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It’s not just Japanese cartoons for kids that I watch, I also watch American cartoons for kids. Most of my search traffic over the years has been for the early post I made about Chowder. It’s now roughly half-Chowder, half-Violence Jack. Oh what have I wraught?
I was all over the original Random! Cartoons short for Adventure Time like a hot rash, pointing it at everyone I could. Once it was announced it was getting a full series on Cartoon Network I was super-stoked. Eventually it arrived and it’s probably my favourite cartoon on right now (close race between this and The Tatami Galaxy).
While it’s not quite the same (Finn is now the original Finn voice’s younger brother. AND he has a different coloured shirt), it is still as awesome. Unlike Cartoon Network’s other new PG rated show, the thoroughly obnoxious Generation Rex, Adventure Time is incredibly charming, despite being violent, scatological, horrific and generally a bit odd.
Not to mention, like all great TV shows for children, it’s fairly traumatising on a regular basis.
If you’re an American or can play one on the internet, you can watch episodes on the Cartoon Network website, so check it out.