Animation Action Hour Podcast

Ho ho ho and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Its Christmas and episode 39! sees our merry jingle of freelance animators (unfortunately minus Bryan) take a look at Netflix and SPA Pictures 2D animated masterpiece Klaus, discuss our favourite Christmas Movies, and Sam gives Dan a brief overview of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy for some reason! Li...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Its Christmas and its episode 38! Join our merry jingle of freelance animators as we review Tim Burton's seminal classic 'Nightmare Before Christmas', discuss our favourite Stop Motion animated scenes, and Sam fanboys over Zerocalcare's Netflix Series'! Like what you hear? Then PLE...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Time for episode 37, where our definitely non Mexican bunch of animators take a look at Pixar's incredible Coco, discuss Death in Animation and talk about our Nans! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review us on your pod-catcher of choice, and if you'd like to ask us anything, please fe...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! It's Episode 36 and we're joined by the incredible Gavin Strange (Director and Designer for the world-famous Aardman animation) to talk about one of his favourite animated shows, Arcane, based on the League of Legends video game! ANOTHER SUPER-FUN One not to be missed! Like what you hear? Then...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast made by animators! Spooky Season is here, and that means an entire month of Spooky-themed episodes! It's episode 35, and the last of our Spooky Season specials, as its Halloween! Our all-devouring horde of freelance animators take a look at Sony Pictures Animation's 'Hotel Transylvania' and discuss our favourite e...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast made by animators! Spooky Season is here, and that means an entire month of Spooky-themed episodes! It's episode 34 and our zombie gathering of freelance animators take a look at ImageMovers/Robert Zemeckis/Steven Spielberg's CG Performance Capture monstrosity 'Monster House' and we take a look at the movies and L...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast made by animators! Spooky Season is here, and that means an entire month of Spooky-themed episodes! Episode 33 sees our season team of freelance animators reviewing Tim Burton's stop-motion offering 'Frankenweenie' and discussing the life and career of the man himself! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review u...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast made by animators! Its episode 32 and our rag-tag bunch of Freelance Animators give an in-depth review of Elemental and explain why they feel it is one of the best Pixar movies in recent years, and they discuss amazing effects animation in classic and modern movies! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review us on your pod-c...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Episode 31 of the show and its time for our THIRD entry into the Animation Action Hour Hall Of Fame! Entry 3 is an egg-cellent film, its Aardman classic Chicken Run! Plus, we're joined by the incredible animator Dani Abram (Puffin Rock, Star Wars: Visions, Quentin Blake's The Clown) to discuss...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Episode 30 time, and Sam, Dan and Bryan review the newest movie from the Turtles franchise, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, and we discuss some weird Turtles character designs! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review us on your pod-catcher of choice, and if you'd like to ask us anything, please feel...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! It's episode 29, and we had the chance to sit down with the amazing Allissoon Lockhart to talk about her experiences working as a production and post-production co-ordinator on some of the best shows around, her work creating and pitching her own shows, and generally just being a bit silly for 3 h...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Episode 28 sees Sam, Dan and Bryan discussing Netflix/Annapurna/DNeg's Nimona, and they pick their favourite un-cancelled shows that came back from the dead! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review us on your pod-catcher of choice, and if you'd like to ask us anything, please feel free...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! It's episode 27 time! Join Sam, Dan and Bryan as they review podcast favourite Genndy Tartakovsky's epic show Primal, and we discuss the use of violence in animation, and when we were aware of cartoons being for adults too! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review us on your pod-catcher...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! It's episode 26! Join Sam, Dan and Bryan as they review Disney's seemingly unadvertised Strange World, and fittingly for a show with this name, we discuss the spirit of Adventure in Animation! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review us on your pod-catcher of choice, and if you'd li...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Episode 25 sees our jolly band of pencil-pushers take a bit of a deep dive into Sony Pictures Animation's epic new movie Spider-man: Across the Spiderverse, So much so that Sam decides to ditch the topic and continue the conversation! Also learn all about Sam's trip to Download Music Festival...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! It's episode 24, and our trio of animation adventurers take a deep dive look at the 2020 Disney Pixar movie Soul and we discuss sthe power of music and animation! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review us on your pod-catcher of choice, and if you'd like to ask us anything, please feel...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Episode 23 time, and our trio of animation adventurers take a deep dive look at the 2023 Illumination Super Mario Bros movie, we discuss some of our favourite animated video game adaptations, and pitch our dream gaming projects! We also talk about the brand new Bluey animation/live action hybrid '...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Its Episode 22, and its Another AMAZING Interview! We talk to the Voice of your Childhood, Professional Voice Actor Veronica Taylor! (Ash in Pokemon, April O'Neill in 2003's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon among MANY MANY others) about her life, her inspirations, th...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Episode 21 of the show and its time for our SECOND entry into the Animation Action Hour Hall Of Fame! Entry 2 is an all-time, stone cold classic, The incredible Who Framed Roger Rabbit! Its appeal, its production and its legacy! One not to be missed! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review us...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! It's Episode 20 of the show and after FINALLY finding showings, we review the OSCAR-Nominated Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, and deep-dive into some Post-OSCARS Best Animated Feature Nominee breakdowns, including a bit of discussion about creativity in the future generations of animators! Like wh...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! After a short delay, its time for episode 19, and WHHAT an episode! We talk to Animator, Director, Producer, Creator and all-round Animation LEGEND Jorge R. Gutierrez (El Tigre, The Book of Life, Maya and the Three) about his life, growing up in Mexico, his career, his influences and much much more! L...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Episode 18 is finally here, and us busy but chirpy freelance animators take a look at Dreamwork' 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and we discuss our animation wishes for 2023, and go off on a rant about AI Art! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review us on your pod-catcher of choice, and if you'd...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Its Episode 17 and its officially 2023!  In what we hope will be an annual tradition, us freelance animator scamps take a look back at the year that was 2022 and pick our favourite animated things we've seen, including new movies, shows and games, older things we saw for the first time in 2022 an...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! Episode 16 is upon us, and us happy-go-lucky freelance animator scamps take a look at 'Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio' and because every Yin must have a Yang, we also review Disney's Pinocchio Remake, and Bryan loses his mind! Like what you hear? Then PLEASE rate and review us on your pod-catcher of c...

Hello and welcome to The Animation Action Hour, An Animation podcast, by animators, for everyone! It's episode 15, and due to the recent passing of Batman himself, Kevin Conroy, we decided to pay tribute to him the best way we know how, by reviewing his first animated movie as the Dark Knight; Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, and sharing some of our favourite memories of his time behind the cowl. Lik...