I think, honestly, we're all well beyond the point where I need to open up this feature with a "Hey, did you know that cartoons aren't just for kids?" paragraph. Over the years, we've experienced a dissolution of the stigma once attached to animation and shows are now made available to kids on a 24/7 cable channel basis. Also, entire time blocks, primetime or later, are now devoted to shows directed solely at adults. FOX, even with their Animation Domination block on Sunday nights, is ramping up a Animation Domination High-Def Saturday block for a July 27th debut featuring new shows High School USA! and Axe Cop.
Animation geared toward adults has been around for a long while - dating back to '70s and '80s fare like Fritz the Cat, Heavy Metal and Ralph Bakshi's Wizards. Today, Adult Swim provides us with pockets of ingenious alternative after hours comedy while franchise players like The Simpsons, South Park and Family Guy continue to bring absurdist humor and parody to the masses. This list, however, is not just about animated shows that are intended for grown ups. This list also includes "kid shows" that adults find highly enjoyable. It's one thing for a show to consist almost entirely of jokes meant for an older crowd and it's another for a show to find and manage a sweet spot of humor, adventure and drama that actually bridges generations. So here you'll find both types of shows. Some are designed to be just for adults while others, miraculously, are for everyone.
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