Thread 150869546

Say what you want about their shows but in terms of art, the Klasky Csupo style has to be one of the most iconic and unique in all of animation history.
But after the 2000s it also seemed like the style just... died? Why are there no copycats?

>>150869546 (OP)
There were some copycats back in the day, like "Mike, Lu, and Og", "Movile Mysteries", and "Generation O". Honestly we don't see that style anymore cause of how generic all modern cartoons in general are, they're either beanmouth, riggedslop, or both. It wasn't even the best 90's style, IMO the superior popular 90's cartoon artstyle was the wacky one you'd see edgier shows like Ren & Stimpy and Rocko using.

>>150869546 (OP)
Ginger really has some dick-sucking lips doesn't she?

>>150869546 (OP)
it always felt a bit wrong to me that this company almost single handedly kept nickelodeon afloat for like a decade and nick just tossed em out like trash

>>150870023
>Honestly we don't see that style anymore cause of how generic all modern cartoons in general are, they're either beanmouth, riggedslop, or both. It wasn't even the best 90's style, IMO the superior popular 90's cartoon artstyle was the wacky one you'd see edgier shows like Ren & Stimpy and Rocko using.

And Korean ''Anime'' style

>>150870415
The biggest threat to the business is the business, they deserved better

>>150869546 (OP)
>Why are there no copycats?
Because by the 2010's, Klasky-Csupo's art style was apparently too distinctive and too much effort for several recent animators. The same animators got accustomed to simple, generic art styles that are easily rigged into 2D puppets as cost-cutting, time-saving moves to crank out episodes quickly.

One could also blame the cable networks (Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network) for imposing strict deadlines with limited budgets and animation schools for not teaching that recent crop of animators to develop similarly distinctive art styles like in previous decades. Pic related was the result of this mess.

>>150870937
Looking back, even though most Nicktoons and Klasky-Csupo's art style weren't my cup of tea, I appreciate how that studio went out of its way to have a unique art style. It also sucks that their only recent shows were Poppy Cat (2011 - 2016) and that Rugrats reboot (2021 - Present).
>You don't realize what you had until it's gone.

>>150870023
Even still, we had an entire generation that either grew up or heard of their shows back in the day but none have tried to come up with a spiritual successor to it.
It's also interesting you brought up 90s cartoon styles since Spumco or Matt Groening still receive clones to this day.

>>150869546 (OP)
I always thought the top three ones were cute when I was growing up

>>150869546 (OP)
I liked ATBG. I still remember how mad I got about the episode of Carl running a food cart.

>>150869546 (OP)
>Why are there no copycats?

I don't feel like the work of one specific studio can be referred to as a style that can be "copied"
The closest is, I dunno, the Jumanji cartoon? It's like asking "why are there no new Alex Toth style cartoons?" It's too specific
>>150871271
:(

>>150871435
Klasky had a way of doing caricatures that surprisingly, never felt like it crossed the line.
You can clearly tell when a character is meant to be Asian or Black but it's still done so tastefully.

>>150871619
Jews still managed to get offended by Grandpa Boris

>>150871619
>You can clearly tell when a character is meant to be Asian or Black but it's still done so tastefully.
It's not offensive if every race is ugly as shit

>>150869546 (OP)
Hopefully not, it's ass-ugly.

>>150871271
>underage girl's panties showing
Uhh Netflix?

>>150870023
Also that Jumanji show was sort of Klasky Csupo styled.

>>150871752
But that's what makes it cool. It wasn't afraid to take risks with its designs.

>>150871657
Klapsy Cupso is jewish.

>>150873772
>not afraid
But they clearly toned down the ugliness here when Thornberries became a series.

It exists...in the Soviet Union. As a matter of fact, that's where the art style originated from.

>>150873653
They knew no-one would sexualise the characters because they're so ugly.

>>150875174
>But they clearly toned down the ugliness here when Thornberries became a series.
You were not gonna sell a show with a protag that looked like that, come on.

>>150875174
>>150876800
Thornberries was initially developed as an adult series, so the designs being more grotesque made sense. Nigel was the main character.

>>150875227
Klasky Csupo was founded 4 years before that cartoon was made tho

>>150873772
Uncle Walt looks like he gives everyone bootlegs from China except for Alex whom he splurges on.

>>150876971
Yeah, by hungarians

>>150877025
Utterly wrong.
It was made in USSR, by Russians and Russian jews and was based on a Russian book.

>>150877042
I meant Klusky-Csupo

>>150877051
oh ok
Well, Csupó was born in Hungary, and Klasky is of easter-european jewish descent, so I guess there would influences.