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It's disgusting to claim that Western "Cartoons" fall under a "rough set of same humor or writers". It is just as varied, and frankly as good if not better than eastern Anime.

You obviously didn't watch enough varied western cartoons. The following are just a small sample of different, highly varied western studios/artists.

1. Don Bluth

2. Hanna-Barbera

3. Pixar

4. Bill Kroyer

5. Ralph Bakshi

6. Mike Judge

7. Genndy Tartakovsky

8. Vivienne Medrano

9. Jerry Rees



> It's disgusting to claim that Western "Cartoons" fall under a "rough set of same humor or writers".

There's a grain of truth here. A huge grain. The US comics were long stunted by the Comics Code of 1954: http://www.mit.edu/activities/safe/labeling/comics-code-1954

It had been revised a bunch of times, but arguably it went away only in early 2000-s. Mostly because of the anime/manga influence.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority


Did that code even apply to cartoons? I thought it didn't.


It didn't apply directly, but a lot of cartoons used comics for the source material. And even without that, Hollywood had to worry about ratings, and that resulted in similar restrictions.


> Genndy Tartakovsky

An artist with a unique vision and aesthetic. Samurai Jack is one of my favorites.




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