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Tonight on Animation Aficionados, we are joined with Bob Mackey of Retronauts as we journey through cartoons based off video games. You may not believe it, listeners, but games used to be much more abstract than they are now. A … Continue reading →

Here we go! It’s All-Star Superman, boys and girls! We’re back with Mike Blanchard of Tooncast Beyond. This is not a movie for people who want a straight action film. This is a character film, and it’s quite possibly one … Continue reading →

This week in Animation Aficionados, we’re talking about environmentalism in cartoons. What’s good. What’s not. What’s downright condescending. It’s all here. So get out your Planeteer rings, cut up some soda can rings, and dig out your NiCad batteries. We’re … Continue reading →

After a short break in regular shows, we are back with another Tooncast Beyond crossover feature. This time, we’re taking a look at Superman/Batman apocalypse. Based on the Jeph Loeb comic with illustrations by Michael Turner, this animated adaption is … Continue reading →

Yes, it’s our one year anniversary. Hard to believe we’ve been doing this nonsense for an entire year now. Joining us this week is Aisaku along with Ronnie Harris. We go over some of our best shows and talk about … Continue reading →

We’re back again with our Tooncast beyond crossover spectacular. Returning this week are Mike “TFG1” Blanchard and Steve “Megatron”. This week, we talk about a movie that is far superior than the comic from which it was adapted. Under The … Continue reading →

Tonight, we continue with our crisis of two podcasts! Tooncast Beyond and Animation Aficionados sit down together and talk about perhaps the best DC movie yet, A Crisis On Two Earths. Featured on this episode are TFG1 Mike and Steve … Continue reading →

We are once again joined by Kittyhawk and Tom Revor to talk about Christmas cartoons! What else? We bring up as many Christmas cartoons as we could think of. Some revered. Some reviled. Some barely even remembered. And of course, … Continue reading →

This week on Animation Aficionados, you can believe a man can polish shit. Superman/Batman: Public Enemas is on the chopping block today. The crossover with Tooncast Beyond continues, and by god, Mike brought a friend, Steve “Megatron”. The Tooncast folks … Continue reading →

Hi-ho! It’s Christmas time, and we’re doing something special. We’re doing The Muppets! What do Muppets have to do with animation? Well, they’re puppets… and that’s kind of a form of animation. …sorta. Anyhoo, we’re joined this week by Stephanie … Continue reading →

How is it that a movie that is literally half the length of the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern can pack a more cohesive story? Well, you take out all the boring stuff, for one thing. Next, you severely truncate the … Continue reading →

We’re back to a standard episode this week to do a very special Ninja Turtles retrospective. Today we talk about the ’87 Turtles, the ’03 Turtles, and everything in between. Joining us again this week are JT of Authentic Geek … Continue reading →

Tonight, we continue our crossover with Tooncast Beyond, discussing the DC Animated original… Wonder Woman! A total palette cleanser after last week’s bomb. Topics: -Crap! -Girls naked in a pond, splashing each other playfully -Neil takes a long time to … Continue reading →

We continue our crossover series with Tooncast Beyond, talking about the DC animated original movies. This time it’s a coiler known as Batman: Gotham Knight. Incorrectly labeled as a bridge between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, the only stories … Continue reading →

Yep, it’s filler episode time, boys and girls! We’re here with our Black Friday special, and it’s only a day late! Kittyhawk sits down with Ben and I to talk about some vidji games. But WAIT! We are not alone … Continue reading →

We continue with our Animation Aficionados/Tooncast Beyond crossover with this very special episode about a very special movie. It’s Justice League: The New Frontier! This movie has all the characters we love in their classic incarnations. However, bucking the usual … Continue reading →

This special is a collection of pre and post shows since the beginning of the podcast. Such a variety of collected material could only go by one name: Potluck! So please feast, guests, on this assortment of various topics. We … Continue reading →

Here we go. The members of Animation Aficinados and Tooncast Beyond are going to let our powers combine! Today, we’re talking about Superman Doomsday, the DC Universe animated film in which Superman Doomsday, a movie in which one of the … Continue reading →

Hiya folks! It’s finally here. My very own top ten animated films! These are ten films absolutely, positivitely guaranteed to delight and entertain any and all who watch them! Plus, for no additional charge, I have included FIVE FREE HONORABLE … Continue reading →

JT from Saskatoon joins us again to talk about movies that got turned into cartoons. Sometimes you just can’t rake in enough with lunch boxes, coloring books, and flame throwers. You’ve got to throw in the obligatory cartoon adaptation. Cartoons … Continue reading →