Best for animation quality
Rick and Morty, Season 9
4.6 feature score
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Adventure Time: Side Quests, Season 1
4.6 feature score
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Most evidence
Stranger Things: Tales From '85
25 supporting reviews
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Margo's Got Money Troubles
4.4 overall score
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Animation is one of the strongest consensus points. The season is called top-notch, smoother than ever, stunning, and unusually strong for Adult Swim animation.
Pros: critic appeal, genre satisfaction
Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness
Animation quality draws strong praise for expressive movement, bright colors, reaction shots, and action that pops. Even reviewers with reservations about the revival generally found the animation lively and well-suited...
Pros: production design, animation quality
Cons: pilot episode quality, score quality
The animated pinball-style title sequence was singled out as clever and creative, immediately establishing the show’s playful visual identity.
Pros: episode structure, dialogue quality
Cons: plot twists, season finale quality
Animated reenactments are generally viewed as useful and distinctive, especially compared with actor dramatizations. The main reservation is that restrained animation sometimes illustrates events without adding much tension.
Pros: finale satisfaction, season finale quality
Cons: violence level, writing quality
Animation is the show’s most polarizing feature. Environments, lighting, monsters, and action earn frequent praise, while the stiff, doll-like human designs and borrowed Spider-Verse-style movement draw equally strong criticism.
Pros: world-building, production design
Cons: plot clarity, realism
Animation is the season’s most persistent technical complaint: non-action scenes can look flat, stiff, or shortcut-heavy. Reviewers still note impressive peaks in major battles, creating a pronounced high-high/low-low visual experience.
Pros: finale satisfaction, continuity
Cons: plot clarity, screenplay quality
Animation draws both praise and criticism. Supporters see polish, expressive movement, and improved design compared with related shows, while harsher viewers find the characters stiff, bland, or unattractive.
Pros: realism, cultural representation
Cons: age appropriateness, violence level