What is this, A crossover episode?! Meggie & Laura of YA, WE READ IT! join us as we watch 1988’s Akira! We talk about the futuristic date of 2019, alternate endings, and we check out a segment from our guests! Are you telling me Ryan didn’t pick the anime?

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& Thanks to our guests
Resident special guests and best friends Meggie Gates & Laura Petro!
Follow them @meggie_and_laura on instagram
And @YA_wereadit on tiktok and twitter
And Meggie and Laura on YouTube
And listen to them on YA, WE READ IT! wherever you stream podcasts!
(We did a couple episodes if you need some familiar voices to ease you in the unknown!)

BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi

& a special thanks of the week to:

Katsuhiro Otomo for taking us to the distant future of 2019 , and the cast and crew that make Akira one of our favorites!

The State of Animation is Sexy!

Movies we talked about:
Akira (1988)

Real World Recs:
Laura: Bridgerton Season 2 on Netflix (but not Season 1!)

Meggie: Yellowjackets on Showtime

Brooke: (!!CONTENT WARNING!!) @Cydbird7 ‘s clinical trial on tiktok

Ryan: David Fincher’s Film: Zodiac

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Are you ready kids? No this isn’t a rerun! It’s SPONGEMARCH MADNESSPANTS! This week on Nation of Animation we pick our favorite 32 episodes of Spongebob SquarePants and they go head to head for the Unofficial title of Nation of Animation’s favorite episode! Did we overlook any episodes? Any upsets? Let us know by emailing us at [email protected]

If you like the show, don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe. Follow our Instagram and Twitter @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts @thebrookesmith and @ryanwithcheese on Twitter

BIG THANKS TO:

Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
&
Sam Traquina Follow his youtube channel at http://youtube.com/c/TheSonofDog
&
William Quant check out their webcomic https://tapas.io/Sosofellow
&
Jordan Smith!

& a special thanks of the week to:
Stephen Hillenburg for introducing us to Spongebob and all his friends at the bottom of the ocean in the town of Bikini Bottom, and the cast and crew of Spongebob Squarepants.

The State of Animation is Sponge!

Episodes we talked about:

Brooke’s Picks:
Dying for Pie – S2 E4A
Krusty Krab Training Video – S3 E10B
Rock-a-Bye Bivalve – S3 E9B
Pickles – S1 E6B
The Fry Cook Games – S2 E19B
SB-129 – S1 E14A
Imitation Krabs – S2 E4B
Pizza Delivery – S1 E5A
Rock Bottom– S1 E17B
My Pretty Seahorse– S3 E2B
The Great Snail Race– S3 E15A
Christmas Who?– S2 E8
Squid on Strike– S2 E20A
SpongeGuard on Duty– S3 E1B
Sleepy Time– S1 E15A
Whale of a Birthday– S4 E11A

Ryan’s Picks:
Band Geeks – S2 E15B
Chocolate with Nuts– S3 E12A
Squidville– S2 E6B
Graveyard Shift– S2 E16A
Somethings Smells– S2 E2A
As Seen On TV– S3 E7A
Krab Borg– S3 E9A
Just One Bite– S3 E3A
Ugh– S3 E14
Selling Out– S4 E5A
Ripped Pants – S1 E2B
Grandma’s Kisses – S2 E6A
Have You Seen This Snail?– S4 E3
Jellyfish Jam– S1 E7B
The Algae’s Always Greener– S3 E1A
I Had An Accident– S3 E16B

Real World Recs:
Brooke: Brooks Shoes

Ryan: The Righteous Gemstones on HBOmax

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Are you ready kids? I can’t hear you, because this is a podcast but this week on Nation of Animation you can hear us talk about Spongebob Squarepants! We talk about the child/parent divide with Spongebob, God’s wacky pranks, and our favorite Spongebob Bits. We even brought on Sam from TheSonofDog to help us talk about it all! Are ya feelin' it Mr. Krabs?

If you like the show, don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe. Follow our Instagram and Twitter @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts @thebrookesmith and @ryanwithcheese on Twitter

BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
&
Sam Traquina for being our guest this week
Follow his youtube channel at youtube.com/c/TheSonofDog

& a special thanks of the week to:

Stephen Hillenburg for introducing us to Spongebob and all his friends at the bottom of the ocean in the town of Bikini Bottom, and the cast and crew that make Spongebob Squarepants one of our favorites.

The State of Animation is Pass?

Episodes we talked about:
Club Spongebob (S3; 2a)
Graveyard Shift (S2;16a)
Pizza Delivery (S1; 5a)

Youtube channels we mentioned:
Hollow Hills Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEzezWJTWuE&t=22s

Real World Recs:
Sam: The Dark Tower series by Stephen King

Brooke: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You by Big Thief

Ryan: Elden Ring by FromSoftware Inc.

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Is it getting hot in here or is it just this episode? This week on Nation of Animation we switch up the format with a Hot Ones inspired episode! What constitutes a GOOD phone game? What’s the future of Cartoons? Will we survive the spice? Only one way to find out!

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BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi

& a special thanks of the week to:

Christopher Schonberger and Sean Evans for coming up with such an interesting way to interview, and all the cast, crew, and guests that make Hot Ones one of our favorites!

The State of Animation is (in a lot of pain) strong!

Hot Sauces We tried:
Moore's Creamy Ranch Buffalo Wing Sauce (Mild): N/A Scoville
Frank’s Red Hot: 450 Scoville
Cholula: 3,600 Scoville
Tabasco: 3,750 Scoville
Melinda's Habanero Honey Mustard: 10,000 Scoville
Buffalo Wild Wings Medium Sauce: 25,000 Scoville
Melinda's Creamy Style Ghost Pepper Wing Sauce: 250,000 Scoville

Animations We Briefly Mentioned:
Spongebob Squarepants
Fairly Odd Parents
Tom & Jerry
Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
Bob’s Burgers
Owl House
Gravity Falls
Loud House
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Family Guy
American Dad
Kiki’s Delivery Service
An Extremely Goofy Movie
Adventure Time
Fullmetal Alchemist
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Touca and Bertie
Rick and Morty
Cowboy Bebop
Coraline
Over the Garden Wall
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
Space Jam
Prince of Egypt
The Tick
Toy Story 3
The Amazing World of Gumball
According to Ginger
The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Ryan’s List of Podcasts:
Friends at the Table
Waypoint Radio
Story Break
Just King Things
Random Number Generator Horror Podcast No. 9
LORE
A More Civilized Age: A Clone Wars Podcast
Mission to Zyxx

Real World Recs:
Brooke: Moore's Creamy Ranch Buffalo Wing Sauce

Ryan: Yellowjackets on Showtime

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This week on Nation of Animation, it’s time to break out the reading glasses, as we put the book club in cartoon book club with Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Do you prefer subs or dubs? How did Brooke sit through a whole series? This show takes place when?! Also, please welcome executive paw-ducer Birdie!

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BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi

& a special thanks of the week to:

Sumito Ōwara for giving us a true love letter to anime fans and for the cast and crew that makes Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! one of our favorites

The State of Animation is strong!

Series we talked about:
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Ryan Birthday gifts we talked about:
Possum Dating Sim
https://thepossumqueen.itch.io/possum-dating-simulator

Real World Recs:
Brooke: Pokemon Legends Arceus for Nintendo Switch

Ryan: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton

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Join us won’t you? This week on Nation of Animation we flip the script a little (but not too much) as we talk about live action shows that went animated for an episode! Was anyone old enough for AIM? Could mushrooms kill you? What country does G.I. Joe work for? Also the girls who get it, get it. And the girls who don’t, don’t!

If you like the show, don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe. Follow our Instagram and Twitter @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts @thebrookesmith and @ryanwithcheese on Twitter

BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi

& a special thanks of the week to:

Animators who stepped up to the plate and turned these live-action shows into animated spectacles even if just for one episode!

The State of Animation is strong!

Series we talked about:
PEN15
- Jacuzzi (S2E8)
Broad City
- Mushrooms (S4E4)
Supernatural
- Scoobynatural (S13E16)
Community
- G.I. Jeff (S5E11)

Honorable Mentions:
The Blacklist
Community (twice more)
Lucifer
The Nanny

Live-Action Recommendations

Brooke: A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
Ryan: Doom (1993)

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Happy New Year! Welcome to 202TOON! We’re back and ready to kick off the new year with one of our personal favorites (especially Brooke’s) Bob’s Burgers! Are American Girl dolls status symbols? Has the magic bullet dropped in value? Is that Jimmy Pesto at the Capital riots? Plus: Rapid Fire Questions!

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BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi

& a special thanks of the week to:

Loren Bouchard for introducing us to the Belchers and their little family run restaurant we get to visit every week, and all of the staff that makes Bob’s Burgers one of our favorites.

For the State of Animation 2022 will be strong!

Episodes we watched:
S7 E18: The Laser-inth
S5 E18: Eat, Spray, Linda
S5 E12: The Millie-churian Candidate
S8 E2: The Silence of the Louise

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Happy Holidays from Nation of Animation! For our last episode of the year we countdown our favorite holiday episodes! We talk about Holidays, growing up with Santa, and Christmas Balls! HO, HO, HO!

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BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi

& a special thanks of the week to:

Rarecho, Ben Edlund, Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm, Craig Bartlett, Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, Paul Germain, Seth MacFarlane, Loren Bouchard, Mike Judge, Matt Groening, Stephen Hillenburg and for the cast and Crew that makes these part of our Holiday traditions!

And

YOU! Our fans! Thank you for this incredible year! We’ll be taking a short break for the holidays and be back in time for our anniversary!

The State of Animation is (strong) Festive!

Series we discussed:

Aggretsuko
- We Wish You a Metal Christmas
American Dad
- Rapture’s Delight
The Tick
- The Tick LOVES Santa!
Batman: The Animated Series
- Christmas With The Joker
King of the Hill
- ‘Twas the Nut Before Christmas
The Simpsons
- Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
SpongeBob SquarePants
- Christmas Who?
Hey Arnold!
- Arnold’s Christmas
Rugrats
- A Rugrats Chanukah
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- ?????

Our Favorite Christmas Songs:
Brooke: Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney

Ryan: Carol of the Bells by Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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Ryan and Brooke are getting their biggest guns, their coolest shoes, and their chunkiest space ships this week to discuss seminal anime classic, Cowboy Bebop! Along with special guest William Quant, we discuss episodic vs long-term storytelling, how much story can be sustained by good vibes, what makes a good fight scene, and the beauty of jazz. Also, we can't wait to discuss the live-action Netflix series, which can only be a wonderful time...

Hold on, we're being handed a message --- Ah! Well. Nevertheless.

The state of animation is SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY.

BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi

Youtube channels we mentioned:
Mother's Basement: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothersbasement

Additional music: Cowboy Bebop Rap by DaddyPhatSnaps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pu01o0Y8V4

Real World Recommendations:

Ryan: We Play Ourselves, by Jen Silverman

Brooke: Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami.

William:The Rush Hour film trilogy, now streaming on Hulu
AND
RuPaul's Drag Race
And
Shin Megami Tensei V, on Nintendo Switch. Developed by Atlus and published by Nintendo
Check out William's webcomics at https://tapas.io/Sosofellow

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Ho-yeah! Grab yourself a can of Alamo beer and meet us in The Alley, where this week, Nation of Animation is taking King of the Hill. We talk about Boggle, Sexism, And our own experiences with the south in a new segment. Not to mention our stroll down the sketchy side! DangolreallygoodepisodedangolRyananBrooketalkinboutdangolkingofhillda-dangoljusttakealisten.

If you like the show, don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe. Follow our Instagram and Twitter @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts @thebrookesmith and @ryanwithcheese on Twitter

BIG THANKS TO:

Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting www.sirpeagreenstudios.com and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi

& a special thanks of the week to:

Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for inviting us into their southern day in the life part of Arlen, Texas and for the cast and Crew that makes King of the Hill on of our favorites.

The State of Animation is BOBBY! (strong)

Episodes we discussed:
S1 E9; Peggy the Boggle Champ
S1 E10; Keeping Up With Our Joneses
S2 E10; Bobby Slam
S3 E2; And They Call It Bobby Love

Articles We Mentioned:
https://www.popmatters.com/racial-hierarchies-king-of-hill-2639191612.html

Podcasts we recommend:
Adulting With Joyce Pring
They Call Us Bruce
Southern Fried Asian
All The Asians On Star Trek (ATAOST)
When Meghan Met Harry

Books we Recommend:
A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA

Live action recommendations:

Brooke:
Unpacking by Humble Games (Available on most game systems)

Ryan:
The Wedding Singer with Adam Sandler (Available on VOD)

This podcast is a part of Audio Mint. If you want to follow us, check us out on Instagram(@audiomintchi) or on Facebook, at Audio Mint. If you wanna support us even more, check out our Patreon by searching Audio Mint on the app or the website!