Animation For Adults: The AFA Podcast

The AFA Podcast is back with our 68th episode This time Chris Rachael Dan and Yvonne talk about the Oscarnominated My Life As A ZucchiniCourgette ahead of its US Cinema release on February 24th First up we catch up with some news003 including Kubos BAFTA victory and Taika Waititi signing on to direct Bubbles Then we take a look at some recent trailer releases015 before getting into our main topic...

This week on The AFA Podcast your hosts Rachael and Dan are here to talk about the 44th Annual Annie Awards Kicking off with a discussion of the event itself and the winners and nominees we talk about one of the biggest events in the animation calendarThen its time for our regular Watercooler discussion which this week includes spoilerfree talk about Lego Batman 038 plus eagerly awaited PS4 game T...

Its time for another edition of The AFA Podcast This week RachaelDan and Chris talk about the Studio Ghibli TV Movie Ocean Waves now playing in US Cinemas thanks to GKIDSFirst theres our news segment 002 where we discuss the animated categories at the Oscars Unfortunately that part of our discussion was truncated by technical snafus but we head right into our discussion of Ocean Waves 007 Then we...

And were back Pardon the interruption but Team AFA are here with the first proper episode of 2017 and we think its worth the wait For starters for the very first time we managed to have the full complement of the Pod Squad as Jill and her cat Toothless joins Chris Rachael Dan and Yvonne to take a look back at the animated films of 2016 and look ahead to the 2017 crop Firstly we quickly talk news 0...

This week on the podcast were looking back at the last year of The AFA Podcast You can hear some of our top moments from the past twelve months plus some never heard before material too Well be back with our first proper podcast of 2017 but in the meantime thanks for sticking with us Happy new year Pixars David Lally 001018 talks about what its like to work for one of the worlds top animation stud...

Ho Ho Ho and welcome to a very special festive edition of The AFA Podcast Chris Rachael and Dan gather around the fire virtually to talk about some of our recent festiveflavoured viewing and some of our favourites from past yearsTitles we talk about include Tokyo Godfathers Raymond Briggs Father Christmas Arthur Christmas and Santa CompanyA very Merry Christmas to all our listeners We will be back...

On this weeks show Rachael Dan and Chris commemorate two special anniversaries Spirited Aways 15th and AFAs 3rd So to mark this doubly special occasion we took a look back at this classic film First though weve got news003 to talk about which this week includes Pixars upcoming CoCo The new DuckTaleswoohoo My Entire Highschool Is Sinking Into The Sea and the Golden Globes Then we delve into our mai...

Its a two person show this week and when its a Chris and Rachael episode you can be pretty sure theres going to be a lot of anime talk Before that though we start the news 005 by discussing the nominations for the 2017 Annie AwardsThen its in to the Anime zone with news breaking this week including The return of Code Geass The cast of the Dragon Ball Super dub and the boxoffice success of Your Nam...

In this very special episode Rachael Chris and Dan are joined by director of The Little Prince and Kung Fu Panda Mark Osborne Mark talks about the production of The Little Prince and his personal connection with the source material We also hear about his earlier career and his favourite recent animated films Were also treated to a few details on his next project the animated adaptation of Jeff Smi...

Its been quite a while since weve covered the latest news so this week Chris and Rachael are here to catch you up on whats been going on In the news section 004 we talk about Hayao Miyazakis possible return to features Spirited Away coming back to US cinemas The Oscar longlist and moreThen we discuss a pair of liveaction trailers adapted from animated originals with Beauty and The Beast and Ghost...

We have a very special episode of the podcast this week as Rachael Chris Dan and Yvonne are joined by Ed Hooks For the uninitiated Ed is very respected in the animation community having written talked and taught on the subject of acting in animation for close to 20 years Ed talks with us about his work but also we discuss the topic of adult animation and the challenges of appealing to an adult aud...

Welcome listeners as Rachael Chris and Dan are here for our special Halloween episode First up we talk about news 001 which this week includes Shaun The Sheeps sequel and the Klonoa movie news Then its time to get spooky as we get into talking about the appeal of Halloweenthemed animated TV and movies that crop up this time of year 027Join us for a super fun spooky episode

Team AFA is back with one of our occasional jaunts into the world of videogames This time following the reveal of the new Nintendo Switch system we take a look at the past present and future of the inimitable Nintendo and also continue to discuss the world of VRFirst though we talk the latest animation news 005 including the news that Dragon Ball Super is finally streaming in English and news of a...

Chris Rachael Dan and Yvonne are back for another episode this time to discuss Production IG and Keiichi Haras awardwinning Miss Hokusai First up though is our regular news section 005 Stories this week include the return of Ghost In The Shell to cinemas in the UK Ronja The Robbers Daughter Borrowed Times online debut and Dan pays tribute to the career of Studio Ghiblis Michiyo Yasuda Then its on...

This week on the show Rachael reports on her exploits at the first annual Animation Nights New York Best of Fest First up though is our regular news roundup which includes the latest news of New York Comic Con 005 and a couple of exciting new animated kickstarter campaigns 020 Then comes Rachaels ANNY BOF report 043 which includes getting to try VR animation screenings and panels Finally we catch...

AFAs EditoratLarge Jill returns to the show this week to join Chris Rachael and Dan to go in depth about LAIKAs stopmotion epic Kubo and The Two Strings First its our regular news section and this week we cover the end of Adventure Time 003 and the Lion King CG not liveaction remake 016 Then we dive into our discussion of Kubo 038 spoiler warning also theres a rogue spoiler for the most recent sea...

And were back with another AFA Podcast Having taken last week off and with some exciting things coming up we decided to have a quieter catchup episode this week So join Chris Rachael and Dan as we catch up with the latest news and discuss some of the latest animation that weve been watching First we talk about the upcoming ANNY Best Of Fest then preview the Manchester Animation Festival 005 and Mi...

This month sees the fortieth anniversary of the UKs amazing Aardman animation so we decided it was about time we celebrated them on the podcast This week Chris Dan and Yvonne are joined by independent animator and former Aardman employee Dani Abram to talk about the stopmotion supremosIn our news segment 003 this week we talk about a new documentary on internet animation the upcoming animated Doct...

Were back with one of our mixed bag episodes this week as we catch up with a slew of news and talk about some animation weve been watching Join Rachael Chris and Dan as they catch up with the news out of BFIs London Film Festival 010 and Scotland Loves Anime 025 We also discuss the latest news around Ethel and Ernest and My Life As A CourgetteZucchini In our second part Rach brings us some early t...

This week Rachael Chris Dan and Yvonne are here to talk about Mark Osbornes beautiful CGIStopmotion hybrid The Little Prince now available via NetflixFirst up its news time involving Milo Murphys Law 002 Some more exciting crowdfunding news 006 and more Then we talk about stuff weve watched 0 14 including Giovannis Island and ManBen before getting deep into our main topic with The Little Prince 04...

Were back with a special episode for our big fiveo Last week Rachael attended the final Otakon to be held in Baltimore and she was kind enough to regale us with tales of her adventures at the East Coats biggest animefocused event 002 That takes up most of the episode but later on we also found time to talk about the Sausage Party controversy 100 as well as some stuff we watched 0106 including The...

This week join Chris and Rachael to talk about the new French animated indie feature Phantom Boy now in cinemas via GKIDS Films Firstly we talk news including Jon Stewarts new animated project 007 and The Secret Life of Pets 013 Then talk turns to Finding Dory 021 now Chris finally caught up the new TMNT shorts and Counterfeit Cat Then its time to get into the main topic 046 Before we wrap up this...

Its time for another edition of the AFA Podcast as Rachael Dan Chris and Yvonne get started by catching up with the animated news from this years San Diego ComicCon 003 Stuff weve been watching this week includes 044 BoJack Horseman The BFG and SuperMansion while Yvonne has been getting to grips with VR 108Then its main topic time this week we chatted about the growing trend for combining 2D and 3...

This episode comes to you a little behind schedule but we hope it will be worth the wait nonetheless Its one of our mixed bag episodes and Chris Rachael and Dan talk animation news 005045 before talking about what weve been watching 045 145 this time including The Secret Life Of Pets and Thunderbolt Fantasy

Welcome to part two of our big Birthday podcast Our recording was effected by some pretty major technical issues but lots of good stuff survived so you can hear Rachael Jill and Yvonne discuss our first year of podcasting Finding Dory and the challenge of introducing your love of animation to non fans