Name those "good" ones that doesn't resort to using humour to make it interesting or really enjoyable. There's rarely any Hollywood animated films that go above the G or PG rating these days, the last I could think of was South Park: The Movie and even that used (crude) humour.
When I think about it more, it seems like cartoon movies in the western society weren't taken for granted as much as it is now during the era where Disney revolutionised animation. If you look at it, the first ever animated film in Hollywood (which is Snow White & The 7 Dwarves) had a somewhat dark and sinister plot but was branded as a family film. Think of how many scared children there would've been after seeing the transformation scene of the queen turning into the old hag lol. It was even labelled as unsuitable for young children when it originally came out.
Since the decades have passed, cartoon movies in the western society have toned down much more on the level of storyplots containing violence. Now some people here might be surprised with my comment here but I don't think anime would've really existed had it not been for Disney changing the way people saw animation. So as much as I...how can I put it? Dislike the majority of American cartoons these days with a few exceptions like The Simpsons and American Dad, I do acknowledge anime pretty much owes itself to Disney.
Having said that, I do see there are also animes that are also taken for granted (Crash Gears, Yu-Gi-Oh etc) made purely to sell toys, but there are also animes that were originally aimed for mature teens and adults being butchered down for the sake of selling merchandise to young kids when they're brought over to the US (Dragon Ball Z, GT etc is a prime example and the latest is One Piece). That pretty much shows how much animation is respected in the US.
When you compare the two different forms of animation between the eastern and western societies (in this case Japan and the US), Japan appears to take their animation more seriously. The US had taken it very seriously in the early 20th century but up to this day, many of these are made out of humour or political jokes making fun of their society or to simply sell children's toys. Now I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that but it's kind of sad to see that it costs the respect of animation for these things to happen.
When I think about it more, it seems like cartoon movies in the western society weren't taken for granted as much as it is now during the era where Disney revolutionised animation. If you look at it, the first ever animated film in Hollywood (which is Snow White & The 7 Dwarves) had a somewhat dark and sinister plot but was branded as a family film. Think of how many scared children there would've been after seeing the transformation scene of the queen turning into the old hag lol. It was even labelled as unsuitable for young children when it originally came out.
Since the decades have passed, cartoon movies in the western society have toned down much more on the level of storyplots containing violence. Now some people here might be surprised with my comment here but I don't think anime would've really existed had it not been for Disney changing the way people saw animation. So as much as I...how can I put it? Dislike the majority of American cartoons these days with a few exceptions like The Simpsons and American Dad, I do acknowledge anime pretty much owes itself to Disney.
Having said that, I do see there are also animes that are also taken for granted (Crash Gears, Yu-Gi-Oh etc) made purely to sell toys, but there are also animes that were originally aimed for mature teens and adults being butchered down for the sake of selling merchandise to young kids when they're brought over to the US (Dragon Ball Z, GT etc is a prime example and the latest is One Piece). That pretty much shows how much animation is respected in the US.
When you compare the two different forms of animation between the eastern and western societies (in this case Japan and the US), Japan appears to take their animation more seriously. The US had taken it very seriously in the early 20th century but up to this day, many of these are made out of humour or political jokes making fun of their society or to simply sell children's toys. Now I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that but it's kind of sad to see that it costs the respect of animation for these things to happen.
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