Animation Destination

The Amazing Digital Circus was the first independent model from GLITCH and written and created by indie animator Gooseworx. And it came to a huge end with a theatrical release, a ton of lame controversy, and what I consider a near perfect ending to a project. Let's toon in for Amazing Digital Circus!

We are back from our Summer Break! Didn't mean to take all of June off but it was a bit of a vacation for me and now I'm back and ready to talk about a ton of stuff and to start off we have Annecy 2026 and all the announcements from Adult Swim, Disney, Dreamworks and Warner Bros. A huge slate of things to get through so lets get Toon'd back in!

GLITCH dropped their latest show pilot premiere GAMEOVERSE last week and we're here to talk about it along with the production model that GLITCH has seemingly perfected with it's shows and pilots. I've been a follower of Ross and Arin's youtube content for a long time so seeing this finally come to life has been wonderful. Toon in now!

This week Ricky Vang returns for a big discussion about Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 the start of the Culling Game Arc! Yuji vs. Yuta, Megumi vs. Reggie and of course... Maki vs EVERYONE. This season was a visual splendor and a triumph of the medium. I eagerly await the rest of this arc and all the crazy things to come from the Manga. Toon in now!

We are back to talking about Star Wars as the latest animated adventure has hit, Maul: Shadow Lord. Taking place between the end of Clone Wars and the start of Star Wars Rebels and all the dark things Maul has gotten up-to sense the fall of Mandalor. Let's Toon in and check out this villain's story!

We are back to Genndy Tartakovsky's PRIMAL on Adult Swim this week on Animation Destination and we have special guest from The Cartoon Chronicles Podcast Julian Hester is on the show today. Toon in and listen to us geek out about a near peak season of animation as we cover Primal Season 3!

Season 4 of Invincible has wrapped and the AD crew has a lot to say! The Viltrumite War has kicked off and even wraps up in this season but we are left in a spot that is far beyond any situation I ever assumed we would be from the start of this show. Thragg is a problem and the finale of this season is CRAZY. Let's toon in!

I sat down and blasted through Re:Zero for the first time and I have a lot to say! Me and Ricky Vang of the Spoiler Force Podcast jam about our experience with Re:Zero the same week that Season 4 is about to premiere! So sit back and have a listen as we praise the first 3 seasons of this isekai hit!

We are back to the world of Frieren with season 2 of the journey beyond the journey! That's right one of my all time favorite anime is back for another season and I couldn't be more happy with how good the return has been. With less than half the episodes of season 1 we still get high quality. Toon in now!

Anime Movie Night is here again and we cover the whole original Bubblegum Crisis! We watched all 8 OVA's over a few weeks and I even bought a Blu-Ray copy of it because the animation is so gorgeous to look at. It's also just great to have an HD version of Hurricane I can fire up any time I want.

Atlanta Comedian Swafford joins us this week for a little Anime Movie Night as we talk The Boy and the Beast by Mamoru Hosoda animated by Studio Chizu. Come with us and dive into the urban fantasy exploring family, fatherhood, and the trauma of abandonment. This movie explores it in contemporary as well as fantastical ways. Toon in now!  DISCLAIMER: My recording was on the wrong mic. So my Audio i...

We finally get to talk about Bleach: 1000 Year Blood War Cour 3 and just in time for the final season to drop this year in October! Toon in as we discuss the added anime material this season and all the STAT PADDING Uryu gets away with in these episodes! Let's get back to our weekly schedule now so TOON IN!

It's a news episode of the Animation Destination Podcast as we square up to get back to our weekly schedule! It's a solo episode with just your Toon Junkie host talking about the Tubi cartoon acquisition and other BIG toon news that dropped this week including the sad sudden end of Smiling Friends and up coming cartoon projects. Toon in now!

This week Ricky Vang from Spoiler Force Podcast joins us once again to talk about Spy X Family's third season. A lot of Loid backstory and some major action filled storylines this week including enemy spies, bomb terrorists and lots of family drama threatening to break up Operation Strix! Toon in now as we reaffirm that this show is indeed... a comedy!

It's that time of year again! The Animation Awards for 2025 are here and it's the only animation awards show that matters! We talk about the nest Kids Cartoons, the best Anime and the best animated movies and series in 2025 this week on the AD Podcast to TOON IN! Don't forget to WRITE IT DOWN! DISCLOSURE: The Audio isn't the best on this episode I had a new set-up but didn't dial all the setting i...

Critical Role has dropped their second campaign series on Amazon and The Mighty Nein has hit the ground running. We have noticed even people who didn't much care about Vox Machina are really enjoying Mighty Nein and with good reason. The story is more thought out, the characters are deeper and the music is cooking! Let's Toon in!

A Disney channel classic from the early 2000's, Kim Possible was a highly successful tween action hit that the Disney Channel... kind of hated? They didn't ever seem to want to give the show a fair shake despite it being highly successful and a hit with fans, parents and a down right good time. Toon in and let's talk about KIM POSSIBLE!

The Final Season of My Hero Academia is here people and we're gonna cover it this week on the Animation Destination Podcast. We have Ricky Vang join us from the Spoiler Force Podcast to talk about all our favorite parts of this finale and the previous seasons. Toon in now as we celebrate My Hero Academia! 

It's the Hazbin Guarantee this week on Animation Destination. Last time we sat down to talk about Hazbin Hotel we went for about 3 hours over 2 episodes. Luckily we were able to talk more succinctly about season 2 so TOON IN to our discussion of this entertaining raunchy musical. 

We continue our journey through Dragon Ball with the first chronological adventure in the DBZ era: DEAD ZONE. Garlic Jr. is back from the Dead Zone and he uses the Dragon Balls for immortality! This 45 minute TV Movie Special is the first in a long list of DBZ Movies we'll be covering so let's toon in!

Over the Garden Wall is now TEN YEARS OLD (it's actually 11) and I sit down with Jay to talk about the 2014 Cartoon Network Mini-series by Patrick McHale. We discuss the inspirations, the themes, the original ideas and pilot content for this wonderful and well remembered special from the high end days of television animation. Toon in now!

Chainsaw Man is finally back after 3 years of being off the air but it's back in MOVIE form. The Reze Arc is a highly anticipated storyline about Denji vs The Bomb Devil! Everyone cares about Chainsaw's heart. But no one cares about Denji's. Let's dive into this tortured love story with Ricky Vang from the Spoiler Force Podcast, this week AD. Toon in now!

To Be Hero X, a Chinese Anime, may very well be the show of the YEAR for 2025. This amazing take on modern superheroes takes you into a bunch of different forms of animation, story telling, mystery and insane action. To Be Hero X has really hit all the right spots for me and some of the best character arc stories the medium has to offer. Let's toon in to Hero X!

Predator is getting some franchise treatment as of late and as part of that this past summer we got Predator: Killer of Killers on Hulu! A semi-anthology series that links together into a very decisive direction that could revive the franchise in a brand new way bringing the future and the past of the franchise together in some stunning animation. Toon in now!

It's Halloween! And we have a new classic re-release by studio LAIKA with ParaNorman. I went to check it out along with the brand new short cartoon "The Thrifting" an exclusive CG animated sequel short staring the titular characters of the 2012 movie. If you haven't let ParaNorman into your cult classics list run this one back and appreciate how good this story really is. Toon in now!