Are we picking back up on animation?

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Now, I wasn't sure whether to call it. Most people refer to cartoons as part of the "Golden Age" or "Silver Age" or yadda yadda. I'm not sure what the 90's was, but I think a lot of people call it the Silver Age.

But anyway, do you believe with some of the news shows being made, our generation is picking back up on cartoon quality?

The Mighty B! seems to have a lot of potential.
Chowder has gotten a big fanbase over it's short time of airing.
Misadventures of Flapjack looks very interesting to me, both in animation and writing.
Phineas & Ferb has very good writing, it feels on-par to Dave the Barbarian at times to me.

Those are just some of the recent cartoons I can think of. If you can think of anymore, please share.
 
I think animationm here some [potential to pick back up. I really like The Mighty B! and chowder (heck, it had a fanbase before it even aired!)

flapjack doesn't do anything fior me so far butt he art is gorgeouse.

and we have the cortooninstitute coming up.
Only time can tell.
 
When they bring back American Dragon:Jake Long,then we'll talk.

It depends a lot with the genre.I like Chowder,etc. but I also like shows with story arcs to them.A show that can mix both (though usually stand-alone eps are dubbed the more or less negative fillers) is great to me.

Avatar is another example.
 
Well, the Golden Age was basically the booming age of theatrical cartoon shorts from companies like Warner Bros. and Disney (aka, the 40s-50s). The Silver Age is basically the 90s from what I understand, with a slight decline in creativity, but a huge increase in variety. We are currently in what some people call the Dark Age, but what I call the Bronze Age of animation. However, with these new influxes of new TV animation that seem to have amazing potential, we may be heading to a brighter New Silver Age. :shrug:

Think about it: We have "Avatar: The Last Airbender", "Chowder", "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends", "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack", "The Mighty B!", "Phineas and Ferb", and other cartoons that may do pretty well, such as "The Secret Saturdays". Who knows what can happen!? And let's not forget "Random Cartoons!", the "Cartoonstitue project", and "Fox's Inkubator", which all promise to usher in new creator driven cartoons from both new and well-known artists/animators/cartoonists. "Inkcubator" will even usher in more adult cartoons.
 
I'm not a big fan of those shows, or comedy cartoons in general. I prefer shows with plot and development, and with a lot of recent shows, I'd say these days sees more of that than in the past. So in that regard, I suppose 00's are good, better than any previous decade, I'd say.
 
The overall quality of animated programs has had its fair share of peaks and valleys, to be sure, but the problem is that they’re different for everybody. We come up with classifications such as the “golden age” or the “silver age” to help us remember the past and better organize the history of animation, but in truth, the animated programs that were created back then are not better than the animated programs that are created today. The same is true in reverse. It is impossible to claim that any one animated program is better or more deserving of praise than another, as such is entirely subjective and opinions are not irrefutable facts.

To get back to the subject at hand, the four animated programs that you’ve cited are great examples of what I’m talking about. Even though many people do like them, there are others who hate them with a passion. Who is right? Can anybody be right? No. That is the point.

In the future, people will think back and create more classifications; more ways to build invisible walls between generations. However, even though we may like and dislike certain things, the true quality of animated programs has been a constant throughout the history of the medium. Stars shine bright and then they fade, and another takes its place. That is how it will always be.
 
With three projects and show coming up that will bring in a bunch of new animated shorts that could turn into shows, I'm just hoping that a good chuck will be generally considered pretty good.
 
I have been noticing that at least to me on CN their new shows (Chowder and Flapjack) have seemed very good compared to some previous ones (Squirrle Boy and Gym Partner). I am hoping that this will apply to all animation.
 
Whether or not we're entering a 'Golden Age' is subjective, but I will say that it pleases me to see that networks like CN, Nick and Disney are at least putting forth an effort to make comedy cartoons watchable again.

Again, whether you're a fan of the shows listed above depends on one's individual tastes, but at least it's good to see some effort and quality being put into something else besides just superhero/action shows. I have nothing against action but I prefer comedy overall, and I have been getting more into comedy cartoons lately. There are only so many epic quests, world-saving missions and stylized fight sequences you can witness before it starts to get a little old.
 
When Disney starts to conjure up their own Cartoonstitute, then I'll consider the fact that animation has the potential to return to the Golden Ages to be true.
 
I'll admit that there was a slight lack of quality in cartoons for a while but I've always been happy with how things were going. It's true that cartoons have started to get better lately though.

Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Disney aren't the only networks with good cartoons. Try watching Discovery Kids one day and check out Kenny the Shark, Grossology, Tutenstein or Growing Up Creepie.
 
Why does Disney need to start their own Cartoonstitute? The studio has been producing high quality family friendly animated series and movies for decades now. Sure, it would be nifty if the Mouse House actually did embark on something like that, but they don't need to by any stretch of the imagination.
 
Well before them we had Foster's Home, Fairly Odd Parents, Billy and Mandy, Avatar and freakin' Spongebob. It's not like we've been tortured since 1999.

I never really have cared for Phineas & Ferb, and I haven't even seen Flapjack yet.
 
That's true, but we've also been introduced to cartoons like My Gym Partner is a Monkey, Squirrel Boy, Barnyard, George of the Jungle, Tak and the Power of Juju, Catscratch, and now, Nickelodeon has more of a focus on their live-action shows than their animated ones.

Granted, not all the shows listed above are bad, but they're not as well-recieved as some of the cartoons we've had in the past.
 
Catscratch wasn't bad, but the characters were a bit two dimentional which is proably the reason it didn't do well.

Every decade has it's flops, and it's gems.
 
Yes, I know that Disney has crafted many quality animated series and movies for years now, but they don't have that many genuinely original animated intellectual properties of their own and conjuring up a Cartoonstitute-esque project may help them make more successful original animated concepts. Besides, Disney Channel needs to dramatically increase their animation programming slate and it could also lead to the creation of original programming exclusively for Toon Disney.
 
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