The show also marked a turn for Disney TV animation with its darker themes of death and rebirth, and probably marked the first time blood was animated in a Disney cartoon. Behind the show were people like Greg Weisman, the creator and producer of the show, and Frank Paur, the show’s ...
In the years leading up to that, cartoons, to be honest, were fairly dopey, with plots that made little sense, characters whose behavior was so far removed from reality as to be unbelievable, morality lessons bludgeoning the viewer over the head, and action...