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Why Americans Think Cartoons Are For Kids

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May 13, 2025
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Ask the average American if animation is a legitimate medium for adult storytelling, and you’ll get a blank stare—or worse, a chuckle. Cartoons, after all, are “just for kids.”

Meanwhile, anime studios crank out blood-soaked cyberpunk dystopias, cerebral psychodramas, and multi-layered fantasy epics that would give a Western TV executive a heart attack. …

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