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Right you are, friend. I've never watched We Bare Bears, Clarence or Uncle Grandpa, but Steven Universe is definitely a big hit for me right now, I'm glad it looks we're a while from the end of that show. I hear Uncle Grandpa Isn't too bad though. PPG is just slightly on the level of meh. Perhaps, though I think differently. Don't get me wrong, I've watched the older cartoons from the 80s and 90s and think they're really great, but since I was born in the time period, I've always had a slightly bigger affection towards the 2000's, although the later 2000's were a little disappointing obviously, that's when we hit the dark age I think, shows like Ben 10, Chowder, The Powerpuff Girls and Flapjack have always been close to my heart. Is Uncle Grandpa REALLY that bad?

Wow, that's a little, uh, dark. To be fair while I am worried I don't think one or two show duds are going to kill the entire channel, It's still very successful in terms of profit from what I know. There's nothing wrong with appealing to multiple audiences either, but Nickelodeon is dead and gone already, Spongebob has been running for way too long and as a result has gotten stale, most of the new shows they bring out nowadays are either painfully mediocre, slightly above a pass or disgraceful, and I think they've really shot themselves in the foot.

To be fair some of their live action movies aren't half bad.

I understand having an affection for shows like Johnny, Dexter, Powerpuff etc. But I get what you mean by how we've taken inspiration from them to create new content. Johnny Test is the new Dexter's Lab pretty much (Yeah, I know I'm in the minority here but I liked it, sue me.) and you can find more comparisons later down the road too. I'd love to think that everything will be sunshine and rainbows, but we don't have a way to know that, I just hope you're right. To be honest, thinking about Nick, I honestly think It's too late for them. I was always more of a CN fan anyway, but still, Nickelodeon made many bad decisions in the past because they never want to innovate, they always stuck to the norm. They could have got Adventure Time, but they went for Fanboy and Chum Chum, then again, who knows how different it would have been on Nick. All they have is Spongebob and even that's getting stale, in a Simpsons sort of way. Still, I'm getting off topic. Really? Where exactly are you getting this information? Yeah, Disney has barely any shows on it, I'm never interested in anything other than Gravity Falls on there, but they have the Big Hero 6 cartoon coming up, so that's something. Yes, CN does do live action, in fact I think they still do now, just not as much. Here's the thing, I don't mind any cartoon station using live action shows, It's good to have a different style and variety, but the problem was that for a channel called CARTOON Network, there were way too many live action shows at the time, and not enough cartoons to counter it.

Yeah, but not every show... There should at least be variety. Nah, I think MLPs still doing just fine right now, though you're probably right on the changing trends here. I hate franchise labelling too so I can sympathise with ya there. To be honest I don't mind looking at new stylistic preferences as long as It's done well with writing, animation, etc. I can accept it. Making our own sounds like a bad idea, but we DO have the internet I suppose, I don't feel cartoons are obsolete though, people do still care about TV cartoons.

I'm not a big fan of either of those companies, especially 4Kids for their stupid censorship practices, often terrible dubbing and overall diminishing the quality of the show, and it seems most anime they dub don't even really fit their dubbing style, the only one I can think of that does is Ultimate Muscle. Acting like relationships don't exist, nor tradition and violence is stupid, these dubs are raising children to think that things like that don't exist, and then when they're hit with the harsh reality of the real world they're gonna struggle. It's sad 4Kids are the only reason I was ever able to watch Pokemon as a kid, but at least they're defunct now, giving a bittersweet end to their terrible reign on the English anime dub... And then Nintendo replaced them with people even worse for Pokemon, but still that's not the point, the point is 4Kids are terrible people and I'm glad they aren't around anymore. Oh, and one thing I will NEVER forgive is what they did to the Cosmo death scene in Sonic X, that was a fucking disgrace to anime dubs on television, and in general a scummy thing for 4Kids to do. Sorry, I got a little angry there, I've had a grudge with them over that for quite some time...

I don't really have a comment on most of that since the only Disney Channel show I watch is Gravity Falls, and that's over so... Meh. I will agree that Big Hero 6 sounds exciting. Too late to say that. Powerpuff Girls Reboot Ben 10 Reboot Samurai Jack Reboot Actually as a matter of fact, that video partially inspired me to make this post in the first place, so yeah. I love me some Saberspark.

Oh, don't get me wrong, every decade still has It's bad cartoons, none of them have only good ones and only bad ones, I don't think the 90's are overrated though. I guess there is still some hope, to be honest I haven't heard of those upcoming ones you mentioned, or Mighty Magiswords for that matter. Voltron making a comeback sounds interesting, and in terms of adult cartoons, there's no drought in those, The Simpsons and Family Guy are still going strong along with those newer shows. I'm sorry for making everything seem gloom and doom, but even with those positives you mentioned, I think I still have reason to worry, but maybe that'll change. P.S: They're making a BIG HERO 6 cartoon? Hell yes!

Call me picky, but I don't think that'd work. Yeah, it might be made by bronies, but that really depends on if you trust the brony community to make a full TV series, plus, it might be a show about cartoon ponies, but, well It's not My Little Pony. This kind of crowdfunding thing works for video games, but TV shows? I don't see it being successful.

Tell me about it, I could probably make an entire post specifically on that show if I wanted to, but I feel like It's been done to death already. Mind you, I've seen much worse cartoons on TV, and maybe if I look at the show by itself, It's just above a passing grade but there are so many parts that are painful to watch, and compared to the original it can't compete, I don't think nostalgia's telling me that either, because I didn't get to watch the original show until years after It's cancellation.

Now, I'm a big fan of cartoons, the fact that I'm even using this site should make that obvious, but really until about a year or so ago I've never really known much about their history through the 80's and 90's and all that. Point is, I'm not that big of an expert on the subject, so if what I'm saying turns out to be complete bogus, I'm sorry for that. Anyway, pushing aside the discussion of whether MLP should end soon or not, It's obviously reasonable to assume that we will probably get G5, in a few years at latest. These types of cartoons usually tend to last in certain decade, and soon enough we'll be entering the 2020's and will probably be left with a whole new set of shows to watch, replacing the ones we have now. I'm kinda worried about this, because with the way new TV shows coming up are turning out (PPG 2016 and TTG were only barely mediocre to me.) I'm kind of worried that the next decade is gonna follow suit to that. With great shows like Regular Show, Adventure Time, The Amazing World Of Gumball, and maybe Steven Universe at a later point, ending, that means there need to be new cartoons to fill the gap. I'm worried that the next decade might be full of cartoons trying to cash in on nostalgia without having the actual passion for the show, as if they're just doing it for the money, heck, we're starting to see this already with PPG 2016 and Ben 10 2016, Ben 10 especially worrying me because that used to be my favourite cartoon in existence in my younger years. Now this is only talking about one channel specifically right now, CN, but I feel that the same principal could apply to Nickelodeon, and wherever the hell MLP is showing nowadays. When G5 comes out, is it just gonna be a rehash shell of the show that came before it, filled with cringe and trying to be "cool with the kids" in a way that'll see these shows go outdated long before they usually would? I guess the main point I'm trying to say is, I'm really frightened for the future of cartoons, and I know It's a little early to think about it, but It's always best to prepare. Do you think we're entering another dark age of cartoons?