Favorite western animation (aka not anime!)

[ngower]

What are some of your favorite western animated shows/movies (not comic books, do post motion pictures/television).

For me it has to be:

- Justice League: The Animated Series

I was stunned at the production values when I first started watching this, and nothing is more epic than the opening sequence.

- The Iron Giant

If you didn't cry, you don't have a soul.

- Cow and Chicken

The humor was so not for kids, yet the show was on Cartoon Network when the most controversial show was Space Ghost. The humor was just ****ing insane, and taught me a lot about life (not kidding) at such a young age.

- Batman

The early 90's one, not any of the crappy later versions a few years back, the show was so dark, really captured the mood of the Batman universe.


I'm sure I'll think of more, but what are some of yours?

[serenity]

I'm not even sure this is western - Imdb has it as South Korea / USA so I don't know if that means we just took it from them. *shrug*

Anyway, when I was younger I always thought of it as western so I'm saying it.

Starchaser - The Legend of Orin (http://www.amazon.com/Starchaser-Legend-Orin-Jan-Rabson/dp/B0007XBKPO)

Of course, now when I watch it I can see it's a blatant rip-off of Star Wars but I didn't know that then. I saw it when I was 8 or 9 in the theatre. Some of the images stayed with me so strongly that as I grew up I had completely forgotten what the film was called and so asked around for years trying to find out. Finally about 10 years ago someone I asked knew exactly what I was talking about and found me a vhs copy. It's on dvd now, yay.

So yeah, I love that film. Hopefully it's considered western so I'm not an idiot posting in here. :P


Edit: I am stupid. I thought you were saying you liked Space Ghost, not Cow and Chicken. I skim too much. Anyway, editing to say I liked Space Ghost.

I'll add The Simpsons, Southpark and Family Guy.


Edit#2: Forgot Futurama and TMNT - thanks for reminding me guys!

[andyfm]

i'll throw Ren and Stimpy into the mix!! :)

edit: or Rocko's Modern Life!

[matteekay]

- Batman

The early 90's one, not any of the crappy later versions a few years back, the show was so dark, really captured the mood of the Batman universe.


Hellzfreakinyeahs!! I LOVED that show! And it gave us Harly Quinn.

Oddly enough, a lot of mine are CG:

-Reboot
Awesome concept, well executed, and just fun.

-Transformers: Beast Wars
Again, well done, and a refreshing spin on the Transformers for a fan of the old ones like myself.

-Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
Dark as all hell, beautiful, and ran on bizarre stations. What's not to love?

-Sonic the Hedgehog
Not the crappy, bright colored one, but the dark one that ran on ABC, complete with a Robotnik dystopia.


And in movies:

-Lilo & Stitch
Granted, this could be misconstrued as favoritism, being as I work for the Company and have a quote from it in my sig, but this is seriously the most inventive animated movie I've seen in a LONG time. Real characters, not typical animated charictures, a strange plot, highly quotable screeplay, and glorious watercolor art = one very happy Matteekay.

[tokenuser]

Rocko's Modern Life, or Wallace and Gromit (claymation counts right?).

[yoshimaru]

X-Men TAS (The 90's version) and TMNT of course....

[tnvwboy]

Invader ZIM
Ren & Stimpy
Samurai Jack

[gojira]

Two Stupid Dogs
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Batman: The Animated Series
Home Movies
Futurama
The Simpsons
The Critic
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Transformers: Beast Wars/Beast Machines

[zombierin]

I agree with a lot of what people have already said, but I am going to add Clone High and Undergrads

[autodas]

Invader ZIM
Futurama
Star Wars The Clone Wars seems like it will be cool cause I only like the clones, don't care about the rest of Star Wars. Star Wars: Clone Wars was okay (also, that's the same series animated by the guys from Samurai Jack)

I hate amine.

[eddielee]

Does family guy count?

[royall]

Invader ZIM
Ren & Stimpy
Samurai Jack


My god, I'm in love! Please go out with me.

Avatar doesn't count, so I won't even mention it.

Dexter's Lab and Power Puff Girls. You have no soul if you didn't grow up liking either.

The first season of Pokemon, and ONLY the first season (wait, that's technically anime.)

[ngower]

Hellzfreakinyeahs!! I LOVED that show! And it gave us Harly Quinn.

Oddly enough, a lot of mine are CG:

-Reboot
Awesome concept, well executed, and just fun.

-Transformers: Beast Wars
Again, well done, and a refreshing spin on the Transformers for a fan of the old ones like myself.

-Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
Dark as all hell, beautiful, and ran on bizarre stations. What's not to love?

-Sonic the Hedgehog
Not the crappy, bright colored one, but the dark one that ran on ABC, complete with a Robotnik dystopia.


And in movies:

-Lilo & Stitch
Granted, this could be misconstrued as favoritism, being as I work for the Company and have a quote from it in my sig, but this is seriously the most inventive animated movie I've seen in a LONG time. Real characters, not typical animated charictures, a strange plot, highly quotable screeplay, and glorious watercolor art = one very happy Matteekay.

ReBoot = OMFG, Lilo & Stich = YES YES YES, Transformers: BW = I still love you, Sonic = it's settled, we're getting married.

X-Men TAS (The 90's version) and TMNT of course....

How could I have forgotten Xmen! I still have some of the VHS tapes under my bed tucked with some other goodies, amazing show! The 2002/2003 or whenever one wasn't too bad, but can't touch the original.

Can't believe I forgot about Samuria Jack as well! People laughed at me when I told them to watch it, then would come back like three months later with a simple: "DUDE!". The first two episodes of the second season are amazing.

Adding to the already mentioned Dexter's Lab/Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo was hilarious, nothing beats sexual humor in a kid's show, nothing!

One more, Street Sharks. I couldn't get enough of this show, and this is from someone who hates sharks with a passion, but loved the idea of sharks walking around the streets (with hip edgy fashion!!!) and burrowing underground.

Awesome lists people, keep 'em coming.

[EDIT] Oh, and Avatar does count, it's an American made show inspired by Eastern techniques

[gojira]

My god, I'm in love! Please go out with me.

Avatar doesn't count, so I won't even mention it.

Dexter's Lab and Power Puff Girls. You have no soul if you didn't grow up liking either.

The first season of Pokemon, and ONLY the first season (wait, that's technically anime.)

Dexter and PPG were pretty good too. But I fail to see why Avatar doesn't count. It's totally a western show. Sure, it's influenced by anime, but that doesn't make it anime.

[matteekay]

ReBoot = OMFG, Lilo & Stich = YES YES YES, Transformers: BW = I still love you, Sonic = it's settled, we're getting married.

Erm, I've already got a wife, but I suppose I can give the Latter Day Saints approach a try. Except I think you might be a dude. In which case the deal's off. Can't have too much sausage in the ole' picnic sack.

[royall]

Avatar doesn't count because it's a given! :)

[joymarie]

I agree with a lot of what people have already said, but I am going to add Clone High and Undergrads

Good call! Clone High was a hilarous show. I still quote if from time to time.... but of course nobody has any clue what I'm talking about since NOBODY watched the show! :confused:

[ngower]

Erm, I've already got a wife, but I suppose I can give the Latter Day Saints approach a try. Except I think you might be a dude. In which case the deal's off. Can't have too much sausage in the ole' picnic sack.

Pffsstt, it's always nice to try new things. I live in New England, we can just Chuck and Larry it up, reap the benefits ya know.

[EDIT] OMG, I didn't even remember what Clone High was until you mentioned it, I remember seeing that show a few times....I wonder if they have a DVD out.....

*begins frantic Google search*

[matteekay]

Aaw, I was just there, too. Mayhaps next time. Or, you know, not.

[tectec]

Tom Goes to the Mayor
Home Movies
Metalocalypse
South Park

[blooper]

Good call! Clone High was a hilarous show. I still quote if from time to time.... but of course nobody has any clue what I'm talking about since NOBODY watched the show! :confused:

I know how you feel, I do that.... plastic bag! plastic bag!

[fashiondr]

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Tom Goes To The Mayor
The Simpsons
Family Guy
American Dad
Futurama
Robot Chicken
Space Ghost
Sealab 2021
Harvey Birdman
Ren and Stimpy
South Park
Pretty much anything Pixar (except Cars)
And just about anything shown on Channel Frederator...

Wow, I watch a lot of cartoons...

[andyfm]

Fairly Odd Parents

Happy Tree Friends

Two others that i forgot before.

[serenity]

Dexter's Lab and Power Puff Girls. You have no soul if you didn't grow up liking either.



Heeeeeyyyyyy, maybe you have a soul but were a little too old for most cartoons then!

(Pffft, I watched them anyway and liked 'em. Though I was a teenager at the time and had a little much going on to even care about watching cartoons.)

[tnvwboy]

Tom Goes to the Mayor
Home Movies
Metalocalypse
South Park

Except for South Park their 'animation' style sucks, regardless of the writing and acting. (Metalocalypse is a guilty pleasure of mine.)

Not picking on you either, others have mentioned great cartoons that have iffy animation style. That's why I picked the three I did, great style, animation AND story.

South Park is good but after they switched from actual colored paper cut-outs to a computer program for the animation, it lost some of my respect (in that regard, I still think the stories are very good).

Bottom line, substance is very important, but in the context of this thread, I was looking at style also, perhaps I'm the only one. :D

[tnvwboy]

My god, I'm in love! Please go out with me.

Awww, it's so nice to be loved.:D

[endlessshadow79]

As far as Tv shows on now I would have to say Fosters Home

[baddox]

Batman TAS
X-Men TAS
DBZ ... oh wait
Clone Wars
Reboot (is that "Western"?)
Futurama
A lot of Nick kids' stuff (Rocko's, Angry Beavers, etc.)
Dexter's Lab
Johnny Bravo

[ookla]

Pffsstt, it's always nice to try new things. I live in New England, we can just Chuck and Larry it up...

in Boston, we call that "playing for the Yankees"

I'll add 2 stupid dogs, Bobby's World, the Tick, Silverhawks and Dariah.

[irishpunk]

The early 90's Batman to me is the best animated cartoon that's come out. Just loved that show was like watching mini movies.

[ngower]

As far as Tv shows on now I would have to say Fosters Home

I was considering posting that but figured it would take the credibility out of original post :p

Bloo is hilarious though.

[-xcl-]

Stroker and Hoop
Lucy: The daughter of the Devil
The Venture Brothers
Home Movies
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law

Good Times ...

[gglynn00]

Let's see what do I like that hasn't been mentioned...

Darkwing Duck was friggin awesome - as well as Ducktales and Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers.

A cartoon that I didn't get into until after it was canceled was Gargoyles: I loved the opening:

One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled.
It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear.
It was the age of gargoyles.
Stone by day, warriors by night,
we were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect,
frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years.
Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken, and we live again!
We are defenders of the night!
We are GARGOYLES.

I rank Gargoyles up there w/ Thundercats and Transformers.

[baddox]

Crap man how could I forget Darwing Duck, Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, and Talespin? Also, SWAT Kats, did anyone watch that one? Also just remembered Pirate of Dark Water, that was great.

[gglynn00]

Crap man how could I forget Darwing Duck, Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, and Talespin? Also, SWAT Kats, did anyone watch that one? Also just remembered Pirate of Dark Water, that was great.

I kinda remember SWAT Kats, Pirates of Dark Water was another cartoon that I got into late...It had really good acting and animation for its time. Oh, and the Hook/Peter Pan spinoff cartoon on Fox was pretty good...Man, Fox made some good toons back in the day...What Happened?

[ben1842]

This one is easy.

The Critic

:)

[p2a1x7]

The only ones I can really add are The Boondocks and Beavis and Butthead (I liked it back then, not sure how I'd like it now)

[gojira]

I just remembered the Spawn animation that was on HBO. That was great and very powerful.

[bcool]

Venture Bros.!!
Futurama!
robot chicken!

some that I haven't seen mentioned:

Triplets of bellevue (french, but there's little to no dialog.) - an amazing film about a tour de france bicyclist who gets kiddnapped and his mom and dog have to get him back. I can't even describe it really though - the quality of the visual storytelling is unbelievable.

Emperor's new groove - i thought this one was pretty damn funny.

also, pretty much anything tex avery did and I have fond memories of those early psychedelic-ish disney cartoons.

[m3thod]

I'm a bit shocked that I didn't see anybody bring up the best animated TV show, The Real Ghostbusters!

SWAT Katz was fantastic growing up.

There was one old cartoon show I use to watch when I was a kid. Can't remember the name of it but all I do remember from the show was the kid morphed into a red sports car (not Transformers.)

**edited**
Thank you google. It was Turbo Teen
http://www.toonarific.com/show_pics.php?show_id=3782

[esophagus]

Batman: The Animated Series
Justice League / Justice League Unlimited
Gargoyles