This show has catchy songs, intense battles, emotional turmoil, comedy, and so much more. The result is spectacular, from “Giant Women” to Prema-fusions. Essentially, 2 gems can fuse into one larger gem. What really sold me on this was the concept of Fusions, introduced in episode 12 of the first season. There is a huge cast of characters, most of whom are complex and have their own stories and agendas and development, and sometimes with secrets to be explored.
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It’s a Slice of Life story combined with Action, Adventure, and Mystery. His dad runs a local car wash, and his mother was a Crystal Gem herself, their former leader, who imbued Steven with some of her magical abilities, thus making Steven a half-human half-gem, the only one of his kind. They have special powers, like shape-shifting, which make them rather powerful. These ladies are part of an Earth Defense force called The Crystal Gems. In short, it’s about a boy who grows up in the care of 3 alien women, called Gems. I figured I’d start this list off with one of the most obvious choices out there. Ye Be Warned! Steven Universe The Cyrstal Gems from Steven Universe. I want you to all watch these so you should be safe reading the whole list. But I promise, no big spoilers, only minor ones at best. Don’t pass the spoiler warning, I repeat, don’t pass the spoiler warning. Also, if you want to watch these without any spoilers, just read the list of names below. I plan to write several follow up blogs which will tackle such topics as “kid shows you won’t pull your hair out watching with your kids”, and “shows you watched as a kid that still hold up today”. What’s this, you don’t have kids? Even better! You’ll find these stand up on their own, no children needed. I know this is not a complete list, and if there are any shows you want me to consider for future posts, please add them in the comments and I’ll take a look. So I am going to start with the TOP 10 recent shows I specifically have seen and I feel do the best job of conveying mature themes and entertaining plots both you and your kids will love. And to be honest I haven’t even had the chance to watch all of these myself. In fact, I am going to have to split this up into multiple posts.
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The list I’ve compiled is big, like too big. War, treachery, back-stabbing, racism, monsters, mutilation, torture, chaos, secret affairs… you’d think all these themes are consistent with the shows we adults watch like Game of Thrones, but in reality, this is what your kids are already watching, and it’s wonderful!ĭon’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating that they shouldn’t be watching these things, au contraire! These shows are wonderful ways to introduce very advanced deep and intense topics to kids without scaring them, and you may even find they teach valuable lessons and are really fun to watch as adults. However, today I want to talk a little about what your kids are watching that you really should be watching too. In fact, we at ECG even wrote about animation for adults in the past, which I encourage you to read, and I plan to expand upon in the future myself eventually.
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Outside of anime and its multitudes of adult-focused movies and series, we have seen a slew of shows like Rick and Morty, Futurama, Archer, and even Agretsuko which have catered to the older audience with humor, satire, and themes that children would not appreciate. There is no denying that the world of animation has opened up its doors to adult audiences in recent years.