Just a small blurb I’m making about growing up as a child in the early 1990s. One of the things I remember vividly was the After-School cartoons that came on television after I got home from school.
The picture above captures and summarizes After-School cartoons…well, sort of.
The Super Nintendo cartridge above is actually for the movie “Batman Returns” (which came out in 1992), but that was the inspiration for the “Batman The Animated Series” that was one of the highlights of my childhood. The series really captured the “dark, serious tone” that was portrayed in the Tim Burton’s Batman films at the time. Looking back, I appreciate how the people that worked on the animated series were able to keep the presentation appropriate enough for children. What’s more amazing is how the show really holds up against the test of time and can be appreciated by adult viewers.
The Super Nintendo cartridge at the bottom of the picture is for “Animanics”. This was also another after-school cartoon series that I fondly remember quite well. Thinking about it, I like how they have other characters within their own little story time-slot; sort of like a mini series within a series. For example, Pinky and the Brain. It was bright and wacky cartoon series. Not sure if I will enjoy it now like I did as a child, but I will always appreciate it from a sentimental perspective due the importance that it had on my childhood.
The time of year that these after-school cartoon series meant so much was around the holidays, when a lot of them would have a special holiday episode. I didn’t have a whole lot back in those days, but with things like after-school cartoons in my childhood, I felt I had enough to make me happy.