Best Animated Children's Shows - Last 5 Years?

[PRC]

Anybody that exposes their kids to Canadian kids programming should be summarily shot.

Lifting and pulling and flying so high
Building a building up to the sky
You can watch them all day and never know why
They're mighty machines

[Martinus]

British kids shows have always seemed very quaint (bordering on disturbing) to me. Most of them felt like a fucking Downton Abbey reenacted by animals and shit.

[Duque de Bragança]

Let's see, if you ask my kids some of their favourites are:

Paw Patrol
LEGO Ninjago
Transformers Rescuebots
Star Wars Rebels

All of course are designed around selling toys...

How it is different from G.I Joe, Transformers, Masters of the Universe, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors etc. back in the day? 

[fromtia]

Adventure time. A spectacular achievement. Not really a kids show but enjoyed by kids sometimes. 

[Archy]

My 3 y old daughter currently is in her Mickey/Elza phase and a Disney Jr. Addict. Loves Frozen & Mickey MOuse Club House and Princess Sophia.
She had also a phase with Masha and the Bear a Russian cartoon. I've to say I also liked that one till it was killed due to overplay for my daughter.

[Malthus]

Oh, the latest version of VeggieTales (Netflix exclusive) is a surprising hit around our house as well.   

None of which helps Malthus in the slightest. 

Actually, he still likes Lego Ninjago a bit. Though in terms of sophistication, it is light years behind a show like Gravity Falls (which is easily his favorite).

He's gotten into Star vs. The Forces of Evil more recently, because it is still ongoing. It looks entirely like a more girl-appropriate "magical princess" show, while being, to a great extent, a deconstruction of what you would normally assume of a Disney princess (the lead character is a cheerful but dangerous maniac, and some of the plots are basically G-rated horror - one in particular we saw the other day was as if David Cronenberg wrote a Disney kid's show  ).

Graduate to PG13 animated horror and have him watch Modaka Magika instead.

Heh, part of the charm of Star vs. The Forces of Evil is that the weirdness is totally unexpected from a Disney "magical princess" kid's show. You expect that sort of thing from Japanese shows to a greater extent. Though I admit, as far as anime goes, Modaka Magika sounds like something he might like - when he's a bit older. 

[Monoriu]

Oh, the latest version of VeggieTales (Netflix exclusive) is a surprising hit around our house as well.   

None of which helps Malthus in the slightest. 

Actually, he still likes Lego Ninjago a bit. Though in terms of sophistication, it is light years behind a show like Gravity Falls (which is easily his favorite).

He's gotten into Star vs. The Forces of Evil more recently, because it is still ongoing. It looks entirely like a more girl-appropriate "magical princess" show, while being, to a great extent, a deconstruction of what you would normally assume of a Disney princess (the lead character is a cheerful but dangerous maniac, and some of the plots are basically G-rated horror - one in particular we saw the other day was as if David Cronenberg wrote a Disney kid's show  ).

Graduate to PG13 animated horror and have him watch Modaka Magika instead.

Heh, part of the charm of Star vs. The Forces of Evil is that the weirdness is totally unexpected from a Disney "magical princess" kid's show. You expect that sort of thing from Japanese shows to a greater extent. Though I admit, as far as anime goes, Modaka Magika sounds like something he might like - when he's a bit older.

Actually it is Madoka Magica. 

[jimmy olsen]

Oh, the latest version of VeggieTales (Netflix exclusive) is a surprising hit around our house as well.   

None of which helps Malthus in the slightest. 

Actually, he still likes Lego Ninjago a bit. Though in terms of sophistication, it is light years behind a show like Gravity Falls (which is easily his favorite).

He's gotten into Star vs. The Forces of Evil more recently, because it is still ongoing. It looks entirely like a more girl-appropriate "magical princess" show, while being, to a great extent, a deconstruction of what you would normally assume of a Disney princess (the lead character is a cheerful but dangerous maniac, and some of the plots are basically G-rated horror - one in particular we saw the other day was as if David Cronenberg wrote a Disney kid's show  ).

Graduate to PG13 animated horror and have him watch Modaka Magika instead.

Heh, part of the charm of Star vs. The Forces of Evil is that the weirdness is totally unexpected from a Disney "magical princess" kid's show. You expect that sort of thing from Japanese shows to a greater extent. Though I admit, as far as anime goes, Modaka Magika sounds like something he might like - when he's a bit older.

Actually it is Madoka Magica.

Inexcusable mistake.

[viper37]

There's the new Voltron series on Netflix.  Maybe your kid will like that.  I didn't, but I'm not exactly the target either...

[Barrister]

There's the new Voltron series on Netflix.  Maybe your kid will like that.  I didn't, but I'm not exactly the target either...

My kids watched a couple of episodes, but weren't thrilled.

[derspiess]

There's the new Voltron series on Netflix.  Maybe your kid will like that.  I didn't, but I'm not exactly the target either...

My kids watched a couple of episodes, but weren't thrilled.

Well, at least they weren't watching Caillou during that time

[Barrister]

There's the new Voltron series on Netflix.  Maybe your kid will like that.  I didn't, but I'm not exactly the target either...

My kids watched a couple of episodes, but weren't thrilled.

Well, at least they weren't watching Caillou during that time

They still love Caillou.