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

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...

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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you can see how Ms Bellum's neck extends all the way to the edge of the frame in a really creepy way b/c the show was originally made for CRTs with a "safe area" cutoff.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

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excellent image

Lorenzo Music will always be Garfield

Also part of excellent real names HOF.

didn't watch much garfield, but there was a garfield halloween special that scared the shit out of me when i was a kid

When CBS ordered up an entire Garfield special, Davis — not quite happy with the choice that had been made — inaugurated a major casting search for the perfect, permanent sound. Hundreds of actors were heard and re-heard before Lorenzo tried-out and Jim said, almost instantaneously, "That's the one." Thereafter, Lorenzo spoke for Garfield on more than a dozen prime-time animated specials (one of which he co-wrote, and several of which won Emmys) and on the Saturday morning Garfield and Friends show, which was on CBS for seven years.

As the writer (and later, co-producer and voice director) of the Saturday show, I was reunited with Lorenzo and came to truly appreciate his acting abilities. He was a thinking performer who would instantly grasp what had been written and, as often as not, come up with a way to maximize the humor. His suggestions were nearly always good, and contributed to making Garfield a truly memorable animated personality.

During this period, Lorenzo came up with the gimmick of keeping his visage from public view…a notion that flowed from all the curiosity he'd aroused when playing the never-seen Carlton on Rhoda. Thereafter, his publicity photos showed him in silhouette, or with something in front of his face, and he declined all TV interviews that would not present him that way. Although he had appeared occasionally on TV before, the stunt had its intended effect of arousing attention. People began wondering about the face that went with the voice and he often chuckled that he was becoming "semi-famous" for not being seen. He received several lucrative proposals to appear on-camera in movies and TV shows or as a commercial spokesperson and was forever considering them but always opting to wait for a better offer. (He once likened it to a great dramatic actor waiting for the right role before he'd perform without his hairpiece. He'd say, "I'm not showing my face for this one.")

thanks sic. A giant.

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34. Pingu
70 points, 6 votes, 0 firsts

I *will* sell my family's fish for booze and then piss myself everywhere, I *will*.

duckman better place or yall are doing it wrong imo

how can anyone not vote for pingu

rex the runt doing very nicely i must add. i gave it loads of points - that first season is incredible. amazing surreal humour and animation. second season falls off a cliff, apparently due to a changed writing team, but i won't hold that against it too much

Pingu way too low altho the reboot probably loses it a few marks

Reboot?!

They made a couple of series especially for the BBC after the original finished, the later ones are inferior imo

Pingu way too low for sure

there's a more recent Japanese computer-animated reboot that I haven't seen

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33. Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The Adventures of
72 points, 4 votes, 1 firsts

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32. Paranoia Agent
77 points, 6 votes, 1 firsts

huh didn't know this was a thing, or at least enough of a thing to show up above e.g. lain

Maromi says TOO LOW
https://rei.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-49864703.jpg

Paranoia Agent was my #1, btw.

Sell me/us on it, emil.y!

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31. Big Mouth
80 points, 7 votes, 0 firsts

ya, i'm kinda curious to know more about Paranoia.

maya rudolph deserves some kind of award for her big mouth voice over

i both love AND hate the way she says bubble bath.

Sell me/us on it, emil.y!

― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee)

Well, it's Satoshi Kon, and it has all the hallmarks of it - themes exploring the nature of reality, meshing realism and surrealism, great art and music (it's the guy from P-Model, who Kon uses a lot). And unlike a lot of otherwise great shows, it doesn't overrun and have to compensate with filler, it uses its time perfectly and then is gone...

Big Mouth was high on my list, its a tour de force.

In addition to being very cleverly written and funny, Big Mouth gets the absolute most mileage possible out of being animated. It's been such a giddy pleasure to watch them expand out the supernatural (or whatever) world of the hormone monsters. Maya Rudolph wins for best voice acting but David Thewlis' Shane Wizard is <chef's finger kiss>

uh Shame Wizard

Oh yes when Thewlis appeared this season I was absolutely delighted. They even made the shame wizard look sort of like him!

Big Mouth, a show about awkward puberty years.. that description alone is a hard pass for me

i was pretty surprised when i first watched it, that it wasn't just cruel mocking awkward children tbh.

No, it’s actually very sweet and has affection for even the most ridiculous of characters (coach Steve)

i was prepared to utterly loathe it but it's surprisingly good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVagWJhvVbM

This must spoil quite a lot but I'm def sold on Paranoia Agent after seeing this, thanks Emily!

great images
hell yeh 2 trap door