>As far as western TV cartoons went, prior to those late 80's, early 90's shows, there wasn't really any like them.

Virtually all those shows creators credit Bakshi as an influence though. Hell, the asshole co-creator of Ren and Stimpy worked with him on Mighty Mouse.

They likely needed cable to be able to successfully move to television, but I don't see how they disrupted cable.

edit they changed the title to "upended animation." While I stil think it's a slight overstatement, that title at least represents what the article is about.