They really speak to your grown-up inner child
Who here misses racing home from school to watch SpongeBob, Danny Phantom, Kim Possible, and Totally Spies?
*raises hand*
Call it nostalgia, but sometimes there’s nothing like cartoons to put a smile on our faces. Why keep looking back, though? You don’t have to be a kid to enjoy watching cartoons – in fact, these shows we’ve picked were created specifically for adults like us. No, we’re not going for the R-rated and crude thrills here. Using satire, dark humour, and yes, a couple of F-bombs thrown around, these animated shows take on complex topics such as politics, technology, depression, and death. Not so different from our sci-fi and crime dramas, but with cute or quirky animation art.
Photo: Netflix
6. Bojack Horseman
Widely raved for its humorous handling of dark topics, Bojack Horseman gets you laughing and crying at the same time. It’s the most human show featuring animals – maybe a little too human, because it just gets the empty melancholy of life. Once a famous ’90s sitcom actor, the titular horse now struggles to revive his career and falls too often into the black hole of self-loathing, depression, and even drugs.
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