Summary: <a href="http://film-book.com/animation-podcast-ep-74-coco-despicable-3-early-man"></a><br> The Animation Podcast Ep. 74<br> The Animation Podcast is a weekly podcast news show that looks into the latest news in the animation industry, hosted by FilmBook, created and narrated by FilmBook author <a href="http://film-book.com/author/mathieu-brunet/">Mathieu Brunet</a> a.k.a. AniMat from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ElectricDragon505">ElectricDragon505</a> YouTube channel. Music provided by <a href="https://youtube.com/user/ChrisHollandMusic">Chris Holland</a>.<br> <br> In this episode, The Animation Podcast examines (the highlights):<br> <br> * Trailers for Smurfs: The Lost Village, Despicable Me 3, Coco and Early Man have been released<br> * Disney XD released the first episode of the mini-series Marvel’s Rocket & Groot<br> * Disney ordered a Season 2 for Big Hero 6: The Series before the first episode even aired<br> * The original voice cast of Ghost in the Shell return to reprise their roles for the Japanese dub of the live-action remake<br> * Mat’s Pick of the Week: SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg has been diagnosed with ALS<br> <br> The Animation Podcast examines the five news stories that occurred in 2016 that put the animation industry in the headlines.<br> Credits and contact:<br> <br> * If you’d like to advertise within this podcast as a sponsor, please email <a href="mailto:advertise@film-book.com">advertise@film-book.com</a>.<br> * You can donate and support this FilmBook podcast by clicking <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=FDY24U6YMWMM8">this Paypal Donate link</a> to contribute once or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FilmBook" class="broken_link">visit our Patreon page</a> to contribute every month. Thanks to all our donors this week. You keep us going.<br> * Any and all feedback, compliments, topic discussions, even hate mail, can be sent directly to <a href="mailto:podcast@film-book.com">podcast@film-book.com</a>. Please list “The Animation Podcast” in the title of your email. We would LOVE to hear from you! Thank you for listening to the show.<br> <br> Find us on iTunes, subscribe, star rate, and critique this podcast (click the iTunes image):<br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-animation-podcast/id1066797873"></a><br> Leave your thoughts on this episode of The Animation Podcast below in the comments section. Readers seeking more episodes of The Animation Podcast can visit our <a href="http://film-book.com/category/podcast/">Podcast Page</a>, our <a href="https://twitter.com/FilmBookPodcast">Podcast Twitter Page</a>, our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FilmBook-Podcast-524952091010843/">Podcast Facebook Page</a>, and our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmBookPodcast">Podcast YouTube Page</a>. Want up-to-the-minute notifications? FilmBook staff members publish podcast articles <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=film-book/dAVg">by Email</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/filmbookdotcom">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/follow/film-book">Tumblr</a>, <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+FilmBook/posts">Google+</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FIlmBookdotCom">Facebook</a>.<br> The Animation Podcast Ep. 74<br> <br>
