Recommend an exercise-bait adventure cartoon?

[brightknightie]

Just for fun, want to recommend cartoons to me? I watch TV while riding my stationary bike, and my "exercise bait" selection is pivotal. Currently, I need something 20-30 minutes long to fit my morning workday schedule. Always, I need something interesting to me, ideally something so interesting that I'll get up on time and exercise for the privilege of another episode, instead of hitting the snooze button. Sometimes I can do this with well-loved shows, but... not knowing what happens next really helps with motivation!

I currently have Disney+, Paramount+, PBS Passport, and Amazon Prime (no Netflix, HBO, Showtime, Peacock, Hulu). If I can't find anything suitable that comes free with my subscriptions, I can buy, rent, or sub-subscribe (I had a $2/month Pokemon subscription on Amazon for about a year of the pandemic; it was an excellent happy place to escape to! but not a success as exercise bait; I completed the Unova arc and unsubbed). I do like good anime, though my experience runs to Rurouni Kenshin, Fushigi Yugi, Sailor Moon, Captain Harlock, and Robotech; yes, I am not young, and that's the point -- I missed everything cartoon-y that came out after, say, Darkwing Duck and Skeleton Warriors or so, and am just now getting back into the genre.

So: Avatar: The Last Airbender has been spectacular! An excellent story in just about every way -- I recommend it highly! -- and one of the best exercise-bait shows I've ever found. But, sadly, I have only one AtLA episode left, the third part of the three-part finale. I'm very sorry for it to end, even given that it's a proper moment for the story conclude. I would have happily followed these characters and their world much, much longer.

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Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 8

Which new-to-me 30-minute show should I start after AtLA?

The Legend of Korra
0 (0.0%)

The Owl House
1 (12.5%)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
3 (37.5%)

Justice League Unlimited
1 (12.5%)

Over the Garden Wall
1 (12.5%)

Something else that I shall specify in the comments
2 (25.0%)

Comments

[senmut]

I'm going to rec JLU every time. It is a good pick up series from the Batman and Superman cartoons in the same universe, but you do not need to know anything from those shows!

[juniperberry]

Those all sound like awesome options, though I have not seen any of them.

As for anime...I fell out of anime about ten-fifteen years ago, but I can suggest some options. (No idea if they're available on streaming or even if they're dubbed, but I can offer them as options to look into.)

Have you seen any of Fullmetal Alchemist, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Magic Knight Rayearth, or Card Captor Sakura? I leaned heavily towards magical girls in case you couldn't tell....

I haven't seen them yet but I understand Irresponsible Captain Tylor is fun, as is Cowboy Bebop, and Trigun has been fun thus far. I have also really enjoyed what I've seen of Vision of Escaflowne.

[lightbird]

Glad you've been enjoying AtLA. It is perfect for exercising to - when it came to Netflix I did a full rewatch during my workouts. Also, the finale is 4 parts actually, so it should last you for 4 workouts. :)

I forget if you have already seen Hey Arnold! If not, I highly recommend checking it out. Though it doesn't have an over-arcing storyline like AtLA there is some interesting character development through the series, and it's fun and generally well-written. And it could be good for exercising to. Each episode of the show was a half hour long, usually made up of two 15-minute (more or less) stories, but there are also a couple of episodes that are a single 30-minute (more or less) episodes.

[kirbyfest]

She-Ra is CHARMING. Super, super wonderful. There's a lot of sometimes-painful conflict in it, though, so be warned.