Was it the most nerdy 90s Nicktoon? They were willing to reference anime at a time when most western animation didn't reference anime

>>149061129 (OP)
The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse did an anime parody in 1987

>>149061129 (OP)
>They were willing to reference anime at a time when most western animation didn't reference anime
Dexter's Lab did it first

>>149061129 (OP)
It's the only reason why I didn't find people who are into old schlocky horror movies weird when I found out that that was actually a thing.

>>149061208
Dexter didn't reference anime, it was one (prequel to Pant and Stocking).

>>149061303
You mean powerpuff or both

>>149061129 (OP)
It seemed kinda like a stoner show that wasn’t allowed to go full in on it.

>>149061129 (OP)
Anime was referenced all the time in like mid-late 90s cartoons, usually in a tongue in cheek derogatory manner because the genre at the time was pretty much considered a weird underground thing for perverts/pedos or the cheapest sweatshop cartoons made for kids

>>149061374
PPG is animated tokusatsu. Or mayber Dexter is animated tokusatsu and PPG is anime. Guess it depends on which universe I'm in tonight.

>>149061425
>because the genre at the time was pretty much considered a weird underground thing for perverts/pedos or the cheapest sweatshop cartoons made for kids
That famous American media sophistication.
I'd also argue that there was an element of jealousy/feelings of being threatened on the part of (mediocre) American animators. The writing was on the wall by the time Sailor Moon and DBZ hit Toonami, and I imagine that a bunch of dudes who just wanted to make "funny" shorts weren't happy watching their careers disintegrate in real time (unless they were smart like the dudes who pivoted to adult animation). It was only natural that they'd lash out by poking at the worst aspects.

>>149061533
I mean not really, I lived this era and was formerly an anime enthusiast. Pokemon was the big one, DBZ wasn't even that huge until like it was reran among the younger generation of fans to see it, like by the time they had fancy articulated action figures and not these, the ones I actually grew up with and you'd still get weird looks from people for liking DBZ along with like the weird Indian kid lol

Truly, 1998-00s was like the anime boom but even then, there were plenty of nerds more content to watch shit like Justice League and X-Men Evolution over any of that "weird japanese stuff". And in a weird way, I respect that era more. I cringed at turbo weebs of those days at school cause I was more on the "down low" with my nerdy shit by then, but I respect some fat zitty bitch in wearing cat ears and the most sloppily applied wanna be goth makeup to school and dealing with being mocked more than like the modern normie status of anime. These days I have no interest in talking to the modern anime fan who is just a broccoli/cheeto headed idiot wearing sweatpants in public, thinking the MCU makes them a "marvel fan", and listening to soundcloud trap and Doja Cat or Billie Eilish. Makes me wanna barf.

>>149061733
Yeah I remember when DBZ figures went from like static 80s articulate despite being made in the 90s, to like universal joints and lavish paintjobs, yet somehow those old shitty ones were more fun to play with inexplicably

>>149061129 (OP)
Why is /co/ so obsessed with anime?

>>149061303
Dexter had multiple anime references, there was an episode filled with references to Speed Racer

>>149063313

More mature then western kiddy cartoons

>Was it the most nerdy 90s Nicktoon?
Yes (horror movies and comics are kind of nerdy)

>>149063404
>More mature then western kiddy cartoons
Not at all, and I love gore sex and racism, as well as rebellious anti-heroes, melodramatic posing in the rain as lightning clashes, etc. "mature content" doesn't = maturity, it = what teens think makes maturity, while when you reach actual adulthood you start to appreciate childhood shit more

So really, edge and melodrama being teen brained is less mature than reaching adulthood, having gone through your pessimist phase, and lightening up again.

And from another standpoint, even involving "moody" Western kids shows vs. anime, Batman TAS and Gargoyles are way more maturely written than shit like Death Note, sorry brah. A key difference between Western (non comedy) animated series and comics vs. anime, is that character development is a major emphasis, while in anime it's all about flash and style. You get cooler fight scenes, but nobody knows as much about any anime character than they do Peter Parker, Bruce Wayne, or Logan, because these are real characters, not fairly hollow cliches like most anime protags/antags

>>149061129 (OP)
It happens both ways a lot, a lot of anime just straight up homaged Western shit, since Western comics and animation are what inspired anime and manga to begin with.....but as far as parodies/homages you have shit like
>cowboy bebop is entirely rooted in american film inspiration as well as chinese, though live action films but still
>big o was majorly inspired by batman the animated series
>nu dbz threw in a superman parody
>flcl had south park scenes
>shin chan was made to be japanese simpsons
>samurai pizza cats is a direct response to teenage mutant ninja turtles

>because these are real characters

To answer your question, yes. Beavers is a very dorky reference show

>>149063679
Yeah idk anyone who cared about She-Hulk desu, so no comment? I didn't mention her and the most publicity she's gotten is in the modern era because of that MCU bullshit. If you heard of She-Hulk before, it was mostly a joke about nerds being in love with female superheroes. I don't think a single She-Hulk toy was produced in the 90s, if that gives you any indication of how relevant she was to anyone.

Hulk as a property was largely propped up by 70s nostalgia for the old tv show, just like Wonder Woman coasted a lot on that kind of pop culture status, but not that many people knew much about Hulk outside of Hulk himself, being Bruce Banner, a guy who gets mad and turns into a green rage giant. The 90's cartoon isn't even that well remembered. Hulk and F4 were firmly the "B-tier" of Marvel to Spider-Man and X-Men's actual massive popularity in the 90s.

>>149061425
>>149061533
Ironically 1980 to perhaps about 2005 (around when the original GITS anime came out) was the golden age of anime. They were hating on literally the top of the artform producing shit like pic related (yes I know it was a movie but even the original TV series was animated better than 99% of western and jap slop today) while they were getting upset that the censors wouldn't let them sneak dick and gay sex jokes into cartoons for eight year olds.

>>149064304
Jesus christ I fucking love Anime Mecha from the 80s to the early 2000s. That shit is beautiful.

>>149063313
I can't speak for /co/, but a couple things geared me towards anime after a while.

>It was a change of pace from theater shorts and reruns of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Underdog, Hanna-Barbera shows that were older than me back in the 80's and 90's.

>It was also a change of pace from /co/ shows during the 70's through the 90's.

>/co/ shows like G.I. Joe, Transformers, D&D, Inspector Gadget, The Real Ghostbusters, and Disney and WB syndicated shows had some episodes produced in Japan that were noticeably cooler looking compared to episodes from other studios.

>I gradually wanted shows with a edge that wasn't accessible at the time with /co/ shows.

>PG/PG-13/R non-comedy /co/ were rare outside of cable. Felt Batman TAS, X-Men TAS, etc. could have benefitted from less FCC/S&P shenanigans like their comic book counterparts and anime on Japanese TV.

>I was blown away by G-Force (the second dub of Gatchaman) on CN, especially compared to seemingly sanitized action/adventure /co/ shows.

>Toonami, anime home video market, and a local Chicago station WJYS played a big role in scratching my anime itch. The latter aired some Streamline Pictures dubbed anime with bleeps and blurred out scenes instead of completely removing scenes.

>Bought that Street Fighter anime movie because that /co/ Street Fighter show and that live action movie sucked.

>Uneven censorship of anime on American TV (Dragonball, Sailor Moon, One Piece) compared to /co/ shows (Batman TAS, Superman TAS) further geared my towards anime.

>>149064313
The amount of autism that went into animating the movement of the suits in patlabor can only be described as a work of passion, not just love but sheer unadulterated passion.

>>149065010
>con't

>Anime aesthetics began to win me over. As much as I like to watch GoBots, Transformers had that 80's mecha anime look to its advantage (among other things).

>Some anime had dark themes that had nothing to do with gore or violence. It was also rare for TV /co/ shows have characters injuries or deaths in ways that didn't felt like shock value.

>Some 65-episode in one season /co/ shows had a few multiple part episodes (usually a two-parter or even a five-parter). Those were my gateways to serialized episodes over episodic ones.

>Not saying anime as a whole was perfect, but certain /co/ shows left a lot to be desired.

>As popular as 90's action/adventure /co/ shows were, one aesthetic that bothered me was shows that a "sloppy" look to them. This was noticeable in X-Men '92, Captain Planet, Carmen Sandiego, and Spider-Man Unlimited.

>Watching a Spanish dub of DBZ on Telemundo was a real eyeopener despite not knowing any Spanish. Unlike DBZ on syndication and Toonami, Telemundo not only aired it uncut but ALSO with its opening music, opening/ending credits, skipped episodes, AND Cha-La Head-Cha-La (take that, FUNi).

>>149061303
????
Huh???
Dexter literally had a direct parody of Virgo Shaka from Saint Seiya in that one Koosy needed his help to save his gay ass friend.

>>149063313
It has literally everything they want that american cartoons fail to deliver.

>>149061303
Don't worry anon, I know how to read.

>>149065209
you're both retards

>>149065222
Everyone is retarded, question is who is the most retarded here

>>149061161
That was The Real Ghostbusters, and the only reason why it came back as anime (Saint Seiya to be exact) was because all Wang Film (the Taiwanese studio behind Bakshi Mighty Mouse) knew about The Real Ghostbusters as that it was animated in Japan and the first thing they thought of when they thought of Japan was Saint Seiya so thats why The Real Ghostbusters parody came back as a Saint Seiya parody.
>>149063637
Shin-Chan is Japanese Family Guy, Laura Haruna is Japanese Simpsons.

>>149061129 (OP)
stop. making. this. thread.

>>149065209
Explain what you think your seeing that other aren't.

>>149061129 (OP)
It was aired pretty late in my country. So I was thinking that this cartoon was created around 2006. Maybe because of the pretty modern humor and pacing

>>149063551
>And from another standpoint, even involving "moody" Western kids shows vs. anime, Batman TAS and Gargoyles are way more maturely written than shit like Death Note, sorry brah.
You are retarded . Lotgh alone is mroe mature than every western cartoon evert made.
>eter Parker, Bruce Wayne, or Logan, because these are real characters
They are capeshitters that exist to fulfill the status quo and as a result they always get rewritten and can't have proper character development.

>>149064313
>>149064304
>early 2000s
I would make increase that interval up to the late 00s just to include x'amd and redline(not mecha but it has impressive mechanical designs)

>>149063551
>is that character development is a major emphasis
Lmao. Ashita no joe from the fucking 70s has better character development than 99% of western /co/ shit

>>149061733
>I mean not really,
Maybe not among fans but creators were feeling threatened especially since adult anime was decades ahead of adult western animation.
>and was formerly an anime enthusiast.
Are you a western cartoon enthusiast nowadays?