Vital, provocative, funny: the best animated series that adults will love more than children

There are no frames in animation – you can portray the boldest fantasy and make the boldest joke. In our selection there is no The Simpsons and Rick and Morty, these animated series are already known to everyone, but we have tried not to collect the most obvious options in different styles. We hope you can choose something to your liking!

This animated series is called “Twin Peaks” for children “- it takes place in a city literally full of otherworldly phenomena and wild evil spirits. Twins Dipper and Mabel Pines go to the wild nature of the Oregon to check on their eccentric uncle – and find themselves embroiled in a chilling, gripping, and often hilarious tale of parallel dimensions and ancient evil.

The story of magical dog Jake and heroic boy Finn first touches on the oddities of life in the post-apocalyptic lands of Ooo, inhabited by outlandish creatures that live by their own laws, then literally draws you in with the dramatic development of the plot. The heroes experience real growth and no less real traumas, emotionally preserving the main thing they have – their friendship, they learn to understand themselves and accept others, even the most dissimilar. A strange and wise show, from which it is simply impossible to tear oneself away without watching all the seasons and the special series which sums up the plot.

The adventures of a princess – though not ordinary, but a heavy drinker and indulging in other vices. There’s no way the princess can get married, but she has a personal Buttercup demon, a whole family of bewitched parents, and a bunch of trouble you and I never dreamed of. Simpsons creator Matt Groening’s project, which includes something about what people love.

It’s like an ordinary series about ordinary people, but drawn. The main character, Hank Hill, is a person of enviable normality. He’s a loyal family man, he loves his job, the sport, the van and the lawn, and the problems he faces are also, if you think about it, quite ordinary. Well, exactly with the part of madness that is inherent in our daily lives.

A typical representative of the “Fall in love or hate” genre. The main characters are Mordechai the Blue Jay and Rigby the Mantle. They are listed as municipal park employees, but they perform their duties negligently, which is why they are constantly in trouble. Bigfoot, Muscle Man, Benson’s chewing gum machine work with them … Either you are already interested in all this, or you ran into horror – there is no third way.

Disney was rumored to be betting on “Gargoyles,” with the intention of making this story a really big show, but something went wrong. Today, few people remember this unusual show, and if you heard about it for the first time, try watching a few episodes. The plot is based on the story of supernatural beings from Scotland who had to be petrified for a thousand years. After waking up, powerful and charismatic gargoyles began to punish evil, in which friendship with a local policeman helps them a lot.

Somewhere, whether in a parallel world, or in the world of the future, the population of Earth consists of evil people and spirits. Main character Mark works in the integration department, helping demons, succubus and werewolves get used to human reality. At the same time, he befriends his zombie neighbor and has an affair with a demonic colleague, the daughter of the lord of the underworld. Lots of dark humor and politically incorrect!

The spin-off of the MTV series “Beavis and Butt-head” – beyond her years, the smart and sarcastic straight student Daria was one of the minor characters there. The imperturbable cynicism of Daria, who again and again fails in an attempt to socialize, has made the character a cult – her diabolical and funny jokes become a reliable support in times when it seems that there are only idiots.

If you like Futurama, you’ll probably like this show too. The protagonist, the klutz Harry, caused a terrible catastrophe on Earth, and for this he was sent to serve a prison sentence on the outskirts of the galaxy. And its conclusion is about to end, but a whole gang of comical and evil characters who intend to destroy the Universe with the help of some titans come into action. The jokes here are quite crude and almost all of them are improvised. The show was made in an unusual way: initially it was meant to be dramatic, and all the funny moments were added separately to the finished script for each episode.

This ingenious and absolutely different anime series is not over. In fact, its seasons are a selection of animated shorts that are not bound by a plot, but united by themes laid out in the title of the project. The ideologue of the series and one of its producers is David Fincher, the same. who filmed “Fight Club”. The duration of the episodes is from 7 to 21 minutes, but each of these stories makes you think seriously and for a long time. Additionally, a separate international team works on each episode.