Great things have to start somewhere, and Fritz the Cat can teach us a lot about low-budget adult animation. Adult animation is nothing new to modern film and TV viewers. With explicit topics and themes that are complex and integrated into our society, adult animation has found its home in the mainstream with Adult Swim, HBO, and Netflix providing a healthy lineup of shows like The Boondocks, Rick and Morty, Harley Quinn, Big Mouth, and BoJack Horseman. Thanks to the rise of streaming, animation that targets adult audiences didn’t have to premiere at midnight. Instead, they can be watched whenever and wherever. The scene for adult animation looks much different today than it did just a few years ago. While it is often one of the most successful genres of entertainment, adult animation used to be dominated by Disney. Audiences were used to the wholesome hijinks of Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy until an X-rated cat named Fritz rampages through New York’s underworld in the 1972 animated cult classic Fritz the Cat. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 17 November, 2022