Anime vs. Nicklodeon vs. Old School Cartoons

[Loony BoB]

And when I say Old School, I don't mean ancient, so cut your Mickey Mouse crap. I'm talking about Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Denver The Last Dinosaur, COPS, Dinosaucers, Thundercats, He-Man, stuff like that. And then along came Nicklodeon and then along came the parading of Anime, beginning with Sailor Moon (which is sort of Old School, as it was so far back, but hey, it's still Anime) and then all the stuff like Pokémon and Digimon and Love Hina (?) and whatever the hell else they have. Nicklodeon is all the Rugrats and, uh, I don't really know what else, I never really watched too much of it.

Anyway. Go Transfomers. Not to mention Inspector Gadget. Cartoons were so much cooler back then, I can't stand the massive influx of crappy quality cartoons these days.

So, which do you prefer? Why is it better? Yadda yadda yadda.

[Meat Puppet]

Dinoriders

[Polaris]

Now anime there is Pokemon 1,2,3,4,5 and I don't know if there sis a six so we get tired of it very often... but they don't stop to be good animes and I don't miss old cartoons, I like anime just the way it is now (altough I miss X-Men)...

[Imperia]

I love both anime, and the old school cartoons. IMO, they are the better shows.

[Agent Proto]

Yes.

There are bad old school cartoon, bad anime, and also bad Nickolodeon, but they each have good ones to watch. I can't really pick only one, so I chose... Yes.

[Xander]

Old school cartoons were the best =) Just because..I dont know..memories! But I like a few Nickolodean shows too. And some anime. What I CAN'T stand, is the horrible 3D cartoons now, like, I don't even know the names of them but they're on C5 over here and they look ugly and suck.

[fire_of_avalon]

I just like cartoons period. Goofy or artistic or slapstick or philosophical. Cartoons are win. So I voted yes, though lately I watch more anime than other forms of cartoons.

[Cz]

Now the Denver The Last Dinosaur tune is stuck in my head, burning its way into the very centre of my brain.

Nevertheless, 'old-school' cartoons are the best. I never really got into Anime, and some of the Nickelodeon shows are just downright embarassing to watch at times. There are good shows in every category, but old-school wins, as these shows can be watched even today, and still provide entertainment value. Being able to stand the test of time is one of the hardest things for a TV show to do, and I can't see some of the current popular shows doing that.

Transformers Armada is sucky, though.

[Loony BoB]

Now the Denver The Last Dinosaur tune is stuck in my head, burning it's way into the very centre of my brain.

I have the mp3 for it.

[Zifnab]

Old school, all the way. I occasionally look at cartoons today and they're just special 3D effects with loud noises and flashy lights. Maybe entertaining for kids, but I can see how the quality has dropped.

I liked some of Nikelodeon's stuff, like Rocko's Modern Life. But back when I watched it they repeated stuff <i>all the time</i> so I soon got sick of their shows. If I never see another episode of Rude Dog and the Dweebs...

Anime is pretty good. I can enjoy it more at the age I am now over the rest of the options. I just get annoyed with how out of place some of the voices are. I don't like subtitles really as it draws my attention from the animation, but dubs have a tendancy to be awful. I also notice general lazyness, like how some episodes have a lot of people with hands over their mouths, or shots of the back of their head while they're talking.

[aeris2001x2]

Anime 4 sure. Its Animation genrally pays far more attention to detail and is genrally far more beautiful...even the childish Anime. Yeah the motion rate is far lower in many cases...but that means nothing to me.

The only old school cartoons or Western cartoons that come close to top Anime is Disney classics, Gargoyles and top quality comedy like simpsons and family guy.

Thats just my opinion though. Go Anime!

[Dingo Jellybean]

Old school. Nic and Anime are pretty much garbage.

I mean TMNT, X-Men, Transformers, even Charlie Brown and Garfield. I remember those shows so much, I can't imagine my childhood without them.

[Jebus]

Transformers own your face.

Now I've got the Inspector Gadget theme stuck in my head.

Do do do do do inspector gadget, do do do do do do.

[aeris2001x2]

no...the evil old school tosh must be defeated by glorious Anime lol .

[Del Murder]

Old school sucka.