Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20151111163045/@comment-995426-20160311050641

The important point is that the Mirage comic had an audience of adults, and appealed to adults, while the 1987 TV series drove adults away. I don't like childish cartoons. They have no real lasting impact to me. I like a good character-driven drama with some wit thrown in.

Look at MNT Gaiden. Its story is, for the most part, serious, though it also has some comic relief elements (mostly with Renoir or later Mikey). But for interest in the truly silly, there's Bakabakashii, which fills a particular niche, but more importantly has no significance whatsoever to the story's canon&mdash;as it shouldn't, as it mainly exists to irreverently satire already serious characters. The 1987 series' imposition on other series' canon is to their detriment, not their benefit, because then it's hard to take it seriously as a solid story.