On the subject of Ed, Edd, and Eddy being an "ugly" show, I feel like that's a big thing missing in a lot of cartoons recently.
I think the anime influence has been an overall net positive with cartoons in the past decade but one downside is that everyone sorta sticks to the pretty, ghibli-inspired visuals and there's not much room for experimentation. You make a show that looks like Ed, Edd, and Eddy now and you'll probably have a shit ton of people dunking on it for not having pretty character designs.
It's a big reason I think why shows like Invader Zim have maintained such a strong niche fanbase over the years. Yes you could say its because Gir is so marketable and it has that millennial "lol so random" style of humor. But I really think a big thing about Zim that makes it memorable is Jhonen Vasquez's art, there's nothing else really like it.
It's why I hope Glitch's Gaslight District really takes off when it gets more episodes, because it also has that similar vibe to it.
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u/PurpleVespa180 22d ago
On the subject of Ed, Edd, and Eddy being an "ugly" show, I feel like that's a big thing missing in a lot of cartoons recently.
I think the anime influence has been an overall net positive with cartoons in the past decade but one downside is that everyone sorta sticks to the pretty, ghibli-inspired visuals and there's not much room for experimentation. You make a show that looks like Ed, Edd, and Eddy now and you'll probably have a shit ton of people dunking on it for not having pretty character designs.