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71% Reverina match Top pick 2020 · Series · Animation · Comedy
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: slapstick comedy and family friendly Also satire at heart Told the same way, anthology and epistolary More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Maniac 2018
Also absurdist comedy at heart Also about social satire Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 135 candidates
Shares its playful register What's different Not about social satire or authority resistance Not really absurdist comedy or cartoon humor Darkness Fairly light
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Where it streams Hulu Why this ranked above the others
Reads closest to it overall of everything considered when ranked against Animaniacs.
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1989 · Series · Animation · Comedy
Good match
Why it matches Also about social satire Also satire at heart Told the same way, anthology and epistolary Shares its saturated and stylised look What's different Does not promise family friendly or slapstick comedy Not really absurdist comedy or cartoon humor Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Animaniacs.
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2020 · Series · Animation · Comedy
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: slapstick comedy and family friendly Told the same way, anthology and epistolary Shares its handheld and stylised look Shares its playful and angry register What's different Not about social satire or authority resistance Not really satire or absurdist comedy Emotionally lighter Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel HBO Max Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Animaniacs.
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Also absurdist comedy at heart Told the same way, anthology and epistolary South Park 1997
Also satire at heart Told the same way, anthology and epistolary We Bare Bears 2015
Also absurdist comedy at heart Told the same way, anthology and epistolary Archer 2009
Told the same way, epistolary Shares its cathartic and angry register Kid vs. Kat 2008
Watched for the same thing: family friendly Shares its saturated and stylised look 
