Animation Addicts Podcast - Animated Movie Reviews & Interviews For Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar & Everything In Between!

After five years of podcasts the whole gang is together to reminisce about the opportunities that have come from the show, the fans, the inevitable tangents, and the future of the show! Full show notes, links & more: rotoscopers.com/140 Join RotoNation to get the podcast ad-free, bonus content, extra episodes & more! rotoscopers.com/patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chelsea and Mason are joined by the Head of Character Animation for DreamWorks' 2010 film, Megamind, Jason Schleifer! Get ready for an in-depth look behind the scenes and at the future of animation! Full show notes, links, & more: rotoscopers.com/139 Join RotoNation to get the podcast ad-free, bonus content, extra episodes & more! rotoscopers.com/patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Year means a New Groove! Mason's back with Chelsea as they welcome animator and director, Tony Bancroft, as they talk about Disney Animation's The Emperor's New Groove (2000)! Join them as they talk about The Sweatbox, the infamous documentary that details the making of the film when it was in development as Kingdom of the Sun. They also share a lot of laughs, favorite quotes, and even have a Kronk off! Full show notes, links & more: rotoscopers.com/138 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chelsea is joined by animator Tom Bancroft from The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast and with our RotoWriter, MJ Edwards for a fun chat and discussion about this wacky Touchstone/Amblimation film, Who Framed Rogger Rabbit (1988)!  Full show notes, links, & more: rotoscopers.com/137 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get the boats ready we are sailing off to talk about Disney's new animated film, Moana!' Welcome to guest hosts, RotoWriter, Pablo Ruiz, and Ryan Prieto! We chat about the film's origins, the filmmakers' research trip, the incredible characters, Lin-Manuel Miranda's amazing songs, and more! Full show notes, links, & more: rotoscopers.com/136 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The internet trolls are out to get us but the Rotoscopers will not be stopped! Welcome guest hosts: Chad Lewis, of LewToons YouTube fame, and RotoWriter and YouTuber Rachel Wagner. In this episode we chat about the fun Lisa Frank felt character designs and world, the songs, and the history of animated musicals! Full show notes, links, and more: rotoscopers.com/135 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This fun episode submerges Mason and Chelsea in a sea of nautical puns and technical difficulties but nothing stops them from reviewing this great Disney/Pixar film, Finding Nemo (2003)! Join us as they chat about the film's origins, the filmmakers' research trip, their favorite scenes and quotes, and more! Full show notes, links, and more: rotoscopers.com/134 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hop aboard the Axiom as the Rotoscopers visit the world of Pixar's Wall-E (2008).  Join along as we take the world's "hardest" Pixar quiz, talk about Wall-E's life on earth, the Wall-E/Eve relationship, directive A113, and more! Full show notes, links, and more: rotoscopers.com/133 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Rotoscopers are all back and ready for takeoff as they talk about the newest film from Warner Brothers Animation, Storks (2016)! Join along for this fun discussion as they talk about the film's directors, actors, and humor, while throwing in a few Simpsons quotes along the way. Full show notes, links, and more: rotoscopers.com/132 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Way out west, the Rotoscopers are at it again, dog-gone-it! This time they review An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991). Show notes, links, and more: rotoscopers.com/131 Join RotoNation to get the podcast ad-free, bonus content, extra episodes & more! rotoscopers.com/patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LAIKA’s Kubo and the Two Stings just hit theaters and in episode 130 of the Animation Addicts Podcast, the Rotoscopers give their thoughts on this stop-motion animated film. We talk about why we think it didn't do well at the box office, the incredible character designs, and try to figure out what's the deal with the monkey. Full show notes, links & more: rotoscopers.com/130 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Little Prince has finally been made available! Check out what our hosts, Chelsea, Mason and Morgan, thought! In this episode we talk about the backstory, the unique animation style, how they used "show" instead of "tell", whether the film was boring, and more! Full show notes, links & more: rotoscopers.com/129 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Rotoscopers have gone on STRIKE! Last minute they decided to review the Walt Disney Classic, Bambi, instead of Ice Age 5. Was it a good decision? You be the judge! We also chat about the incredible art of Tyrus Wong, naturalism, Bambi's mom, and the "shot-by-shot" (ugh, we're sorry for the pun) analysis by Mason! Full show notes, links, and more: rotoscopers.com/128 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do your pets do when you are away? Mason and Chelsea welcome special guest host Rachel Wagner to talk about the new Illumination Entertainment's The Secret Life of Pets (2016). Join along as we get Mason's Theater Report, discuss the Mower Minions short, voice cast and more! Full show notes, links & more: rotoscopers.com/127 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Rotoscopers couldn't hold back their excitement to discuss Pixar's new sequel Finding Dory! In this epiosde we chat about the cute little short Piper (2016), how this film blew us out of the water, the animation improvements, new characters, baby Dory and more! Full show notes, links & more: rotoscopers.com/126 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's RotoTheropy time as the hosts get into a great discussion based on the 2014 film, Song of the Sea! Join along as we talk about the art, the morals of the story, the little details, Irish folklore, Morgan's unanswered questions, and more! Full show notes, links, & more: rotoscopers.com/125 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The entire RotoGang is back to discuss 2016'2 newest animated release by Rovio Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks' The Angry Birds Movie. Join along as we chat about the history of video games and animation, what video game animated films we'd like to see, the production drama around The Angry Birds Movie, and more! Become a patron to unlock amazing perks like ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, exclusive content, and more: rotoscopers.com/patreon Full show notes and links: rotoscopers.com/124 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mason and Chelsea hammer out the details of this Don Bluth, cult-classic film Titan A.E. (2000)! Join along as we talk about the history of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, how this film bombed, the "Don Bluth dazzle", why this film wasn't more successful, and more! Become a patron to unlock amazing perks like ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, exclusive content, and more: rotoscopers.com/patreon Full show notes and links: rotoscopers.com/123 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a double header! The Rotoscopers are taking on, not only the 1967 animated classic, The Jungle Book, but also Disney's new 2016 live action adaptation, The Jungle Book! Join in on all the fun as we compare and contrast both films, discuss the directing animators of the original, the music, and more! Become a patron to unlock amazing perks like ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, exclusive content, and more: rotoscopers.com/patreon Full show notes and links: rotoscopers.com/122 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first time ever, the Rotoscopers are discussing a direct-to-video sequel, Disney's 1998 The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. Join along as we talk about 2D films in the Disney canon that don't have sequels, how this is one of the top-selling direct-to-video release of all time, scenes that are directly ripped off from the original, lion polygamy and more! Become a patron to unlock amazing perks like ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, exclusive content, and more: rotoscopers.com/patreon Full show notes and links: rotoscopers.com/121 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices