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Plot Summary:
It's the story of a father and a son who become Emo, but when the Emo guys were about to become Emo rockstars.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Maesetsu! Opening Act (2020)
Plot Summary:
The anime centers on four girls at the full bloom of their youth, working hard to achieve their dreams as they struggle valiantly. In Japanese entertainment, Maesetsu! refers to an introductory talk or explanation addressed to the audience before the broadcast of television programs, usually performed by assistant directors and particularly comedians in variety or comedy shows.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, humorous, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, parody, seinen, 2d animation
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A Destructive God Sits Next to Me (2020)
Plot Summary:
Koyuki Seri is just trying to have a normal school life, but instead he ends up acting as the straight man to his odd classmate, Hanatori Kabuto. Kabuto is is a delusional high school student, whose fantasies range from believing he is a knight on a journey, to claiming that removing his eyepatch will release a darker alter-ego who he refers to as Michael Offenbarung Dunkelheit. Seri is determined not to let himself get pushed around by Kabuto, but it seems that this will be easier said than done!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, exciting, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, anime, weird, josei
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Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)
Plot Summary:
Follow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they make life’s awkward moments a thousand times worse. Along with a colorful bunch of classmates, they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile down the street, a pocket-sized professor makes life difficult for a robot who just wants to be normal. But normal is the last thing you can expect in a town where salmon falls from the sky. In fact, the only thing you can count on is your friends, but even they are totally weird.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, parody, shounen, tsundere
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Himegoto (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story follows Hime Arikawa, whose absent parents have left him saddled with a huge debt. After being saved from debt collectors by three girls on the student council, in exchange for paying off his debt, he agrees to spend the rest of his high school career dressed as a girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 4 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, ecchi
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The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sakaguchi is a high school boy and also a "fudanshi" who loves boys-love stories. He hangs out with his friends, a fujoshi named Rumi, his gay friend Yūjirō, fellow fundashi Daigo, and his "normal" friend Nakamura.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, shoujo
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Action Dad (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around Liz Ramsey (Chelan Simmons) and her little brother Mick Ramsey (Ashleigh Ball Joel McFarlene in the pilot), two normal teenagers with one exception; their father Chuck Ramsey (Michael Donovan) is a secret spy and their mother Angela Ramsey (Sarah Johns) is a super-villain. Although the two parents work for both good and evil, they have the same intention of keeping their children out of harm from their missions and enemies. (IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Animation
Country: Canada, France, USA, South Korea, Japan, China
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022)
Plot Summary:
Scrat experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood, as he and the adorable, mischievous Baby Scrat, alternately bond with each other and battle for ownership of the highly treasured Acorn.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 4 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, 3d animation, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, adult cartoon
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Sheep in the Big City (2000)
Plot Summary:
Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 17, 2000, to April 7, 2002. The series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on August 18, 2000. Created by Mo Willems, the bulk of the show follows a runaway sheep, Sheep, in its new life in "the Big City". It also features several unrelated sketches and shorts, similar to The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. With an emphasis on more "sophisticated" humor, using multiple forms of rhetoric from the characters to the plots, it was more popular with older audiences. It was also unusual in featuring many comic references to film-making and television broadcasting. At the time, the premiere of Sheep in the Big City was the highest-rated premiere for a Cartoon Network original series.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, nostalgic
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The Patrick Star Show (2021)
Plot Summary:
Patrick Star hosts his very own talk show, with the support of his family.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, slapstick comedy
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RWBY Chibi (2016)
Plot Summary:
A spinoff of the popular rooster teeth show RWBY. This show is small clips of the cast of RWBY in their spare time.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, anime, computer animated
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What's with Andy? (2001)
Plot Summary:
Andy Larkin isn't like other children. He's not into sports, science or even video games. Andy spends his time mastering the art of being a prankster. In fact, he strives to be the greatest practical joker the world has ever seen. However, Andy's mischievous antics often backfire and he suffers greatly for his art.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, retro, anime, nostalgic
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Ratz (2003)
Plot Summary:
The show stars two rats, Rapido and Razmo, aboard the S.S. Wanderer, a cheese ship with no actual destination. The focus of the series is on the adventures of the two rats, including guarding the cheese, interacting with other stowaways and various ill-fated encounters with the crew. The rats themselves live in the hull of the ship in a lavish two-bedroom apartment.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, France
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, nostalgic
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Kevin Smith: Smodimations (2011)
Plot Summary:
SmodCo Animations gathered in one big collection. (With excerpts from SModcast.com’s own Hollywood Babble-On and Jay & Silent Bob Get Old!).
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Perfect Hair Forever (2004)
Plot Summary:
Perfect Hair Forever is an American comedy animated television series which is largely a parody of anime. It was created and produced by Williams Street, and aired on Adult Swim and Teletoon at Night in the US and Canada respectively. Perfect Hair Forever premiered with "Perfect Hair Forever" on November 7, 2004, and ended with "Return to Balding Victory" on April 1, 2007; with a total of seven episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: adult animation, parody, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, spoof
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The Cramp Twins (2001)
Plot Summary:
The story of a pair of non-identical twin brothers, Lucien and Wayne, who live with their hygiene-crazed mother and their western/country-crazed father in a small town called Soap City. Lucien is a delicate, nature-loving boy, while Wayne is a rough antisocial bully, whose only interest in life is junk. Naturally, some conflicts will ensue.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, retro, anime, nostalgic
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Mr. Osomatsu (2015)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of young Osomatsu Matsuno and his five sextuplet brothers.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, parody, sketch comedy
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Ollie & Scoops (2019)
Plot Summary:
Follow the life of Ollie, a nine-year-old girl, and her talking cat, Scoops, as they tackle daily problems in humorous ways.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Corner Gas Animated (2018)
Plot Summary:
It's been a few years, and there's still not a lot going on in Dog River, 40 kilometres from nowhere. But that's all about to change.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sitcom, anime
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Fatherhood (2004)
Plot Summary:
Fatherhood is an American animated television series revolving around the Bindlebeep family and various happenings, inspired by the book of the same name by Bill Cosby. This was Nick at Nite's first original animated series. It has aired on Nick at Nite and Nickelodeon. It was canceled in 2005.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, light, captivating, entertaining, adult animation, anime, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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The Ripping Friends (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Ripping Friends: The World's Most Manly Men! is a Canadian animated television series, created by John Kricfalusi. The show premiered September 22, 2001 on Fox Kids, but was cancelled in September 2002. Adult Swim later picked up the show. The series occasionally airs in Canada on Teletoon. The series also aired briefly in the UK on the CNX channel. The show is rated TV-Y7 on Fox Kids and TV-PG on [adult swim] in the United States, and C8 to 14+ on Teletoon in Canada.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 499
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, parody, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, adult cartoon
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Bordertown (2016)
Plot Summary:
The comedy, which takes place in a fictitious desert town near the U.S.-Mexico border, centers on the intertwining daily lives of neighbors Bud Buckwald and Ernesto Gonzales. Bud, a married father of three, is a Border Patrol agent who feels threatened by the cultural changes that have transformed his neighborhood. Living next door is Ernesto, an industrious Mexican immigrant and father of four, who is proud to be making it in America. As Bud and Ernesto’s paths begin to cross, their families become bound by friendship, romance and conflict.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, not serious, adult cartoon, feel good, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical
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South Park: Post COVID (2021)
Plot Summary:
What happened to the children who lived through the Pandemic? Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny survived but will never be the same Post Covid.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, funny, cult classic, 2d animation
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Glenn Martin DDS (2009)
Plot Summary:
Glenn Martin, DDS is an American-Canadian stop-motion-animated television series that premiered on Nick at Nite on August 17, 2009. The series was produced by Tornante Animation in association with Cuppa Coffee Studio. Glenn Martin, DDS was Nick at Nite's fourth original series. The show premiered on March 18, 2010 on Sky1 in the UK and Ireland. Season two premiered on June 11, 2010. The show ended on November 7th, 2011.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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The Harper House (2021)
Plot Summary:
An overconfident female head-of-a-household struggles to regain a higher status for herself, and for her family of oddballs, after losing her job and moving from the rich side to the poor side of an Arkansas small town. To save money, they’ve moved into their inherited Victorian fixer upper, the historic Harper House.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, adult animation, 2d animation
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Mother Up! (2013)
Plot Summary:
Rudi Wilson is a former record executive who decides to move to the suburbs and see if she can hold her own in the world of motherhood. What Rudi finds is that her hard-partying lifestyle, frequent drinking and tendency to use profane language don’t necessarily gel with the lifestyles of her neighbours in the suburbs.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom, adult animation, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Central Park (2020)
Plot Summary:
An animated musical comedy about the Tillermans, a family that lives in a castle in Central Park. Owen, the park manager, and Paige, his journalist wife, raise their kids Molly and Cole in the world’s most famous park, while fending off a hotel heiress, Bitsy Brandenham, who would love nothing more than to turn the park into condos.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: adult animation, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sitcom, 2d animation
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Tootuff (2001)
Plot Summary:
The little Titeuf, a trouble-maker yet good child, is trying to cope his daily problems; love, friedship, school, family. As well as realising he is not a child any longer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: France
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Recess: All Growed Down (2003)
Plot Summary:
For the first time on DVD and video, see your favorite RECESS kids as kindergartners! Discover how the gang met with a look back at all your favorite characters when they first came to the Third Street School! The fun begins when the big kids get "captured" by a gang of wild new kindergartners led by Chief Stinky, the self-proclaimed kindergarten king. It takes T.J. and the rest of the RECESS kids to convince the kindergartners that good friends can come in all sizes . . . big and small! Join in the joy and laughter of RECESS: ALL GROWED DOWN -- full of hilarious twists and turns, lessons about meeting new friends, and the very fun business of growing up!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Duncanville (2020)
Plot Summary:
The series centers on the life of Duncan, a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy, his family and friends. Poehler will provide the voice of Duncan and his high-strung mom, Annie, who is constantly trying to prevent her son from ruining his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, feel good, exciting, witty, weird
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Momma Named Me Sheriff (2019)
Plot Summary:
He still lives at home with his Momma, his best friend is a doll, and he's the Sheriff of Old Town.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, adult animation