movies/tv Do we need a "puzzle" cartoon?

[TheMisterManGuy 344]

There's a 26 episode anime series called Spiral. It's a mystery series about these blade children who are after a smart teenager named Ayumu. Along with his sidekick Hiyona, they defeat the blade children not through outlandish, overly long fight scenes, but through a series of puzzles and games. 

 

I was thinking, what if there was a western cartoon like that? Something that doesn't involve giant lasers, of swords. Characters don't defeat bad guys by punching them, rather they defeat the villains through various Proffessor Layton-esque logic puzzles. Battle of wits over battle of fists. Do you think kids will like something like that?

[TheJLeeTeam 914]

Does Dora count because they solve puzzles to get to an area with the use of shapes, numbers, and what not.

[TheMisterManGuy 344]

Does Dora count because they solve puzzles to get to an area with the use of shapes, numbers, and what not.

No, I don't mean very basic levels of puzzle solving in a preschool cartoon. I'm talking about a regular kids cartoon. Something edgier, and more complex, aimed at the 6-14 audience. A show with puzzle and game challenges more elaborate and complex than in your average Dora episode.

[techbishop 100]

I think Gravity Falls fits the bill for a "puzzle" cartoon.  Just watching one episode will make you think that it is just an ordinary cartoon.  After watching a few more you will start to catch on to the large amount of clues and realize how complex a cartoon can be.

[TheMisterManGuy 344]

I think Gravity Falls fits the bill for a "puzzle" cartoon.  Just watching one episode will make you think that it is just an ordinary cartoon.  After watching a few more you will start to catch on to the large amount of clues and realize how complex a cartoon can be.

Those clues to Gravity Falls are more hints to an overarching plot. I'm talking about a mystery series similar, but a bit more down to earth, and replace the fight scenes and monsters with a Professor Layton-style puzzle of the week format. Check out an episode of Spiral for a good example of what I mean.