Animation For Adults: The Afa Podcast

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 this week includes Nisekoi Season 2 and Persona 5 Show Notes at animationforadultscom

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 Zim and the new Ghost In The Shell project Then we hack in to the main topic 029 and discuss the original movie plus a little bit of GITS Stand Alone Complex and Arise Finally we pay a visit to the Watercooler 144 and topics this week include Nier Automata Seoul Station and A Silent Voice Full show notes at animationforadultscom

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 event Program 9 at 180 Maiden Lane Full show notes at animationforadultscom

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 into liveaction or sometimes not so liveaction remakes both with Disney and anime 044 Full show notes at animationforadultscom Become a Patron to get episodes earlier plus bonus content at patreoncomanimationforadults

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 main topic 045

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 Samurai Jack Season 5 Escaflowne Finding Dory and Uncharted 4 Total Running Time 133 aprox

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 20 countries and over 400 film festivals worldwide His research is focused on exploring adaptation methodologies of traditional Asian art forms for animation and on intercultural collaborations Animation Nights New York screened Hannes Ralls film All The Worlds a Stage last year at our June Flix screening event Program 10 at 180 Maiden Lane The Cold Heart and Si Lunchai are scheduled to screen in upcoming programs this year Video version httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv3TkBC0JXhoY

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 and what does it mean for animation Finally in The Watercooler section 130 Chris and Dan talk about the oscar nominated documentary Life Animated

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 032 spoilers from 056 Then we finish up with our regular Watercooler segment 127 including Kung Fu Panda 3 Resident Evil 7 and Tales Of Zesteria Full show notes at animationforadultscom

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 The Last Guardian 055 Help us bring you more content at patreoncomanimationforadultscom

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 finish up with a visit to The Watercooler 108 which this week includes The Secret Life Of Pets and YuGiOh The Dark Side of Dimensions Help us produce more episodes at patreoncomanimationforadultscom

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 004 with the latest updates on Your Name My Life as A ZucchiniCourgette and the animated SpiderMan flick Then 014 we have our indepth discussion of our thoughts on the best animated films of 2016 Finally we look into the future 222 to speculate about this years upcoming slate This weeks episode contains some strong language and spoilers for Finding Dory and Moana Become a Patron at patreoncomanimationforadults to help us make the site and podcast even better

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 studios From Episode 34Jill Yvonne and Rachael discuss how to introduce family and friends to animation 018030 from Episode 46b Dani Abrams talks about working at Aardman Animation on the film Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists 031053 From Episode 53 Dan pays tribute to the late Ghibli animator Makiko Futaki 053110 From Episode 42 Ed Hooks joins us to talk about Acting in Animation 110144 From Episode 60 Director Mark Osborne talks about the making of The Little Prince 144209 from Episode 62 In a never before released clip Jill and Rachael talk about their early experiences with Pokemon Go 209215 Please consider s

Were here with an early Christmas present for our listeners a special bonus episode of the AFA Podcast Rachael Dan Chris and Yvonne who was fashionably late are here to talk about Disneys Moana Before we got into our extended discussion of the House of Mouses latest feature we covered a few news stories for the last time this year We talked about The upcoming new anime Borutonaruto Next GenerationsThe casting of the new DuckTales 016 and the release of Ocean Waves from Studio Ghibli Then we get in depth into Moana 034 with a general discussion at first with spoilers starting at around 108 Please note Part of the episode features more background noise than would be ideal but unfortunately it was beyond our control Sorry Its not too bad though

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 shortly after Christmas with our Bumper Bonus Moana episode and then return with regular episodes in the new year

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 main topic of Spirited Away 041 potential spoilers from the off Just what makes this film so special We get it into it in depth

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 NameThis weeks Watercooler 043 includes Dragon Ball Super Death Note and Izetta The Last Witch and Rachs spoilerfree thoughts on Moana

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 Smiths comic series Bone Please consider supporting us at pateroncomanimationforadults