The ILX Animated Series Poll Results Thread is part of this complete breakfast

I probably should have voted for this

Glad to see Downtown and The Maxx make the list. MTV's animation department was pretty short-lived, but they made shows which still feel unique today. I love those scenes in Downtown where the animation followed the characters' imaginations.

Hey Arnold really captured the frequent melancholy of childhood. A lot of that was down to the soundtrack, of course.

Sailor Moon is one of those things I see a lot about on the internet, but have never actually seen on TV. I'm not sure any UK or Irish channel ever even showed it, and I can't remember seeing any merchandise etc. Of course the only time mainstream channels ever really showed anime was Pokemon and Digimon (and Cardcaptors, to a lesser extent) in the late 90s/early 00s.

You really should have, it rules.

xp

also loved the next-door neighbor who was always bragging that every single thing he owned was "very expensive!"

just wanted to enter in the record that in the doug movie this guy let doug try on his very expensive VR headset through which everything appeared exactly as it did in the real world, only more expensive

https://i.imgur.com/5N0Nyij.jpg

44. Justice League Unlimited
60 points, 3 votes, 0 firsts

And now I'm going the scold the lot of you for not voting for JLU (save the other two voters)! It's the culmination of BTAS (exquisitely paying off a lot of moments from the history of the DCAU), with amazing comic episodes ("This Little Piggy" wherein Wonder Woman is transformed into a pig and "Kid Stuff," the requisite "heroes get transformed into children" episode), and amazing multi-episode arcs with all the thrill-power you could want.

Granted, the last season is sort of throwaway, but the stuff in between is IMO on the same level as BTAS.

BTAS, STAS, JLU, and JL are all about equally great, top tier shows imo, and I've watched them multiple times through now that my kids are into them

https://i.imgur.com/2p3RqsD.jpg

43. Samurai Jack
62 points, 3 votes, 1 firsts

I didn't vote for Samurai Jack but it's really only because I haven't seen all that much of the original run. The melancholy conclusion that aired on Adult Swim last year is sublime though.

A shining example of What Animation Can Do, certainly, more so than many other shows that have placed so far.

https://i.imgur.com/yrxhUBr.jpg

42. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
62 points, 6 votes, 0 firsts

highlander was a documentary. the events were filmed in real time

samurai jack was cool

aqua teen was the one early 00s adult swim show that never clicked for me

Remember the Aqua Teen bomb scare?

It got more unpleasant over time, to the point it seemed like it was trying to get cancelled, but it was good for some laughs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O7KRysCDE8

the foreigner belt episode alone

Last for today:

https://i.imgur.com/Xbghi4k.jpg

41. Metalocalypse
62 points, 7 votes, 0 firsts

True

A lot of these I've just never seen so I can't really join in this bit of the thread. I remember watching a couple of episodes of Samurai Jack while stoned but that's about it.

Did any of you non-UK people get to experience Trap Door? I highly recommend it. There's the cosy domestic horror of a castle full of claymation monsters, but also the wry nod to class politics.

whilst searching for images for this, I discovered a Metalocalypse/Downtown connection:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_waQ3KXQ28NY/ReSfMRRSd_I/AAAAAAAAABM/d69SYOyv3hw/s1600-h/Goat_01.jpg

well here's a link to the page since the image won't work

Remember the Aqua Teen bomb scare?

i was introduced to the girl who caused this at a hawaii lan party a few months before it happened. i think it started like that: in the wind.

lol i forgot about the bomb scare. i definitely saw one or two of them around during the week before whoever called it in as a bomb and they got removed

https://i.imgur.com/HkpdjXf.jpg

40. Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (including Battle of the Planets and G-Force: Guardians of Space)
63 points, 3 votes, 1 firsts

haven't seen this but, yay more results

https://i.imgur.com/wvVggPg.jpg

39. Clangers (1969-1972)
63 points, 4 votes, 0 firsts

Goat from Downtown also appeared in Megas XLR; he's kind of the animated equivalent of Det. John Munch

ha!

amazing how the phrase "G-Force" is lodged in my head after all else is forgotten

the Clangers is of course its own little slice of perfection, could easily argue it's Postgate's best

voted for Clangers, albeit lower than Ivor or one that is yet to place. my third favourite Postgate still makes it one of the most joyful things in the world

haven't seen the original gatchaman but gatchaman crowds is really good and interesting. i don't think it's related beyond carrying forward the brand and general aesthetic though.

https://i.imgur.com/2L0uXxn.jpg

38. Hilda
66 points, 4 votes, 0 firsts

I've praised Hilda already, but I'm glad that 3 other people saw fit to vote for it too!

I love the character designs, and was kind of wondering this style could be influenced by chibi? When did big heads on kids in Western animation/cartooning become a thing?

Peanuts started in 1950

george washington carver begs to differ

https://i.imgur.com/ilg8SOO.jpg

37. Rex the Runt
66 points, 5 votes, 0 firsts

Hilda is indeed awesome! Normally I would feel weird voting for a series after just one season, but that one season was already so charming and wonderful and beautifully drawn and animated, I felt confident to say this is one of the best all-ages cartoons of all time.

big heads on cartoon kids in u.s. comics dates back at least to percy crosby's skippy -- possibly even earlier? feels like a magazine cartoon kind of thing.

yay for rex the runt making it this high, it's the best aardman thing

While we're on the subject of big heads...

https://i.imgur.com/VSCdjxk.jpg

36. Powerpuff Girls, The
67 points, 8 votes, 0 firsts

shoulda voted for this one, totally forgot about it

also forgot about it in the theme song ballot, but it's a banger

Powerpuff Girls is a totally anarchic show in a way that's kind of out of vogue right now I think. A fun fact is if you try to watch it now on streaming, you can see how Ms Bellum's neck extends all the way to the edge of the frame in a really creepy way b/c the show was originally made for CRTs with a "safe area" cutoff.

they managed to smuggle in a bunch of deeply weird stuff...like HIM

love him

quick google brought this up, but it really was kinda subversive in the way it hid all this disturbing stuff in the "sugar, spice, and everything nice" framing: http://www.mtv.com/news/2944058/powerpuff-girls-dark-creepy-moments/

40. Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (including Battle of the Planets and G-Force: Guardians of Space) my #1, basically I was just the right age (somewhere under 10) where it had more of a lasting impact than your Magic Roundabouts and Ivor the Engines, but unlike say Ulysses 31 the rosy glow of nostalgia is still stronger than any serious critical re-evaluation. Sorry Shakey! Maybe I'll rewatch an episode or two sometime, lol.

Voted for Clangers, Rex the Runt and Powerpuff Girls. All quite different, but all joyous in their own ways.

I forgot about HIM! I only had Mojo Jojo in mind when I voted for PPG!

https://i.imgur.com/T4En8fH.jpg

35. Garfield and Friends
68 points, 6 votes, 0 firsts