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I dunno whether these count or not, but I enjoyed the hell out of Kid Cosmic, Steven Universe, and Adventure Time. These maybe aren't the same kind of show as

I dunno whether these count or not, but I enjoyed the hell out of Kid Cosmic, Steven Universe, and Adventure Time. These maybe aren't the same kind of show as your traditional animes, but they all really resonated with me during Covid times.

bullfightonmars 6y ago
I have fallen in love with Adventure Time. Not only is it something my son and I can watch together, but tells real coming of age stories that are relevant to both kids and adults. Adventure Time is deeply empathetic to the human condition. To communicate this connection it rewrites all the rules about how the world works and forces you to navigate them with no explaination. To a child this is taken as a mater of course, to them that is how the real wold works. Children have to discover the world on their own and learn to navigate it, hopefully with the guidance of parents, family and teachers. Most lessons are hard won and come only through experience. As the story progresses you see the characters in Adventure Time strugle to learn these lessons, sometimes succeeding sometimes failing. As an adult this show opens me up to all these lessons again and gives me a chance to reevaluate my experiences as well as consider those my son is or will go through and how I cam be there for him.
- nrclark 6y ago
  Agreed with everything you said. Also you should check out Steven Universe, if you liked the feeling of Adventure Time. It hits a lot of the same emotional beats, and tells very powerful stories about family. You'll take different things from it than your son, but you'll both like it.
- filoeleven 5y ago
  One of the Adventure time animators (and maybe creators?) is also behind Hilda, a book series and now a fantastic Netflix cartoon adapted from them. It’s a made for children 8 and up, and genuinely enjoyable as an adult too. The world is beautiful, the soundtrack is great, and the adventures are lots of fun.

bullfightonmars 6y ago

I have fallen in love with Adventure Time. Not only is it something my son and I can watch together, but tells real coming of age stories that are relevant to both kids and adults. Adventure Time is deeply empathetic to the human condition. To communicate this connection it rewrites all the rules about how the world works and forces you to navigate them with no explaination. To a child this is taken as a mater of course, to them that is how the real wold works. Children have to discover the world on their own and learn to navigate it, hopefully with the guidance of parents, family and teachers. Most lessons are hard won and come only through experience. As the story progresses you see the characters in Adventure Time strugle to learn these lessons, sometimes succeeding sometimes failing. As an adult this show opens me up to all these lessons again and gives me a chance to reevaluate my experiences as well as consider those my son is or will go through and how I cam be there for him.

nrclark 6y ago
Agreed with everything you said. Also you should check out Steven Universe, if you liked the feeling of Adventure Time. It hits a lot of the same emotional beats, and tells very powerful stories about family. You'll take different things from it than your son, but you'll both like it.
filoeleven 5y ago
One of the Adventure time animators (and maybe creators?) is also behind Hilda, a book series and now a fantastic Netflix cartoon adapted from them. It’s a made for children 8 and up, and genuinely enjoyable as an adult too. The world is beautiful, the soundtrack is great, and the adventures are lots of fun.