Cartoons (Voice Only) | Send Me To Sleep
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What are Andrew's earliest favorite cartoons?
My earliest favourites were...
I remember watching Pokemon every morning before school. I think in the UK. I don't know if you're from the UK, but... Yeah, there was a certain TV channel that would always put out Pokemon at the time, just before school was starting. And I remember being... always really disappointed because it was a double showing. So every time I had to go to school, I knew there was going to be another episode of Pokemon on after that. I was always so disappointed to be missing it. I'd say, Mom, please, can I stay? And I remember one day when I was Poorly, a little sick, had to stay off school. And I legitimately was. I wasn't pretending. I very rarely did that. But I finally got to watch my double episode of Pokemon.
I was really happy, if not quite tired and sick. But that was really formative for me, those kinds of shows. I think another one that really stuck with me was Dragon Ball Z. I think there's something special about the Japanese animes, especially for a young audience. and an older audience too, you know, I still enjoy an anime. In fact, I think I've enjoyed more animes as an adult than I did as a child. But growing up, the original series of Dragon Ball Z, that was, you know, that was like my soap opera. That was like my EastEnders. Again, if you're from the UK,
You'll understand that.
But, um, yeah, there was something special about those shows, I think, expanded my imagination.
How did Pokemon influence Andrew's childhood?
You know, I never, never once came away from watching a show like that, and didn't. imagine some new idea or possibility, invent my own Pokémon or my own story or adventure. It's almost like they were delivering a young me a set of tools and ideas to run wild with in my imagination. Which I certainly did. I think there's essences of those early childhood cartoons that have embedded themselves in my core creativity. I think there will always be elements elements of those shows in the things I create especially themes of friendship and camaraderie and perhaps in the case of Dragon Ball Z power struggles
To be honest, whilst I watched a lot of cartoons growing up, my enthusiasm for them really came through in adult life. I say adult life. You know, my early 20s. and thinking back to who I was in my early 20s, which wasn't long ago, to be honest, maybe 15 years. But still, I don't know if I'd quite describe myself as an adult just yet. Even still, that was when I was first introduced to a lot of anime you know Death Note Psycho Pass I loved that Attack on Titan some amazing stories some fantastic creativity it goes on there and then I was also introduced to I think one of the most formative shows in terms of inspiring my creativity, which was Adventure Time. Now, I'm going to caveat the rest of this conversation by saying, I'm a little embarrassed saying this to you,
And I always feel embarrassed talking about it, which is a real shame because it's something I feel really passionately about. Like, I love Adventure Time. I think it is, in no uncertain terms, a masterpiece, right? But, you know, you try and bring that up in adult conversations. And people are going to give you looks for enjoying what is ostensibly a children's cartoon. And a really wacky one for that.
You know, from the outside to see a newly armed boy with a sword and a magic dog and a bubblegum princess.
and a snow ice king, whatever people perceive it to be from the outside. That does seem quite silly. I think that's all a part of the beautiful and elegant story that they've told. And how the entire thing subverts expectation. Because of course, to begin with, in the first season, it really, really is a children's show about a bubblegum kingdom, candy kingdom. And An evil ice king who steals the princess. And more importantly, a young hero and his faithful dog who go and save the day. But they spend so much time digging so deeply into that and bringing history and emotion, and context, and nuance into why the world exists as it does, as it's being displayed to you, whilst at the same time infusing the entire narrative with this underlying, hidden, subtle, subliminal darkness.
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