Audiences: “We want TV series with great characters that go through personal growth, development and story arcs as well as world building that we can get invested in.” TV Networks/ Studios: “We know what people want! They want shows with lead characters that are incredibly stupid and obnoxiously annoying and one off story plots that have no development and always go back to the status quo!”
@@carlosmattessich3883 I think the problem is that outside of Cartoon Network, studios don't know how to do both correctly. Cartoon Network typically does episodic stuff but makes it easy to introduce story elements by keeping consistency and never getting too ridiculous for the sake of comedy.
I miss episodic cartoons. A problem that serialized cartoons have in my opinion, is that since you have to watch every episode in order, it gives each episode a hard time to stand well on its own.
Your point about stories with more convoluted plots is spot on. There's a lot of "stuff" happening but it feels like the character work has to take a back seat because the plot needs to keep moving. With episodic shows you can just jump into what you want to explore about the character. I think Bojack is one of the best examples of providing episodic personal stories but also having a good amount of continuity. I personally want shows to depict what's near and dear to the characters at all times.
@@alittleofsomething it's pilot was a month ago an it's a child friendly calm mystery series about two kids who sail around finding pieces shattered pieces from dead gods
After the owl house ended back in April this year i was done with corporations entirely still am i just lost all hope that was the last straw so just went to indi animation.
This maybe a hotvtake but I prefer episodic cartoons over story driven ones. Phineas and Ferb and The Ghost and Molly McGee are my personal favorite Disney cartoons for their animation, great characters, great humor and memorable music. Plus they're just relaxing shows to watch when I just want to watch something fun.
There's some older Eastern animated series that use the half episode format Round Vernian Vifam was a 80's series of kids living together during war times an slowly joining the war effort more, seeing all these kids responses to this environment is quite something am not gonna forget the emotional breakdowns of all the cast members
The owl house senson four got cancelled so the owl house should move to Netflix and if I gets the Jig then they add more episodes to season 3 and add the old fist 3 to the end and then make season 4 be the last season with 21 episodes
I wish there were more episodic shows. it feels like nowadays everything has to have a massive convoluted story.
There are a lot of episodic shows
Audiences: “We want TV series with great characters that go through personal growth, development and story arcs as well as world building that we can get invested in.”
TV Networks/ Studios: “We know what people want! They want shows with lead characters that are incredibly stupid and obnoxiously annoying and one off story plots that have no development and always go back to the status quo!”
Because why would they ever listen to their audience?
To be fair you _can_ pull off both writing styles very well… It’s not *what* your show is about, it’s *how* it’s handled
Definitely! Most of my favorite series are a blend of the two. Im hoping we’ll start trending back towards more episodic elements
@@carlosmattessich3883 I think the problem is that outside of Cartoon Network, studios don't know how to do both correctly. Cartoon Network typically does episodic stuff but makes it easy to introduce story elements by keeping consistency and never getting too ridiculous for the sake of comedy.
@@smileyhappyface5864 Oh, that could be it, I haven’t heard many shows outside of CN that made the tonal shift work
I miss episodic cartoons. A problem that serialized cartoons have in my opinion, is that since you have to watch every episode in order, it gives each episode a hard time to stand well on its own.
I definitely agree with that. With episodic series they can take that time to tell their story differently
Your point about stories with more convoluted plots is spot on. There's a lot of "stuff" happening but it feels like the character work has to take a back seat because the plot needs to keep moving. With episodic shows you can just jump into what you want to explore about the character. I think Bojack is one of the best examples of providing episodic personal stories but also having a good amount of continuity. I personally want shows to depict what's near and dear to the characters at all times.
I think Indie shows will fill that hole.
Yeahhh, I've seen so many indie projects that look really cool and are aimed at this style of show. Are there any you've got your eyes on?
@@corduroycrook I'm watching Helluva Boss and subscribed to Lack a Daisy personally. I also got ideas of my own, but no friends to do them with. 🤷
screw Hell series when there's stuff like Port by the Sea @@alittleofsomething
@@senritsujumpsuit6021 what's port by the sea about? Is the animation good?
@@alittleofsomething it's pilot was a month ago an it's a child friendly calm mystery series
about two kids who sail around finding pieces shattered pieces from dead gods
After the owl house ended back in April this year i was done with corporations entirely still am i just lost all hope that was the last straw so just went to indi animation.
Great video!
I definitely have been finding love for episodic shows like Adventure Time and Regular Show.
Same here! I’ve always subconsciously skipped over episodic shows in general discussion but theyve always been my favorites series.
This maybe a hotvtake but I prefer episodic cartoons over story driven ones. Phineas and Ferb and The Ghost and Molly McGee are my personal favorite Disney cartoons for their animation, great characters, great humor and memorable music.
Plus they're just relaxing shows to watch when I just want to watch something fun.
Well i honestly i love both i do wish there was more episodic cartoons were more popular like in the 90s,2000s and early 2010s 😗
The Tuca and Bertie analysis's are always my favorite despite never having watched the show
Its soooo good. You should try it *nudge nudge*
Episodic cartoons never fell off, it's the cartoon fans that fell off unfortunately
Great vid btw
Your channel deserves more attention
W.i.t.c.h analysis was too good
There's some older Eastern animated series that use the half episode format
Round Vernian Vifam was a 80's series of kids living together during war times an slowly joining the war effort more, seeing all these kids responses to this environment is quite something am not gonna forget the emotional breakdowns of all the cast members
I also just look for my favorite cartoon shows on DVD these days 😔 because DVD are easier than streaming to me at least.
I think it’s what leads to animated series getting cancelled. Sometimes you just wanna zone out on some funny cartoons.
Hottake: Tuca and Bertie is way better than Bojack Horseman
I hate Episodic cartoons .. i want Cartoons with Major Story Arcs , growth and a bigh treat to take out every Season till we beat the final villain
The owl house senson four got cancelled so the owl house should move to Netflix and if I gets the Jig then they add more episodes to season 3 and add the old fist 3 to the end and then make season 4 be the last season with 21 episodes
Or they could make a season 5 with 30 episodes and season 6 the last season with 31-50 episodes or something like that
So if the creator of the owl house sees this bring you awesome tv show to Netflix
And cords viewers or enyone really tell me am i right or wrong
I want to live in the universe where TOH gets picked back up 🥲. But maybe not on Netflix…
It's not that easy.
Disney owns that show