Next up in our series is an interview with Scott Renk We interview Scott Renk at the Sheraton in New York City during the Nation Art Education Association National Convention

Believe it This week Rachael Dan and Chris get their ninja on and take a look back at the phenomena that is the Naruto franchise Before that though weve got our regular news update 002 which this week includes new trailers for Pixars Coco Aardmans Early Man and the first footage from Tomm Moores Wolfwalkers and the news of Darkmouth signing its directors Then we tool up to take on Naruto in our main topic 045

The AFA Podcast returns this week with a general catchup show concentrating on some of the latest animation news and discussion Chris Rachael and Yvonne talk about the flurry of recent awards ceremonies The Oscars The Cesars and The Japan Academy prizes 005 The new DuckTales trailer 022 and the Moomin Indie GoGo project 035 Then its time for our Watercooler discussion 053 which this week includes Samurai Jack Season 5 Escaflowne Finding Dory and Uncharted 4 Total Running Time 133 aprox

First interview of the podcast series We interview Hannes Rall at 180 Maiden Lane in NYC Hannes Rall is an Independent Animation Director He is also Associate Professor at the School of Art Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University SingaporeHannes has shown his work in exhibitions and screenings around the world He has been an invited speaker for workshops and conferences in more than 20 countries and over 400 film festivals worldwide His research is focused on exploring adaptation methodologies of traditional Asian art forms for animation and on intercultural collaborations Animation Nights New York screened Hannes Ralls film All The Worlds a Stage last year at our June Flix screening event Program 10 at 180 Maiden Lane The Cold Heart and Si Lunchai are scheduled to screen in upcoming programs this year Video version httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv3TkBC0JXhoY

On this weeks show Rachael Dan and Chris are here to discuss the latest goings on in the animation world once again In our news segment 003 we talk about the confirmation of Hayao Miyazakis new movie new on Archers new season and The Black Holes Kickstarter Then in our main topic 029 we look at the move towards more serialized storytelling in television animation What is the reason for this trend and what does it mean for animation Finally in The Watercooler section 130 Chris and Dan talk about the oscar nominated documentary Life Animated

The AFA Podcast is back with our 68th episode This time Chris Rachael Dan and Yvonne talk about the Oscarnominated My Life As A ZucchiniCourgette ahead of its US Cinema release on February 24th First up we catch up with some news003 including Kubos BAFTA victory and Taika Waititi signing on to direct Bubbles Then we take a look at some recent trailer releases015 before getting into our main topic 032 spoilers from 056 Then we finish up with our regular Watercooler segment 127 including Kung Fu Panda 3 Resident Evil 7 and Tales Of Zesteria Full show notes at animationforadultscom

This week on The AFA Podcast your hosts Rachael and Dan are here to talk about the 44th Annual Annie Awards Kicking off with a discussion of the event itself and the winners and nominees we talk about one of the biggest events in the animation calendarThen its time for our regular Watercooler discussion which this week includes spoilerfree talk about Lego Batman 038 plus eagerly awaited PS4 game The Last Guardian 055 Help us bring you more content at patreoncomanimationforadultscom

Its time for another edition of The AFA Podcast This week RachaelDan and Chris talk about the Studio Ghibli TV Movie Ocean Waves now playing in US Cinemas thanks to GKIDSFirst theres our news segment 002 where we discuss the animated categories at the Oscars Unfortunately that part of our discussion was truncated by technical snafus but we head right into our discussion of Ocean Waves 007 Then we finish up with a visit to The Watercooler 108 which this week includes The Secret Life Of Pets and YuGiOh The Dark Side of Dimensions Help us produce more episodes at patreoncomanimationforadultscom

And were back Pardon the interruption but Team AFA are here with the first proper episode of 2017 and we think its worth the wait For starters for the very first time we managed to have the full complement of the Pod Squad as Jill and her cat Toothless joins Chris Rachael Dan and Yvonne to take a look back at the animated films of 2016 and look ahead to the 2017 crop Firstly we quickly talk news 004 with the latest updates on Your Name My Life as A ZucchiniCourgette and the animated SpiderMan flick Then 014 we have our indepth discussion of our thoughts on the best animated films of 2016 Finally we look into the future 222 to speculate about this years upcoming slate This weeks episode contains some strong language and spoilers for Finding Dory and Moana Become a Patron at patreoncomanimationforadults to help us make the site and podcast even better

This week on the podcast were looking back at the last year of The AFA Podcast You can hear some of our top moments from the past twelve months plus some never heard before material too Well be back with our first proper podcast of 2017 but in the meantime thanks for sticking with us Happy new year Pixars David Lally 001018 talks about what its like to work for one of the worlds top animation studios From Episode 34Jill Yvonne and Rachael discuss how to introduce family and friends to animation 018030 from Episode 46b Dani Abrams talks about working at Aardman Animation on the film Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists 031053 From Episode 53 Dan pays tribute to the late Ghibli animator Makiko Futaki 053110 From Episode 42 Ed Hooks joins us to talk about Acting in Animation 110144 From Episode 60 Director Mark Osborne talks about the making of The Little Prince 144209 from Episode 62 In a never before released clip Jill and Rachael talk about their early experiences with Pokemon Go 209215 Please consider supporting us at patreoncomanimationforadults