![]() I can think of no other television show which has music that stands up so well on its own. And the episodes are each ten minutes long, which makes it easy to fit in if your family’s schedule is as tight as mine. My six and eleven year old girls love it. Then they resolve their disputes, although it’s not always easy. It’s got great role models and deals with a lot of relationship issues. ![]() Steven Universe is a terrific show to watch with the entire family. It’s not until episode 25 when you first realize that there’s a deeper plot afoot. For the first couple dozen ten-minute episodes, you’re just spending time with the characters, battling monsters, and eating pizza. It’s very clear that the show’s creators plotted out the entirety of the show’s arc and have been moving along their predefined storyline since the beginning, with plenty of excellently delivered setups and payoffs. The foreshadowing is so well crafted that when the first big reveal happens at the end of the first season, you realize that you had all the pieces of the puzzle and could have figured it out had the delivery been any less subtle. But for every tidbit of information, there are new questions. Steven Universe is a coming-of-age story about a boy named Steven and his three surrogate parents, members of an all-female alien race known as “gems.” The first season slowly introduces characters, themes, and drops hints about characters’ pasts, the race of gems, and the ancient war in which Steven’s mother died long ago. But in 2018, the best cartoon out there is Steven Universe. Well before that, back in the nineties, I was a massive fan of The Tick. I do often refer to Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra as my favorite cartoons of all time, which is a well-deserved accolade. I can appreciate Miyazaki, and I love Kubo and the Two Strings, but I’d never call myself a huge fan of anime. I never got into Rick & Morty or Archer, and I’ve barely watched Gravity Falls. Most of my favorite television is non-animated. ![]()
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