It's Absolutely Legendary!

I just randomly remembered I used to watch this growing up on CN, this was kinda funny & I loved playing the game on the CN website.

Since WB Discovery continues to not give a update on this or KND , I bite the bullet and purchased Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy on Apple TV ( Also on prime video, delisted in Fandango app) all 6 seasons! Maybe I'll get KND from apple TV next week while it's on sale... Quote Mandy smile. Tomorrow will be worse.

It’s so awesome isn’t it!

Literally the title

Let me explain. I'm a Paraguayan from South America, a country where animated films aren't even that developed, and I have a 10-year-old brother. He always watches his animated movies and series on Netflix, but they're all CGI. His favorite is Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.or something like that.

One day, I decided he'd grown up enough and was mature enough to watch Cartoon Network and similar channels, so I tried showing him some of the channel's classic 2D animated series. But after just a few minutes, I noticed he was bored, and only a little while later, he asked me to put Netflix back on.

I asked him why he didn't like this series I was showing him: Adventure Time, and he told me it was because it has "a lot of black lines." By "black lines," I understood he meant the characteristic black lines that surround the border of the drawings of characters in animated series.

Basically, he didn't like the series because the characters didn't look hyper-realistic like the characters in modern series made with 3D CGI. I imagine the situation is worse in some ways in Europe and the United States, or maybe I'm just wrong and it's not a mass effect as I think it is.

Technically, children base their criticism of the TV shows and movies they watch almost entirely on the characters design and artwork. So even if you write a masterpiece, there's a risk that it won't resonate with children because it's not aesthetically appealing.

But if I'm right, animated series companies realized it even earlier, and that's why they're increasingly relying on CGI. Children take the design of the series they're watching very seriously, even if they don't understand it. When it comes to children's entertainment, the design of your series is everything.

And this is something important to keep in mind, especially if you're a current animator looking to create a series with a children's theme. I think you have to know your audience. If your animated series is for adults, the design might not be as relevant, but for children, it's vitally important that your characters are pleasing to the eye.

P.S.: Remember when I said "exceptions"? Well, there is one 2D series that my brother did like: My Little Pony. I know, it sounds strange, but I think if your series is high-quality enough, it can attract a child audience regardless of its design. But like I said, I doubt companies want to take the risk these days.

P.S. 2: Something similar happened with our generation when they changed from hyperrealistic 2D (he-man for example) drawings to simpler lines like rounded faces (Steven universe or Star vs the forces of evil).