Editing Approved Cartoons (section)

== Fantasy ==
*'''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''': Considered by many to be the gold standard for animated shows in the 00'es and one of the best Western-made narrative shows. It has garnered many a fan for their funny characters, deep story lines, character development and a setting that's uniquely Asian without being weeaboo. The sequel series, Legend of Korra, is hilariously [[skub]]tastic and considered only good for [[Rule 34]] by much of /co/, though it has its bright spots.

*'''[[Castlevania]]''': A Netflix animated-series about the old Castlevania games of yore, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse to be precise. Follows the exploits of Trevor Belmont, who tries to live up to the legacy of his family and travels the grimdark land of Transsylvania in classic Castlevania fashion. To keep the whip cracking and dagger throwing from growing stale, he is accompanied by Dracula's son Alucard and the mage Sypha on his quest to exterminate the forces of evil (Grant the rogue gets shafted as usual). The show is beautifully animated, overall very well written and just an absolute joyride from front to back. Fans of the original games will feel especially jerked off, as the creators have gone to great lenghts to be as close to the source material as possible (discounting the exclusion of Grant from the hero's posse), like recreating the exact attacks of enemies and remixing the original music. A second show is in the making which will cover the exploits of Trevor's descendant Richter Belmont and his lady love Maria Renard, set during the French Revolution.

*'''[[Conan the Adventurer]]''': A very solid cartoon from the early 90s based off of, what else? [[Conan the Barbarian]]. Probably best known for its rocking opening theme (WARRIOR WITHOUT FEAR!), but it's very mineable for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and has a lot of actual novel lore scattered through the kid-friendly stuff.
*'''The Dragon Prince''': The two sons of a dead king, an elvish assassin, and a pet toad travel across the world in hopes of reuniting the titular dragon prince with his parents and stopping all-out war between humans and elves. Seven seasons. Has tie-in RPG, '''Tales of Xadia''', using the Cortex System

*'''[[D%26D_Cartoon|Dungeons & Dragons]]''': An absolute classic, worth watching even for the sake of the status alone. While the series still shows a lot of potential, most of it was wasted on too short episodes made on shoe-string budget. Being partially entangled into the [[Satanic Panic]] didn't help either. Still, worth watching. Just bring beer and friends. And a notepad for oldschool ideas. Sadly never got a proper canon ending. Is ''incredibly'' popular in Brazil, too.

*'''Jumanji''': Like a lot of successful and semi-successful films, Jumanji ended up with a follow-up cartoon. Pretty much what you'd want to see if Alan had stayed in Jumanji and Peter and Judy went on adventures with him. While the art style is (intentionally) weird, the episodes are amazingly mineable for campaigns and world-building ideas. Also featured many references to other works, but with a fun twist.

*'''Love, Death & Robots''': An animated anthology series that's all over the place, from comedy to cosmic horror and from pure skub for easy clickbait to genuinely good content, but remains very minable. First season's "[[Tyranids|Suits]]", "[[Vampire|Sucker of Souls]]", "[[Machine_Spirit|Lucky 13]]", "[[Kitsune|Good Hunting]]" and especially "[[Warp|Beyond the Aquila Rift]]" and "[[Delta_Green|The Secret War]]" are very much approved. The second season is full of shit, tho, skip it outright. Third season's entire saving grace comes in form of "[[Gothic_Horror|Bad Travelling]]" and if you squint really hard, then "[[Delta_Green|In Vaulted Halls Entombed]]" and "[[Q'Orl | Swarm]]" (if you believe in the theory that the [[Eldar]] created the [[Tau]]) get a pass. The rest is mostly cool visuals (with acid trips) and jokes about America. Fourth season continues the trend - single saving grace in the form of ''[[Achtung! Cthulhu|How Zeke Got Religion]]'', hard squinting at ''[[Ironclaw|For He Can Creep]]'', bunch of cool visuals and a metric tonne of shit. Originally intended as a successor to the legendary (and wholeheartedly approved) Heavy Metal movie but with modern creatives, which explains a lot.

*'''The New Adventures of Ocean Girl''': An Australian animated series, predominately aimed at teenage girls, but coming in a package with a complex world full of original races. Good world-building and bunch of interesting plot hooks and easy-to-reuse plot twists.

*'''Omer and the Starchild''': A French animated series. A truly rich world-building mixed with a lot of New Age imagery and unexpectedly dark story for a kids show. The series follows adventures of Dan, the titular Starchild, in his quest to free "Twelve Wizards" and unite them against the evil Morkhan.

*'''Papyrus''': An animated adaptation of Franco-Belgian comics. An epic tale of a young fisherman tangled into the conflict between Egyptian gods, tasked with the mission of freeing Horus and putting end to the reign of Seth... regardless if Papyrus himself wants to or not as he is but a plaything of the gods.

*''' Pirates of Dark Water''': A science-fantasy cartoon. The alien world of Mer is being devoured by an evil substance known as Dark Water. Only Ren, a young prince, can stop it by finding the lost Thirteen Treasures of Rule. His loyal crew of misfits that help in his journey are ecomancer Tula, a monkey-bird Niddler, and treasure-hungry pirate Ioz. The evil pirate lord Bloth will stop at nothing to get the treasures for himself and provides many obstacles for Ren and his crew. Standard quest for magic artifacts to stop an eldritch evil, but the creature design is where things got badass. The world of Mer was home to many creatures which can inspire a GM. There was also an [https://archive.org/details/podw-rpg-charactersheets/podw-rpg-charactersheets/ official role-playing game].

*'''Skeleton Warriors''': Knights of a science-fantasy kingdom must fight against a group of power-hungry warriors who attempted to seize ancient relics, relics that mutated them into hideous Skeleton Warriors! Had an awesome theme song.

*'''W.I.T.C.H.''': So you want magical girl warriors, but you dislike anime? Here is the answer then, as it delivers exactly that, with all the possible plot bits and the general feel without, well, being a Chinese cartoon. Plus neat urban fantasy and teen characters that feel like teens (early 00s teens, that is).