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<blockquote data-quote="Hexmage-EN" data-source="post: 8512450" data-attributes="member: 79428">From what I understand there's more of a push for adult-oriented animation now due in part to Covid (producing animated shows doesn't require actors and such being in close proximity) and due to a lot of the newer talent in the animation industry growing up watching anime and being influenced by it. I think this second factor is especially relevant because even anime that isn't explicitly aimed towards adults can be pretty different from older Western cartoons (for one thing, anime series are more likely to be serialized while Western cartoons were more episodic). However, Covid is definitely an indirect influence on why an adult-oriented sequel to The Flintstones and an adult-oriented series based on Velma from Scooby Doo are currently in the works.It's also interesting to note that Critical Role and The Legend of Vox Machina is essentially the modern, Western equivalent of a Japanese series called Record of Lodoss War. Whereas this new show is originally based on live streamed Dungeons &amp; Dragons sessions, Record of Lodoss War was based on transcripts of Dungeons &amp; Dragons sessions published in a gaming magazine (which proved popular enough to get full novels, an anime series, and its own TTRPG).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hexmage-EN, post: 8512450, member: 79428"] From what I understand there's more of a push for adult-oriented animation now due in part to Covid (producing animated shows doesn't require actors and such being in close proximity) and due to a lot of the newer talent in the animation industry growing up watching anime and being influenced by it. I think this second factor is especially relevant because even anime that isn't explicitly aimed towards adults can be pretty different from older Western cartoons (for one thing, anime series are more likely to be serialized while Western cartoons were more episodic). However, Covid is definitely an indirect influence on why an adult-oriented sequel to The Flintstones and an adult-oriented series based on Velma from Scooby Doo are currently in the works. It's also interesting to note that Critical Role and The Legend of Vox Machina is essentially the modern, Western equivalent of a Japanese series called Record of Lodoss War. Whereas this new show is originally based on live streamed Dungeons & Dragons sessions, Record of Lodoss War was based on transcripts of Dungeons & Dragons sessions published in a gaming magazine (which proved popular enough to get full novels, an anime series, and its own TTRPG). [/QUOTE]

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