Adventure Time is one of my favorite shows and Pendleton Ward is one of the animators I've grown to admire. Reading how far he's come to share his creation is pretty inspiring and seeing how far it's come is more. I've always wanted to have my own cartoon and hope other's feel as much love as I put into it. It's sad to see how he's worked so hard for it to be too much and end up quitting being the showrunner. But I'd imagine it's still honorable to have created it and still be a writer and storyboard artist. And now that he has less pressure to perfect Adventure Time he finds more time to enjoy his work. As he says, "Whatever the next thing is, I just want my brain to be happy doing it". Trying to perfect something can sometimes cause you to forget why you enjoyed it.
I also admire his work and how big it became. It is sad he got overwhelmed and stepped down, but I can't help but feel if he didn't something very bad might have happened. Here's hoping similar success happens to all of us!
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