Draft:Adult animation

Some goals of this draft: •Describe the concept of "adult animation" directly, using examples mainly to line out the history of the term's usage; •Describe the global understanding of the concept; •Minimize promotional materials like "show x is coming to platform y."

Adult animation or adult-oriented animation is a category of animated motion work that is written and created specifically for adults (as opposed to children), or is subjectively considered more "mature."

History

>when was the term "adult animation" first used? How do writers apply the term retrospectively? Did the usage of the term evolve?

References

--wip

• History
  • Greene, Ray (2023-02-20). "A brief, and somewhat shocking, history of adult animation". The A.V. Club.
  • Mokry, Natalie (2017-07-25). "A Brief History of Cartoons for Adults". Film School Rejects. (situational source?)
• Modern
  • Baron, Reuben (2019-12-02). "Adult Animation Is Better Than Ever - So Why Does It Draw Ridicule?". Comic Book Resources.
  • Barrett, Duncan (2020-11-02). "Animation nation: how Covid fuelled the rise of adult cartoons". The Guardian.
  • Sarto, Dan (2020-03-19). "What Future Lies in Store for Non-Comedy Adult Animation?". Animation World Network.
  • Sutton, Kelsey (2020-04-12). "How Adult Animation Became the Hottest Genre for Streaming Services". Adweek.
  • Brown, Tracy (2020-11-23). "Why TV's next Golden Age might come thanks to adult animation". Los Angeles Times.
• Commentary
  • Krell, Jason (2014-04-08). "Why Saying Animation Is Only For Kids Is Bullshit". Gizmodo.

(I would consider the ToonBoom source listed elsewhere as "marketing material" as per author)