Isn't saying that he was punished with death for doing this cartoon pretty harsh? I understand that you don't like it, which is fine of course, but I don't think anyone deserves to die, especially for just doing a cartoon. I remember watching the cartoon a many years ago, but I haven't watched it recently to see if I still enjoyed it. I thought that it was a cute kind of cartoon, but that's me.
Thank you for your comment. While I do agree with you that Digimon has better writing and character development than Pokemon, I wouldn't really call Pokemon something like dog-fighting. At least the trainers care about their Pokemon, except for Paul, and they don't fight to the death. Besides that, I still love Pokemon and Digimon and both series are still fun to watch for me.
I haven't seen Space Jam in years, but I do remember watching Back In Action a few months ago and I enjoyed it. Even though it was live-action with Looney Tunes, I felt that it kept the cartoonish feeling throughout the movie. Maybe it's because I haven't seen any of the original Looney Tunes cartoons in ages, but I didn't see that much of a difference in Bugs Bunny in either Space Jam, of what I remember of it, or Back In Action. He seemed like the same character of being able to think on his feet in a situation and get out of it like he always did in the cartoons.
I think what attracted me to Timon and Pumba was how it came out not too long after the movie and I was still a huge Lion King fan. Like I said before, when other characters made appearances, like adult Simba and the hyenas, it felt much better. When it was just Timon and Pumba, it just felt so weak. The movies are still wonderful Disney movies to me, but I could live without the show.