Animation Aficionados

Today, it’s the Rankin-Bass action block. We examine Thundercats, Silverhawks, Tigersharks, and whatever else we can dig up, plus our usual aftershow discussion. Your hosts: Ben Carver: Hero Academy Neil Purcell: Dasien – Superhero Webcomic Kittyhawk: Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki

Hi folks. Neil here. Joining Ben and me this week is once again Kittyhawk, and we watched Eight Crazy Nights. Yes, I know Hanukkah is well behind us, but that’s okay. This movie isn’t really about Hanukkah anyway. Nor is … Continue reading →

Today’s podcast is a special after-Christmas show about some of the Christmas cartoons we forgot to talk about on the last Christmas episode. We talk about Garfield, Family Circus, and even a Christmas special put out by the phone company. … Continue reading →

Welcome to a new year of Animation Aficionados! Err, don’t ask me why we’re starting the year with a Thanksgiving special. It’s not that this episode was delayed since November. Honestly, we recorded this well after Thanksgiving. We also veer … Continue reading →

Ben is joined by Thomas Revor and JT From Saskatoon. New episodes of Animation Aficionados will be along just as soon as I come down off my holiday sugar buzz.

Tonight on Comic Connoisseurs, we talk about the George Perez reboot of Wonder Woman; the reboot that almost wasn’t.

On tonight’s Comic Connoisseurs, we talk about John Byrne’s Post-Crisis reboot of Man Of Steel, which has been attacked by critics, deconstruted by haters, but turns out was one of the best damn re-imaginings of the Kal-El ever. This is … Continue reading →

Pablo joins us to talk about unusual anime picks. What obscure shows and movies should YOU be watching? Our picks may surprise you. Some of them are subversive. Some of them surreal. But we like anime that’s fun, so there’ll … Continue reading →

Yep, we’re even chiming in on this. A controversial episode of Family Guy kills off beloved character Brian Griffin. Fans are outraged and have started petitions demanding the character be returned. In this, a very special Animation Aficionados, we discuss … Continue reading →

We’re joined by Kittyhawk to talk about some French animation that is either made in part or inspired by anime. Topics include: The Mysterious Cities of Gold Code Lyoko Oban Star Racers Totally Spies Martin Mystery

We’ve come back to Filmation to talk about Star Trek: The Animated Series. Surprisingly, it’s a Filmation production that we actually enjoyed! Probably the best thing to come out of the camp of Lou Sheimer. Joining us today are Kittyhawk … Continue reading →

Episode two!  Will put notes up later!

Today, we look at The Lord of the Rings animation trilogy. Combining films produced by both Rankin Bass and Ralph Bakshi, the trilogy loosely tells a story in three films that apparently Peter Jackson is going to tell in six. … Continue reading →

In this debut episode, Host Ben and JT from Saskatoon sit down and talk about their history in comics. They also talk about Flashpoint Paradox, Jonah Hex, and THE Star Wars. Bonus Podcast! Also be sure to check out Neil’s … Continue reading →

Kittyhawk and Pablo join us this week as we look back upon the career of Lou Scheimer, the man behind Filmation.