RubberOnion Animation Podcast

Robin Williams, long-time friend to and lover of animation and a comedic and dramatic role model for many left us this week. We talk about what impact his life and career had on us and the field of animation as a whole. Other stories we cover in this episode are a survey which shows that YouTube stars are more popular than mainstream celebs among US teens, Golden Globes changing the animation rules, and what's going on with the Legend of Korra.

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Annotations: (11:10) RIP Robin Williams (36:10) YouTube Stars More Popular Than Mainstream Celebs Among U.S. Teens (56:06) Ghibli Update: Miyazaki’s Potential New Project (1:00:58) Golden Globes Change Animation and Foreign-Language Rules (1:16:39) ‘Turtles’ and ‘Guardians’ duke it out for top spot (1:26:16) Final episodes of Legend of Korra book 3 to be web only

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This week we talk about the new Spongebob Squarepants movie, Studio Ghibli might be closing, and Ross "rubberNinja" O'Donovan breaks down why YouTube's algorithm is hurting Indie Animators. Oh also, guess what? We made it to 40 episodes! Not a traditional milestone but who cares... we haven't completely fallen on our faces yet and that's something. Thanks for listening and discussing the episodes and all the stuff we say -- means a lot to us, or something.

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Annotations: (20:21) Andrew Kaiko blew up the internet with his excellent animation work on the Nostalgia Critic's Pinky & the Brain short (32:53) Animation Paper Kickstarter prooves ineffective (42:51) Spongebob Squarepants movie trailer (57:58) Marvel announces 'Guardians of the Galaxy' animated show (1::09:56) 7 Minutes of Star Wars Rebels is released (1:21:30) RubberNinja explains why YouTube's algorithm is hurting indie animation (1:37:17) Studio Ghibli is closing... mmmaybe

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We're back! Last week's podcast was an awesome (if I do say so myself) old-timey radio show style episode... but this week we're back on animation stories from the week. We saw 5 minutes of the Simpsons/Family Guy crossover, the Mike Tyson Mysteries trailer, the Smiley face is getting its own show, and LAIKA's CEO wants to make hand-drawn animated films. Also, what happens when a huge Kickstart campaign (*cough* Yogscast *cough*) fails. Enjoy!

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Annotations: (10:35) 5 minutes of Simpsons/Family Guy crossover released (18:35) The Smiley Face is getting an animated show (25:45) Yogscast Kickstarter failure is a painful reminder of the risks of crowdfunding (37:15) 'Mike Tyson Mysteries' trailer (51:39) LAIKA’s CEO Travis Knight hopes to make a hand-drawn animated film at some point (1:02:42) One FX Shot In ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Took 1030 Iterations

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This week we shake things up by recording one of Pat's stories as an adventure radio show! It was enormous fun to do and we hope you get as much joy as we did from it... and it's under 20 minutes!

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CONSPIRACY! CONTROVERSY! A wage-fixing cartel was exposed in Silicon Valley with top animation studios at the center, so we discuss it... as best we can. Or as best as Stephen can explain it to Rob and Pat. We also talk Emmy noms, a new animation program, Andrew Kaiko's new fanimation using Toon Boom Animate, and Pat created a character!

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Annotations: (14:33) Simpsons denied Emmy nom for first time (technically) (29:31) Silicon Valley wage fixing scandal implicates many major animation studios (47:40) Sony Animation announces new Stop-Mo/Live-Action hybrid movie 'Superbago' (1:02:39) Live-Action 'Dumbo' in the works (1:13:11) Makers of PAP start IndieGoGo campaign to create animation software 'Animation Paper' (1:20:30) Andrew Kaiko's fan animated short 'Canned Vegetable Factory' (1:29:51) Pat's 'Robot Standing Upright Comedian'

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We have a monster of an episode this week! Two weeks of stories jam packed into one awesome episode with the entire crew: Stephen, Rob, & Pat. We talk about an email exchange between a writer and a producer, Glen Keane's new animated short "Duet," and some kid made a Kickstarter campaign to make potato salad and for some reason has earned $70,000+ (as of this post). Oh also, Rob met Shaggy and made a new animated short (not related)! Enjoy this delicious 2 hour episode... we hope it's as fun to listen to as it was to record!

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Annotations: (24:54) Batmetal music video (30:00) Rob's new short 'Wait for it' (36:19) Why producers WILL NOT READ YOUR SCRIPT (53:20) Craigslist ad example to avoid (1:06:14) Andy Serkis backpedals on roll of animators in mocap (1:14:26) Guillermo del Toro's Special Message about Pacific Rim (1:23:41) Kid makes Kickstarter campaign to fund making a potato salad (1:33:05) Glen Keane's new animated short 'Duet' (1:39:01) New CG Asterix & Obelix teaser trailer (1:47:31) Sexual Harassment at Cartoon Network offices gets a response from the victim (2:01:26) Disney's BIG HERO 6 Get New Character Posters

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Pat couldn't join in this week, so Stephen and Rob decided to discuss their own experiences in building an animation brand (indie and freelance) on the internet, and what trials, tribulations, and learning experiences they had to go through to get where they are now. Just like episode 25, we hope you enjoy this departure from the normal "stories of the week" format and encourage you to join the conversation in the comments section below!

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No annotations this week... just a freeform discussion. Go to the blog post (link above) to see shared media we talk about in the episode.

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This week saw the release of a new TMNT (2014) trailer... so we talk about that. But in other less upsetting news, Genndy Tartakovsky's "Popeye" (2016) CGI film has a new image associated with it and it looks great! Finally, we talk about Colin Firth dropping out as the voice of Paddington... and coin #Firf in the process.

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Annotations: (12:54) New features on Adobe Flash CC 2014 (23:52) First Image Of Genndy Tartakovsky’s CG Popeye (42:54) TMNT trailer 2 (58:27) RedLetterMedia shows 'Transformers' formula with special video (1:09:08) Nick Greenlights Fourth ‘Ninja Turtles’ Season (1:17:38) Colin Firth Drops Out as Voice of 'Paddington'

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We have singing... we have stories... we have animation stories (this being an "animation podcast," it seemed appropriate)... what DON'T we have?! Listen as Stephen watches the World Cup and Rob & Pat try to keep him on topic. A lot of great tangents in this episode which are too numerous to put in the annotations so just... listen. And enjoy. Listen and enjoy! Also... SHAGGY WAS A THING

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Annotations: (13:32) Rob's new short "The FLOONSTOONS have a visiturr" (19:16) "The Boxtrolls" final trailer (26:46) Netflix is rebooting 'Magic Schoolbus' in CGI (34:13) Sony has a CGI/Live-Action Sonic the Hedgehog movie in the works (49:48) RIP Casey Kasem (1:01:13) Lord & Miller (and Lawrence) still working at getting 'Clone High' a movie (01:07:46) First Image from Disney's "Descendants" (01:14:02) Powerpuff Girls' returning to TV in 2016

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It's Rob's Birthday!! It was Pat's Birthday last week!! And I still make them talk to me about cartoons! This week, we actually start the discussion with the Angry Video Game Nerd movie, because as Indie creators ourselves we're happy when one of our own (same medium or not) breaks ground on a huge development like this. And you know what? It doesn't stop there, Signe Baumane is another Indie creator who is making her first feature length animated film, "Rocks in my Pockets" and it's got a trailer! Ari Folman is making a jump to a western screen wide release with his hybrid movie and it's got a trailer too... and "Bojack Horseman" is the first original adult animated programming on Netflix and it's got a trailer. Oh and Rocky & Bullwinkle disappoint us. But before all of that... we must sing to you one of the great 90s cartoon anthems. Behold.

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Annotations: (19:18) James Rolfe to tour screenings of AVGN: The Movie starting July 21st (25:24) Bill Watterson returns to cartooning for 3 weeks, secretly (34:12) DreamWorks' version of Rocky & Bullwinkle make their first appearance on a GEICO commercial (44:26) Ari Folman's "The Congress" trailer (52:06) Signe Baumane's "Rocks in my Pocket" trailer (1:00:28) Julian Petschek's "Butta Yourself" music video (1:04:49) "Bojack Horseman" trailer (1:21:37) Question posed: "Is it 'Animation' or 'Animations'? (1:25:21) 10 Best Words "The Simpsons" Created

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