Adult animation

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**Adult animation**, also known as **mature animation**, and infrequently as **adult-oriented animation**, is any type of animated motion work that is catered specifically to adult interests and is mainly targeted and marketed towards adults and adolescents, as opposed to children or all-ages audiences.

## Characteristics and themes

Animated works in this medium could be considered adult for any number of reasons, which include the incorporation of toilet humor, nudity, sexual content (either explicit or suggestive), graphic violence, profanity, dark comedy, political themes, or other thematic elements inappropriate for children and/or younger viewers. Works in this genre may explore philosophical, political, or social issues. Some productions are noted for their complex and/or experimental storytelling and animation techniques. This includes animated films, television series, and web series.

Adult animation is typically defined as animation that skews toward adults. It is also described as something that "formative youths should stay far, far away from" or has adult humor and comes in various styles, but especially sitcoms and comedies. Some have stated that it refers to animations with "adult themes and situations", which uses "explicit language" and make jokes that adults, and occasionally teens, are "more likely to understand" than others. On television, such animations often run in the evening, but they are not generally pornographic or obscene. AdWeek called adult animation "animated projects aimed at grown-ups, not kids." They also focus on issues that adults handle, and have cheeky, and occasionally crass, humor "that has no limits—bouncing between funny and offensive," while evoking a "balance of reality and fantasy". They may also contain violence or sexual themes.

## See also

* Adult animation in countries
* List of highest-grossing adult animated films
* Modern animation in the United States
* List of adult animated television series
* List of adult animated web series
* List of adult animated feature films
* Independent animation
* Animation in the United States in the television era
* Cartoon violence

## References

1. ↑ Motamayor, Rafael (10 March 2020). 11 Adult Animation Shows We Can't Wait to See in 2020.
2. ↑ Vargas, Alani (1 October 2018). 7 Animated TV Shows On Netflix That Adults Will Absolutely Love.
3. ↑ The 17 best cartoons for adults (10 January 2019).
4. ↑ Collider Staff (21 April 2020). The 25 Best Cartoons for Adults Streaming Right Now.
5. ↑ Fowler, Matt (25 March 2019). The 25 Best Adult Cartoon TV Series.
6. ↑ Krell, Jason (8 April 2014). Why Saying Animation Is Only For Kids Is Bullshit.
7. ↑ Laux, Cameron (27 November 2019). Is Japanese Anime Going Mainstream?.
8. ↑ Baron, Reuben (23 December 2019). Adult Animation Is Better Than Ever - So Why Does It Draw Ridicule?.
9. ↑ Barrett, Duncan (2 November 2020). Animation nation: how Covid fuelled the rise of adult cartoons.
10. ↑ Sarto, Dan (19 March 2020). What Future Lies in Store for Non-Comedy Adult Animation?.
11. ↑ Silliman, Brian (2 November 2019). SYFY drawing in more animation with a midnight-ish block of adult genre fun.
12. ↑ Sanderson, Katherine (30 June 2020). The Future of Adult Animation (With and Without Comedy).
13. ↑ Mokry, Natalie (15 July 2017). A Brief History of Cartoons for Adults.
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15. ↑ Mak, Phillip (10 July 2020). Why is everybody talking about adult animation?.
16. ↑ Sutton, Kelsey (12 April 2020). How Adult Animation Became the Hottest Genre for Streaming Services.
17. ↑ Advertising Embraces Adult Animation's Existential Turn (12 March 2020).
18. ↑ Habib, Ayesha (20 May 2020). Why Adult Animation Shows Like Netflix's Midnight Gospel Are the Perfect Form of Escapism Right Now.
19. ↑ Heckleton (27 October 2017). The Double-Edged Stigma Faced By Western Animation.

## External links

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* The Brief History of Adult Animation on The A.V. Club

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