Cartoons centering on talking animals don't get made as much as they used to

Sometimes I wonder why this is

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  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    because goddamn FURRIES
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i don't think that's it

    i think it's more that they're just not so much in fashion at the moment

    at one point they seemed to be more common than cartoons about human beings, now they're just another genre among many

    so maybe it's that the market diversified i guess?
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    because goddamn FURRIES

    of course someone was gonna blame the furries >:/
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    If anything the furries are indicative of a dedicated audience for the genre, so i hardly think they had a hand in its decline.
  • edited 2015-06-26 04:17:38
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    unfortunately, most people seem to think of furries as weirdos who salivate over Gadget Hackwrench
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i remember Sredni once said that funny animals are still mainstream in mainland European comic books.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    ah yes, Europe, where they get Donald Duck as a superhero

    meanwhile they try bringing him over here in a Game Boy Color game as "PK" and we're like "why the fuck is Donald called 'PK'"
  • the American public is probably too cynical for talking animals
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    the American public seems to have become increasingly cynical
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    there is part of me that hopes the pendulum eventually shifts the other way though
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    The American public has good reasons to be cynical
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i wanna make a case for Adventure Time as a contemporary funny animal cartoon

    in addition to obvious picks like Gumball and Regular Show, i mean

    the main characters are "Jake the Dog and Finn the Human"

    note that Jake gets billed first, and that Finn's human-ness makes him an unusual creature relative to the setting

    in addition, it feels more sketch comedy than sitcom, particularly in the earlier seasons - which brings it closer in line with earlier funny animal cartoons than either Regular Show or Gumball, genre-wise
  • I'd argue that Adventure Time is almost closer to something like, um

    hold on let me look up the name cuz I can never remember

    Usagi Yojimbo

    or Cerebus The Aardvark in that it's an epic adventure story with nonhuman main characters 
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    The American public has good reasons to be cynical

    I know, but still
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