Top 20 Most Adult Superhero Cartoons
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- With plenty of violence and mature themes, these superhero cartoons are definitely not meant for kids. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most mature animated movies and TV shows in the genre. We won’t be counting shows like “Batman: The Animated Series” that had adult themes but weren’t strictly made for older audiences. Also, beware of spoilers ahead. Our countdown of the most adult superhero cartoons includes “Invincible” (2021-), “Justice League Dark: Apokolips War” (2020), “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns” Parts 1 & 2 (2012-13), “Hellboy: Blood and Iron” (2007), and more! Did we miss any of your gritty favorites? Let us know in the comments below!
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harley quinn and invincible
Don't forget pee poo doo.😂
OMG.
There are 4 that I know of:
- *Close Enough*
- *The Dating Guy*
- *Duckman*
- *Spicy City*
Also Teletoon used to air a series of bumpers called *Lolita Lolita* which, contrary to the title, featured a red headed woman that got into some(times) cartoonish situations. ^_^
Feel free to add these to an updated version of your list.
Todd McFarlane’s Spawn deserves the top spot on this list. The show literally pushed the boundaries for an animated series by showing things that were never seen in cartoons before, and boy did it deliver in every episode. I pray we get a continuation one day so Spawn can get a proper conclusion.
I once caught my aunt watching it on
T.V. years ago in her room.
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 I hope your aunt liked it
@@joshuamohlman think she
Actually recorded it.
She's gone now by the way.
At least she saw it before then.
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 aww, I’m sorry for your loss
No joke I found this in my mom's VHS collection in the late 90's, I watched it upstairs one time (I loved the animated Mortal Kombat, so I gave it a shot) not even 20 minutes in a gang leader is raping and killing a girl.. I remember a guys are getting ripped off and someone writing on the walls in an alley with it, the sound of the bone scraping the walls made me sick as a kid..
Keith David's voice work as Spawn was epic! That man's voice is iconic and drips evil with every inflection. No one has done it better.
Thank you Keith David, for being an epic voice of Spawn.
Mommy it was the sad man.
Now there is a man who knows his actors!
Sadly I know only his Arbiter role from Halo, it was deffenetly a nice one, even though if not drips evil.
Dudes voice is sex on the ears. I love his roles, he's so talented!
‘Todd MacFarlane’s Spawn’ became one of the best animated shows in the ‘90s.
Surprisingly, it won an Emmy.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Amen
I learned about that show from another video, but didn't know what it was.
It was so good
Lol I thought Berserk would make no.1 ~ since i think The golden Age series is made by Universal studios
I did not know that. Fucking loved that show. And Spawn. And Keith David. They couldn't have picked a better person for the role.
Aeon Flux deserves at least an Honorable Mention. Love that series.
Surprised she is missing from the list.
Was she a superhero though? More like a spy.
@@LordShrubdid you read to comic?
It's sci-fi, not superhero genre. Still an amazing adult cartoon
Easily should've replaced no. 20
Glad someone remembers the animated Hellboy movies they’re hella underrated and underappreciated imo.
And i first saw them on cartoon network
I actually saw them on Cartoon Network as a kid.
Right along with Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy & Hellboy II:The Golden Army.
And I really love watching them alot.
And Hellboy has always been one of my personal favorite Non-Marvel and Non-DC Comic Book Characters.
Yeah they were great. Wish we still had Hellboy 3 by Del Toro😢
@@bennywark3103 Yeah same here.
I truly love the way how he re-imagined Hellboy in his vision.
Especially in the second film.
And Ron Pearlman as Hellboy was awesome.
@@jeuryrabassa4724 he is what Christian Bale is to Batman the best live action Hellboy.
Every video you make is always something that people love. I'm glad this show exists
‘The Death of Superman’ is still one of my top 5 most favorite DCAMU movies.
Keith David bordered the line of Shakespearian brilliance with his performance as Spawn. Even with the new generation of intense series that have come out, Spawn will forever stand alone. RIP Richard Dysart, who voiced Cogliostro for the animated series.
The Boys: Diabolical is AMAZING. I thought Return of the Joker would be up here as well. That was pretty dark.
So was "Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham". The body count is high and it's pretty gruesome too.
Return of the Joker is PG-13. All of these are for adults
All adult-themed, animated superhero shows are indeed meant for hundreds of thousands of older teens, young adults, 30-something-year-olds, and middle aged people alike.
Damn I forgot about The Maxx. I loved that show as a kid.
This list is legit.
I get nostalgic upon hearing of anything that came from MTV's Liquid Television. I was a teen back then. I was MY TIME! The Maxx was such a surreal show, I didn't quite ever understand what was going on in it, all I knew was that I liked it.
Stripperella was surprisingly good. I'm surprised it didn't get more seasons.
#1 time: In the 90s the only tools to watch this were videos and TV: Streams didnt exist. Downloading would have been too expsensive and even PC hardware had to struggle. I still remember my first PC somewhere in the mid 90s, that couldnt even run mpegs properly...
#2 less "weebs". anime still was considered a "kids thing" in western countries and kids growing up in the 90s changed that, who are adults now. And yeah, obviously they couldnt buy it and werent the audience for this series. I actually wondered how anything adult themed was made into anime form anyway before the 2000s. I still have PTSD from "Watership Down" which was running during day time. Watched it during my single digit years and yeah, it was shocking for a kid...
So what happened, it didnt make enough money and they had to cancel it or Pamela didnt want to voice anymore? Probably the first. ^^
I've never seen it, but it sucks how this was one of the shortest running series!
I think it was because the humor was almost as bad as the humor in Teen Titans Go. Even Mel Brooks's comedy movies were more funny than Stripperella's.
It had some upside but the consistency from episode to episode was very good. Plot was a bit thin. And the amount of stupid expressed by the characters was a bit too high for me.
@@captiannemo1587 I agree.
Great list. Some new content to put on my must-watch list now. Thanks!
Half of these are Batman movies lol.
So? _Batman_ can get super intense and mature sometimes.
Cause batman be f'n
I don't know about y'all but the DCAMU was awesome! the amount of action and seriousness put into it was incredible.
I remember watching the Awesomes in five days a year ago and being obsessed with it. It was so good and really under appreciated. It had good characters, writing, and an amazing voice cast from Saturday Night Live and Mad TV. I wish it can come back for another season or two💚.
I found Spawn in a complete steelbook at an FYE probably 10 years ago. I'd never seen it but at $20 I couldn't resist. Don't regret it for a second 😊
Nice list! Will definitely have to check out the ones I haven’t seen yet
I’m interested to see if Young Justice makes the list because while the first two seasons were definitely marketed to kids the latter two most certainly were not
Sadly no.
The amount of DC content on this list is why I love DC Animation.
DC animation is far and away the best for superhero content, there's no doubt. Marvel seems to create the best live-action content while DC the best animation and I'm ok with that! 🤷♂
Recently heard that Blumhouse is pushing for the upcoming Spawn to be released in 2025. I just hope that it is just as good if not better than the animated series and nothing like the 90s movie.
A perfect Spawn movie?
HECK YEAH!!!!!
Finally! Spawn TAS is shown the respect it deserves! 👏
Even though I don’t agree with all the changes they made to the Invincible show, I’m happy to see it’s making waves now like it used to.
And I love how, even as adult as the Harley series is, it also weirdly gives the best reasons why Batman shouldn’t merc his rogues. Most of them are reformed do-gooders in that series. Even the Joker. The Joker!
Your Everywhere i Swear 😮
Wrong guy
I love how a good majority of the list was from DC. And a good majority of that majority was from Batman
DC cartoons have been really good for a long time, especially the movies.
Absolutely. I think the Bruce Timm Batman: The Animated Series had a lot to do with ensuring high-quality animation from DC. It kind of set the bar. I'm totally ok with DC cornering the market with animation and Marvel taking the live-action crowd.
Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law (2000-2007;2018) and The Delta State (2004-2005) are the best ones out there In my opinion
Great list! If you ever update it, you have to include Heavy Metal.
Really surprised that Killing Joke didn't make this list. Great movie, great graphic novel. What he did to Barbara and Jim is still one of the darkest things Joker has ever done.
Injustice was the worst like if I was a hero I would have killed joker
It is a great piece of work! But for me, it is really great as long as I totally and fully blend out the thing between Batman and Batgirl. That one scene killed the whole movie for me.... and it was unnecessary. (But this "ship" is generally really hated on and I'm not alone by the thought that this nerfed the movie great. Generally, from comments I read, no one likes it except the guy who drew it. I think it's also in the comics, but I hope not.)
@@janicchi fair point. I forgot about that part entirely. I remember Barbara having a thing for Bruce in some of the comics but I think he always shut it down.
That movie of one of the 3 greatest Batman stories is just a shameful abomination. I literally can’t name a worse Batman anything. Still p.o. About what they did to that. It definitely wins worst Alan Moore adaptation as well.
That should DEFINITELY be on this list!
U guys research so much , bow down to u guys for such in depth analysis..
You clearly didn’t grow up with these I was seriously just hoping for something new to watch. Oh well. There’s always new stuff.
Spawn TAS was the first adult oriented cartoon show I ever ver saw. So glad its not forgotten.
I truly concur with your number 1 and 2.!
I couldn't believe both of them!! They were Outstandingly shocking and Shockingly outstanding!!
Great list
You missed one, Rob Zombies El superbeasto, it’s messed up but incredibly entertaining
Great Video 🙊🤯🥰😍😁💗
This guy's gettin' good!
Harley Quinn, Stripperella, Hit Monkey and M.O.D.O.K. are my favorites. I had hoped to get my Stripperella DVD set signed by Stan Lee but never got the opportunity :(
I can't believe that there was a show about a stripper superhero, I mean that is a crazy concept to me.
@@darkhunter5293 stripper superhero/secret agent to be precise. and omg it's freaking hilarious. I mean she's literally Agent 0069
Aeon Flux and Super Mansion deserve an honourable mention on this list as well.
Please do Ranking Batman’s love interests from Worst to Best!
I've watched several of your videos in the past 10+ years but never subscribed....until now. I found everyone of the titles very interesting and many within my reach in the streaming services that I subscribe to. Of these series and movies, I've seen several of the Spawn episodes.
The new Harley Quinn HBO animated series is pure gold, can't wait for season 4 at the end of this month. Todd Mcfarlane's Spawn is pretty good watch too
What a bunch of awesome series and movies
Loved Hellboy blood and iron and Hellboy sword of storms. Watched both like 50 times each 😅😂❤🎉
The reason Stripperella got cancelled is because Stan Lee was sued by a former stripper who accused him of stealing her idea when they were talking at the strip club.
That was well done I totally agree with you
The Maxx was amazing!
The story and art of the comic had me hooked, then I stumbled upon MTV’s twisted television (after taking an especially impressive and mind melting square).
The Maxx animated series along with Aeon Flux, Spawn etc was awesome.
Psychedelics and MTV’s twisted television in my younger years = life changing haha
Harley Quinn is one of my all time favorite adult themed superhero cartoons! And I used to watch the Hellboy Animated films all the time when I was younger In fact I still have them on DVD I also loved Stripperella when I was a teen sure it was weird but it made me laugh.
Bro, SAME. I used to watch Blood and Iron when I was a wee kiddo, even if I watched it one time and watched the 2004 live-action Hellboy more, but good times!
I haven't seen any of these shows, but I didn't know Harley Quinn was an adult superhero cartoon and it sucks how "Striperella" was one of the shortest running series!
But Harley is now a clone of Lobo.
Had me worried for a sec
That does deserve to be #1
Gods and Monsters deserves a spot. Vampire Batman? Yes please!
There's also that other stop motion show called Supermansion. It's funny as hell and it's on prime video right now; definitely worth taking a look.
I stumbled on to 'Stripperella' flipping through channels one night with one of those 'what the hell is this' moments. And while I don't remember much beyond the name and the basic design of the character and hero costume - I do remember liking the idea of a superhero stripper because honestly - it was just so different. I mean - there's how many millionaires/billionaires, scientists, you have acrobats, reporters, soldiers, diplomats, a few cops/ex-cops, students, a lot of 'typical' jobs that so clearly make it easy to be one cause all the money to live or puts you in a position to do both at the same time, or are some past thing where it's almost part of the tropes. Stripper is just so left field by comparison and it's actually great, especially if you were to have a Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark do a double take and point out that some people have to actually work for a living and aren't super geniuses (or perhaps she is and it's an easy way to fool people in to thinking she isn't cause people assume things).
Given the legal past they'd likely have to change the name, maybe character design and all, or just out right make a new character/characters - but it'd be interesting to see Marvel (since it was a Stan Lee thing) if they actually had the marbles or more likely DC since they seem less concerned about ticking people off run with the idea even if they had to make it a bit more tame like it's a bar where certain amount of clothing stays on (cause those do exist) and what not.
"Harley Quinn", "Striperella", and "Invincible" are the only ones I know on this list. I learned about number seven and one from another video, but didn't know what shows they were. I have seen trailers for "Invincible"! Also, I didn't know "Harley Quinn" was an adult superhero cartoon. It does suck how some on this list were the shortest running series! I haven't seen any of these shows on this list. I'd like to check them all out! They seem like great shows! Also, the ladies in these shows looks so nice!😍
The Awesomes was the most under appreciated show. I loved that show so much!
Surprised that the Son of Batman animated movie wasn't on this list. That's a pretty brutal movie, I'm pretty sure. Haven't seen it yet, but I'm looking forward to watching it and Under The Red Hood one of these days.
Son of Batman was good but I don't think it's adult content enough for this list
One animated series or movie that comes to mind is "Gen 13". Originally created by Jim Lee the comic book was adapted into a movie that depicts how the team came to be. Only showing three characters evolution the movie also saws The voice talent of Mark Hamill as the main villain. It might have been drawn in the same style as the Justice League series but in no way is it kid friendly.
Another one I can think of is the series called Titan maximum which is more of a spoof of the classic Voltron and power Rangers aesthetic. Old claymation stop motion and with vulgar humor that had a cliffhanger at the end of the series. It was originally on adult swim.
I do not know if you would consider anime to be on the list but one that also I hold dear to my heart is Bio-booster Armor Guyver.
Cyber 6 could have been on this list if it was not toned down for kids.
When did superheroes movies especially animated movies became so Gory?
I don't know if you guys even remember but wasn't the anime Marvel shows more adult? It was a iron man, blade, wolverine, and an X-Men anime which actually was in my opinion more adult as well. You can't forget punisher and black widows staying alone movie and iron Man technovore movie. Heck the ultimate avengers movies will probably more adult as well. Not sure if you guys are aware of these titles but Stan Lee worked on a animated movie called condor and another one called mosaic before he did super 7 or was it mighty 7?
I think The Legend of Vox Machina deserves a spot on this list or at least an honorable mention.
*Close Enough* is another great series, if you can find it. ^_^ ,b
Some honorable mentions:
1) Supermansion - satire of superhero series similar to "The Awesomes" (I think they even came out around the same time), except this was made by the same people who made "Robot Chicken" and "M.O.D.O.K" (i.e. stop-motion) and had Brian Cranston as a superman-like character (subterran
2) The Killing Joke - this movie had a ton of hype behind it. Iconic graphic novel made by the infamous Alan Moore? Check. Kevin Conroy as Batman? Check. Mark Hamil as Joker? Check. Created by the same people who made Batman, Superman and Justice League series in the 90's? Check. So what went wrong? The first half of the movie was used as a new prologue to the story, dedicated to making batgirl fall in love with batman, resulting in them eventually having sex on the roof of a building. Seriously? No one asked for that
Seriously, most DC animated movies since the late 2000's were targeted to either young adults (teen titans) or adults proper (I think Justice League Dark was the first R rated movie)
One Punch Man got pretty dark at times.
Btw, my favorites on this list is Hellboy, Maxx and Invincible.
a shame you missed Frisky Dingo, the precursor to Archer, but I'm impressed you included The Maxx.
If anyone wants to know, there’s Spawn as a DLC character in Mortal Kombat 11 but you can find him to fight against him for free in any towers. He’s absolutely awesome.
The Maxx is a great animated series! Have not seen it in years!!! I’m going to have to look for it.
Glad someone remembers the animated Hellboy movies they’re hella underrated and underappreciated i
Stan Lee's Stripperella was def something. Now that would be an interesting live action one and team up with avengers; sadly could never happen now.
Cant wait for the day that we can watch curated playlists on streaming of these lists! MAybe by then it would be one streamer to rule them all!
You nailed the Number 1….🎉
I still have to applaud the choice to cast Peter Weller as Batman in The Dark Knight Returns. It works well, but it's also a nod to Frank Miller's involvement in the screenplays for the second and third Robocop movies.
Justice League Dark should have been at least mentioned if not included on this list. It’s successor, “Justice League Dark: Apocalypse War” may have upped the ante in terms of darkness and brutality, but it’s predecessor laid the foundation for it and is dark and brutal in its own right.
Maybe you should watch the video before commenting. 🙄
@@Mentocthemindtaker I did watch before I commented, and my point still stands.
I have the Hellboy animated, and the Spawn but only the two seasons of that. I like both of them. I'll have to check out the others.
Man! Justice League Dark: Apokolypse War is fantastic
#7 I want more of it!!!
Amazing video watch mojo of mature/adult superhero cartoons movies/shows out there,fantastic job. Everything time see content of Batman the dark knight returns part 1 & 2 makes feels very disappointed in those movies and makes me not like Batman as much anymore. Somewhat love Harley Quinn.
I’m probably one of the few who remembers The Maxx. I loved that show. It’s from back when MTV was good. That’s the first show I thought of when I saw this video in my suggestions. I was actually surprised to see it included here though. Like I said, I don’t think many people today remember it.
I think all of the adult superhero cartoons are my gritty favorites
Nice
I remember the first time I saw the max instantly I knew there was a higher genre of animation and screenwriting that could never be touched! Till this day it is absolutely my favorite animated series! Absolutely love the Twisted evolution of certain players in the series along with the Great Northern crabbit and the is! Hands down the best animation I've ever encountered!
Not a bad list, but I do have some honorable mentions:
- Batman - Hush, Killing Joke (despite the Batgirl scene) and Longest Halloween
- Young Justice
i feel like the Haunted World of el Superbeasto needs a spot on this list!
It's amazing how DC nominates in the animation universe and now I wish to have a new DCU like this only.
Well they tried to do something like that remember people complain about it being too dark into serious into gritty remember
A Few Of These I Have,And Have Watched A Lot !.
Great movies😁 Batman: Year One looks great. Batman need to be more mature. Reality grounded. That's why Dark Knight trilogy is perfect. Under the Red Hood looks awesome. Spawn looks scary but really cool. Great list in general 😁
That's funny, I remember Hellboy: B&I being aired on Cartoon Network (no, I don't mean Adult Swim) back around the time The Golden Army came out in theaters.
I can’t believe you did not include Heavy Metal!
Superhero list
What people pointed out alongside me is that Spawn was added as a guest character in MK11, which confused me when they introduced him.
I am surprised that the Venture Brothers didn't make the list for this video.
11 year old me definitely wasn't allowed to watch Stripperella, but he still watched and definitely enjoyed it. Stripper by night, superhero by later night.
The Maxx is pretty awesome. Very good, verrrryyyy dark. Full marks!
It’s actually probably the best animated adaptation of a comic I’ve ever seen. Film wise 300 and then sin city and American splendor probably my top3. For direct translation that is not favorites or anything but all very good still.
So Glad Spawn Is a special Guest in MK11 his lines are badass
@6:34, looks like Gordon is the narrator with his mouth matching the narrator's voice.
I love DC and agree with all these. I am going to look into 'Monkey ninja' or whatever it was called, but you might want to take a look at 'Assy McGee.'
Great video thanks!
TL;DR: The video "Top 20 Most Adult Superhero Cartoons" lists the following shows:
1. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
2. Marvel's Modok
3. The Awesomes
4. The Death of Superman
5. Injustice
6. Hit Monkey
7. Batman: Year One
8. Hellboy: Blood and Iron
9. Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
10. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
11. Justice League Dark: Apocalypse War
12. Batman: Under the Red Hood
13. The Max
14. Constantine: City of Demons
15. The Boys Presents: Diabolical
16. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Parts 1 and 2
17. Stripperella
18. Harley Quinn
19. Invincible
20. Todd McFarlane's Spawn
Additionally, the video mentions "Stripperella" and "Justice League Dark: Apocalypse War" as adult superhero cartoons, but they are not part of the top 20 list. These shows are known for their mature themes and are not typically suitable for younger audiences.
How about you do "The top 10 best 'Celebrity Deathmatch' Fights"?
Cool 👍
MODOK was great. Needed a S2
Some of the Batman flix, they are some of favorites
Imo, flashpoint paradox is the most comic accurate editions of the flashpoint storyline, it's honestly a great film
I can't get enough of Harley Quinn, and the wacky chaos she causes
Loved the Maz
I have the cursed video we’ve been searching for years
that you put the dark knight returns over red hood is speachless
Can’t believe that the actor of Jesse in Minecraft story mode voices Modok