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 A few weeks ago, I was watching a video essay from a YouTube channel called DanBoyWonder titled "The Lost Art of Action Cartoons!" which basically said that we don't have action-oriented shows like Batman: The Animated Series, Ben 10, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teen Titans, Swat Kats, Gargoyles, Samurai Jack, Justice League, etc. anymore. He was arguing that recent reboots of older animated shows or the general landscape of American-made animated shows is really bland.  He said that things like Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Invincible are decent, but not as amazing as the stuff from the good old days. And you know what? I almost agreed with him. But then I realized that any discussion of the current state of American animation is incomplete without mentioning the work that Adi Shankar and his collaborators have done in this space. Castlevania's four-season run is spectacular. In a year filled with disastrous second adventures, Castlevania: Nocturne blew ...