Adult animation
Adult animation is animation that is for grown-ups and sometimes teenagers but is not for children. Some famous examples of adult animation are Ralph Bakshi’s cartoons from the 1970s and since then The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, South Park, King of the Hill, Napoleon Dynamite, Regular Show, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", American Dad, and a lot of other television shows have been American adult animation. The first cartoon feature film to get an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system meaning that people less than 17 shouldn’t see it unless there’s an adult with them was the South Park movie. The first CGI animated movie to be R-rated was Sausage Party.
Australian adult cartoon(s)
[change | change source]- The Big Lez Show (C.E.2012 — 2019)
- Ginger Snaps (TV series) (June 22, C.E.2017)
- John Callahan's Quads! (C.E.2001 — 2002)
- Koala Man (January 9, C.E.2023)
- Pacific Heat (C.E.2016 – 2017)
- YOLO (2020 TV series) (C.E.2020 – 2025)
Canadian adult cartoon(s)
[change | change source]- 2 Nuts and a Richard! (C.E.2015 – 2017)
- Happy Tree Friends
- The Bizarre Stories of Professor Zarbi (C.E.2019 – 2022)
- Bob & Doug McKenzies (C.E.2009 – 2011)
- Bob and Margaret (C.E.1998 – 2001)
- Bravest Warriors (C.E.2012 – 2018)
- By the Rapids (C.E. 2008 – 2012.[1][2])
- Cartoon Sushi (C.E.1997 – 1998)
- Clone High[3] (TV broadcasting: C.E.2002 – 2003; Max C.E.2023 – 2024)
- Corner Gas Animated[4] (C.E.2018 – 2021)
- Crash Canyon (C.E.2011 — 2013)
- Daft Planet (September 2 – December 23, C.E.2002)
- Doomsday Brothers (C.E.2020 – C.E.2021)
- Fugget About It (Adult Swim/Teletoon at Night: C.E.2012 – 2016 / YouTube: October 25, 2024 – present)
- John Callahan's Quads! (C.E.2001 – 2002)
- Kevin Spencer (TV series) (C.E.1998 – 2005)
- Knuckleheads (January 12, C.E.2012)
- Mother Up! (C.E.2013 – 2014)
- Odd Job Jack (C.E.2003 – 2007)
- Producing Parker (C.E.2009 – 2011)
- Psi Cops (June 5 – August 28, C.E.2023)
- Punch! (January 11, C.E.2008[5])
- Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (C.E.2007 – 2009)
- Sausage Party: Foodtopia (July 11, C.E.2024 – present)
- Sons of Butcher (C.E.2005[6] – C.E.2007[7])
- Spaceballs: The Animated Series (C.E.2008 – 2009)
- Sration X (C.E.2005)
- Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series (C.E.2019 – C.E.2020)
- Tripping the Rift (C.E.2004 – 2007)
- Undergrads (April 22 — August 12, C.E.2001)
- What It's Like Being Alone (June 26 – September 18, C.E.2006)
- The Wrong Coast (C.E.2003 – 2004)
Chinese adult cartoon(s)
[change | change source]- Link Click (Bilibili: April 30, C.E.2021 – present)
- Scissor Seven (April 25, C.E.2018 – present)
- To Be Hero X (Bilibili: April 6, C.E.2025 – present)
- Xiao Xiao (Newgrounds: April 19, C.E.2001 — February 23, C.E.2002)
Colombian adult cartoon(s)
[change | change source]- El siguiente programa (October 29, C.E.1997 - September 1, C.E.2000; November 15, C.E.2019 (Special))
French adult cartoon(s)
[change | change source]- Bunny Maloney (Summer C.E.2009)
- Crisis Jung (C.E.2020 – 2021)
- Delta State (TV Series) (C.E.2004 – 2005)
- Mr. Baby (C.E.2009 – 2010)
- Peepoodo & the Super Fuck Friends (C.E.2018 – 2021)
Italian adult cartoon(s)
[change | change source]- Adrian (TV series)(January 21 – December 5, C.E.2019)
- Tear Along the Dotted Line (Netflix: November 19, C.E.2021)
- This World Can't Tear Me Down (Netflix: June 9, C.E.2023)
Korean adult cartoon(s)
[change | change source]- Aachi & Ssipak (June 28, C.E.2006)
- Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning (June 13, C.E.2024 (Annecy); February 21, C.E.2025 (South Korea))
- The King of Pigs (October 8, C.E.2011)
- Padak (film) ((C.E.2012)
- Seoul Station (film) (August 18, C.E.2016 (South Korea))
- Sky Blue (film) (July 17, C.E.2003)
- The Valley (2027 film) (C.E.2027)
- The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep (February 11, C.E.2025)
U.K. adult cartoon(s)
[change | change source]- Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! (Canale 5: C.E.2001 — 2002)
- Tear Along the Dotted Line (Netflix: November 19, C.E.2021)
- Angry Kid (Netflix: C.E.1998 – 2025)
- Bob and Margaret (C.E.1998 – 2001)
- The Booo Krooo (C.E. 2002 – 2004)
- Bromwell High (C.E.2005 — 2006)
- Crapston Villas (C.E.1995 – 1998)
- Full English[8][9] (November 12 – December 17, C.E.2012)
- Monkey Dust[10][11] (C.E.2003 – 2005)
- Pond Life (TV series) (C.E.1996 – 2000)
- Popetown (C.E.2005 – 2006)
- Wicked Willies (C.E.1990)
U.S. adult cartoon(s)
[change | change source]- 3-South (C.E.2002 – 2003)
- 12 oz. Mouse (Adult Swim: C.E.2005 – 2006; C.E.2020)
- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (C.E.2023 – present)
- The Adventures of Chico and Guapo (C.E.2006)
- The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush (C.E.2006)
- Æon Flux (C.E.1991 – 1995)
- Allen Gregory (FOX: Autumn C.E.2011)
- American Dad (FOX: C.E.2005 – present)
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Adult Swim: C.E.2001 – 2015; C.E.2023)
- Archer (FX: C.E.2009 – 2016; FXX: C.E.2017 – 2023)
- Beavis and Butt-Head (MTV: C.E.1993 – 1997; C.E.2011; Paramount+: C.E.2022 – 2023; Comedy Central: tba)
- Big Mouth (American TV series) (Netflix: C.E.2017 – 2025)
- Bob's Burgers (FOX: C.E.2011 – present)
- BoJack Horseman (Netflix: C.E.2014 – 2020)
- The Boondocks (TV series) (Adult Swim: C.E.2009 – 2014)
- The Brak Show (Adult Swim: C.E.2001 – 2003)
- The Brothers Grunt (MTV: C.E.1994 – 1995)
- The Cleveland Show (FOX: C.E.2009 – 2013)
- The Critic (C.E.1994 – 1995)
- Daria (MTV: C.E.1997 – 2002)
- Downtown (1999 TV series) (MTV: C.E.1999)
- Drawn Together (Comedy Central: C.E.2004 – 2007)
- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (Comedy Central: C.E.1995 – 2002)
- Duckman (C.E.1994 – 1997)
- The Eric Andre Show: (Adult Swim: C.E.2012 – 2023)
- Family Guy (Fox[a]: C.E.1999 – 2002[12][b]; C.E.2005[12] — present)
- Father of the Pride (NBC: C.E.2004 – 2005)
- Fatherhood (TV series) (Nick at Nite: C.E.2004 – 2005[13])
- Futurama (FOX: 1999 – 2003; Comedy Central: 2008 – 2013; Hulu: C.E.2023 – present)
- Gary the Rat (Spike TV: June 26 – December 11, C.E.2003)
- Harley Quinn (TV series) (DC Universe: November 29, 2019 – June 26, 2020; HBO max: C.E.2022 – present)
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (Adult Swim: C.E.2001 – 2007; October 12, C.E.2018)
- Infomercials (TV specials) (Adult Swim: November 3, C.E.2009 – present)
- Kid Notorious (Comedy Central: October 22 – December 17, C.E.2003)
- King of the Hill (FOX: C.E.1997 – 2009; First-run syndication: May 3 – 6, C.E.2010)
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (HBO Max: July 18, C.E.2024 – present)
- Metalocalypse (Adult Swim: C.E.2006 – 2013)
- Mission Hill (TV series) (The WB: September 21, C.E.1999[14] – July 16, C.E.2000; Adult Swim: May 26, C.E.2002 – August 11, C.E.2002)
- Napoleon Dynamite (TV series) (January 15 –
March 4, C.E.2012)
- The Oblongs (C.E.2001 – 2002)
- The PJs (FOX: C.E.1999 – 2000; The WB: C.E.2000 – 2001)
- Regular Show (Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon: C.E.2009 – 2017)
- Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" (TNN/Spike TV: June 26 – July 24, C.E.2003)
- Rick and Morty (Adult Swim: December 2, C.E.2013 – present)
- Robot Chicken (Adult Swim: February 20, C.E.2005 – present)
- Royal Crackers (Adult Swim: April 2, C.E.2023 – May 2, C.E.2024)
- The Simpsons (FOX: C.E.1989 – present)
- South Park (Comedy Central/Paramount+: August 13, C.E.1997 – present)
- Smiling Friends (Adult Swim: C.E.2022 – present)
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast (C.E.1994 – 2008)
- Spy Groove (MTV: C.E.2000 – 2001)
- Stripperella (Spike TV: C.E.2003 – 2004)
- Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories (Adult Swim: C.E.2013; C.E.2014 – 2017)
- The Venture Bros. (Adult Swim: C.E.2003 – 2018)
- VH1 ILL-ustrated (C.E.2003 – 2004)
- Wonder Showzen (C.E.2005 – 2006)
See also
[change | change source]Notes and references
[change | change source]- ↑ Episode 50, "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", was first broadcast on Adult Swim and episode 147, "Partial Terms of Endearment", was first broadcast on BBC Three in the United Kingdom. Select episodes have been released exclusively on streaming service Hulu in the U.S. and on the Star hub of Disney+ internationally since 2024.
- ↑ While the series originally made its official end on February 14, 2002, "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" was first broadcast on Adult Swim on November 9, 2003; the episode would later premiere on Fox on December 10, 2004.
- ↑ "Hometown boy makes good with By the Rapids". Kahnawake News. Kahnawake News. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ↑ Szklarski, Cassandra (2008-11-13). "Aboriginal cartoon series 5 years in the making". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ↑ Hadadi, Roxana (June 13, 2023). "How Clone High Rose From the Dead An oral history of Phil Lord and Chris Miller's vexed animation experiment and its unlikely return 20 years later". Vulture. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ Yeo, Debra (December 16, 2016). "Corner Gas to be rebooted as animated series". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ↑ "TV Guide AN F28 Page ? & ? (Page 1)" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-10-21.
- ↑ "Teletoon August Highlights". Toronto: Teletoon. Toon Zone. June 23, 2005. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013.
- ↑ Alt URL "Television Program Logs". Retrieved 2016-03-02.
{{cite web}}:|archive-url=requires|archive-date=(help); Check|archive-url=value (help) - ↑ "Channel 4 shelves final episode of Full English". British Comedy Guide. 2012-12-17. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/fullenglishtvshow/posts/492348354147052 Archived 9 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine[user-generated source]
- ↑ Ellis-Peterson, Hannah. "Credits Roll for the Final Time as BBC3 Becomes Online-Only". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
Animated black comedy which satirised every taboo from bestiality and murder to suicide and paedophilia
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help) - ↑ Kerrigan, Lisa; Luckey, Kathleen; Johansson, Gosta; Rostron, Pam; Bryant, Steve. "BBC Three Switchover: 10 Great Programmes". BFI. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
Taking a form of black comedy possibly even darker than the work of Chris Morris, Monkey Dust was an animated series depicting Britain as a 'perpetual urban nightmare'.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 Barker, Stephen; Fox, Joshua (February 5, 2023). "Why Family Guy Was Canceled After Season 3 (& Why It Came Back)". ScreenRant.
- ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 201. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ↑ "TV Listings for - September 21, 1999". TV Tango. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
External links
[change | change source]
Media related to Adult animation at Wikimedia Commons- The Brief History of Adult Animation on The A.V. Club
- Life drawing: why is adult animation bigger than ever? - article at The Guardian
