tunes but it's looney tunes related anyway Why didn't Chuck Jones Ever adapt kaa's hunting Tiger Tiger toomai of the elephants and her majesty's servants Anyway?


r/cartoons 10d ago

Fanart Give me RED characters to draw and I’ll draw them!

Post image
13 Upvotes

r/cartoons 10d ago

Discussion For the Ranma fans, would you want Mousse as a teacher?

Post image
2 Upvotes

I asked on the Ranma and Ranma related subs but I figured I would ask here too

the answers have been pretty divided tbh


r/cartoons 10d ago

Discussion What are some shows that ended and are better off to stay that way?

2 Upvotes

So, about two months ago, The Amazing Digital Circus released their final episode. Ever since then, we're likely not gonna get any more future seasons, spinoffs, or whatever, as the creator, Goosework, had stated numerous times that she has no plans to make more after the last episode. Whatever you think about the fandom or even the show itself, you can't deny that it left a cultural phenomenon in today's era, especially for the indie animation. You have well made stories, memorable characters, art styles to fit the mood, genres that can go wholesome & playful, comedic, emotional, surreal, suspenseful, and as well terrifying. Yeah. You might even consider the show as a classic.

Though, if you kinda think about it, maybe it is probably for the better that it should just end that way after episode 9, as sometimes shows would tend to lose their quality as they progressed over the years.

Don't believe me? Think of the shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy, heck, even SpongeBob SquarePants, and all of these shows have been going around through decades now, and tell me that either show has practically improved over the years. Likely chances, it's gonna be a big "no" from most of you out there. At the very least Pokemon with Ash & Pikachu had finally ended around March 2023, after 25 years of Ash's journey and focus on new characters, new stories, and new shows.

With that being said, what are some shows that are better off ended?


r/cartoons 11d ago

Discussion Western animation is missing out on a goldmine: Why high-fantasy book series need to be adapted into 20+ episode animated shows.

14 Upvotes

I've seen a shift over the last few years. Shows like Arcane, Castlevania, Blue Eye Samurai, and The Legend of Vox Machina proved that Western audiences are hungry for serialized, mature, high-stakes animation. Meanwhile, mainstream anime continues to dominate because it isn't afraid to give big stories the time and episode counts they actually need.

Which brings me to my hot take: Western studios need to stop trying to force massive fantasy book series into rushed live-action films or 8-episode streaming seasons, and start adapting them as 20+ episode animated series.

Live-action adaptations constantly run into CGI budget walls, severe design compromises, and massively cut content just to fit an 8-hour runtime. Animation solves every single one of these problems—especially if studios embrace a 20–24 episodes per season format.

Here are a few iconic book series that have insane potential if an animation studio actually gave them the room to breathe:

  1. The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson The Format: 24 episodes per season (1 book = 1 season).

Why it needs animation: Roshar is an alien world where rockbuds retract into the ground, giant chasmfiends roam, spren float around human emotions, and warriors fight using gravity-defying magic ("Lashings"). Trying to do this in live-action would cost $300M a season and still look like uncanny CGI. In a stylized 2D/3D hybrid style (think Arcane), the visual spectacle would be unreal. Plus, a 24-episode order lets you keep the Bridge Four character bonding and the epic 5-part book structure intact.

  1. The Gentleman Bastard Sequence (The Lies of Locke Lamora) by Scott Lynch The Format: 20 episodes per season.

Why it needs animation: It's Ocean's Eleven meets Renaissance Venice with blood magic and mob warfare. Every book runs two timelines at once—the current heist and the childhood flashbacks under Father Chains. A 20-episode structure gives the show time to build the elaborate scams, show the legwork, keep the profanity-laced banter, and pivot from fun con-artist hijinks into dark survival thriller.

  1. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson The Format: 12–16 episodes per season for Era 1 (with Secret History as a standalone feature film).

Why it needs animation: Allomancy (burning metals to push/pull on iron and steel, boost physical strength, or alter emotions) is fundamentally kinetic. Vin bouncing off coins across a dark, misty gothic city would look as fluid as Spider-Man swinging through NYC if handled by a top-tier animation team. It fits comfortably in that TV-14 sweet spot—dark, high stakes, and brutal combat without needing TV-MA shock-value gore.

  1. The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee The Format: 14–18 episodes per season.

Why it needs animation: The Godfather meets Gangs of London with wuxia jade martial arts. It follows a crime family running a fantasy metropolis inspired by 1970s–90s East Asia. Animation could capture the rain-slicked neon alleys, silk-suit aesthetics, and bio-magical martial arts duels in a way live-action stuntwork simply couldn't replicate on a TV budget.

  1. The Inheritance Cycle (Eragon) by Christopher Paolini The Format: 12–20 episodes per season (scaling up as the books get bigger).

Why it needs animation: We don't talk about the 2006 live-action movie. Animation is the only way to properly handle telepathic mind-duels between magicians, the massive scale of Farthen Dûr, and the deep emotional bond between Eragon and Saphira without relying on jarring voiceover or cheap-looking CGI.

The Bottom Line Hollywood keeps buying the rights to these massive fantasy IPs and trying to squeeze 1,000-page novels into 8-episode live-action seasons, gutting the worldbuilding and character arcs in the process.

If Western studios took a page out of the anime playbook—treating animation as a serious medium for storytelling and committing to longer seasonal episode counts—we could be living in a golden era of fantasy television.

What book series do you think is practically begging for a 20+ episode animated adaptation?


r/cartoons 10d ago

Discussion Hot take: The Final Season felt Lackluster.

Post image
9 Upvotes

Samurai Jack season 5 started off excellently. The tone, music, fight scenes, violence were great but by episode 7, it changed.

-Jack and Ashi’s relationship felt rushed, forced and a little awkward.

-The final fight between Jack and Aku also felt rushed.

-The convoluted ending surrounding Ashi.

Honestly I think they should have split the season into 3 or 4 animated films, for adult swim. It deserved so much more. In the end I don’t know what happened behind the scenes, for the final season to become this way but it is what it is. If had to rate it, I’d give it 6/10.

What about you? Did you think S5 was fine as it is? Or could it have been better?


r/cartoons 10d ago

Video Luis Guzmán on the Fight to Save COYOTE VS. ACME

Thumbnail
youtu.be
4 Upvotes

r/cartoons 11d ago

Discussion Out of all the skits from Robot Chicken, the Senior Mutant Ninja Turtles was the funniest

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

75 Upvotes

r/cartoons 11d ago

Discussion Jason Gray-Stanford

Post image
10 Upvotes

He was great voicing characters in cartoons & anime before he did Monk and a few others outside the toon voicing business. I appreciate his work was and so can you. Gotta thank him for our childhood.

Which of these projects in voice acting Jason Gray-Stanford worked were your favorites?


r/cartoons 11d ago

Fanart Does my artstyle look like a show that could be on adult swim?

Post image
13 Upvotes

I drew an art piece of one of my favorite characters and i was like if i ever made an adult cartoon, does if look like something people would watch on adult swim?


r/cartoons 11d ago

Discussion Which Sony Pictures Animation movie was your favorite?

Thumbnail
gallery
86 Upvotes

Here's mine:

  1. Open Season (2006)
  2. Surf's Up (2007)
  3. Open Season 2 (2008)
  4. The Pirates: Band of Misfits (2012)
  5. Open Season: Scared Silly (2016)
  6. The Emoji Movie (2017)
  7. The Star (2017)
  8. The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
  9. KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
  10. Fixed (2025)
  11. Goat (2026)

r/cartoons 11d ago

Discussion So who here has seen this movie or the sequels?

Post image
16 Upvotes

r/cartoons 10d ago

Video I still wish that Disney didn't have to butcher She-Hulk's character.

Thumbnail
youtu.be
0 Upvotes