Streamline: Animated action aimed at adults

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Streamline: Animated action aimed at adults

Nat Dolan

Nat Dolan

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Nat Dolan writes that animation and cartoons are not just for the kids, with some high-quality shows pushing the boundaries and being produced mainly to appeal to an adult audience

The near monopoly that Disney held on animation through­out a good chunk of the 20th century created an interesting stig­ma in Western culture: animat, Building perspectives CR Note Thanun Unsplash, Animated series are made by the same type of people who make Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones – some shows are filled with experimentation, such as Bo