Please advice on these

[phantasia]

I find it absolutely comical that you placed Rick and Morty in the Anime Category. Its a good show, definitely worth a watch if you like improv humor.

ok but not anime because its not from Japan?

[Synth Salazzle]

Castlevania by a long shot, honestly.
I don't know how to word anything without spoiling much, which is a fault of my own, but it is absolutely worth taking the time of your life to see. It's gorgeous, powerful, and meaningful.

as a major castlevania fan is it worth? (I like the old games way too much I dont know much about the series past symphony of the night so if it's all new lore idk anything about it.)

[Peaches_and_Mocha]

ok but not anime because its not from Japan?

Technically, yes?

TLDR; Disney had a HUGE influence on North American Cartoons, while Japanese anime took a different direction by focusing on realism, complexity, and detail

Long Answer:

In North America a vast majority of animation is considered "cartoons" and has a significant stylistic difference compared to anime, which is the standard in Japan.

Historically, anime really exploded in Japan after Disney released their cartoon in the 1950s after the war. Originally Japanese cartoons looked quite similar to Disney (note, Astro Boy). Japanese animations studios decided to a take a different direction with they stylistic choices, namely the amount of detail, realism, and complexity put into the characters and backgrounds over the next 30ish years. The movie Akira (1988) is the "single most influential anime film ever" because of its attention to detail and caused a shift in anime to be targeted towards more mature audiences.

Here's the video I watched

In terms of North American Cartoons, the "Golden Ages" were between the 1920's to the 1960's which set the foundation to the styalistic choices animation studios make today (note, Looney Toons, Disney). Disney has been by far the %1 contributor to how we see animation today, specifically due to consistently releasing incredible feature length films such as Snow White, Bambi and Sleeping Beauty. HOWEVER, these were all either feature length films, or animated shorts played before a movie. With Disney's success, there was a huge demand to put cartoon on TV, which resulted in VERY simple designs with as little frames as possible (note, The Flinstones, The Jetsons, Charlie Brown). Since many of these cartoons were not child friendly, a lot of parents complained resulting in a lot of censorship. The combined efforts of low quality output and censorship resulted in what was known as the "Dark Ages" of animation. However, by 1985, Disney made a HUGE comeback, resulting in their own TV Broadcasting station. This caused an explosion in new availability of cartoons on TV, with Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network following suit. Adult Cartoons also became a whole new category thanks to the release of the Simpsons, Family Guy, and Futurama


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[Pepper-Mint]

as a major castlevania fan is it worth? (I like the old games way too much I dont know much about the series past symphony of the night so if it's all new lore idk anything about it.)

In my opinion, definitely, especially if you're a fan of the old games.

[♥ Shinx ♥]

I'd suggest Arcane out of that list
Could I also recommend you check out sword art online? I find that a good entry-level anime also ^_^ (others may disagree) but it was the first anime I watched and I love it

[phantasia]

I really love the opeingin music but and the drawing style but I don't know if I love the story

[infestedvirus]

Rick and Morty... even tho its always the same story.

[Junellie]

My only complaint about Castlevania is that it covers the events of Castlevania III + story going off in a new way afterwards, rather than seguing into the events of Symphony of the Night (my favourite in the series) after a timeskip. Though I will concede that the characters did deserve their happy ending, so perhaps that's not so bad.