Fav animated series creators
Greg Weismann, Brandon Vietti, Paul Dini, Bruce Tim and Justin Halpern
I put all these together since these shows are based on Dc comics. I’m sure many agree that Justice League, Batman, most of the DCAU set the bar for quality animated shows. I mean they took a cartoon and made it layered and mature. It made the comics understandable to this non-comic reader, it had action, and heart and humor that I can still appreciate watching it again (I do have a gesture but my hands are tied 😏). Plus the show can got renewed, twice! young Justice quickly rose in the shadow of the DCAU as one of my favorite shows ever. Maybe some of it is nostalgia clouding my vision but Young Justice also ups the stakes by comparing it to the real world, adding and changing their world and having the guts to kill Kid Flash (though I still have hope🙏). Finally Justin Halpern created the new Harley Quinn series which is just so freaking hilarious. It doesn’t have any overarching arc (yet….) but it’s funny and a great stress reliever.
Craig Gerber, Frank Agones, Chris Sonneburg, and Dana Terence
I lump these together as the new Disney since their tv shows are still airing (Elena of Avalor, Ducktales, Tangled, and The Owl House respectively) If people still think Disney shows for kids are simplistic, they have not seen these. They have heart, family betrayal, death, and world building. Also I love their songs, I can’t deny that.
Dan Povenmire, Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, Jeff Goode, Bob Schooley, and Mark McCorkle
These are creators of shows that are finished but are still classic Disney like Dan/Jeff’s Phinezs and Ferb whose boundless imagination and songs gripped at least every millennial like “Gitchee Gitchee Goo” or taught us valuable lessons like “Carpe Diem” and “Aglets.” Plus it featured one of the most iconic villains ever, Dr. Doofenshmirtz! Jeff Goode crested the equally iconic American Dragon: Jake Long which I think was one of the first times I really saw urban fantasy with all the magical creatures wandering about New York with one protector to help them, all. I only wish they got to continue the series with one more season. Finally the famous Kim Possible, what else can I say that hasn’t been said but “what’s the stitch?”
Noelle Stevenson
I loved her Lumberjanes stories and I am addicted to her She Ra and the Princesses of Power! Like the above mentioned shows it took some of its source material and made an original spin on it like Adora and Catra’s tense relationship, Glimmer’s failures and guilt in becoming queen, Entrapta changing sides while also paying some homage like the funny Roll the Dive episode. It also does very well in making progressive strides like Bow’s two dads and the non binary Double Trouble.
Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino I’ll keep this short since I’m sure there have been countless essays and analyses already more eloquent than mine. But Avatar: The Last Airbender is an amazing show with Zuko’d complex one of a kind redemption arc, Katara’s passionate and strong action girl nature, Aang coming to terms with the genocide of his tribe and the absolute power and responsibility he holds at such a tender age and it’s amazing action sequences and eastern based cultures.
Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel Around the same time as Kim Possible, I was getting my double dose of spy action with Totally Spies and loving it. It is also such a fun series with its bright pastels and rather oddly specific villains but it also had its heart too with the girls’ close friendship and being one of the few shows in my childhood that I can remember where they actually got time progression, continuity and even graduate.
Marc Brown
I couldn’t do a complete list of fav animated shows without mentioning Arthur. Definitely one of the few shows that I can watch again without cringing over a preachy moral. Yes, there’s a moral but it does it in an entertaining way.
