We go through all our favorites of the year from 2020 Western TV animation after giving all of our thoughts on the recent Adventure Time Obsidian special, the premiere episodes of Onyx Equinox, Season 1 of the Animaniacs reboot, and Season 3 of Craig of the Creek. Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & April Collins. Timestamps for the podcast: 5:10 – Adventure Time: Distant Lands Obsidian 12:30 – Onyx Equinox Episodes 1 & 2 22:25 – Animaniacs Reboot 33:15 – Craig of the Creek Season 3 57:45 – Main topic – Best of 2020 Animation ..read more

Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & Alex Bonilla share their thoughts on the final season including the series finale of BoJack Horseman ..read more

Happy New Year everyone! After years of moving forward with a similar format, we’re switching things up for the podcast. The headline is: We’re going to stop doing episode recap podcasts, and we’re going to focus on more high-level discussions. The immediate change you’ll see is no episode recap podcasts which will result in less podcasts. However, we’ll still be covering the same shows, the podcast will still generally be similar, we’ll just be structuring our discussions in different ways. We think this new structure will result in more interesting discussions, and we’ll be better equipped ..read more

Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, Michelle Anderer, & Sarah Potter look back on the good, the bad, and overall trends in the portrayals of queer characters in 2019 animation including in Steven Universe, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, Young Justice: Outsiders, Craig of the Creek, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, gen:LOCK, Arthur, Rocko’s Modern Life, RWBY, BoJack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie, The Dragon Prince, Twelve Forever, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Miraculous Ladybug, Love Death + Robots, Hazbin Hotel, Big Mouth, Given, Stars Align, Sarazanmai, Carole ..read more

The results are in for our 2019 OVA-ies TV Animation Awards! After 645 votes cast, the winners in seven categories have been determined. Listen to the attached podcast to hear us announce the winners and analyze the results. Steven Universe was the big winner of the night, taking home four of the seven awards, including the two biggest categories: Best Show and Best Episode. Infinity Train also had a big night with wins for Best New Show and Best Main Character for Tulip. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power won Best Supporting Character for Scorpia. How the results were calculated: final placem ..read more

Here are the nominees for the 2019 OVA-ies Awards, celebrating the best in television animation from the year. Listen to the nominations announcement podcast accompanying this post and check out the nominations below! Vote for your favorites in 7 categories. Winners are chosen 50% by an open vote, 50% from our internal community of patrons & staff weighed by shows watched. Nominees were chosen internally by our patrons & staff, and you can see the nominations below! Winners will be revealed in a podcast at the end of December. Steven Universe leads with 6 nominations, one in every cate ..read more

Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, Sam Quattro, & Ally Martin recap the last two episodes of BoJack Horseman Season 6 Part 1, “The Face of Depression” & “A Quick One, While He’s Away ..read more

Alex Bonilla, Michelle Anderer & Ally Martin discuss the fifth and sixth episodes of the final season of BoJack Horseman: “A Little Uneven, Is All” and “The Kidney Stays in the Picture ..read more

Alex Bonilla, Sam Quattro & Michelle Anderer discuss the third and fourth episodes of the final season of BoJack Horseman: “Feel-Good Story” and “Surprise ..read more

Alex Bonilla, Michelle Anderer, Sarah Potter & April Collins discuss the first two episodes of the final season of BoJack Horseman: “A Horse Walks Into a Rehab” and “The New Client ..read more