#glitchtech

Ever since the trailer of “High Guardian Spice” has been released, comments were flooding that the show is more of Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon, Steven Universe/She-Ra 2.0 (which is bad) and looks more western animation than anime.

So many people (including myself) have a problem with modern cartoons style, but before I begin stating the issues, I have to tell you how the hatred all started. 

Ever since the beginning of cartoons, it has been slowly growing such as in 1930s - 1940s, it was black and white cartoons

1958 - 1980s was Hanna-Barbera style cartoons

1980s cartoons was muscularly and to sell toys to children

Then in the 1990s - early 2010s, that’s when cartoons had a huge change. They didn’t have a similar art style, in fact they were all different towards each and that what makes the time unique to others 

Different art-styles cartoons

CGI cartoons 

Anime-inspired cartoons 

However, by the mid 2010s, cartoons has become oversimplified, lazy and uninspired. Making it a big letdown for cartoons for having to downgrade in cartoonish art-style. 

What makes it worst is that most of the protagonist of each show have a similar head design, making it less unique and creative.  

It’s also disappointing that it’s 2020s and cartoons are getting downgraded, but everything else like  video games, anime, and comics, are evolving. They went from this 

To this 

It’s upsetting as well that indie games have a better cartoonish art style than what modern cartoons are putting out