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Non-Japanese Animated Television Series Aimed at Adults

by Madotsuki_the_Dreamer • Created 10 years ago • Modified 2 months ago
This is a list of animated television series - made outside of Japan - which are aimed at adult audiences. While the shows here range wildly in terms of content, each show on this list contains content which would not be permitted in a children's show.

This list does not include TV specials, failed pilots, or Internet series (unless they also aired on television).

The shows on this list are not in any particular order.

Missing from this list are the Spanish show Cuttlas Microfilms, the Polish show Inspektor Erektor, the Syrian series Dr. Psycho, and the Russian 2x2-produced show School 13: Game Vault. These titles are not currently listed on IMDb, and I haven't added them yet.

Comments and suggestions are always welcome, of course. However, please do not comment if you didn't even bother looking past the first page for a series that you think is "missing" from the list. If a series genuinely isn't listed on ANY page of the list, THEN please suggest it to me. Enjoy...
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  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)

    1. The Simpsons

    1989– 856 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.6 (457K)
    The satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
    CreatorsJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightJulie Kavner
  • Futurama (1999)

    2. Futurama

    1999– 180 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.5 (273K)
    Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999.
    CreatorsDavid X. CohenMatt GroeningStarsBilly WestJohn DiMaggioKatey Sagal
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)

    3. Family Guy

    1999– 505 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.1 (380K)
    In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strives to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
    CreatorsSeth MacFarlaneDavid ZuckermanStarsSeth MacFarlaneAlex BorsteinSeth Green
  • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)

    4. American Dad!

    2005– 448 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.4 (142K)
    The escapades of Stan Smith, a conservative C.I.A. Agent dealing with family life, while keeping America safe.
    CreatorsMike BarkerSeth MacFarlaneMatt WeitzmanStarsSeth MacFarlaneWendy SchaalScott Grimes
  • Jamie Kennedy, Sanaa Lathan, Will Forte, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Arianna Huffington, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Craig Robinson, Jason Sudeikis, John Viener, Glenn Howerton, Alec Sulkin, Mike Henry, Nickie Bryar, and Aseem Batra in The Cleveland Show (2009)

    5. The Cleveland Show

    2009–201388 epsTV-14TV Series
    5.6 (44K)
    Cleveland Brown moves back to his hometown in Virginia with his son, where he finds his high school sweetheart and her two troublemaking kids.
    CreatorsRichard AppelMike HenrySeth MacFarlaneStarsMike HenrySanaa LathanKevin Michael Richardson
  • Mike Judge in Beavis and Butt-Head (1993)

    6. Beavis and Butt-Head

    1993–2011217 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.5 (36K)
    The show is about two slow-witted teenagers Beavis and Butt-Head and their everyday exploits, including trying to get laid (or "score," as they like to call it), breaking things, pulling pranks, skipping school and watching TV.
    CreatorMike JudgeStarsMike JudgeKristofor BrownDale Revo
  • Kathy Najimy, Breckin Meyer, Brittany Murphy, Ashley Gardner, Beth Grant, Johnny Hardwick, Toby Huss, Jonathan Joss, Mike Judge, Stephen Root, Pamela Adlon, and Lauren Tom in King of the Hill (1997)

    7. King of the Hill

    1997– 278 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.5 (62K)
    A straight-laced propane salesman in Arlen, Texas tries to deal with the wacky antics of his family and friends, while also trying to keep his son in line.
    CreatorsGreg DanielsMike JudgeSaladin K. PattersonStarsMike JudgeKathy NajimyPamela Adlon
  • The Goode Family (2009)

    8. The Goode Family

    200913 epsTV-PGTV Series
    6.4 (1.6K)
    An animated TV program that revolves around a family obsessed with doing the "right" thing environmentally, politically and socially.
    CreatorsJohn AltschulerMike JudgeDave KrinskyStarsMike JudgeNancy CarellLinda Cardellini
  • Matt Stone and Trey Parker in South Park (1997)

    9. South Park

    1997– 328 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (426K)
    Follows the misadventures of four foul mouthed and dirty minded irreverent grade-schoolers, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick who live in the quiet, dysfunctional mountain town of South Park, Colorado.
    CreatorsTrey ParkerMatt StoneBrian GradenStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneIsaac Hayes
  • Ugly Americans (2010)

    10. Ugly Americans

    2010–201231 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.9 (11K)
    Take New York City, add every horrifying beast, science-fiction freak, and fantasy faerie, shake thoroughly, and you've got Ugly Americans.
    CreatorsDevin ClarkDavid M. SternStarsMatt ObergNatasha LeggeroKurt Metzger
  • Liquid Television (1991)

    11. Liquid Television

    1991–199424 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.0 (1.1K)
    MTV's classic, surreal, experimental, grotesque, macabre and darkly humorous animation anthology featuring both serialized and one-off segments. The show also features music videos and rare live action and puppet segments.
    CreatorDavid DanielsStarsRobert ScullHolly PayneWilliam Waghorn
  • Liquid TV (2013)

    12. Liquid TV

    2013–20145 epsTV Series
    8.0 (100)
    The cult 90's MTV animated hit is back. Liquid Television 2013 brings together the most original, funniest, and strangest animated shorts, music videos and series together in five mind-blowing half hours.
    StarsCory BlischeCarolyn Saint
  • Æon Flux (1991)

    13. Æon Flux

    1991–199516 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.8 (7.6K)
    There is a mysterious and immoral secret agent from the country of Monica. Her motives and background remain unexplained, as do those of her antagonist/lover, Trevor Goodchild.
    CreatorPeter ChungStarsDenise PoirierJohn Rafter LeeMax Redmond
  • Cartoon Sushi (1997)

    14. Cartoon Sushi

    1997–199812 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.2 (109)
    Following the tradition of MTV's previous animation show Liquid Television, this show was basically a collection of various animated shorts made by a variety of different cartoonists.
    CreatorBanxStarsDave AvelloneKeith AlcornPaul Claerhout
  • Celebrity Deathmatch (1998)

    15. Celebrity Deathmatch

    1998–2007101 epsTV-14TV Series
    6.9 (12K)
    Celebrities duel it out in a wrestling ring, the first one who dies loses.
    CreatorsEric FogelGordon BarnettStarsMaurice SchlaferLen MaxwellMills Lane
  • Station Zero (1999)

    16. Station Zero

    19994 epsTV-14TV Series
    6.5 (22)
    Animated characters, Karaz and Chino sat TV-side, ragging on music videos in the hip-hop genre. Their irreverent humor, often compared to fellow MTV smart-asses, Beavis & Butt-Head, was short lived, but drew loads of fan mail and a subsequent cult following.
    StarsCarlito RodriguezQuan ZillaScratch
  • 17. Head Trip

    1999– TV Series
    8.2 (9)
    MTV's short lived program where they took different celebrity's (Bruce Willis, Ricky Martin, and Joshua Jackson to name a few) heads and put them on little animated bodies. The celebs would then act out little 2 minute skits through by spoofing an incident, movie, or video.
    StarRoger F. Powell
  • The Maxx (1995)

    18. The Maxx

    199513 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.3 (4.4K)
    Confused hulking homeless superhero The Maxx tries to protect his social worker and friend Julie from an omniscient serial killer Mr. Gone both in the real world, which may or may not actually be real, and the subconscious fantasy world.
    CreatorSam KiethStarsMichael HaleyAmy DanlesGlynnis Talken
  • Jason Candler in The Head (1994)

    19. The Head

    1994–199621 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.0 (1.4K)
    Jim and Roy, a friendly violet demonic-looking alien that inhabits Jim's giant head, must stop an alien invasion. Misguided FBI agents and a manipulated mad doctor stand in their way, but Jim finds allies.
    CreatorEric FogelStarsJason CandlerEric FogelDick Rodstein
  • The Brothers Grunt (1994)

    20. The Brothers Grunt

    1994–199541 epsTV-14TV Series
    3.1 (418)
    An interstellar creature grows a group of boils on its back that come to be 'The Grunt Brothers'.
    CreatorDanny AntonucciStarsDoug ParkerLee TockarPhilip Maurice Hayes
  • Daria (1997)

    21. Daria

    1997–200267 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.1 (28K)
    A smart and cynical girl goes through teenage life as a proud outsider in a world of mainly idiotic adolescents and condescending adults.
    CreatorsGlenn EichlerSusie LewisStarsTracy GrandstaffWendy HoopesJulian Rebolledo
  • Downtown (1999)

    22. Downtown

    1999–200013 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.3 (1.4K)
    The misadventures of a group of urban teens as they go about their lives.
    CreatorChris PrynoskiStarsGregory GilmoreLeyora ZubermanTammy Lang
  • SG (2000)

    23. SG

    2000–200213 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.2 (366)
    The missions of a stylish pair of spies.
    CreatorsMichael GansRichard RegisterKevin ThomsenStarsMichael GansRichard RegisterFuschia!
  • Undergrads (2001)

    24. Undergrads

    200113 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.7 (3K)
    The misadventures of a group of childhood friends who keep in touch while attending separate colleges.
    CreatorPete WilliamsStarsPete WilliamsJosh A. CaganRob Tinkler
  • Clone High (2002)

    25. Clone High

    2002–200313 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.1 (9.4K)
    A high school is populated by the clones of well-known historical figures.
    CreatorsBill LawrencePhil LordChristopher MillerStarsWill FortePhil LordMichael McDonald

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