Hello and welcome to eighth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews.  For animation fans, the release of a new animated film is always exciting.  2015 is going to have a lot of animated films showing on the silver screen, but yo have to wonder what will succeed and what will bomb at the box office.  Whitney interviews geek financial analyst Tim Beyers to discuss what 2015 animated movies will be a success and what will fail. Tim Beyers writes about geek financial news for The Motley Fool. Last year, he and Whitney discussed which animated films would be successful

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Hello and welcome to seventh episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews.  Mortal Kombat X is the latest game in the legendary fighting series and Whitney scored a interview with the voice of the villainous Quan Chi.  Ronald M. Banks is the extreme opposite of the villain roles (meaning he’s a swell  guy) he tends to get cast for in his extensive musical and theater career.  In this interview, he discusses his journey into voice over and how he plans to grow his career. Show Notes Ron’s famous voice over role as Quan Chi in the Mortal Kombat series:

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Hello and welcome to sixth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews.  If you grew up in the 1990s, you most likely watched Nickelodeon and were a fan of their Nick Toons.  The 1990s have become known as the Golden Age of Nickelodeon Studios and nostalgia always comes into play when that decade is mentioned.  Mathew Klickstein felt the same way, so he wrote Slimed! An Oral History of Nickelodeon’s Golden Age chronicling the adventures of cast, crew, and other cool people from the “only kid’s network.” Show Notes • Whitney tells Matt she had been searching Nickelodeon’s history

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Hello and welcome to fifth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews.  In December 2014, I had the honor of interviewing the animator Monty Oum of Rooster Teeth.  Monty Oum was one of the creative leads for the American anime RWBY.   He was an entirely self-taught animator, specializing in online cartoons  and videogames.  This interview was originally meant to air in the same month, but the sound quality was very poor.  In January 2015, Monty Oum had a severe allergic reaction to a medical procedure and he passed away in February.  Please join Whitney as she honors Monty’s memory. Show

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Hello and welcome to fourth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews.  When you think about animation, you most likely think about a US studio.  In fact, a lot of animation is made in other countries and there are a lot of fantastic studios overseas.  Whitney had the luck to interview with Richard Thomas of One Animation, a Singapore studio, and discuss new animation projects, like in Asia, and what they love about animation.   Show Notes One Animation is based in Singapore and is six years old.  Richard is their creative director. One Animation is more known for Rob

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Hello and welcome to third episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews.  Whitney decides to interview a special part of the animation industry with her special guest Britni Brault, a talented and prominent paper artist.  Britni has created paper sculptures for the Walt Disney Company and it’s possible you have seen some of her work at the parks.  She also makes pieces for other studios and clients.  Britni and Whitney discuss everything from what a paper sculpture is to copyright laws. Show Notes Britni details her background as a wife, mom, and a professional, freelance paper artist. Britni

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Hello and welcome to the second episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvouz for animation interviews.  This episode features the animation jack-of-all-trades Scott Christian Sava, who is currently writing and directing the brand new animated feature film Animal Crackers.  Scott is known for his animated work for such studios as Cartoon Network, Disney, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Universal, Lucas Film, and more.   He’s also written the excellent webcomic The Dreamland Chronicles.  In episode two, Whitney and Scott talk about his career Show Notes Whitney gets some housekeeping out of the way: check out the new Toon-In Talk Website and feel free to

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