15 Best Animated Shows Since The Simpsons
5. South Park
Comprising twenty-three seasons and over three-hundred episodes, South Park has become renowned for its mature style, characterised by dark humour and profanity. First airing in 1997, it has become a favourite amongst young adult audiences.
The show follows four protagonists, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick, as they explore their eponymous hometown, South Park.
South Park has fans in North America, Europe, South Asia, and New Zealand, its mature but entertaining style striking chords in the hearts of fans. The series has generated a plethora of merchandise, nine video-games, and an acclaimed feature film.
It combines gags, mature content, and satire to give it its distinctive style of humour. A mature cartoon of this nature could not possibly exist without the influence of The Simpsons, which practically invented the genre. But if The Simpsons invented the mature cartoon, South Park amplified it to an extreme extent.