Comment on YouTube’s Deliberate Indifference Exposes Kids to disgusting Content
Clepsydrae@lemmy.world 1 week agoThere’s a post I ran across a while back that might be exactly what you’re looking for: lemmy.world/post/30235633
There are a lot of good shows for kids that age (and the adults watching along with them), they just tend to not be all that well known. There are also a decent number of older cartoons not in that list that are kid-friendly while being just genuinely good art; off the top of my head:
- Samurai Jack
- Invader Zim (if you’re ok with its particular style of weirdness, parent discretion advised)
- Courage The Cowardly Dog (also weird, but not as weird as Zim)
(Because I’m slightly an animation dork, I’d also personally include Batman The Animated Series and Batman Beyond. Mostly just standard-but-high-quality action cartoons, but both occasionally did some really impressive artistic stuff, especially TAS)
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I totally agree with the lists mentioned in that post, as my sister and I watched a good amount of them. But like my post said, there’s a decline in good TV shows for kids. All of those shows mentioned are finished, none of them are currently ongoing shows right? Do they still broadcast them? Now parents have to pay for Disney+ to have something that isn’t slop for their kids to watch.
Clepsydrae@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Honestly, I haven’t followed the state of Western animation much the last few years, so I can believe that there are fewer good shows than there used to be.
That said, animation is extremely expensive to produce for the amount of media it creates. Combine that with creative writing being very under-appreciated, and therefore poorly-paid-for, there are a lot of societal/business pressures working against shows like this being produced. I only bring that up because people being unwilling to pay for non-slop is a big contributor to the problem.
(Not to defend Disney or the other mega-corps nickel-and-diming us for shareholder profits, of course. If only these companies would use their billions to fund shows from enthusiastic new creators rather than dumping everything into forgettable live-action remakes and CEO bonuses >_>)