I prefer more "cartoon" looking anime. The original Akira, Vampire Hunter D, Speedracer, etc. When it became giant eyes and tiny schoolgirls, I stopped watching it.

fun

I got perma-banned on civ 7 forum for quoting Elmer Fudd. I still love the old Looney Tunes but will never again buy a game from Firaxis or 2K Games.

Retro jank can be charming. I really liked Reboot when it originally aired.

I don't think it works like that, people still watch old cartoons. I liked Reboot when I was a kid.

I thought this was going to be about Homestar Runner and StrongBad, and Joe Cartoon.

I am disappointed. I miss those good old timewasters.

Yes, Reboot was amazing when it came out. I can only imagine the rendering time per frame it took to make that cartoon versus what it would take now for the same quality.

I'm old enough to remember an early series of VHS tapes called The Mind's Eye, showcasing computer-generated graphics, and how blown away we were by them -- this was in the same timeframe, probably around 1990 or so, when the best graphics was still Amiga 2000, 3000 and Silicon Graphics workstations. What's amazing to me, to this day, is despite how unbelievably awesome those systems struck us nerds then -- our PCs today are hundreds of times more powerful. Amiga -- even the 3000 -- is junk right now. A glorified Commodore 128.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMCA8C-Macg&list=PLgd9ql6vOpom7F2lk2OWxS1chNfxUqhaa

But then? It was THE graphics machine for the common man. And Silicon Graphics (which was likely the system used for Reboot) was THE graphics machine for the VERY wealthy.

Today we look at the specs on the best graphics workstations in 1990 and laugh.

Looks cheesy and bad

Originally posted by Rio:

Stuff like

Reboot
The Real adventures of Johnny quest
etc

Do they still hold up, despite how silly the graphics look now?

I like it. It inspires me to one day upgrade my computer to handle animation like that.

If you didn't know season 4 of reboot didn't air in the states. I ended up watching all of season 4 yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Hs9iFpmfI

They still look better than some of the newer stuff.

Funny, because if you stop on correct moments you have memes for all life. And i love old pc, i have one to use and play.

Idk. Never liked "Transformers" but I kind of liked the "Beast Wars: Transformers" show as a kid. It looked stupid but then I realized they were getting into big shootouts every episode and started to watch.

It was basically the opposite of Dragonball, where instead of standing in the air talking to each other for 3 episodes straight these weird animal/dinosaur/insect-robots just found any reason to blast each other on the regular. It looks pretty good for its time.

The entire series of Beast Wars: Transformers has been uploaded by Hasbro and it ridicules most programs they show today despite the slow start and choppy cgi at times: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PL7VEq3tXc6htwcsofnP8GHNYpk13eII42

most of what lyoko does right is copied from beast wars and quest world. and the rugrats sequel.

most of what adventure time or avatar or steven universe did was copied from lyoko.

reboot was really problematic. many of the characters were realistically limited computer programs, and this was extremely grating at times because they are doing garbage tier ai takes unironically.

Legitimately unsettling.