>>50787671>corporate mandates>nowadays The saccharine part is true since cartoons had a more cynical edge in early 00's.
I don't want to argue cartoons with people because most people are just old bitter and nostalgic and haven't seen anything since they were 10, don't understand how the medium changed, and I don't want to reveal how much of a manchild I am, even on a pokemon board. But I've had more fun watching some cartoons recently than I did watching the ones that came out around gen 5's release.