Animation (and Comics) after 30

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While this is a community for animation and comic fans over 30 years of age, younger visitors are welcome to participate too on the condition that they identify themselves as "under 30" in all posts and comments.
Be kind. Recognize that not everyone will share your taste in media. If you're going to be mean or snarky about a series you dislike, explain what you didn't like about it (one man's trash is another man's masterpiece).
NSFW is allowed, but NO PORN please! This isn't a community for that kind of "mature" animation...

Are you:

At least 30 years old?
A fan of animation (eastern or western)?
A fan of comics (eastern or western, print or web)?
Looking for more series that appeal to an older demographic?

Do you feel like high school dramas and edgelord power fantasies just don't provide you with the same entertainment value they did when you were younger? Are you skeeved out by panty shots and lewd angles of girls young enough to be your daughter? Perhaps you're bored by the "will they won't they" of a bunch of kids freaking out over their first kiss. Maybe everything is starting to feel like a slurry of tired old tropes. But if despite all this you still enjoy the drawn medium, even after aging out of its key demographic, welcome!

Let's help each other find some animation/comics that are a bit more age-appropriate (or at least that don't make you go "hey, isn't this just a repackaged version of [series from 20 years ago]?"). Reviews, recommendations, requests, laments, memes all welcome.

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Review: Inside Job (western animation) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by fireweed to c/animationafter30

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Title: Inside Job

Type: TV series

Year: 2021

Country: United States

Genre: Comedy

Status: Cancelled (RIP)

Platform: Netflix

Appropriate for 30+?: Absolutely

My rating: 4/5 stars

(Rating scale: 5/5 = masterpiece, 4/5 = quite good, 3/5 = mostly good, 2/5 = bleh, 1/5 = I regret ever being exposed to this series, 0/5 = affront to humanity)

Inside Job is peak Millennial media. Most of the main characters are Millennials, jokes and cultural references are aimed at 20- and 30-somethings, a major plotline revolves around the Millennial protagonist and the strained relationship with her Boomer dad, and there's even have an entire 80s nostalgia parody episode.

Overall I'd give the series a B (4/5 stars: good but not great). The humor generally lands and the plots are interesting enough. The characters start out painfully two-dimensional but become more charming over time. Unfortunately the latter episodes somehow lack the charm and fun of the earlier episodes, and alas the series never got a chance to redeem itself in season two after being unfairly axed by Netflix after a mere 18 episodes (and a cliffhanger ending). Perhaps not a "must-watch" for the general public, but I'd heartily recommend it to any fan of western adult animation.

Summarized in a phrase: a funnier, smarter American Dad.

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[–] 5too 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Arcane is one I was thinking to post here; I was trying to decide if it fits! I feel like the ending is supposed to be this dramatic moment, and it is; but I was mostly feeling like these poor kids (young adults) have lost all their role models and anyone from the older generation who might help them...

My go-to hard sci-fi recommendation is always The Expanse! I'm still catching up past the second season (read the full series), but I've really liked what I've seen so far!

[–] fireweed 2 points 9 months ago

FWIW I think Arcane fits this community just fine. Yes many of the characters are on the young side, but the story doesn't focus on teenage cliches, at least not after episode 3 (much of the plot has to do with navigating the world of politics, class warfare, morality in terrorism, etc).

For the purposes of this community, I think the only deciding factors are: 1) is it animated? and 2) are you over 30 and enjoyed it, and think other over-30s would enjoy it too?