Non-Japanese Animated Television Series Aimed at Adults
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...
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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- CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
- CreatorDavid X. CohenMatt GroeningStarsBilly WestJohn DiMaggioKatey SagalPhilip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999.
- CreatorSeth MacFarlaneDavid ZuckermanStarsAlex BorsteinSeth MacFarlaneSeth GreenIn a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strives to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
- CreatorMike BarkerSeth MacFarlaneMatt WeitzmanStarsSeth MacFarlaneWendy SchaalScott GrimesThe escapades of Stan Smith, a conservative C.I.A. Agent dealing with family life, and keeping America safe.
- CreatorRichard AppelMike HenrySeth MacFarlaneStarsMike HenrySanaa LathanKevin Michael RichardsonCleveland Brown moves back to his hometown in Virginia, where he finds his high school sweetheart and her two troublemaking kids.
- CreatorMike JudgeStarsMike JudgeKristofor BrownDale RevoAnimated MTV series about two teenage heavy-metal music fans who occasionally do idiotic things because they're bored. For them, everything is "cool" or "sucks."
- CreatorGreg DanielsMike JudgeStarsMike JudgeKathy NajimyPamela AdlonA 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.
- CreatorJohn AltschulerMike JudgeDave KrinskyStarsMike JudgeNancy CarellLinda CardelliniAn animated TV program that revolves around a family obsessed with doing the "right" thing environmentally, politically and socially.
- CreatorTrey ParkerMatt StoneBrian GradenStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneIsaac HayesFollows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
- CreatorDevin ClarkDavid M. SternStarsMatt ObergNatasha LeggeroKurt MetzgerTake New York City, add every horrifying beast, science-fiction freak, and fantasy faerie, shake thoroughly, and you've got Ugly Americans.
- StarsHolly PayneRobert ScullWilliam WaghornMTV'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.
- 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.
- CreatorPeter ChungStarsDenise PoirierJohn Rafter LeeMax RedmondThere 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.
- CreatorBanxStarsDave AvelloneKeith AlcornPaul ClaerhoutFollowing 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.
- CreatorEric FogelGordon BarnettStarsMaurice SchlaferLen MaxwellMills LaneCelebrities duel it out in a wrestling ring, the first one who dies loses.
- StarsCarlito RodriguezRiggs MoralesScratchAnimated 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.
- StarsRoger F. PowellMTV'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.
- StarsAmy DanlesGlynnis TalkenTony FucileConfused 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.
- CreatorEric FogelStarsJason CandlerEric FogelDick RodsteinJim 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.
- StarsDoug ParkerLee TockarDanny AntonucciAn interstellar creature grows a group of boils on its back that come to be 'The Grunt Brothers'.
- CreatorGlenn EichlerSusie LewisStarsTracy GrandstaffWendy HoopesJulian RebolledoA smart and cynical girl goes through teenage life as a proud outsider in a world of mainly idiotic adolescents and condescending adults.
- CreatorChris PrynoskiStarsGregory GilmoreLeyora ZubermanTammy LangThe misadventures of a group of urban teens as they go about their lives.
- CreatorMichael GansRichard RegisterKevin ThomsenStarsMichael GansRichard RegisterFuschia!The missions of a stylish pair of spies.
- CreatorPete WilliamsStarsPete WilliamsJosh A. CaganRob TinklerThe misadventures of a group of childhood friends who keep in touch while attending separate colleges.
- CreatorBill LawrencePhil LordChristopher MillerStarsWill FortePhil LordMichael McDonaldThe greatest minds of the world have been cloned, and are now attending high school together.
- CreatorMark HentemannStarsBrian PosehnMark HentemannBrian DunklemanThe adventures of two irresponsible freshmen, Sanford and Del, who are forced to live with an uptight, pre-med student Joe. Hapless high school buddies, Sanford and Del arrive at the third-rate Barder College oblivious to what higher education is all about.
- CreatorSteve DitkoStan LeeStarsNeil Patrick HarrisLisa LoebIan ZieringA young man with spider like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.
- CreatorDave JeserMatt SilversteinStarsMatt SilversteinCree SummerNat Faxon2 slackers spend their office days by swapping viral videos in the workplace.
- CreatorDavid Gordon GreenStarsAdam BrodyJake BuseyJosh GadTransplanted Jersey boy, Mondo and his best bud Woodie are on a mission to surf the biggest waves, crash the wildest parties and chase the prettiest girls in Playa Del Toro - a California beach town where bikinis rule and the vibe is an endless summer.
- CreatorAaron LeeJeffrey RossStarsJeffrey RossTracy MorganJohn DiMaggioThis new MTV cartoon stars veteran stand-up comics Jeffrey Ross and Tracy Morgan as a pair of stray dogs trying to make it on their own in Hollywood.
- CreatorOrlando JonesP.J. PescePaul D'AcriStarsOrlando JonesP.J. PescePaul D'AcriA pair of janitors try to get ahead in the music business.
- StarsKristofor BrownMaia GuestDean JulianILL-unsaturated is an animated series that aired on VH1 and was conceived by animation producer Bob Cesca that parodied pop culture and politics.
- StarsJon CryerDaphne Rubin-VegaNancy GilesThis animated comedy depicts the adventures of Joel Stein, host of an rock-star interview show on VH1. Joel is badgering his famous guests with obnoxious, aggressive, and frequently inappropriate questions. Other characters in this workplace comedy include: Michele, Joel's producer, whom he has a crush on; Kevin, his loyal P.A.; Leif, his nemesis, who is VH1's star; Z, the head of programming; several "famous rock stars" every week.
- StarsDave LambJan RavensJon CulshawAnimated sketches satirising the major news stories of the week.
- CreatorDavid FreedmanAlan GilbeyStarsBob MonkhousePaul DobsonPhilip Maurice HayesA fully animated sketch comedy show featuring Mr. Hell, a sulphurous and sardonic anti-hero.
- An anthology of gay-themed animation.
- StarsJackie ClarkeBobby MoynihanMatt WilkinsonIn the modern world of chavs, scum, loser and "work for nothing but want everything" kids this group are the worst; the residents and underachievers of Empire Square in London.
- StarsDarren WalshDavid HoltJo AllenAngry Kid is a hilarious Aardman animated series about an annoying young boy wading his way through childhood, dealing with problems like Tourette's, shaving, hammer roulette, puberty, telepathy and dogs stealing his chips.
- CreatorDavid FineAlison SnowdenStarsAlison SnowdenJamie WatsonAndy HamiltonBased on the animated short Bob's Birthday (1993), this series follows the daily adventures of a London dentist and his chiropodist wife.
- StarsSarah Ann KennedyEmma ChambersCharlotte MitchellAnimated comedy, following the rather self-obsessed Dolly Pond and her quest to live the kind of life she thinks she should be living, while never getting it quite right. Observational, modern humour from Candy Guard.
- CreatorRichard OsmanRichard PintoSharat SardanaStarsNina ContiGraeme GardenSimon GreenallThe adventures of three students and their inept teachers at a London high school.
- CreatorReginald HudlinStarsDjimon HounsouJill ScottCarl LumblyBlack Panther is the ruler and protector of the African nation of Wakanda. Using technology, wits, and extraordinary fighting ability he must protect his nation from an invasion led by Ulysses Klaw, the man who killed his father.
- StarsJamie WatsonSteve AshtonDamon D'OliveiraChilly Beach is a Canadian island town where the tourists are few and the beer is plentiful. Hockey is a way of life and the bears eat people, including Santa every year.
- CreatorElizabeth MitchellStarsDavid FaneMario GaoaOscar KightleyA modern day fairytale about five Auckland teenagers growing up in the big bad city, bro'Town chronicles the schoolboy misadventures of Vale, Valea, Sione, Mack and Jeff da Maori in a proudly suburban, non PC satire.
- CreatorAl JeanMike ReissStarsJon LovitzNick JamesonMaurice LaMarcheJay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesn't like for a living.
- CreatorBrett MerharMerriwether WilliamsStarsJonathan SilvermanBrett MerharJuliette LewisDiscover the hilariously disturbing life and times of Johnny G, his drunk dad, horny grandmother, friend clay, and clay's Vicodin-addicted ferret. Based on the pop-cult comic strip that always goes too far
- StarsAlison SteadmanJane HorrocksMorwenna BanksA black-comedy satire based in London suburbs: an extreme and lowlife group of characters, living in a grim apartment building in the fictional postcode of SE69, who were plagued by various dilemmas involving foul language, sex, and violence.
- CreatorAdam De La PeñaStarsAdam De La PeñaAndy SipesMatt MariskaTwo game developers try to survive their crazy Texas billionaire boss and his rich prissy son in 1983.
- StarsSteve BlumGrey GriffinEric BauzaThe terrorist organization Cobra unleashes a new scheme to take over the world, and it's up to the G.I. Joe elite commandos to stop them.
- StarsLizz AlexanderAnne BedianSasha RoizClaire, Luna, Martin and Philip are four "anti" super-heroes in their early twenties. Gifted with paranormal powers, they are the only ones who can rid humanity of the "Rifters", some mysterious entities seeking control of human minds... Their fight will essentially take place in a strange parallel universe called the "Delta State".
- CreatorLaura KosterskiCarolyn NewmanStarsAaron AbramsJamie WatsonKristin BoothAn animated TV program that follows the life of an overworked and underpaid TV producer and her crewmates who work on a daytime talk show.
- CreatorMarnie NirMichael ShipleyKatie TorpeyStarsEva LongoriaRebecca HusainJesse CamachoMother Up! is an animated comedy series chronicling the misguided attempts at parenthood of Rudi Wilson (Longoria), a disgraced former music exec, as she transitions from the towers of Manhattan to the carpool lane of suburbia.
- CreatorWillem WennekersJeff AbugovNicholas TabarrokStarsJacqueline PillonTony NappoEmilie-Claire BarlowEx-New York mobster Jimmy Falcone joins the Witness Protection Program, which relocates him and his family to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- CreatorScott AdamsLarry CharlesStarsDaniel SternLarry MillerGordon HuntCubicle denizen Dilbert toils away at Path-E-Tech which makes undefined products. The focus is on his survival amongst a moronic boss, hostile co-workers and his malevolent pet, Dogbert.
- CreatorJonathan KatzTom SnyderStarsJonathan KatzH. Jon BenjaminLaura SilvermanA therapist struggles with problems of his patients, while dealing with the ones in his personal life.
- CreatorLoren BouchardBrendon SmallJanice BurgessStarsBrendon SmallH. Jon BenjaminMelissa Bardin GalskyBrendon Small, an ambitious eight-year-old filmmaker, shoots movies in his basement with his two best friends, while coming to terms with adolescence, life, and relationships.
- CreatorDavid GoetschDavid SacksJason VenokurStarsElizabeth DailyRachel DratchArtie LangeThe story of your mild-mannered family in a not-so-normal video game world. Mom is a Lara Croft rip-off, dad is a Grand Prix racer, the neighbors are Kung Fu monks and the kids... well, they try to be cool.
- CreatorDave JeserMatt SilversteinJordan YoungStarsAdam CarollaJess HarnellAbbey McBrideA parody of reality shows cast with spoofs of several famous types of animated characters.
- CreatorJonathan GroffJeffrey KatzenbergStarsJohn GoodmanCheryl HinesOrlando JonesThe misadventures of a family of White Lions who perform with Siegfried and Roy in Las Vegas.
- CreatorEverett PeckGabor CsupoArlene KlaskyStarsJason AlexanderGregg BergerNancy TravisA crass, womanizing duck works as a private eye with his level-headed pig sidekick, all the while raising a family as a single dad.
- CreatorJeanne RomanoStarsEdward AsnerGeorgia BrownTim CurryInspector Gill, a fish detective, navigates an underwater metropolis, solving often Mafia-related crimes while avoiding the seduction of vamp Angel Jones and avoiding marriage to diner owner Pearl.
- CreatorSeth MeyersMichael ShoemakerStarsIke BarinholtzTaran KillamBobby LeeAfter the legendary Mr. Awesome retires as leader of his superhero task force, his not-so-super son Prock must assemble a team of funny-if-flawed misfits to restore the group to its former glory.
- CreatorMatthew CarlsonStarsAlan CummingJames GarnerFrench StewartGod has made a bet with the Devil: if one human of the Devil's choosing can't prove that humanity is decent, God will scrap all of creation and start over. The Devil chooses Detroit car assembly line worker Bob Alman. Now Bob has to live a decent life with no hints from God and constant temptation from the Devil.
- StarsJohn Leguizamo
- CreatorH. Jon BenjaminDavid CrossStarsH. Jon BenjaminDavid CrossWill ArnettChronicles a freak show called the Freak Squad that reluctantly moonlights as a group of second-rate superheroes employed by the US government.
- CreatorJay DyerStarsPhil LaMarrKhary PaytonJohn DiMaggioDynamic duo Craig and Smokey are struggling to survive life in South Central L.A., dealing with family, friends and enemies.
- CreatorMel BrooksThomas MeehanStarsMel BrooksDee Bradley BakerTino InsanaAn animated parody of popular science fiction movies and TV shows.
- CreatorChuck AustenChris MoellerStarsStephen RootMaurice LaMarcheJohn MelendezTripping the Rift is a CGI science fiction comedy television series. The universe is modeled largely after the Star Trek universe, with references to "warp drive" and "transporter beam" technology, occasional time travel, the Federation and the Vulcans. The series also includes elements borrowed from other sources such as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Battlestar Galactica. The general setting is that known space is politically divided between two superpowers: the Confederation (led by Humans, and a parody of the Federation from Star Trek) and the Dark Clown Empire (a parody of the Galactic Empire from Star Wars). The Dark Clown Empire is a totalitarian, tyrannical police state, led by the evil Darph Bobo. In contrast, the Confederation is technically a democratic and free society, but in practice, is dominated by mega-corporations and bloated bureaucracies. Ultimately, both superpowers end up exploiting and restricting their inhabitants, albeit in different ways. For example, the value placed on life is so commercialized in the Confederation that clearly sentient robots and androids are reduced to essentially slave-status. The Dark Clown Empire practices actual slavery, and while the Confederation does not, most of its inhabitants (including the Human ones) are openly described as living in wage slavery. The only place that anyone can truly be free is in the border region between the two superpowers, which is directly controlled by neither. This borderland is known as "the Rift", hence those outlaws on the fringes of society who cling to their freedom by moving back and forth around the Confederation/Dark Clown Empire border to evade detection are said to be "Tripping the Rift." The series follows one such group of outlaws led by Chode aboard the Spaceship Bob, taking odd-jobs and usually pursuing various get-rich-quick schemes.
- CreatorRhode MontijoKenn NavarroAubrey AnkrumStarsDavid WinnEllen ConnellWarren GraffA series of horrible sudden deaths keep happening to a group of creatures caused by themselves doing the most stupid things.
- CreatorFax BahrAdam SmallStarsHarland WilliamsChristopher MoynihanFax BahrThe story of two twenty-something best friends on a road trip across America with no particular place to go.
- CreatorSteve MarmelKevin KayStarsPeter MacNicolSteve MarmelAlex MenesesBrian Newport, a single, conservative journalist, finds himself at odds with his liberal friends, and the absurdity of the politically correct world, married couples and hot women who are turned off by his politics.
- CreatorKevin KopelowStan LeeHeath SeifertStarsPamela AndersonTom KennyMaurice LaMarchePamela Anderson provides the voice of Erotica Jones who is stripper by night and superhero Stripperella by even later at night.
- CreatorJohn KricfalusiStarsJohn KricfalusiEric BauzaMike KricfalusiThe Chihuahua and Cat duo return for more adventures, but this time they are more adult-oriented.
- CreatorRobb CullenMark CullenStarsKelsey GrammerRobb CullenSpencer GarrettA big-city lawyer awakens one morning to discover that he has been transformed into a rat.
- StarsMichael McKeanJennifer CoolidgeBob BalabanIn this wicked animated comedy, Mel Wax (Michael McKean) is the head of a dysfunctional Hollywood indie movie studio, Hopeless Pictures, so named after his deceased parents, Hope and Les. In the land where a studio chief is only as good as his last big flop, Wax struggles to reign in out-of-control, pill-popping Swedish directors and egomaniacal stars, while coping with a vengeful soon-to-be ex-wife (Lisa Kudrow), assorted affairs, his idiot nephew/head of production (Bob Balaban), a hostile takeover and an inept psychiatrist, Dr. Stein (Jonathan Katz). Jennifer Coolidge plays Hopeless Pictures' head of development, Tracy, as well as actress Nina Boroslova.
- StarsGreg LawrenceThomasin LanglandsMike WetmoreKevin Spencer is a sociopath addicted to cough syrup/booze and cigarettes. He is guided primarily by emotion and will go to any lengths to satisfy his needs with no worries about future consequences. He barely attends school and always breaks the law, though the offenses are minor. Kevin also has no friends-except for Allen The Magic Goose, who lives in his head and helps him make decisions. The show also stars his parents: Percy, a fat hard-drinking, chain-smoking welfare recipient who probably committed every minor offense in the book of law, and Anastasia, another fat hard drinker and chain-smoker who puts out for every guy in town.
- StarsSimon PeggSteve CooganAmelia BullmoreFive animals (a horse, rat, monkey, sparrow and a cat) that can think and speak are released by animal rights activists and must try to survive in the world.
- StarsChris WilliamsMelissa Bardin GalskyFrances CallierSimone aka Monie is a professional, single black woman. She has a friend named Yvette who always tries to encourage her. She has a neighbor who has a crush on her but she doesn't. She also works at Wiley PR where she has a friend,a too popular person, and her boss who annoys her.
- CreatorAlan R. CohenAlan FreedlandBrett MorgenStarsRobert EvansAlan SelkaNiecy NashAn animated parody of Hollywood from the mind and mouth of Robert Evans.
- CreatorDonick CaryStarsDave B. MitchellChristopher Lee ParsonDonick CaryAn animated look at U.S. President Bush and his cohorts as elementary school kids.
- CreatorRalph BakshiStarsMichelle PhillipsCharlie AdlerLetitia HicksAn anthology of sexy and risque animated stories in a futuristic city with a seamy side.
- CreatorTodd McFarlaneAlan B. McElroyStarsKeith DavidRichard DysartDominique JenningsAfter being betrayed and murdered by his employer, a government assassin is resurrected as a Hellspawn and is forced to act as the reluctant leader of Hell's army.
- CreatorSteve DildarianStarsSteve DildarianM.J. OttoNick KrollWatch as Tim finds himself in several awkward situations in this HBO cartoon comedy.
- StarsMenashe NoyDaniel SyrkinAlbert IluzThe bizarre adventures of "jobniks", office workers, serving their mandatory Israeli Defence Forces' service in a desert nuclear base.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonRicky Gervais and Stephen Merchant talk to Karl Pilkington about important things in life whilst Karl provides anything but intelligent answers. Comedy at its finest with wonderful animation.
- CreatorHarry WilliamsJack WilliamsAlex ScarfeStarsDaisy HaggardKayvan NovakRichard AyoadeRevolves around the lives of members of a suburban family called the Johnsons. Hard-working Edgar, the father, is employed by Ken, his borderline-evil father-in law, while his house-proud wife, Wendy, looks after their children: the freaky weirdo Dusty, the amiable idiot Jason and the highly strung emo, Eve. Ken's only friend in the show is a large green figment of his imagination called Squidge, who makes him do unpleasant things.
- CreatorBill FreedmanStarsDarren BoydEleanor LawrenceMorgana RobinsonAnimated sitcom about a football fanatic whose interest in the sport is starting to impinge on his family life.
- CreatorAndrew HorneAdam ShaheenStarsKurt FirlaStephanie JungJoseph MotikiSeven contestants fight it out for 15 minutes of reality fame - and the Saskatchewan mansion they're living in - on the wildest and realest reality show since the last wildest and weirdest one.
- StarsAdam Greydon ReidAndrew SabistonJulie LemieuxAbout freak orphans who are desperately trying to get adopted.
- StarsAnthony DavisSimon GreenallDoon MackichanA cast of maladjusted, foul-mouthed fools star in a bang-out-of-order cartoon sketch show
- CreatorIsabelle DubernetÉric FührerPhil OxStarsMorwenna BanksMackenzie CrookKevin EldonThe series follows the doodles and scribblings of a student at school during the daily lessons. His drawings depict the life of Father Nicholas, who lives in a Vatican City , he is charged with being the handler for the Pope.
- StarsMorwenna BanksBrian BowlesSimon GreenallA definitely-not-for-children animated series with each episode made up of an array of perverse skits.