Animation Dissection

Anime! Watch it get made, listen to it get discussed and… find your place in the world? Shirobako is an anime about anime that passes the Bechdel Test. Next Case: Tom & Jerry: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

Is sarcasm dead or just hibernating? We examine Daria and whether or not its iconic protagonist is still relevant in our increasingly wary and skeptical society.  Next Case: Shirobako Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

Who's the real monster, the serial killer that is going to become the next Hitler or the horrifying social experiments that made him that way? Probably both! We discuss the very interesting Monster, an adaptation of the manga by Naoki Urasawa.  Next Case: Daria Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

In 1970s future-Japan there is only one person that is able to or apparently seems remotely interested in stopping a genocidal alien invasion: a psychotic eight-year-old boy with the superpowers of having a gun and absolutely no sense of ethics. We discuss Chargeman Ken! and whether it is possible to pre-fabricate "it's so bad it's good" cult classics and the nature of artistic sincerity/laziness. Next Case: Monster Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

We discuss whether or not anime was a mistake after all in Studio Ghibli's (but also not really) first film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Is it still worth checking out or is the manga better? Next Case: Chargeman Ken Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

Let's get political – in space! We discuss the 1980s classic anime Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Witness the folly of human endeavor in the face of chaos and entropy. It's a good show! Besides, I watched the whole thing for this episode and now you have to listen to it dammit! Next Case: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

After some technical issues involving expensive computer equipment and a scented candle, we're finally back with Disney's latest film Moana. Can you translate myth faithfully into cinematic narrative structure? Were audiences cheated out of a more culturally accurate ending where The Rock is cut in half by a goddess' genitalia? Let's find out! Next Case: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

In this episode we marvel at how good things can come from even the most deplorable of places, namely that of Scott Adams' Dilbert as adapted by Larry Charles. Is this series worth looking away from its source or should it be left and forgotten just like the misbegotten network upon which it was aired? Next Case: Moana After: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

We're back! No, not the movie about hotdog-loving dinosaurs, I'm talking about this podcast. We discuss DeviantArt and disaffected teen favorite Invader Zim. Does it hold up? Is it really annoying? Let's find out! Next Case: Dilbert Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

Summary Smears, smears, and more smears! We discuss the Warner Bros. classic short "The Dover Boys" and just why it still holds up after all this time.  Next Case: Invader Zim Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

Summary Meet the Flintstones, they're your modern-but-stuck-in-the-American-1950s-but-somehow-also stone-age family.   Next Case: The Dover Boys Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

Summary Today we discuss the manic, wild, funny, and strange FLCL. Is it a case of style over substance? Does it still hold up? Will these rhetorical questions get some kind of answer?! Next time: The Flintstones Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak)

Summary   What a horrible goddamn mess this film is, from the production background to the animation to the disturbingly sexualized cartoon mascots. We gaze into the hollow, pulsing abyss of pure madness that is known in human tongue as Foodfight! Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak) Dicktron (@mightydicktron)  

Summary Disney's nefarious plans to create a new generation of cartoon animal-loving kids has succeeded in more ways than one with their newest film Zootopia! Soon, everyone will have their own Zootopia-sonas. Embrace the furture. Next Case — Foodfight! Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak) Subscribe to us on iTunes!

Summary After a bit of a delay we're back! We look at Neeksy's absolute favorite anime Satoshi Kon's "Paranoia Agent", a dark look at the collective madness of a society all too willing to escape into fantasy. Next Case — Zootopia Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak) Subscribe to us on iTunes!

Summary Joined by special guest Dicktron who requested the series, we look at a dystopian future of cyborgs, philosophy of the mind, and authoritarian national defense politics! Additionally: We Need to Talk About Nickelodeon. Next Case — Paranoia Agent Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak) Dicktron (@mightydicktron) Subscribe to us on iTunes!

Summary You thought you were getting an episode about Ghost in the Shell, but it was I — HE-MAN! Enjoy a post-mortem of a weird, campy cartoon from the 80s about sci-fi, magic, feminism, & toilet wizards or whatever instead. Next episode will be about GitS, we promise.  Next Case — Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Available on Hulu) Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak) Subscribe to us on iTunes!

Summary   In one of the most NPR-style of our episodes to date, we have a roundtable discussion about fandom: the dangers of epistemic closure, identity-as-consumption, and group psychology. Also video games and cartoons! Next Case — Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Available on Hulu) Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak) Bob "bobservo" Mackey (@bobservo) Subscribe to us on iTunes!

Summary Remember when Steven Spielberg had funny cartoons on TV? We sure do! Join Zorak and Neeksy as we go back to the 90s and rediscover Freakazoid!  Next Time: Special Roundtable on Fandoms and the Role of Media Critique ADthepodcast@gmail.com Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak) Subscribe to us on iTunes!

Summary Jem! It's truly outrageous! Neeksy and Zorak come back from a brief hiatus to scratch their heads trying to make sense of the nonsensical and yet somehow painfully dull 80's icon. Next Time: Freakazoid! ADthepodcast@gmail.com Attending Pathologists Neeksy (@rymagnusson) Zorak (@SAzorak) Subscribe to us on iTunes!