Thankfully, these more adult-oriented moments never feel out of place, and the experienced, talented voice cast certainly help in that regard. Whether it's lengthy musical numbers patterned after Gilbert & Sullivan plays or jokes that veer into surprisingly dark territory, the new Animaniacs can be surprisingly edgy at times. The tone may be lighthearted and silly, but the writers have mostly abandoned any pretense of Animaniacs being a show aimed at children. 1993 to 1998 and will air a two-season revival series on Hulu starting in November 2020. 2021 Rome Sweet Rome/Backwards Pinky/Wakkos Short Shorts: Now Loading 7.3 (88) Rate The Warners deal with Nero. If anything, they have a bit more bite now than they did back in 1994. Yakkos World is a song from the second episode of Animaniacs.
Season 2 further cements the fact that Yakko, Wakko, and Dot have lost none of their edge over the past few decades. That's what winds up driving many of the show's storylines. In April 2021, the first season of Animaniacs was released on iTunes and Amazon Prime Video. If there's any sort of through-line at all in this very plot-light series, it's that the Warners are both fascinated with and mystified by 21st Century social media. Where to watch Animaniacs Season 1 starring Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille and directed by Katie Rice.
That said, the series does succeed in casting a slightly wider net this time and not relying too much on political jokes that became outdated sometime between the scripting and animating phases.
In case you were wondering, yes, there's still a fair amount of political humor targeted at the previous presidential administration.