Animation For Adults: The AFA Podcast

This week Rachael and Dan are here to talk about Hayao Miyazakis classic Castle In The Sky which recently received a US cinema release via GKIDS and Fathom EventsFirst up is the news section 003 which includes upcoming Animation festivals in New York London LA and Cardiff and the new trailer for Aardmans Early ManThen comes the discussion of Castle In The Sky 012 spoilers from 100 before finishing...

This week on the show Chris and Dan got the chance to watch Naoko Yamadas beautiful animated feature A Silent Voice now available to rent or buy on digital in the UKFirst up its time for news we talk the latest developments with the new Hayao Miyazaki movie Napping Princess and The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales Then its time to get stuck in and discuss just what makes A Silent Voice so special 020 s...

Chris and Rachael are here with another packed episode of The AFA Podcast We kick off with a busy news section 002 featuring new licences from GKIDS Films a new trailer for Loving Vincent and some big anime news from Netflix Then its time to talk about GKIDS new film Mune Guardian Of The Moon 033 spoilers start at 059 Finally we stop by The Watercooler 109 to talk about When Marnie Was There and f...

This week Rachael Dan and Chris get in depth with the latest animation news including Matt Groenings New Netflix show and The Breadwinners TIFF Premiere Then its time to get into all the exciting animation news out of the recent San Diego Comic Con Then we head to The Watercooler to catch up with what weve been watching which includes Rick and Morty The Girl Without Hands School Live and an in dep...

This week on the podcast Chris is joined by Jill to talk about her adventures at this years D23 Fan ExpoFirst up we talk news including GKIDS new editions of the Studio Ghibli Collection before diving into all the news out of D23 009 Then Jill talks about her experiences visiting the expo 049 and finishes up with a visit to The Watercooler 115 which this week focuses on Star Vs The Forces Of Evil

Next up in our series is an interview with Selina HsiaoChieh Tung Selina is an independent animator character designer and graphic designer Animation Nights New York officially selected her film Another Space which was featured in our 2017 July Pictures screening httpsyoutubevECopT0OVd4

Welcome to the 80th episode of The AFA Podcast This week Chris Rachael and Dan finally sat down to talk about Michael Dudok De Wits Studio Ghibli coproduced masterpiece The Red Turtle First up though weve got news to talk about including the new DuckTales intro 002 FLCL 2 and 3 014 Rick and Morty Season 3 010 and more Then its time to get swept away with The Red Turtle in our main discussion 044 F...

June has been a busy month and two of the biggest events in entertainment happened in the same week So on this weeks AFA Podcast Rachael and Chris catch you up on the news from the big video game show E3 and the Annecy Animation festival in France in one showFirstly we talk about our favourite trailers and upcoming games in our E3 discussion 001 Then its time to talk about the big Annecy stories 1...

Next up in our series is an interview with Sashko Danylenko Sashko is an independent animator director and bike enthusiast Last year we screened his films Swan and Bike Portraits and this past June we screened his new film Waking Sleeping Bat httpsyoutubextt3WgrXV4

This week Chris and Dan pour a cuppa and slice off some Wensleydale to salute the late great Peter Sallis 001 and say so long chum to Adam West Then things are a bit more cheerful as we discuss some brand new trailers 009 including Pixars Coco Other news stories include the potential reboot of Animaniacs and the Song of The Sea VR experience Finally theres a quick visit to the Watercooler 107 whic...

This week Chris Rachael and Yvvonne talk about the latest animation news 003 including the latest from MCM London ComicCon the Cardiff Animation Festival and Castlevania After that Yvonne regales us wth her tales of her recent adventures at the Cannes Film Festival 024Finally we swing by The Watercooler 100 which this week features The BFG Rise Of The Tomb Raider Firewatch and Justice League

Next up in our series is an interview with Chiarr Wawng Qieer Wang Qieer is an independent animation filmmaker freelance illustrator comic artist designer and parttime tattoo artist Animation Nights New York officially selected her film Therapy Room to be featured in a to be determined upcoming screening event httpsyoutubeAhNwnMD5Sm0

This week we check out some trailers and ask is The Emoji Movie really going to be that bad And how fantastic is The Breadwinner looking In TV 018 we cover the new projects from JG Quintel and the Deadpool animated series In Movie news we talk In This Corner Of The World and Birdboys US Releases and get excited about Mamoru Hosodas next film Then we head to the Watercooler which this week includes...

This week the AFA Podcast is back with a discussion of one of the most talked about animated films of the past 12 months Makoto Shinkais smash hit Your Name Rachael and Dan have a brief news discussion before getting stuck into the main topic 008 Spoilers for the movie start at around 048 in Finally its time for a stop by The Watercooler 114 which this week features Guardians Of the Galaxy 2 and S...

Next up in our series is an interview with al Harmandar We interviewed al at 180 Maiden Lane in the Seaport District of NYC Cagil is an animator and illustrator as well as a recent graduate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts Animation Nights New York screened als film Chirps last year at our July Pictures Program 11 screening event at 180 Maiden Lane We also featured her and her w...

This week The AFA Podcast returns to discuss Dash Shaws animated debut feature My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea First though Chris Rachael and Dan discuss the latest animation newsThis weeks topics include Cardiff Independent Film Festivals animation strand Star Wars Forces of Destiny and the possible Watchmen animated movie After our main discussion we swing by The Watercooler which thi...

The AFA Podcast is back and this time with the Hollywood adaptation now in cinemas we take a look back at the classic 1995 anime film Ghost In The Shell First up Rachael Dan and Chris talk about the latest goingson in the animation world in our news discussion 003 This week we get pretty fired up talking about The Academys latest changes to the Animation category plus discuss the return of Invader...

Next up in our series is an interview with Giovanni Munari We interview Giovanni Munari at 180 Maiden Lane in the Seaport District of NYC Giovanni Munari is a graphic designer and illustrator He works in publishing advertising and broadcast design He is also an Independent Animation Director Animation Nights New York screened Giovanni Munaris film Arithmetique last year at our May Movies screening...

Next up in our series is an interview with Amelia Chen We interview Amelia Chen at 180 Maiden Lane in the Seaport District of NYC Amelia Chen is a graphic designer illustrator photographer and animator Animation Nights New York will screen Amelia Chens film My Secrets this year

Another week on The AFA Podcast Chris and Rachael are back to discuss the latest goingson in the animation world In our news segment this week 003 we talk about The Wolfwalkers concept trailer Captain Underpants and the daytime Emmys We also look into the story of the screenwriter who claims Zootopia ripped off his idea hen we get into a discussion on the current trend of turning animated films in...

Next up in our series is an interview with Scott Renk We interview Scott Renk at the Sheraton in New York City during the Nation Art Education Association National Convention

Believe it This week Rachael Dan and Chris get their ninja on and take a look back at the phenomena that is the Naruto franchise Before that though weve got our regular news update 002 which this week includes new trailers for Pixars Coco Aardmans Early Man and the first footage from Tomm Moores Wolfwalkers and the news of Darkmouth signing its directors Then we tool up to take on Naruto in our ma...

The AFA Podcast returns this week with a general catchup show concentrating on some of the latest animation news and discussion Chris Rachael and Yvonne talk about the flurry of recent awards ceremonies The Oscars The Cesars and The Japan Academy prizes 005 The new DuckTales trailer 022 and the Moomin Indie GoGo project 035 Then its time for our Watercooler discussion 053 which this week includes...

First interview of the podcast series We interview Hannes Rall at 180 Maiden Lane in NYC Hannes Rall is an Independent Animation Director He is also Associate Professor at the School of Art Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University SingaporeHannes has shown his work in exhibitions and screenings around the world He has been an invited speaker for workshops and conferences in more than 2...

On this weeks show Rachael Dan and Chris are here to discuss the latest goings on in the animation world once again In our news segment 003 we talk about the confirmation of Hayao Miyazakis new movie new on Archers new season and The Black Holes Kickstarter Then in our main topic 029 we look at the move towards more serialized storytelling in television animation What is the reason for this trend...