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

I was predisposed to NOT liking Over the Wall, because the character designs are deceptively crude side (for me those noses)... but it's deceptive because the animation is gorgeous.

The world-building is layered and doled out in digestible portions over the course of the series, and the humor (which kind of put me off in the first episode) is for lack of a better word humanistic, flaws and all.

It should be called Over The Cemetery Wall if we're being pedantic tbf (that isn't a spoiler)

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

29. Legend of Korra, The
84 points, 5 votes, 0 firsts

Korra improved for me on my rewatch, even though none of my overall opinions of the individual seasons changed (hated 1 and first half of 2, loved second half of 2 and all of 3, bored by 4). I intensely love the Red Lotus, it turns out, and Zaheer is for my money the best antagonist in cartoons.

Yeah, season 3 is by far the best of the series, but I did like how the 4th season built upon everything Korra had gone through in the first four.

Also, I dunno if it was intentional right from the start, but there's a clear balance to the villains and their motivations in each season: 1 - pro-human anti-magic, 2 - pro-magic anti-human, 3 - anarchoprimitivism, 4 - technocratic fascism. Makes for a good overall arc for the series, IMO.

"how the 4th season built upon everything Korra had gone through in the first three"

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

28. Gravity Falls
85 points, 5 votes, 0 firsts

Gravity Falls was my biggest discovery from this poll (pending the anime series available on YT). Consistently funny with gradually deepening lore, then turns into a different beast in its finale arc.

(I do think that parts of the ending are a cop-out.)

Are the GF shorts worth tracking down?

i like the "fixin' it with soos" shorts, which are both on youtube.

There's also a tie-in comic book called Lost Legends, with four GF stories that are just like episodes of the show.

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

27. Homestar Runner (inclusive of Strong Bad Emails)
90 points, 6 votes, 0 firsts

Genuinely haven't ever seen any of the last 5. Might check one or two out.

Cool! Just be aware The Legend of Korra is a sequel(ish) of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

SBEs are super classic, even now theres still a lot of catchphrases from them in general internet parlance

Homestar Runner is 40% of my vocabulary

I say "no probalo" constantly

"my blood hurts"

"Sever your leg please sir."

whenever i read the word "toons" i still get the homestar voice in my head saying "toons...games...downloads...characters" etc. the exact cadence is etched in my brain

same

eeeemail

Matt Chapman, one of the H*R creators and the voice of most of its characters, was also a writer for Gravity Falls.

the email. the email. what what, the email

we had a flickering light in our apartment bathroom and it was an impromptu light switch rave

https://i.imgur.com/xyYf0WG.jpg

26. Venture Bros., The
92 points, 6 votes, 1 firsts

I don’t think I’d ever even heard of Homestar before this poll. Didn’t have a chance to check it out before voting, but sounds like I probably should?

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

25. Bagpuss
94 points, 5 votes, 0 firsts

xp its a web cartoon from the early 00s, most famous for the strong bad emails where the character Strong Bad would answer a fan-submitted email question every week via an animated skit. was a pretty big part of 00s internet culture

https://i.imgur.com/1sLr8io.jpg

24. FLCL (original run)
98 points, 6 votes, 1 firsts

Homestar Runner was authored and published completely in Flash iirc, so got largely eradicated from history when the world gave up on the software?

they have rendered everything out to YouTube, which isn't perfect fidelity (clickable easter eggs were common, and there were games) http://www.youtube.com/user/homestarrunnerdotcom

but the flash site is still up if you care to install Flash.

FLCL is apparently a pretty straightforward narrative? But I totally got lost in its anarchic mayhem and weird things coming out of the protagonist's head to really pick up the plot!

I love the sound design though, especially when the bass guitar is used as a truncheon.

kind of harsh to give bagpuss, the best animated show of all time*, just ten minutes of poll rundown

*my number 3, but it really is the best

*professor yaffle voice*

yes yes well you see, all these modern American shows are full of existential irony, but Bagpuss...

*cheering mice voice*

wheeeee let us singggg you a sooonggggg

*narrator voice*

BUT EMILY LOVED HIM

*100000 tears*

It's nearing the end of the workday, I wanted to pick up the pace a bit!

(But I'm definitely picking up the pace MORE for obscuro Brit picks.)

(j/k)

https://i.imgur.com/NOoH7pJ.jpg

23. Archer
99 points, 7 votes, 0 firsts

https://i.imgur.com/jDjhV5A.jpg

22. Danger Mouse (1981-1992)
101 points, 8 votes, 0 firsts

lol ftr archer got 40 seconds

frisky dingo was probably better tbh, never saw enough of archer to judge *shrug*

it is very existential and ironic though clearly!!!

My general rule was to only vote for a show if I could remember the plot of at least one episode, but I made one exception for Danger Mouse

Someone tell Top Level!

https://i.imgur.com/uFJBP0v.jpg

21. Aeon Flux
105 points, 6 votes, 1 firsts

I've only seen it once, but the episode where she meets the kid who grants wishes shows her a reality where she's a soccer mom has stayed with me for years.

Someone is going to have to explain Bagpuss to me.

I've heard of the last three

Aw Jeez, how is Bagpuss so low? I thought that would be the consensus Brit-pick. It's certainly better than bloody Dangermouse.

BUT EMILY LOVED HIM

*100000 tears*

My first cat was called Bagpuss. Why? Because I loved him. ;_; ;_; ;_;

I was the number one for Venture Bros. Probably not my all time favorite animated show, but it’s just so lovingly created and whip smart that I thought someone had to rep for it and it might as well be me.

Didn’t realize Homestar was eligible or I def would’ve given it a vote.