![]() The Great North follows the Tobin family, made up of patriarch Beef (yes, Beef) ( Nick Offerman), daughter Judy ( Jenny Slate), older son Wolf ( Will Forte), Wolf's wife Honeybee ( Dulcé Sloan), middle son Ham ( Paul Rust) and youngest son Moon ( Aparna Nancherla). Dave TrumboreĬreated by: Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, Wendy Molyneux, and Minty LewisĬast: Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan, Paul Rust, Aparna Nancherla, Megan Mullally, Alanis Morissetteįrom the same creators behind Bob's Burgers comes another story about a family just trying to get by but now it's set in the great Alaskan wilds. Just make sure you have some potato chips and apples handy. The threads of tension are drawn taut throughout these episodes you find yourself wondering, “How is Light going to get out of this one?” only to be amazed by the answer. It’s a very cerebral series that spends more time walking viewers through the complicated webs woven by both Light and the equally gifted but eccentric detective known only as L. That’s quite a bit of responsibility placed on the shoulders of a teenager, even one as brilliant as Light Yagami.Īnd that’s what makes Death Note (the anime, not the recent live-action adaptation) such a joy to watch. It’s an incredible crime story that keeps the supernatural to a minimum, save for its central conceit: The title tome can take the life of anyone whose name is written in it thanks to the power wielded by the shinigami or Death Gods. Dave TrumboreĬreated by: Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata (manga)Īdapted from the Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata comes Death Note, a tense cat-and-mouse tail between a serial-killer high school student and the detectives attempting to take him down. If Cowboy Bebop doesn’t at least make you just a bit more interested in this thing called anime, not much else will. Despite some silliness played for levity along the way, this one’s at it’s best when it’s super-serious. There’s the tormented, too-cool-for-school, former spy-assassin, Spike Spiegel the hard-nosed former detective with a heart of gold, Jet Black the cursed femme fatale with a heartbreaking past, present, and possibly future, Faye Valentine and the wildcard hacker extraordinaire Ed (along with pooch pal, Ein) who’s hard not to love. ( Yoko Kanno‘s incredible and inseparable music was undoubtedly a big part of this success and it’s worth watching the series just for it.)įollowing a ragtag team of space-based bounty hunters attempting to scrape together enough Woolongs for their next meal and to patch their aging spacecraft, Cowboy Bebop features action-packed episodic arcs alongside deeply emotional character stories that will have you invested in just about everyone who pops up onscreen. Instead, the show’s mature themes, noir sensibilities, and complex characters drove it from cult icon to international classic in just 26 episodes. Often cited as the gateway anime to end all gateway animes, this classic 1998 Sunrise series didn’t even have the benefit of a strong manga following to base its success on. Check it out today if you missed out on the off-kilter adventures back in the halcyon days of the mid-2010s! – Dave TrumboreĬreated by: Hajime Yatate (AKA Shinichirō Watanabe and the Sunrise creative team)Ĭowboy Bebop. The Awesomes also fills that niche between the squeaky-clean Disney-fied superhero stories of the Marvel Comics universe and the very-adult stop-motion animated adventures of SuperMansion, so while it’s not exactly family-friendly, it’s perfectly suited for teens and above. The voice cast alone is worth watching for, including Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, Kenan Thompson, Taran Killam, Bobby Moynihan, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Will Forte, Amy Poehler, Kate McKinnon, Colin Quinn, Fred Armisen, Tina Fey, Andy Samberg, Chris Kattan, Cecily Strong, Vanessa Bayer, Noël Wells, Nasim Pedrad, and Aidy Bryant as well as SNL writers Steve Higgins, Emily Spivey, Paula Pell, Tim Robinson, Alex Baze, and John Lutz. Awesome, as they attempt to fill the sizable shoes of the heroes they’re replacing. The Awesomes follows the title team of comic book-inspired superheroes led by the son of the greatest superhero of them all, Mr. But The Awesomes is well worth your time and attention if you’re looking for an escape from the ordinary and a break from the same-old superhero story. Cast: Seth Meyers, Ike Barinholtz, Emily Spivey, Taran Killam, Kenan Thompson, Bobby Lee, Paula Pell, Rashida Jones, Bill Hader, Josh Meyers, Rachel Dratchĭid you know that Seth Meyers co-created an original animated superhero series that ran for three seasons on Hulu? That’s okay, not many people did either.
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