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

Morgan and Chelsea stumble their way into a test screening of DisneyToon Studio's upcoming film Planes. Join them as they talk about their thoughts, impressions, likes and dislikes--spoiler free, as always! Highlights: ■ Impression: it was actually pretty good. ■ Originally direct-to-video. ■ Favorite characters: El Chupacabra, Roper. ■ Lots of planes jokes, fun, and humor. ■ Basically the same story as Cars, but still fresh. ■ What’s the deal with racing? Would have liked to see navy fighter pilots or stunt planes. ■ Music: Chelsea’s theme song, songs are awesome, 80s throwback movie reference. ■ Disney crew in the audience, the “control panel”. ■ Mature humor is appreciated, Top Gun reference. ■ This movie is going to be a hit: August release, merchandise. ■ Turkeys (Free Birds) rant. ■ We rate it! Runtime: 25:38, 15.4 MB Where to Find Us: ■ Find us on the web: therotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, hypable & Animated Views ■ Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog, Twitter ■ Chelsea Robson: F

The Rotoscopers are excited to bring on their first official guest host (sorry, Steven)...William Jardine from A113Animation.com! Join in for a rip-roaring discussion of Pixar's first sequel Toy Story 2. Highlights: ■ What Have You Been Watching (WHYBW) - Animation Edition: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (Does that count as animation?), Rio, Hotel Transylvania. ■ Talking about The Oscars 2013: Winners and nominees. ■ Catch and Fire with William! We ask the hard questions. ■ News: Upon which book will Tintin 2 be based?, new Mickey Mouse shorts, Rumplestilkskin (The Name Game) animated film by Disney? ■ Nerdy Couch Discussion: Pixar sequels. ■ Beyond the trailer, Toy Story 3 filled with holocaust references? ■ Cars 2: the good and the bad. ■ Main Discussion: Toy Story 2 ■ A little perspective: other 1999 animated films ■ First thoughts: Happy meal toys, seen 60+ times, fear of growing up. ■ From direct-to-video to theatrical sequel, development woes. ■ Original plot: no Jesse, really pushing the Senorita Cactus characte

Morgan and Chelsea are flying solo as they talk about fast-paced, adventure film, The Adventures of Tintin. Join these Tintin newbies as they learn about and dive into the world of Tintin. Highlights: ■ New writers on the website, partnership with Animated Views, Anna and Elsa to join the official Disney princess lineup, Cars 3 and the Disney Shareholder meeting. ■ History of The Adventures of Tintin and the Author/creator Hergé (excuse our pronunciation). ■ Find the cartoons on Netflix! Get a free trial HERE. ■ Main Discussion: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson. ■ Mind boggling photo-real animation (motion capture) from the start. ■ Belgium/At sea: introduced to Pickpocket side story, introduced to Captain Haddock (Oh dear). ■ Haddock’s hallucination in the desert (due to the lack of alcohol). ■ The secret of the Unicorn: Gotta love a good story about pirates and their gold treasure. Never gets old (seriously, it doesn’t). ■ Milanes

You guys asked for it and we delivered! In is our very first listener-request episode, The Rotoscopers review, discuss, dissect, analyze, and goof around with Disney's 1998 film Mulan. Highlights: ■ Feeling gypped by Disney’s Netflix offering. ■ Nerdy Couch Discussion: Disney Princess 2013 redesigns  ■ Mulan with blue eyes?!, Whitewashing the Princesses, Disney redesigns over the years, crazy curls, plastic surgery. ■ Main Discussion: Disney’s Mulan. ■ Basic info, what are the directors doing now?, “This movie’s awesome!”  ■ Animation laws of the universe: Thou shalt make a crappy DVD cover. ■ Animation style and design is very modern, yet true to Asian aesthetics. ■ Act 1: cool intro, big fan of Shan Yu, Mulan = typical Disney oddball, how do you get the matchmaker job?, hair cutting scene music.  ■ Act 2: Pokémon style guardian battle, what happened to the great stone dragon?, Mushu = facilitator, no villain song, Shang just wants to impress his dad, “I’ll Make A Man Out of You” is Mulan’s transformation so

It's the one-year anniversary episode of the podcast! Join Chelsea, Morgan and Mason as they take a walk down memory lane as their discuss the Disney Renaissance and its first classic film, The Little Mermaid. Highlights: ■ News: fake Frozen posters, DreamWorks pushes Mr. Peabody and Sherman release date and massive staff cuts, LAIKA’s new feature The Boxtrolls ■ Nerdy Couch Discussion: Waking Sleeping Beauty and the Disney Renaissance (1989-1999). ■ Morgan gives a brief history on the Disney Renaissance. ■ Favorite movies from the era, the better part of the era (1989-1994), the second half of the era (1995-1999). ■ Would animation be the same if there wasn’t a Disney Renaissance? ■ Main discussion: The Little Mermaid ■ Howard Ashman key to its success, first film to use the CAPS system. ■ The real Hans Christian Anderson story of The Little Mermaid. ■ First thoughts and recollections: VHS, animation masterpiece, The Little Mermaid pool effect, ■ The beginning: prologue song, the seahorse, the sisters have

The Rotoscopers kick off the new year with an old Disney classic, A Goofy Movie!  Highlights: ■ News: Disney Infinity Video Game, The Rotoscopers YouTube channel, Mason’s big news ■ Where’s Mason been? ■ Main discussion: A Goofy Movie ■ Goof 101: What is a Goof? ■ One word to describe this film: 90s! ■ Chelsea’s very first DVD and iTunes album purchase ■ One of the best Disney soundtracks ever? ■ Goofy: voiced by our very own Bill Farmer ■ Max: voiced by Jason Marsden aka “that one guy from that one show” ■ Pete: voiced by Jim Cummings aka “THE voice actor from the 90s” ■ Roxanne: the world’s most awesome 90s shorts ■ PJ: voiced by Bob Paulson; Stacy’s a fast talker; Robert “Bobby” Zimeruski; Lester ■ Favorite scenes: opening dream, school assembly, live-action “After Today” ■ Max blew his chance with the hot girl ■ Is Max’s lie worse than Aladdin’s? ■ Lake Destiny, ID is actually Lake Destiny, GA! ■ “On the Open Road”: the original “Trashing the Camp,” undead guy, random nuns ■ Lester’s Possum Park: County B

It's been nearly one year since the Rotoscopers got together for their first episode. This episode takes a look back at the best moments of the Animation Addicts Podcast in 2012! Highlights: ■ News: Top 10 animated films of 2012 (domestic gross) ■ Main discussion: Best of 2012! ■ Joys of learning how to podcast, bloopers of intros ■ And...action! Ok, who starts? ■ Getting to know each other ■ Multi-tasking while podcasting ■ Themes: voice actors and tangents ■ The variety of special guests and hosts ■ Lots and lots of mail bag! Runtime: 1:37:15, 46.8 MB Where to Find Us: ■ Find us on the web: therotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, hypable & Animated Views ■ Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog, Twitter ■ Chelsea Robson: Facebook, Twitter ■ Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram ■ Visit our sponsors: Netflix, Audible, Amazon ■ Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at therotoscopers@gmail.com ■ Send us a voicemail at therotoscopers.com/voicemail Learn more about your ad choices. Visi

The gang is back together discussing DreamWorks Animation's first traditionally animated film The Prince of Egypt. Highlights: ■ Nickoledeon launching Ninja Turtles cartoon series reboot, new untitled Pixar project, Disney reveals official Frozen logo  ■ Main discussion: The Prince of Egypt ■ Who is Jeffrey Katzenberg? ■ Awards: From the Oscars to the Grammy’s where did it fall? Nashville version of the undtrack ■ Box office results: was it a success? ■ A bible story? Bold move for DreamWorks! Topped with an all-star voice cast! ■ Characters, world design, animation ■ Beginning: "Deliver Us", chariot race, meeting Pharaoh, hieroglyphics,  ■ Time in Midian: "Through Heaven's Eyes", the burning bush ■ Haboob! Moses walked to Arizona ■ Back in Egypt: what's the best slave job?, Mason thinks "Playing with the Big Boys" is horrible, the destroying angel, passover ■ "There Can Be Miracles" = fake ending?, the Red Sea ■ We rate it! ■ Bloopers and Chelsea's shameless plug Runtime: 1:14:04, 35.6 MB Where to Find Us: ■

We get the chance to interview Frankie Franco III (also known as Frak). Frak is a production assistant atDreamWorks Animation SKG whose first project was Rise of the Guardians. In this interview, he talks about what it's like working at DreamWorks, his job and his thoughts on the film. Runtime: 0:40:28, 19.5 MB Where to Find Us: ■ Find us on the web: therotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, hypable & Animated Views ■ Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog, Twitter ■ Chelsea Robson: Facebook, Twitter ■ Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram ■ Visit our sponsors: Netflix, Audible, Amazon ■ Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at therotoscopers@gmail.com ■ Send us a voicemail at therotoscopers.com/voicemail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is dedicated to the wonderful world of video games! The Rotoscopers talk about this week's animation news, discuss their favorite video games before heading into a lengthy discussion about Disney's 52nd animated featureWreck-It Ralph! Highlights: ■ Go to www.therotoscopers.com/voicemail to leave a message for our Best of 2012 Show! ■ News: Disney Buys Lucasfilm, Disney's Wreck-It Ralphopening weekend numbers ■ Nerdy Couch Discussion: What were/are your top 5 video games growing up/today and why? ■ Paperman: everything they said it was going to be ■ Main Discussion: Wreck-it Ralph ■ Audience reactions and hype ■ What makes Wreck-It Ralph so much more successful than other video game-to-cartoon franchises?  ■ Animation: Felix’s movements are quick and spry, what stuck out most? What did they change from the test screening? ■ The many worlds of Wreck-it Ralph: Fix-It Felix Jr., Game Central Station, Hero's Duty, Sugar Rush ■ Ralph: John C. Reilly Inspired by Donkey Kong -Chelsea was right ■ Vanellop

In this episode, Wreck-it Ralph’s Animation Supervisor--Renato Dos Anjos--talks about his life and work at Disney Animation Studios. Highlights ■ About Renato: originally from São Paulo, Brazil and wanted to be in comic books ■ Started with Disney--it’s all about who you know ■ How did he get involved in the Wreck-It Ralph project? ■ Relationship with the director, Rich Moore ■ How Disney fills positions within the company  ■ Working with Art Director, Mike Gabriel  ■ Did Episode 10 really go through the whole animation department? YES! ...but did they like it? ■ Test screenings: The rush before and after ■ Technical achievements: how they educated the crew, glided between worlds and all the CGI challenges ■ Always go the extra mile because these movies change you ■ Award for largest cast: new friends and iconic Characters ■ Disney’s plan for staying on top: Goal #1 - Support the creative spirit. Be open, help the community, and get rid of egos. ■ Favorite scenes/work in Wreck-It Ralph? Rich Moore, animation

This is Halloween! The Rotoscoper gang discussese Disney's cult classic Halloween-Christmas film, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Highlights: ■ The Thunder Tube! ■ News: New Disney and Pixar release dates (Phineas & Ferb, Ron & Jon 2D animated film, Untitled Pixar Film), viral website for Monsters University, The Swan Princess Christmas ■ Remember to send in your submissions for the Best of 2012 Show! ■ New game segment: Wizard’s Duel! ■ Main Discussion: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas ■ Misconceptions: Tim Burton did not direct this film; Henry Selick did!  ■ Touchstone release, do you consider it a Disney film? ■ Hardcore Nightmare Before Christmas fans ■ Design & animation: popup book aesthetic, spindly characters ■ The beginning: starts with a rythme, not “scare-the-pants-off-of-you” scary, “This is Halloween”, fangirl witches, muppets cameo? ■ Jack Skellington: iconic Burton character, naive, eccentric genius, James and the Giant Peach cameo ■ Danny Elfman: the film's composer and singing voi

Morgan and Chelsea have the incredible opportunity to interview legendary voice actor, Bill Farmer. Bill is most notably known for being the voice of Goofy for the past 25 years, but he also has voiced numerous other famous cartoon characters such as Horace Horsecollar, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn, Slyvester the Cat and lots of other crazy voices along the way. Highlights: ■ What has Bill been up to recently? ■ All about Goofy’s yell ■ Other voices he has done: Horace Horscollar, Pluto, Foghorn, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, Bugs, Daffy, Robot Chicken, Sam & Max Hit the Road & lots of incidental voices ■ The day in the life of Bill Farmer ■ Working with other voice actors or solo? ■ Favorite recording experiences ■ How grueling is voice acting on one's voice? ■ His thoughts on replacing voice actors ■ What advice does he have for future voice actors? ■ Does he ever get star struck? ■ Restrictions on using the Goofy voice ■ What was his first recording gig like? ■ Goof Troop and A Goofy Movie memories ■ What would he lik

The Rotoscopers kick off their spooky animated film month (aka October) by tackling Laika's Coraline.  Highlights: ■ News: 13th International Computer Graphics Conference in Turin, Italy; Help us Plan our #Bestof2012 show! ■ New segment: "Catch and Fire" with Mason, “Rotoscopers make you choose!” ■ Audible.com: Audio book synopsis ■ Main discussion: Coraline ■ Studio Spotlight: Laika vs. Laika House ■ “From the makers of Nightmare Before Christmas...” = False advertising? ■ Not going to be fun and happy the whole time ■ Michigan water witch; what’s with the well?; Chelsea has dowse doubts ■ Characters: Dakota Fanning is “one of the gems or our generation” ■ Be careful what you name your children ■ Why Wybie? Should we like him? Morgan’s "Real-life Wybie" ■ The real parents vs. the "Other Parents" (aka the animated versionStepford Wives) ■ How Laika does amazing stop motion. “Captivating” ■ First impressions: genuinely creepy; parents beware!; not for kids ■ Major difference between the real life and the ‘othe

The Rotoscopers interview the legendary animator and director, Don Bluth! Don shares his love for acting, theatre and--of course--animation in this intimate conversation conducted in his living room. He also starts off by announcing some big news for the show! Highlights: ■ Is this the right podcast? ■ Not your typical Interview. Don interviews Mason! ■ Animation: a two-pronged performing art ■ How does acting help in animation? ■ Casting on the Wizard of Oz. Why is Don doing theatre? ■ Characters of Secret of NIMH ■ Why Don liked Pixar's Up ■ Why Don doesn't think the world needs more movies ■ What characters have been his favorite/most dynamic over the years?  ■ What is the bigger picture of animation? ■ Pinocchio: "Everything comes in. Nothing goes out"  ■ How did Don help animators "see past the paper"? ■ Turner Classic Movies vs. Reality TV ■ Why doesn't Don rewatch his own films? ■ Orchestration of color ■ The darker side of the Disney Studio  ■ Don on animals characters and live-action reference ■ Disn

The gang is finally back for a classic Rotoscopers episode with their review of Disney’s Aladdin! Also join in for the animation news and a discussion on the impact of celebrity voice actors. Highlights: ■ News: The Minions spin-off film, Partysaurus Rex short, Finding Nemo 2 officially announced ■ Mini Nerdy Couch Discussion: Do we really need a Finding Nemosequel? Is Pixar coping out? ■ Real Nerdy Couch Discussion: Professional voice actors vs. celebrities? Do celebrity voices really add to an animated film?  ■ Voice acting is like a seasoning--it should enhance the film, not take away ■ How Aladdin & Robin Williams was a pivotal moment for celebrity voice actors ■ What characters were you surprised when you realized who did their voice? ■ Morgan & Chelsea’s experience meeting the film’s directors John Musker & Ron Clements ■ The movie really takes off once the Genie appears ■ Every single scene has either a great quote or great gag ■ Chock full of awesome characters “that have grinded their way to Disney i

Morgan and Chelsea talk to LAIKA animator, David Vandervoort. In this interview, they discuss his career as a "self-made animator", his experience at LAIKA, ParaNorman and all things animation.  Highlights: ■ Interview: David Vandervoort ■ Rapid Fire Q&A ■ His path as a “self-made animator” ■ What are his ultimate career goals ■ How does one make the jump into stop-motion animation? ■ What’s the difference in approaching animated CGI, 2D and stop-motion? ■ His work on ParaNorman: 2D faces and story ■ David’s favorite scenes from the movie ■ How did they accomplish the ghosts? ■ ParaNorman contest to win ParaNorman gear ■ Mail bag: Luis Escobar, late-night animation marathons, Anastasia/Tangled similarities, Frankie Franco III Runtime: 0:40:08, 19.4 MB Where to Find Us: ■ Find us on the web: therotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, hypable & Animated Views ■ Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog, Twitter ■ Chelsea Robson: Facebook, Twitter ■ Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram ■ Visit our sponso

Morgan and Chelsea talk about their experience at D23's Destination D: 75 Years of Disney Feature Animation. If you love Disney animation, you won't want to miss this! Highlights: ■ Morgan and Chelsea won tickets to Destination D! It's fate! ■ Brief news: Chelsea's thoughts on ParaNorman and Brenda Chapman leaves Pixar ■ Interview: Kameron Nabal, who works at Entertainment Deployment at Disneyland and California Adventure ■ How Morgan, Chelsea and Kameron first met; "Tag me on facebook!" ■ Kameron talks about the Buena Vista Street and new Cars Land at California Adventure ■ What it's like working at Disneyland ■ How do the animated characters live on through the parks ■ Main Discusion: D23's Destination D: 75 Years of Disney Feature Animation ■ Overall thoughts & first impressions ■ Day 1: The Golden Age and 2nd Golden Age panels, Roy E. Disney and how he saved Disney animation, never before seen animation, Walt & El Grupo ■ Sneak Peaks: Wreck-It Ralph, Paperman and Frozen. ■ Concert with Dick Van Dyke and t

Morgan and Mason interview Chris Horne, a technical director at Pixar! They talk about Chris’s journey to Pixar; his work on Brave, Finding Nemo 3D and other films; and his advice for aspiring animation students. Highlights: ■ Thoughts on the hilarious stop-motion shorts, Creature Comforts ■ Interview: Pixar’s Chris Horne ■ Chris’s background: how he got interested in animation, Pixar, the college years ■ What’s the process of getting hired by a big studio like Pixar?  ■ Chris on being a Pixar fanboy working for Pixar. ■ About the lighting, rendering and Lightspeed departments ■ What do the lighting and rendering departments actually do? ■ Chris talks about crazy and hilarious software glitches, bloopers and malfunctions! ■ New animation software: Presto ■ Lighting an animated shot: balancing realism vs. cartoony ■ What part of Brave he worked on: the hardest scene Pixar’s ever done, cake cauldron scene,  ■ Hair simulation ■ Every character has its own posse of lights ■ How big is the team that worked on the

The Rotoscopers jump into the world of Japanese animation by reviewing their first ever anime: Studio Ghibli's fantasy-adventure film Spirited Away. Mason also introduces a new super duper anime trivia game and tries to stump Morgan and Chelsea. So join the Rotoscopers for all the news and laughs in the (Japanese) animated world! Highlights: ■ The Rotoscopers: The Band! ■ News: Epic trailer is epic, DreamWorks theme park, Penguins of Madagascar movie, Kung Fu Panda 3; get more news at our websiteand hypable.com ■ Mason discusses anime music and theme songs ■ New Game! 'Super Awesome Fun Time Anime Synopsis Game Deluxe Bean Burrito Game!' Mason reads a description of an anime and Morgan and Chelsea have to guess if it’s a real show or made up ■ Main discussion: Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away ■ Animes are like awkward conversations: you just can’t jump into them ■ Spirited Away is awesome because it stands out visually from other traditional animes ■ Characteristics of animes that deter Western viewers ■ Though