# Best Animated Children's Shows - Last 5 Years? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171 "2016-11-16T15:58:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/21 "2016-11-17T04:46:33Z")
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is excellent but I wouldn’t call it a children’s show. Teenagers, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/22 "2016-11-17T04:52:26Z")
Another vote for Adventure Time. Also, did anyone mention Regular Show yet? ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/23 "2016-11-17T04:52:35Z")
I’ve watched the entire series of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra all the way through with my kids at least 8 times each. They are quite good. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/24 "2016-11-17T05:19:33Z")
Regular Show - which some speculate can be viewed as a prequel to Adventure Time We Bare Bears. Just wonderful and nice and wimsical ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/25 "2016-11-17T14:06:20Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > I’ve watched the entire series of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra all the way through with my kids at least 8 times each. They are quite good. Yup, the kid is well aware of Avatar. One of his favorites of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/26 "2016-11-17T14:26:16Z")
Gravity Falls Phineas and Ferb Star Wars Rebels ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/27 "2016-11-17T14:37:02Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > One Piece? Do you want to kill them?? There’s nearly a thousand episodes! It’s the devil’s show! Then he’ll be entertained well into his adult years! It’s a win/win for all really… ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/28 "2016-11-18T01:01:36Z")
I’ll add another vote for the original Powerpuff Girls…the reboot is just flat IMO. One of Adventure Time’s former writers/artists, Rebecca Sugar, created Steven Universe. Like Adventure Time, this show has a nice running plot and lots of catchy songs. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/29 "2016-11-18T01:06:27Z")
We Bare Bears is the most fun show I’ve seen in a long time. Ice Bear is my current favorite TV character. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/30 "2016-11-18T02:01:16Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I’ll add another vote for the original Powerpuff Girls…the reboot is just flat IMO. I’ve seen one episode of the reboot and wasn’t impressed. Still will check out other episodes. The original was great. Also from that time period: Dexter’s Lab. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/31 "2016-11-18T05:26:56Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > We Bare Bears is the most fun show I’ve seen in a long time. Ice Bear is my current favorite TV character. “Ice Bear agrees with this sentiment”😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/32 "2016-11-18T06:13:14Z")
Last five years? But…but…that rules out _Invader Zim_! How could you not give love to _Invader Zim_? ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/33 "2016-11-18T11:59:05Z")
I know it’s 20 years old now… But, when my daughter was young, we watched Bear In The Big Blue House. I adored that show. When I was younger, we had this thing called The Muppet Show… It’s time to play the music! It’s time to light the lights! ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/34 "2016-11-18T16:19:12Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is excellent but I wouldn’t call it a children’s show. Teenagers, maybe. Yeah, but his kid is 11. It’s perfect for that age. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/35 "2016-11-18T17:37:00Z")
Half hour form, I have to second “Phineas and Ferb,” which is about as perfect as a formulaic show can be. Wonderfully animated, great characters, great voice acting, great everything. Short form, I’ll second “Adventure Time,” which is remarkably clever and deep. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171/36 "2016-11-20T02:10:44Z")
Last Five Years? Steven Universe is the best show currently running. I’d say Avatar: Legend of Korra, Gravity Falls, Star Wars Rebels, Over the Garden Wall, Adventure Time, Miraculous! and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I prefer more story-oriented shows to comedies, but there’s Amazing World of Gumball and Phineas & Ferb. We Bare Bears is worth watching just for Ice Bear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-animated-childrens-shows-last-5-years/772171.md?page=1)