Characters aging in cartoons, a good idea or not?

My example that I brought up early was similar for the original All Grown Up concept as a one time only tv special, Caryon Shin Chan and its special episode What If Shin Chan Was In 1st Grade, all of the characters age by one year, and Himawara talks.
 
I think characters aging works better for shows that have a clear continous storylines, like superhero cartoons or anime shows. However, for cartoons that are just one shot episodes like the Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, Ed, Edd N Eddy, etc., keeping the characters the same age works.
 
I agree with this. Shows done in a serial or episodic fashion can allow their characters to age, as it ties in the progression of the overall story, but shows with stand-alone plots and stories, like many comedies, especially the ones which don't even offer continuity between individual episodes, don't require such things.
 
If u ask me, it really depends on the type of series.

For me, Death Note was good up until
L died.

Then it gets repetitive and boring for almost the entirety of the whole "future" angle.

On the other hand, JLU's Epilogue's portrayal of Batman's future was quite interesting. Batman's time is coming, and Terry as an adult was neat to see.
 
In general, I say no. One example that comes to mind is the episode of Powerpuff Girls where they were teenagers. The girls were boy-crazy and nothing else. A show like that loses all of its charm when you do that. What they did with Rugrats is another good example.
 
I'll tell you one place the "aging" concept would have never worked (IMO) was Codename: Kids Next Door. Considering the KND's "12 or under" (and immediate decommisioning at age 13) requirement, the series would have lasted no more than 3 years, when as it turns out, the series lasted 6!

However, the aging concept came in handy for the finale, when the now-grown operatives (live-action versions of them, might I add!) are interviewed for a memoir of their last mission.
 
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