Adult cartoons

[Calin Leafshade]

Hola forumistas!

Firstly i should point out that when i say 'adult cartoons' i mean 'cartoons intended for adults', not porn.

So I'm a big fan of MTV's Downtown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7L0kgS19PM) and i wondered if anyone could suggest any other cool adult cartoons to me.

Anime and western are both fine.

[Tuomas]

not porn.

Nice header though, got me in & watching

I find the original TMNT better now that I'm all grown up (eh?). It's full of jokes kids don't get.

[Anian]

So I'm a big fan of MTV's Downtown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7L0kgS19PM) and i wondered if anyone could suggest any other cool adult cartoons to me.

This is not bad, though it defnetly has an MTV vibe. I supposed you watched Drawn together, it's got it's moments.
Well what about Adult swim, they have shows that are mostly fun (like Venture Bros. etc.). Also Ugly Americans from ComedyCentral and Archer (don't know who makes that).

I dunno, I'm looking forward to other people's suggestions.

I find the original TMNT better now that I'm all grown up (eh?). It's full of jokes kids don't get.

Yeah, I love it when shows do that, Pixar cartoons do that rather often.

[Snarky]

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Friendship is magic. It really is, you guys!

[Radiant]

Watership Down.

Yes, it's about bunnies. No, it's really not suitable for small children.

[veryweirdguy]

Off the top of my head:

Persepolis
Waltz With Bashir
Belleville Rendez-vous
The Illusionist

These are all films, mind, and with pretty serious subject matter (except Belleville Rendez-vous I suppose.)

ALSO most things by Studio Ghibli. They are suitable for children, but I get more out of them now than I would have back then I'd say.)

These are all fairly obvious choices, so cue some animation snob coming in and laughing derisively.

[arj0n]

Fritz the Cat (1972)                       The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974)

A hypocritical swinging college        Fritz the Cat may have lost one of
student cat raises hell in a satiric   his lives in the comics, but in his
vision of various elements on the   new movie, he has eight more lives
1960's.                                            left to go! While his wife screams
                                                       at him, Fritz lights up a joint and
                                                       reminiscences about what could
                                                       have been.

[abstauber]

Technotoise
Awesome to watch a cartoon from Serbia!

Macskafogó / Cat City Though I don't think it's that great.

La planète sauvage

Time Masters

People also tend to like King of the Hill


If you consider both, adult and adult, people tend to like "Elfen Lied". Of course I've only heard a friend's friend talking about it...

[Technocrat]

I would have to say "Superjail".



It's like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" meets "Prison Break".



And very funny.

[Ponch]

Heavy Traffic.

[SpacePirateCaine]

These are relatively mainstream, so I would imagine that you're already familiar with them, but I thought I'd mention them anyway for anyone who isn't already familiar:

Archer
The story of ISIS, a top-secret privatized spy organization and its top agent, Sterling Archer - an oafish, womanizing, alcoholic, misogynistic James Bond analogue who is just perfect. Voiced by an all-star cast, including a number of the cast of cult classic TV show "Arrested Development".

The Venture Bros.
A parody of basically all of the 'for-kids' action comics and cartoons of the 60's - particularly Jonny Quest and the Hardy Boys. Revolves around the eponymous Venture brothers, Hank and Dean, as well as their father, washed-up super scientist Thaddeus Venture and their "Half-Swedish Killing Machine" bodyguard, Brock Samson, as well as one of the best Rogues' Galleries in contemporary television, predominantly "The Monarch" and his partner in crime/girlfriend "Dr. Girlfriend".

For Japanese cartoons, I recommend:

Death Note
The story of a bored supra-genius university student who comes into possession of a grim reaper's notebook - a magical item that instantly kills anyone whose name is written into it. Blurs the boundaries between good and evil as you follow the antagonist in his crusade to create a perfect world, free of crime but ruled by fear of divine retribution.

Berserk (Site in Japanese)
An epic medieval fantasy tale of a young warrior named Guts, who joins a band of mercenaries called the "Band of the Hawk", led by charismatic, megalomaniacal would-be knight king Griffith on a quest of honor, betrayal, love and loss. Not for the faint of heart. The cartoon series is a little old, but is being remade as an animated film soon. The comic is still in publication, with as of this writing 35 books averaging roughly 250+ pages each.

[Peder 🚀]

not porn.

And I came in here hoping to see those adult porn cartoons with the men with huge dicks having sex with their whole family and so on.....

[Chicky]

Death Note
The story of a bored supra-genius university student who comes into possession of a grim reaper's notebook - a magical item that instantly kills anyone whose name is written into it. Blurs the boundaries between good and evil as you follow the antagonist in his crusade to create a perfect world, free of crime but ruled by fear of divine retribution.

YES.

[hedgefield]

Yeah Archer is awesome. I love the whole mix of contemporary and 70's style elements. And the fact that Archer is voiced by the same guy that does Ben Katz makes it even better.

I also remember one from a while back called Metalocalypse, following the death metal band Dethklok which enjoys a popularity level unheard of in reality, ranking as the seventh largest economy on Earth. The fictional band members are Nathan Explosion, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Pickles The Drummer, William Murderface, and Toki Wartooth. Nuff said.

And I hear Harvey Birdman is pretty wacky, retooling existing Hanna Barbera animations into court cases -- including Scooby and Shaggy arrested for possession, Fred Flintstone turned mafia don, Boo Boo accused of terrorism, and Super Friends's Apache Chief suing after spilled coffee on his lap prevents him from, ahem, "growing larger".

It's a darn shame they ever cancelled Kid Notorious, that show was really good.

[Dualnames]

Cowboy Bebop
Foori Cooorrrriiii!! (it's about everything and mostly about the coming of AGE, plus great music.)

[arj0n]

Drawn Together (2004-2008)

[ThreeOhFour]

Foori Cooorrrriiii!! (it's about everything and mostly about the coming of AGE, plus great music.)

I tried to get Steve into this... I think he thought it was kinda weird (which is correct). I personally love it ^__^. Been meaning to check out Cowboy Bebop forever as well, but haven't gotten around to it.

I've also been meaning to grab myself copies of the Æon Flux box set. It was twisted and violent and sexy and creepy, a beautifully odd series, and used to be on MTV just like Downtown 

[Mr Flibble]

Kaiji

Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji! I love this show. Kaiji is thrust into impossible debt, several million yen, after cosigning a loan for an acquaintance. Rather than taking 11 years suffering under the burden of repayments, he accepts an invitation to an illegal gambling event where he can gamble against other people in his predicament. The real draw of this show is the impossible odds stacked against Kaiji... and how he reaches inside the mechanics of the rigged games he's embroiled in, the cheaters and traitors... and manipulates them to his advantage. Oh and I think he cries in every episode. It's a lot like Liar's Game if you're familiar with that. Look on TokyoToshokan for a torrent. Season 1 was subbed by The-Triad and season 2 is being subbed quickest by Nutbladder.

Planetes

Planetes is the story of people who collect debris orbiting Earth, in a near-future setting where space garbage has become a problem.. The animation in this show is really beautiful, as is the music. It's all about the character development with this show, and they're beautifully defined and developed. This is the only show that makes me cry even on repeat viewings, though it's not all dramatic, there are some amazing, real-life peril action scenes too. I can't recommend this enough. This has been dubbed and released on DVD in English speaking regions but I'd only recommend that if they have dual-audio and subtitles (I've never been fond of the voices they use in English dubs).

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

(There's another anime series just called Fullmetal Alchemist, but this is the second version which sticks to the manga more closely).
This is more of an action story, but there's a lot to enjoy. The animation is beyond beautiful and the music is wonderful. FMA is the story of two brothers who attempt to resurrect their mother using the power of alchemy by performing human transmutation, which is forbidden. However, alchemy follows the law of equivalent exchange, and in exchange for what the boys create, the elder brother loses a leg and the younger loses his entire body. The elder brother manages, after seeing "the truth", to sacrifice his arm in order to bind his brother's soul to a suit of armour. And from there they begin their journey, to regain what they have lost.

[Grim]

As a big fan of www.fat-pie.com and David Firth I have to put forward Salad Fingers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIq89Fftrd4

[LimpingFish]

Shigurui is a pretty good anime. It's self-contained, spread over 12 episodes, so you don't get dragged into any long back-story or universe.

You can also watch it for free, if you can circumvent the region-locked website.

[Nikolas]

There's a Greek cartoon over here called "Ουκ αν λάβοις παρά του μη έχοντος" ("you can't get what you want from one who does not have it").

The story is pretty much as follows:

The Greek philosopher Mennipos died 2300 years ago, and as it was customed, he was thrown into Hades by Mercury. In order to do that he had to cross the Styx (?) river and pay a silver coin, which he didn't have at the time. So he was thrown back into life, when he claimed the above Greek quote.

In todays time, both Mercury and Death are both struggling to find Mennipos a single bloody coin (a euro at this time), but it's impossible to do since Mennipos is constantly running into trouble. Strikes, problems, dying constantly (and being thrown back to life since he can't cross styx).

It's hilarious and in all honesty one of the best cartoons I've seen since Southpark!

[Mati256]

Persepolis
Waltz With Bashir
The Illusionist

Those are awesome movies, but they are not funny if that is what you are looking for.

[R4L]

I'm so glad someone mentioned FMA. Some really great moments in that series!

I'd say Cowboy Bebop, almost anything on Adult Swim, and if you can get it, Outlaw Star is pretty great too.

Also, when my little cousins are over, they watch Spongebob, and I was laughing with them at one point. Good thing or bad thing?

[TheRoger]

I'm surprised that I saw most of suggestions here. Didn't knew they were intended for adults, though I didn't really cared.

I can suggest few good ones (in my opinion) if you like Japanese stuff.

Welcome to N.H.K.
About a guy, who thinks that everything around his is conspiracy.

Genshiken
About small club created by anime and gaming fans.

[2dMatty]

How about MTV's Spicy City or Aeon Flux? Heavy Metal as well?!

[kconan]

I would have to say "Superjail".

Agreed on "Superjail!", it is visually stunning and the characters and plots/sub-plots are wonderfully ridiculous.

"Invader Zim" is an old classic that was targeted for kids, but really only adults enjoyed it.

[WHAM]

I entered this thread in search for pr0n! I demand satisfaction! 

[arj0n]

I entered this thread in search for pr0n! I demand satisfaction! 

Fritz contains a sort of a little of that 

[Babar]

Animated Films for the Mature Viewer

[Snake]

Firstly i should point out that when i say 'adult cartoons' i mean 'cartoons intended for adults', not porn.

I love your marketing strategy though. No doubt people are going to enter a thread with the subject line, "Adult cartoons", so kudos to you, Calin.

I actually thought it was going to be a discussion about adult cartoons (of the porn variety), myself, which automatically sparked some curiosity. Would be interesting to read everyone's take on cartoons having "TEH SEX"

[Ali]

Would be interesting to read everyone's take on cartoons having "TEH SEX"

I think it sets a bad example for young cartoons.

[Ponch]

Would be interesting to read everyone's take on cartoons having "TEH SEX"

I think it sets a bad example for young cartoons.

Where do you think the young cartoons come from? (Hint: It ain't a cartoon stork! )

[monkey0506]

I haven't read over all of the posts here, but I saw Cowboy Bebop and I must agree.

I'm also, as I'm writing this, watching Home Movies, which is a bit of a niche style of humor, but I quite like it.

Oh, and, I saw on Looney Toons (Merrie Melodies, not that new-fangled crap), Bugs Bunny said the line, "I've seen better heads on a root beer." As a child I never would have gotten that joke. I think it was mentioned that a lot of cartoons have jokes that are aimed well outside the range of the show's actual target audience, but I absolutely love it.

[Stee]

Would be interesting to read everyone's take on cartoons having "TEH SEX"

I think it sets a bad example for young cartoons.

Where do you think the young cartoons come from? (Hint: It ain't a cartoon stork! )

Yes but we wouldn't want to encourage Toonage Pregnancies..

[dbryceo]

Persepolis
Waltz With Bashir
The Illusionist

Those are awesome movies, but they are not funny if that is what you are looking for.

I agree with the top two, though I haven't seen the Illusioist yet. WWB is more harrowing though than Persepolis, in my opinion.

[selmiak]

I recommend The Maxx. Dark and weird escapist cartoons ftw!
There should be an adventure game about it too

[mkennedy]

They got new Futurama starting this week on Comedy Central, and the censors over there are a lot more lax then those over on the Fox network.

[moshboy]

I'll go with Drawn Together season 1 and Salad Fingers (and anything else by David Firth because he's awesome).

[arj0n]

Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man

[blueskirt]

The Spawn animated series, considered superior than the source material by most. 18 episodes of awesome ending with a cliff hanger just as it was getting too good for human eyes.

[Jack]

I found this looking for an old Guess the Movie Title film, and have a few to add.

Firstly, I take it no one has mentioned Ghost in the Shell since it's so glaringly obvious, right? The films, the series, even the new prequel is quite unlike anything I've seen.

I recently picked up King of the Hill again too, good stuff. Brickleberry is tons of fun. (OHBOYOHBOYOHBOY!)

Classics include The Critic (achgem!) and Mission Hill.

[Danvzare]

Considering how old this thread is, it's impossible for Rick and Morty to be in here. So I'm suggesting it here. It's a really REALLY great show. I'd recommend it to anyone.

[Mandle]

GRAVITY FALLS!!!

And...My new obsession from Snarky I believe:

Over The Garden Wall

[Haggis]

What about Monkey Dust?

[Jack]

What about Monkey Dust?

Bit off-topic, but I haven't been able to find any since they busted that grower.

[Haggis]

Just saw an advert for something called Son of Zorn... does it count?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPnlQTi8heM

EDIT - and here's Monkey Dust - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11iczn_monkey-dust-s01e01-divx-640x352_fun

[Blondbraid]

Technically, studio Laikas movies are stop motion animated, but they are pretty dark and have some very intriguing and nuanced characters.
I especially recommend ParaNorman, a movie about a boy bullied for his ability to speak to the dead. It has an especially dark twist near the end.

I'd also recommend some of Max Fleicher's short movies to anyone interested in animation or vintage.
These shorts were originally made to show before feature-length movies at the cinema and intended for adults,
so they contain lots of weird and surreal imagery and were often pretty fascinating experiments in how far you could play with different shapes and elements in animations.
Here is one example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNttqN1wUMY

[dactylopus]

I recommend The Maxx. Dark and weird escapist cartoons ftw!
There should be an adventure game about it too

Those old MTV cartoons were great.  I loved The Head.

Considering how old this thread is, it's impossible for Rick and Morty to be in here. So I'm suggesting it here. It's a really REALLY great show. I'd recommend it to anyone.

It is a fantastic show, and I also recommend it!

La planète sauvage

Time Masters

These were both awesome!  Also, Gandahar.  René Laloux was a genious!  And you can't go wrong working with Moebius!

Technically, studio Laikas movies are stop motion animated, but they are pretty dark and have some very intriguing and nuanced characters.
I especially recommend ParaNorman, a movie about a boy bullied for his ability to speak to the dead. It has an especially dark twist near the end.

I recently saw Kubo in the theater, and I loved it.  I think their style is amazing.

And while they may be intended for children, I found Adventure Time and Steven Universe to both be very enjoyable as an adult.

[Retro Wolf]

I just started Rick and Morty today, not knowing anything about it. For some reason I assumed it was Nickelodeon or Disney's attempt at doing the Regular Show. I didn't realise it was Adult Swim! It's bloody hilarious, very dark humour.