—-> Episode 18: Best Cartoons for Girls 2 <—- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (buy it here or download it here) Daria (buy it here or download it here) The Simpsons (buy it here or download it here) The Last Unicorn (buy the movie here or download the movie here. buy the AMAZING GRAPHIC NOVEL HERE. you can also get an audiobook of author Peter S. Beagle [...]
—-> Episode 17: Ranma 1/2 <—- You can find all kinds of super cheap Ranma 1/2 books and movies available here. Click here for a free audiobook of Terry Pratchett’s Monsterous Regiment. Shezow and Internet Uproar So, there was a huge media hit this week about a show called Shezow coming to the Hub. It was covered [...]
—-> Episode 16: Fantasia – Nutcracker Suite <—- Our two biggest references for this podcast series on Fantasia are VERY MUCH WORTH YOUR TIME! Fantasia Box Set A three disc Fantasia collector’s set, featuring two different audio commentaries, unseen animatic, unused sequences, SO MUCH production art from both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000! Fantasia by John Culhane The definative book on [...]
—-> Episode 15: Adventure Time <—- Buy Adventure Time Season 1 Here Download “I Remember You” Here In this episode, we’re going to discuss Adventure Time, alternative storytelling and Rebecca Sugar. This episode of the Animated Things Club contains heavy spoilers for “I Remember You,” the episode of Adventure Time that aired on October 15, 2012. It [...]
—-> Episode 14: Fantasia – Toccata & Fugue <—- Our two biggest references for this podcast series on Fantasia are VERY MUCH WORTH YOUR TIME! Fantasia Box Set A three disc Fantasia collector’s set, featuring two different audio commentaries, unseen animatic, unused sequences, SO MUCH production art from both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000! Fantasia by John Culhane The [...]
—-> Episode 13: Halloween Cartoons <—- In this Episode we talk about 7 great cartoons to watch this Halloween. Scary Godmother’s Halloween Spooktacular (buy it here , buy the book here, and the comics here) Courage the Cowardly Dog, “Human Habitrail” (buy it here or download it here) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, “Luna Eclipsed” (watch it here or download it here) Halloween is Grinch Night [...]
—-> Episode 12: Best Cartoons for Girls 1 <—- A recent google search lead me to believe that there is NO guide to good cartoons for girls! I did find one very short list, but it seemed to exist mostly so that the writer could bash what they thought bad cartoons for girls were. So I made [...]
—-> Episode 11: Fantasia Intro <—- This is the first of a series of podcasts we’ll be releasing about Fantasia. In this episode, you’ll get an introduction to the history and context of the movie, why it is so important, and who the major players are. Fantasia was Walt Disnye’s second theatrical release, and the first movie [...]
—-> Episode 10.5: Animalympics <—- Animalympics was born as a 7-minute short when creator Steven Lisberger made it happen out of $10K grant from the American Film Institute shortly after his graduation from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. NBC backed his dream to turn the short into a full-length movie, complete with [...]
—-> Episode 10: Brave, La Luna, Brenda Chapman <—- Spoilers are all over this podcast! Go watch it if you haven’t before listening – we both think you should go see it anyway! We have a lot of articles to recommend to go with Brave. NOT the one that compared Merida to Bella Swan – and said [...]
—-> Episode 09: Season 2 Intro <—- Jon doesn’t have a computer yet, but he has two tin cans and a string, so we are back to recording – YAY! Our themes for this season are going to include women in animation (professional women in animation, lady characters in cartoons, and what cartoons are the best [...]
—-> Episode 08: Season 1 Wrap Up PLUS Legend of Korra <—- Hey ATC listeners! Welcome to the end of season wrap up. It’s going to be a short podcast, and the reason for that is the same reason our season 1 is ending earlier than we’ve planned: Jon’s computer went kablooie. He will be back [...]
Suzannah and Jon are joined by Kevin from the excellent Made of Fail Productions, and discuss Gargoyles, Greg Weisman and rubber chickens. —> Animated Things Club Episode 06: Gargoyles Part 2 <— History (very briefly) of the show creator, Greg Weisman The show was created by Greg Weisman. Does his name sound familiar? It should! His [...]
—> Animated Things Club Episode 07: Arrietty <— We apologize for the delay on the second podcast on Gargoyles! It’ll be up later this week – cross our hearts and hope to die, stick a cupcake in our eyes! Hey, ATC is on iTunes! Maybe you drop by and review us sometime, huh? Facebook Twitter Email us: feedback@animatedthingsclub.com
Suzannah and Jon are joined by Kevin from the excellent Made of Fail Productions, and discuss Gargoyles, Greg Weisman and rubber chickens. —> Animated Things Club Episode 06: Gargoyles Part 1 <— History (very briefly) of the show creator, Greg Weisman The show was created by Greg Weisman. Does his name sound familiar? It should! His [...]
Instant Response Cast: DC Nation Premier Suzannah and Paul discuss the DC Nation programing block on the Cartoon Network, including Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Young Justice, and the amazing DC Nation shorts! Mild spoilers. Hey, ATC is on iTunes! Maybe you drop by and review us sometime, huh? Facebook Twitter Email us: feedback@animatedthingsclub.com
Oscar-Winning Animation By now, you probably know that Rango and The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore are our new oscar winners. Any thoughts, guys? Don’t forget to check in your area to see if there’s movie theater playing the nominated shorts as a single event – totally worth it! Legend of Korra There’s a [...]
Suzannah and Jon discuss the multiple award winning Nezha (pronounced Niyah), a chinese film from 1979. Here is the podcast —-> Animated Things Club Episode 05: Nezha nao hai <— Today, we’re talking about a movie with a few different names. It’s a Chinese movie, and unlike Blossom, I haven’t been brushing up on my [...]
Winter cartoon seasons are wrapping up, especially over at the Cartoon Network. We had the season 3 finale of Adventure Time right before Valentine’s Day – with the introduction of a very new character. Can’t wait to see season 4! Starting in March, we’ll have the DC Nation block of shorts on the Cartoon Network. [...]
Suzannah discusses what to watch, whether you want romance or realism on this hallmark holiday! Here is the podcast —-> Animated Things Club Episode 04.5: Valentine’s Viewing <— I don’t know anyone who looks forward to Valentine’s day. Even when you’re content in a relationship, it tends to be a “holiday” that causes an awful lot of [...]
California Dreamworks is having an Art of Puss in Boots exhibition at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Fransisco. I thought that movie was just beautiful, and I love production art, so I would say go – it’s only there until April 22. **UPDATED FOR NEW EVENT** Bellarmine College in LA is having a BIG event on February [...]
SUPERBOWL ADS! As per usual, if you miss anything, you can watch it again on Hulu. My favorite for animation so far is the post-apocalyptic effects in this ad! And this gets an honorable mention based entirely on the “what was that?” reaction it gave everyone at my place. What do you think? Good stuff this year?
Hey, ATC is on iTunes! Maybe you drop by and review us sometime, huh? Suzannah discusses the 3D rerelease of Beauty and the Beast with guest host Paul. Here is the podcast —-> Animated Things Club Episode 04: Beauty and the Beast 3D <— So, Disney’s got a plan to re-release a total of 5 movies as [...]
Monty Python are going to be making a new cartoon movie! WITH ROBIN WILLIAMS! Stephen Colbert interviewed Maurice Sendak in a wonderfully funny way on The Colbert Report (interview has two parts). Terry Gross got him in a wonderfully touching way on Fresh Air. One will make you laugh, one will make you cry. If you’re in Las Vegas, you can catch the [...]
Hey, ATC is on iTunes! Maybe you drop by and review us sometime, huh? Suzannah and Jon discuss the phenomenal remake of the My Little Pony franchise. Spoiler alert: it’s good. Here is the podcast —-> Animated Things Club Episode 03: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic <— This is one of a two-part crossover podcast that [...]
TWO dope sheets this week? Well, this should tide you over until the next podcast comes out Also I was very remiss in not mentioning the Annies with all these Golden Globes and Oscars posts. D’oh! My only real objection is the lack of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in the television categories – [...]
Daily Motion has a DC Nation Short from the folks at Aardman. If you remember the Creature Comforts shorts Aardman has been doing at least since the mid 80s, it’s basically the same thing. The Catwoman bit is my fave, but they’re all pretty great! Oscar Nominations are in! Hugo‘s up for a LOT of [...]
Hey, ATC is on iTunes! Maybe you drop by and review us sometime, huh? A 1964 animatic of the The Hobbit is making the rounds on the internets. Cartoon Brew has some great details on it. It’s definitely not super faithful to the book, but the most important thing about it (in my mind) is that it’s [...]
Suzannah and Jon discuss the newest incarnation of the Scooby Doo franchise. We’ll cover a few of the key players in the creative process, some of our favorite voice actors, and what makes this show so unexpectedly successful. Not unexpected in that it would be unexpected for this show to be good, but unexpected in [...]
—>Animated Things Club Episode 01.5: Cosgrove Hall<— Suzannah discusses the legacy of Cosgrove Hall (source of Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Bananaman, and adaptations of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books) in our first minicast. We mentioned at the end of our Looney Toons Show podcast that the creator of Danger Mouse passed away. We were talking about [...]
The 2012 Golden Globe nominations are in. Significantly, Hugo is nominated for Best Drama. I’m excited when things like this happen, because it supports animated films as cinematic art, not just as their own little categories on the side of the rest of the awards. Gnomeo & Juliet is up for best song (Elton John [...]
Animated Things Club Episode 01: Looney Tunes Show Suzannah and Jonathan discuss the new incarnation of Bugs Bunny the rest of the Looney Tunes in our first real episode! We talk about the legendary June Foray, and what makes a good reboot of a cartoon concept. Hey, ATC is on iTunes! Maybe you drop by and review [...]
Animated Things Club Episode 00: Introductions In which you meet your lovely hosts, Suzannah and Jonathan, and get to learn a little bit about who we are and why we want to podcast about cartoons.
If you’re in LA today, you MUST go see this. Because I can’t. Cartoon Brew has the 2011 Annie Award Nominations. All of these nominations are great choices, but we’re particularly excited about Andreas Deja’s nomination for his work on this year’s Winnie the Pooh movie, and the two nominations that Adventure Time picked up! Speaking of Adventure Time, we’re [...]
The first few episode of the podcast are being recorded and edited, but while you’re waiting, check out these links … Mentalfloss.com has some landmark moments in early animation history. Cartoon Brew’s first ever animation festival starts on December 1st! Amethyst of Gemworld is coming to the CN’s DC programming block, via the very talented [...]
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