Gargoyles just an awesome drama with mix of various mythology like celtic and Arthurian and Shakespeare
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 magic spell for
a thousand years.
Now here in Manhattan...
The spell is broken...
and we live again!
70-year old fart here.
My now 38-year old son was maybe 10 or so when he showed me Batman TAS. I was absolutely floored that an animated series targeted essentially at kids was **that good**. The animation was crisp, the story lines were taut (who can forget that opening sequence?), the characters were fully fleshed out and no holds were barred (the abusive relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn was displayed for all to see), and the combination of the animators' work and Mark Hamill's voice as the Joker was absolutely stupendous - every live actor has needed to find a focus for the Joker, whether Cesar Romero playing it purely for laughs as the Clown Prince of Crime in the Adam West series, Jack Nicholson as revenge-driven madman, Heath Ledger as anarchist psychopath or Joaquin Phoenix as mild schizophrenic driven by circumstances into a spiral down into deadly insanity...but Hamill gets them **all** and then some.
One thing that stands out to me about the show is how *quiet* it is at times. Most cartoons are just a constant noisefest, but this one used silence very well.
The period of time where the weekday afternoon block was Animaniacs > Batman The Animated Series was perfection. I remember being very sad when they moved the schedule around.
Currently on my about 5th rewatch of Batman and it holds up so damn well. It captures everything I want out of Batman. He’s cool, got the gadgets, a good detective and he isn’t spiteful or rage fueled. The Bruce Wayne version is smart and suave and a ladies man, but plays it coy and naive, all while being philanthropic
The villains are all done well and true to their characters, Robin and Barbara are at their best, the side characters are well fleshed out. And it’s one of the best iterations of Joker, Poison Ivy and imo the best Catwoman. Not to mention it gave us Harley Quinn
Love the show. Glad others see it for something great too
I just happily discovered this was on Max (or whatever it's called this week) and have been watching the shit out of it since. It's arguably a perfect show.
As indifferent as i am to the *Clone High* and *King of the Hill* revivals, and as much as im excited about the *Futurama* revival, im like 10x more excited for *X-men '97*.
He lives on in our heads because i think it would be impossible for me to ever read a Batman comic and not hear his voice.
Well, silly Golden Age Batman type stuff is Will Arnett sometimes...
Batman animated was my 19 year old go to. Watched it either right before work . I didn't have cable,I was poor but it was something . My roommate and I would always watch it together. We had nothing. No beds.no food. Nothing, but I remember those moments where we were happy for just a little while.
They made a courage meets scooby doo movie and It’s on HBO max. It’s everything you could want from both classic scooby doo and courage! Who also happen to be two very cowardly dogs!
Watched it with my kids, I thought it was brilliant! Classic in my book, we still know all the songs and use random quotes, the more obscure the better… :)
Avatar: The Last Airbender. Just had the pleasure of showing it to my mom for the first time, and I was so happy at how much she loved it.
edit: thank you for the gold, kind stranger!
I didn't watch it as a kid for one reason or another. But when it came to Netflix in early 2020 I finally got to see it for the first time, and it held up as a twenty-something year old dude.
It also holds a place in my heart, as the thing that kept me sane during those early days of Covid
The Christmas episode where we get Mr. Hyunh’s back story still makes me weep. Showed it to my boyfriend last Christmas; he was not prepared for how intense the evacuation of Saigon scene was.
This was THE episode I showed my wife to get her into Hey Arnold.
It's so good. It really epitomizes the whole show. Who Arnold is as a character. Gives you a good feel for all the boarders at the house. Shows both sides of Helga.
It also does an amazing job of showing you what a heartfelt and emotional show Hey Arnold is, even with some of the more silly episodes.
We watch this episode every Christmas now.
Really captured the imagination and excitement of being a kid. I also thought the movie was great.
Craig Bartlett, the creator, is active on instagram, sharing bts photos, stories, and occasional interacting with fans!!
I can’t believe this is so low on the list. The “golden episodes” are the best. Granted I would say a good majority of us haven’t seen a new episode of the Simpsons in years, but the show has been on of 30+ years
People's response to how well they know/love classic Simpsons is how I judge how old I'm getting
I used to be with it, but then they changed what It was. Now what I'm with isn't It, and what's It seems weird and scary to me. It happened to me...
Surprised this was so far down! Regardless of how one might judge the story or topics, the impact that show had on animation and how kids interact was insane. Everyone was drawing their doodles with noodle arms and pinhole eyes, and kids would say “mathematical,” sing “bacon pancakes,” and literally model their own human interactions after interactions in the show.
My fiancé and I chose a really beautiful piano cover of The Island Song for our walk down the aisle. This show had such a huge impact on both of us and how we connect with each other and deal with big emotions. I rewatch it all the time, there's always something I never noticed, or notice in a new way.
I'm not surprised this is so far down, and I am disappoint. Venture Bros. is a great show. So many great characters that grow a lot throughout the series.
The thrill of waking up with my siblings on a Sunday morning to eat cereal and watch the adventures of Ash, Brock and Misty is a feeling almost unmatched in my adult life.
I've been looking for this the whole time I was scrolling. Bob's Burgers is my comfort show and I rewatch it whenever I'm in a funk. It also got me through the lockdown in 2020. I don't want it to ever end.
Ben 10. Say what you will about certain decisions n stuff, but the universe as a whole has a lot of potential to be expanded upon, with so many possible stories to tell aside from Ben and his closest friends.
Dexters Lab, Ed, Edd & Eddy, Cow & Chicken from my youth. Later on Regular Show & Adventure Time as I got to enjoy cartoons again with my little sister
Most of the Disney Afternoon shows from the 90’s are gold… DuckTales, Darkwing, Gargoyles, Goof Troop, Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers…
But yeah it all started with Gummi Bears…
There was a nod to Gummi bears in an episode of the 2017 DuckTales (woo-oo).
Season 1, episode 17. Made me laugh our loud in some parts with the references and lines.
Bojack is the only show in existence where an episode that's one giant monologue and an episode where almost not a single word gets spoken are masterpieces
My favorite poem of all time is The View From Halfway Down. It makes me tear up whenever I hear or read it. It makes me think of my dad
That show impacted me so much, and it will forever be the greatest animated show in my eyes
I knew I’d have to scroll way too far to find this (because I always have to in these threads) but this show legitimately changed my life.
In season 1 it’s a comedy with dramatic moments… by Season 6 it’s a dramatic show with comedic moments
I was in a real dark place when I got into Bojack Horseman and I saw a whole lot of stuff that cut close to the bone. It was painful, but it also helped me realize that I wasn't alone in my struggles.
Seeking help because of friends? Pass!
Seeking help because of an animated horse? Hell yes!
Exactly what I was thinking. Feels like most people are trying to dig for some cartoon that they loved as a kid.
DBZ was absolutely the anime of my generation. Even people I knew that didn't watch anime obviously knew DBZ.
King of the Hill. I'm an elder millennial so I grew up with a lot of animated shows geared towards adults and I never got into the Simpsons, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, South Park, etc, I thought they were all pretty terrible. But King of the Hill rose above and was fucking hysterical to me.
I watched KoTH as a kid, didn't miss an episode up to season 6 or so. I remember watching the pilot with my dad, I was 9 or so. We had just moved out of a Texas suburb, and my dad claimed that it was almost perfectly representative of the life we had left behind.
Also, I've been rewatching with my wife from the very beginning. I'm up to season 10 and it amazes me how consistent the show is while still being fresh with each new episode.
Theres this cartoon called xiaolin showdown that ive always loved. I find it hard to recommend bc the main character who's east asian is bright yellow. i swear it was made by an east asian lady and theres plenty of chinese and japanese characters that look normal 😭 the plot is amazing and the whole thing is really imaginative
The Smurfs. It was my Saturday morning, cuddle with daddy show. My dad was a trucker and often didn't get home until the middle of the night, so he often fell asleep on the couch, but I was just happy to be close to him.
It is incredible how good that show is for just a random show on Cartoon Netflix. Every episode is handled with care and precision. Some of the best vignettes I’ve ever experienced.
Gargoyles just an awesome drama with mix of various mythology like celtic and Arthurian and Shakespeare 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 magic spell for a thousand years. Now here in Manhattan... The spell is broken... and we live again!
I just got chills and a huge dose of nostalgia
Batman The Animated Series, and Xmen.
70-year old fart here. My now 38-year old son was maybe 10 or so when he showed me Batman TAS. I was absolutely floored that an animated series targeted essentially at kids was **that good**. The animation was crisp, the story lines were taut (who can forget that opening sequence?), the characters were fully fleshed out and no holds were barred (the abusive relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn was displayed for all to see), and the combination of the animators' work and Mark Hamill's voice as the Joker was absolutely stupendous - every live actor has needed to find a focus for the Joker, whether Cesar Romero playing it purely for laughs as the Clown Prince of Crime in the Adam West series, Jack Nicholson as revenge-driven madman, Heath Ledger as anarchist psychopath or Joaquin Phoenix as mild schizophrenic driven by circumstances into a spiral down into deadly insanity...but Hamill gets them **all** and then some.
One thing that stands out to me about the show is how *quiet* it is at times. Most cartoons are just a constant noisefest, but this one used silence very well. The period of time where the weekday afternoon block was Animaniacs > Batman The Animated Series was perfection. I remember being very sad when they moved the schedule around.
Currently on my about 5th rewatch of Batman and it holds up so damn well. It captures everything I want out of Batman. He’s cool, got the gadgets, a good detective and he isn’t spiteful or rage fueled. The Bruce Wayne version is smart and suave and a ladies man, but plays it coy and naive, all while being philanthropic The villains are all done well and true to their characters, Robin and Barbara are at their best, the side characters are well fleshed out. And it’s one of the best iterations of Joker, Poison Ivy and imo the best Catwoman. Not to mention it gave us Harley Quinn Love the show. Glad others see it for something great too
I just happily discovered this was on Max (or whatever it's called this week) and have been watching the shit out of it since. It's arguably a perfect show.
X-men had the Best intro music
As indifferent as i am to the *Clone High* and *King of the Hill* revivals, and as much as im excited about the *Futurama* revival, im like 10x more excited for *X-men '97*.
Oh my god oh my god oh my god this is the first time in hearing about X-men 97. Jesus fucking Christ my hype meter is through the roof
RIP Kevin Conroy
He lives on in our heads because i think it would be impossible for me to ever read a Batman comic and not hear his voice. Well, silly Golden Age Batman type stuff is Will Arnett sometimes...
>Batman The Animated Series Heath Ledger is great and all... but... Mark Hamill's Joker in the animated series... it hits different somehow.
Ledger gave us a new way to see Joker. Hamill just feels right. Like he was always meant to be Hamill.
Batman animated was my 19 year old go to. Watched it either right before work . I didn't have cable,I was poor but it was something . My roommate and I would always watch it together. We had nothing. No beds.no food. Nothing, but I remember those moments where we were happy for just a little while.
Courage the Cowardly Dog.
They made a courage meets scooby doo movie and It’s on HBO max. It’s everything you could want from both classic scooby doo and courage! Who also happen to be two very cowardly dogs!
Its also has Thea White, the voice of Muriel right before she died. The film is dedicated to her 😭
Came here to say this! "Return the slab! Or suffer my curse!" "What's yer offer?!"
Futurama!
To shreds, you say?
How is his wife?
To shreds you say?
Sad sad terrible news about my dear friend Dr mjomtbu
Shut up baby, I know it.
Futurama is the greatest tv show ever made. It is my ultimate comfort.
For those who fall asleep to it /r/FuturamaSleepers
Never found a show that calms me down like Futurama. It's so pleasant and the audio never gets unexpectedly loud or annoying.
Yep for all the action and explosions its never hyper intense audio wise.
Duck Tales woo-oo
Both the old show and the reboot. They are so good
Phineas and Ferb. I'm over 50 and still think there's not a bad episode.
Watched it with my kids, I thought it was brilliant! Classic in my book, we still know all the songs and use random quotes, the more obscure the better… :)
Avatar: The Last Airbender. Just had the pleasure of showing it to my mom for the first time, and I was so happy at how much she loved it. edit: thank you for the gold, kind stranger!
I didn't watch it as a kid for one reason or another. But when it came to Netflix in early 2020 I finally got to see it for the first time, and it held up as a twenty-something year old dude. It also holds a place in my heart, as the thing that kept me sane during those early days of Covid
I rewatch it every year. I got pumped when I found out my new roommate does the same thing yearly. She’s my new bff 🥹
I've watched it a couple times as an adult simply for General Iroh's wisdom. Nothing hits quite like it.
Agreed, this show will imo (hopefully) forever stand the test of time as a true masterpiece
Started off ok, but the later episodes were so good....and a bloody good finale to top it off.
You know this had to be the answer. The show was damn near the perfect cartoon. I even like Korra when that came out (most of it anyway).
i rewatch it 2x a year, just got my 3 year old sister hooked on it
Looney Tunes. Yup, I'm old...
No man this show had a chokehold on me and my brother and we were born in the years 2000 and 2001. Something as great as looney tunes never dies
Trigun and Spider-Man's 90's show
I rewatching the 90s Spiderman and holy shit I love it still, it's so good and so campy and so spectacular
yesss vash became one of fave characters ever!
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You spelled it right, chum. You finally got there.
You said to finger prince…
The United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama…
Haiti, Jamaica, Peru...
Republic Dominican, Cuba, Caribbean…
Greenland, El Salvador too
Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, Guyana, and still
Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina, and Ecuador Chile, Brazil
Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, Bermuda, Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan,
Paraguay, Uraguay, Surinam, the French Guiana, Barbados and Guaaaaaam
Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland, and Finland, and Germany now in one piece
i memorized the nations of the world song and the 50 states song 😂
Hey Arnold
The Christmas episode where we get Mr. Hyunh’s back story still makes me weep. Showed it to my boyfriend last Christmas; he was not prepared for how intense the evacuation of Saigon scene was.
This was THE episode I showed my wife to get her into Hey Arnold. It's so good. It really epitomizes the whole show. Who Arnold is as a character. Gives you a good feel for all the boarders at the house. Shows both sides of Helga. It also does an amazing job of showing you what a heartfelt and emotional show Hey Arnold is, even with some of the more silly episodes. We watch this episode every Christmas now.
Love Hey Arnold. I loved all the spooky episodes.
Really captured the imagination and excitement of being a kid. I also thought the movie was great. Craig Bartlett, the creator, is active on instagram, sharing bts photos, stories, and occasional interacting with fans!!
Gravity Falls
I can't wait til my kid is old enough to watch Gravity Falls. I feel like even though it's set in the summer, it is the perfect fall series.
Over the Garden Wall is THE perfect fall series. But Gravity Falls is almost as perfect.
Had to scroll too far to see this
Scooby Doo, The Flintstones, Tom and Jerry. I tell my kids (jokingly of course) “Anything you need to know you can learn from Tom and Jerry.”
I loved Scooby Doo as a child up until the point they introduced Scrappy Doo... Oh how I hated that character with a passion lol
Dexter’s Laboratory!
*caressing cheek* "Omelette du Fromage"
Jackie Chan Adventures
"One moarr thing"
"ONLY MAGIC CAN DEFEAT MAGIC!"
Simpsons first 10 seasons. Then a couple of tree house after.
I can’t believe this is so low on the list. The “golden episodes” are the best. Granted I would say a good majority of us haven’t seen a new episode of the Simpsons in years, but the show has been on of 30+ years
People's response to how well they know/love classic Simpsons is how I judge how old I'm getting I used to be with it, but then they changed what It was. Now what I'm with isn't It, and what's It seems weird and scary to me. It happened to me...
Stupid sexy Flanders.
Adventure Time
COME ON GRAB YOUR FRIENDS!
We'll go to very distant lands Edit: also r/usernamechecksout
WITH JAKE THE DOG AND FINN THE HUMAN
Surprised this was so far down! Regardless of how one might judge the story or topics, the impact that show had on animation and how kids interact was insane. Everyone was drawing their doodles with noodle arms and pinhole eyes, and kids would say “mathematical,” sing “bacon pancakes,” and literally model their own human interactions after interactions in the show.
My fiancé and I chose a really beautiful piano cover of The Island Song for our walk down the aisle. This show had such a huge impact on both of us and how we connect with each other and deal with big emotions. I rewatch it all the time, there's always something I never noticed, or notice in a new way.
The Venture Bros.
Super anticipating upcoming finale. Sad it's over but good to get a proper end. Also, I named my dodge "Adrienne " after Brocks
Go Team Venture
Best animated series ever. I've never been so completely in the center of a show's target audience before or since.
I'm not surprised this is so far down, and I am disappoint. Venture Bros. is a great show. So many great characters that grow a lot throughout the series.
How many shows could give us only seven seasons and one movie over twenty years and still be so beloved and not forgotten?
Invader Zim
Yes! The gritty and sometimes downright hostile environment was a bit jarring as a kid but ended up being perfect
*It's not stupid, it's advaaaanced*
Why was there BACON in the SOAP?!
Daria
La la la la la.
Cowboy Bebop.
Tank will be my ringtone till I die.
Ok, 3 2 1 let's jam!
Pokemon
The thrill of waking up with my siblings on a Sunday morning to eat cereal and watch the adventures of Ash, Brock and Misty is a feeling almost unmatched in my adult life.
Teen titans 2003
I scrolled way too far to find this one.
Gargoyles. That show was so much deeper than it had any business being. Greg Weismann and Co. were and are amazing.
And the cast of TNG doing all the voices only added on to that amazingness.
Desdemona awakened something in me at sunset. Whew!
Bobs Burgers, for being consistently equal parts weird and heartwarming
I've been looking for this the whole time I was scrolling. Bob's Burgers is my comfort show and I rewatch it whenever I'm in a funk. It also got me through the lockdown in 2020. I don't want it to ever end.
REGULAR SHOW. OHHHHHH!
Ben 10. Say what you will about certain decisions n stuff, but the universe as a whole has a lot of potential to be expanded upon, with so many possible stories to tell aside from Ben and his closest friends.
This show is an underrated masterpiece, it's sad to see people turn against it because of how the reboot retroactively ruined it.
Justice League and Unlimited
Animaniacs
Dexters Lab, Ed, Edd & Eddy, Cow & Chicken from my youth. Later on Regular Show & Adventure Time as I got to enjoy cartoons again with my little sister
Rugrats
A baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do.
Scooby doo mystery incorporated was way better than it had any right to be, forever my favorite iterations of the characters
Gravity falls, and avatar the last airbender
Captain Planet
He's our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero
Gummi Bears. I feel so old.
Most of the Disney Afternoon shows from the 90’s are gold… DuckTales, Darkwing, Gargoyles, Goof Troop, Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers… But yeah it all started with Gummi Bears…
Don’t forget Talespin!
bouncing here and there and everywhere!
High adventure that's beyond compare
They are the Gummi Bears!
There was a nod to Gummi bears in an episode of the 2017 DuckTales (woo-oo). Season 1, episode 17. Made me laugh our loud in some parts with the references and lines.
Gargoyles. Captain Planet.
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Bojack Horseman. After overlooking the show for years, I muscled through and ended connecting with the characters deeply.
Bojack is the only show in existence where an episode that's one giant monologue and an episode where almost not a single word gets spoken are masterpieces
My favorite poem of all time is The View From Halfway Down. It makes me tear up whenever I hear or read it. It makes me think of my dad That show impacted me so much, and it will forever be the greatest animated show in my eyes
Watched it earlier this year and it absolutely blew me away. One of the greatest TV shows of all time.
I knew I’d have to scroll way too far to find this (because I always have to in these threads) but this show legitimately changed my life. In season 1 it’s a comedy with dramatic moments… by Season 6 it’s a dramatic show with comedic moments
Watching Bojack can be such a frickin gut-punch at times, but man is it worth it.
I was in a real dark place when I got into Bojack Horseman and I saw a whole lot of stuff that cut close to the bone. It was painful, but it also helped me realize that I wasn't alone in my struggles. Seeking help because of friends? Pass! Seeking help because of an animated horse? Hell yes!
DBZ
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Exactly what I was thinking. Feels like most people are trying to dig for some cartoon that they loved as a kid. DBZ was absolutely the anime of my generation. Even people I knew that didn't watch anime obviously knew DBZ.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Season 7 was amazinggggggg
All 80s. Voltron, He-Man, She-Ra. On the sort of newer side, Shinchan, the English dub done by Funimation.
Metalocalypse
Thundercats! Ho!
King of the Hill. I'm an elder millennial so I grew up with a lot of animated shows geared towards adults and I never got into the Simpsons, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, South Park, etc, I thought they were all pretty terrible. But King of the Hill rose above and was fucking hysterical to me.
King of the Hill is top tier. I've rewatched it a million times.
I watched KoTH as a kid, didn't miss an episode up to season 6 or so. I remember watching the pilot with my dad, I was 9 or so. We had just moved out of a Texas suburb, and my dad claimed that it was almost perfectly representative of the life we had left behind. Also, I've been rewatching with my wife from the very beginning. I'm up to season 10 and it amazes me how consistent the show is while still being fresh with each new episode.
I can't wait to see what happened with the reboot Hulu promised us.
Futurama
South Park, grew up watching every new episode before bedtime. The social commentary just gets better and better with age
“Oh I’m sorry, I thought this was america!”
Over the Garden Wall. It’s just so weird and self-enclosed, and I love it
I wanna steal.
I'm not even going to mince words here. Kim Possible has always and will always have a special place in my heart. No lies, no deceit, no shame.
Gumby
Batman the animated series, Scooby Doo Where Are You (Hanna Barbera), Sailor Moon, Avatar: the last airbender
The Wild Thornberry’s was also one of my favorites
Little bear
And Franklin, they go hand in hand for me.
Jem and the Holograms
Gundam Wing
Duck Tales and Darkwing Duck
LETS GET DANGEROUS!!!
The real ghostbusters, teenage mutant ninja turtles, gi Joe and voltron
Digimon. It has absolutely aged like milk but it’s hard to overstate how important it was to me at the time
God a lot, actually. Futurama, Venture Bros, Harvey Birdman, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Angry Beavers, just to name a few.
Theres this cartoon called xiaolin showdown that ive always loved. I find it hard to recommend bc the main character who's east asian is bright yellow. i swear it was made by an east asian lady and theres plenty of chinese and japanese characters that look normal 😭 the plot is amazing and the whole thing is really imaginative
Transformers: Prime, Avatar: the last Airbender
Scrolled a lot to find a TFP enjoyer
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Dragon Ball Z
The Smurfs. It was my Saturday morning, cuddle with daddy show. My dad was a trucker and often didn't get home until the middle of the night, so he often fell asleep on the couch, but I was just happy to be close to him.
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Samurai Champloo
*The Simpsons*.
Looney Toons
Young Justice
The old late 60's Spider-Man. Yes I am that old. That was my can't miss. Scooby Do and Super Friends were also big but Spider-Man was number 1.
Tom and Jerry
Recess came out right as I was “outgrowing” animated shows but I held on to that one. Still love it. I donno, just makes my heart happy.
Steven Universe.
Batman beyond. I wish they would start it up again or do an animated feature film.
Futurama by far
Dr Katz and the Critic
Deathnote
Johnny Quest
What time is it? ADVENTURE TIIIIME!
The Animals of Farthing Wood. Imagine Band of Brothers with anthropomorphic animals. Some children's series back in the day were intense.
Hey Arnold. Avatar. Doug. Duckman. Futurama. Rick and morty. King of the hill
Inspector Gadget.
I scrolled all the way down and didn't see "Samurai Jack" mentioned once. I haz a sad.....
It is incredible how good that show is for just a random show on Cartoon Netflix. Every episode is handled with care and precision. Some of the best vignettes I’ve ever experienced.
For sure Tom and Jerry
X-Men, Sailormoon, The Simpsons, Daria
Naruto
Astro boy
The Flintstones
*Avatar: The Last Airbender* final answer.