Honestly it sounds like we mostly have similar tastes. I really can't stand TV with shock factor as a major element so most of what Netflix put out wasn't my cup of tea and I feel like Big Mouth really set a weird standard a lot of TV tried to emulate. Also I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought Paradise PD wasn't just a dumpster fire.

But I think your reply really hits the nail on the head of my feelings that US animation, currently, is mostly just seen as a medium for kids, comedy, and superheroes. Good shows can still emerge from those fields (Futurama is my favorite example for comedy, Over the Garden Wall for kids, and Invincible for superheroes) but I don't care for the kids shows anymore and most of the comedy isn't as smart as some of my favorite Futurama moments.

I was watching it on high dive but you could probably just pirate it

Also it's based off of a collection of stories by Ken Liu called "The Hidden Girl and other short stories" if you want to keep reading the source material

Can you give some examples of shows you tried and didn't enjoy? I'm curious if we had any different experiences with any of them. I know on some my tastes are more forgiving than others, especially on comedic animation and shows that are appealing to younger audiences, but shows like Primal and Pantheon genuinely blew me away, Pantheon especially so.

I'm gonna gush a bit but it was based off short fiction by one of my favorite authors and explored topics that felt relevant and frightening in an approachable manner.

Very true, I see this as one of the prime reasons for the shift from professional voice actors to celebrities in voice roles; Lion King was a great example of this and it mostly leads to these celebrities phoning it in for the money then genuinely being invested in the project

Yeah so they are completely canceling Pantheon from everything I've seen so far. Here's the link. They're doing what Warner Brothers did with a lot of their unreleased IPs where as long as they never marketed them in any way, they can just not put out the finished product and write it off on their taxes. Warner Brothers never releasing the Batgirl movie is a great example of this tax tactic. It's absolutely infuriating, though, because there is a finish season 2 out there but we will never get to see it

That is true for Disney. I really enjoyed Amphibia and Gravity Falls but I was distraught over their treatment of Owl House and their obsession with live action remakes of old IPs. I did think it was very satisfying to watch them realize how popular the last season of Owl House was after they drastically shortened it's lifespan but that's just another example of how popular something can become if you give it time to grow, which I'm nervous bigger studios aren't as committed to now. I do like the Pixar animation but I found myself less and less invested in the stories being told as I've gotten older.

I do love Cartoon Network, they gave us so many good shows, but I don't know if something like Over the garden Wall or Steven Universe would get greenlit/long lifespans currently (I think how they treated Close Enough is a great example of their current behavior) and I'm frustrated that the show they probably put the most effort into recently was Teen Titans Go, a show where one episode was specifically dedicated to how none of the male characters could get anything done because they were too busy getting turned on by Raven's legs 🤢😵.