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Fritz the Cat
1972 · Film · 78 min
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
In late 1960s New York City, fed up with monotonous college life and police repression, free-spirited Fritz, an impenitent seducer and unrestrained party-animal, decides to explore the world. And just like that, as he flees NYC, heading to San Francisco, Fritz embarks on an endless adventure of illumination. Immersed in a world surrounded by drugs and sex, Fritz participates in mad orgies, brings about a revolution, incites mass urban riots, and crosses paths with drug-addled Nazi bikers.
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> Before the Simpsons there was no adult animation
There was adult animation from well known authors way before the Simpsons[1], even if you just consider the USA[2].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Thousand_and_One_Nights_(1969_film)
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_the_Cat_(film)
Fritz the cat was a feature film not a TV show. Mighty Mouse was an actual kids show cancelled over a reference to a character supposedly snorting a line of something and Bakshi's reputation.
There was a bit of separation between TV cartoons and feature length ones back then. You're correct, the precedent for adult oriented animation had been set years before, but I wouldn't really compare movies like that, or even the more adult oriented anime shows and films in Japan at the time to that era of western TV cartoons.
As far as western TV cartoons went, prior to those late 80's, early 90's shows, there wasn't really any like them.
I thought this was about the movie at first.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_the_Cat_(film)