You wouldn't be alone in thinking that: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRe

You wouldn't be alone in thinking that: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheRenaissanceAge... With that being said, I feel like animation is following music's lead, in that there's still some fantastic animated shows being produced, but they're not necessarily the most popular ones: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dan Vs., Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, (straying into adult) Archer, American Dad!, half of what Adult Swim shows, etc. (On an semi-related note, I do feel that nostalgia is the main factor in what time period of animation people feel is best: I mostly associate good animation with late-90s/early-00s Cartoon Network shows, but I know quite a few people who do the same with 80s cartoons.)