The Overlord
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How do you feel about talking animals in animation? Do you think talking animals can work in a serious dramatic cartoon or work best in comedic cartoons or ones aimed at kids?
There are a lot of cartoons aimed at little kids featuring talking animals, like Paw Patrol. But there are several animated works, ranging from PG to R that feature animated talking animals and are serious.
Zootopia features an allegory about racism that features a city of talking animals. Redwall was a cartoon series that was based on books that were about mice who lived in a medieval Abby and had to protect it from invaders and that took far more risks than most kids cartoons, a key character dying in the series finale is particularly effective.
Then there is the PG-13 to R rated stuff featuring talking animals, Watership Down is a tale of survival, finding a home and fighting fascism, with rabbits trying to kill each other. The British film Plague Dogs deals with animal experimentation by the government and the government trying to track down dogs that have escaped. The German film Felidae also deals with animal experimentation, with talking cats being targeted by a serial killer who is obsessed with genetics. Bojack Horseman is a comedy/drama that features a talking horse in a story about fame and depression.
Maus will likely never get an animated adaption, but that is a story set during the Holocaust, with mice as Jews and cats as Nazis and that story worked very well.
There are a lot of cartoons aimed at little kids featuring talking animals, like Paw Patrol. But there are several animated works, ranging from PG to R that feature animated talking animals and are serious.
Zootopia features an allegory about racism that features a city of talking animals. Redwall was a cartoon series that was based on books that were about mice who lived in a medieval Abby and had to protect it from invaders and that took far more risks than most kids cartoons, a key character dying in the series finale is particularly effective.
Then there is the PG-13 to R rated stuff featuring talking animals, Watership Down is a tale of survival, finding a home and fighting fascism, with rabbits trying to kill each other. The British film Plague Dogs deals with animal experimentation by the government and the government trying to track down dogs that have escaped. The German film Felidae also deals with animal experimentation, with talking cats being targeted by a serial killer who is obsessed with genetics. Bojack Horseman is a comedy/drama that features a talking horse in a story about fame and depression.
Maus will likely never get an animated adaption, but that is a story set during the Holocaust, with mice as Jews and cats as Nazis and that story worked very well.