Bojack Horseman: Existence Precedes Essence.
Bojack Horseman, by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, is an interesting look into the life of a narcissistic middle-aged horse dealing with his life after stardom in a very self-deprecating and nihilistic way.
The show deals with many moral quandaries even though it may seem lighthearted and childlike due to the characters and animation style. It can get very deep and even somewhat depressing at times, but all that gets leveled out by the ridiculously outlandish situations the characters get themselves into like stealing the letter D from the Hollywood sign.

Bojack is extremely aware of his own self-destructive behavior but struggles with how to correct it and it takes a couple seasons for him to even somewhat improve from the self-centered asshole that he is at the beginning of the show.
From time to time the characters subtly hint at moral philosophical questions even get stuck trying to understand the meaning of their lives and even mentioning Jean-Paul Sartre and his thoughts on existentialism right under our noses throughout the series and it can go unnoticed if you aren't interested in that kind of stuff I wouldn't blame you if that were the case.
If all else fails it's a really chill Netflix show.
If all else fails it's a really chill Netflix show.
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