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DreamWorks’ BOSS BABY trailer, When to Not Take a Job for Moral Reasons, and Disney might buy Netflix – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #159

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:32:26 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! The “Boss Baby” teaser trailer dropped this week and we talk about that which is immediately followed by a question about whether or not to take a freelance job if it conflicts with your ethics… so you know, a normal RubberOnion Animation Podcast transition. We also cover the rumors that Disney might buy Netflix among other things – which really, my mind is on next week’s live show, Freelance Horror Stories 3, and a special episode which will drop on Patreon so enjoy this one before the awesomeness that is next week leading to Halloween!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(6:24) How You Doin?

(6:36) Simpsons’ 600th Episode

(11:54) 3 Year Anniversary / Halloween Celebration week

(18:52) Trailer Talk

(19:09) BOSS BABY teaser trailer

(30:45) Ax by Fax (Audience Question): “Is it easy to turn down a job when the product is something that you’re against? For example would you take a freelancing job for a Tobacco company if no one would know you did it?” ~Jeff Cook

(45:58) Animation News of the Week…

(46:30) Disney moving to buy Netflix

(52:13) Bento Box Forms Kids Division for “Sutikki” with Andrew Davenport

(55:05) Japanese Artist, TAQRO, Builds Custom Cintiq-Embedded Desk

(1:11:45) Rapid Fire!!!

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私のDIY力みて…… pic.twitter.com/PoHmqN5gwn

— TAQRO®ｺﾐﾃｨｱC01b (@taqqqro) October 7, 2016

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The Red Turtle trailer, Nerdland gets a distributor, and Pixar has a new short – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #157

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:05:51 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! We’re back to normal (well as ‘normal’ as we get) on this episode of the podcast where we talk about “The Red Turtle” trailer, Nerdland getting picked up for distribution, and hypothesize on what Pixar’s new short “Lou” could be about. We also bring back the Slow Burn segment to discuss the possibility that creators may have more control over their own shows on networks than we previously thought. Enjoy!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(8:16) How You Doin?

(15:47) Trailer Talk

(16:03) The Red Turtle

(38:20) Animation News of the Week…

(39:03) New Pixar short announced: Lou

(49:50) Nerdland gets picked up for distribution

(57:28) Slow Burn: “Regular Show, Adventuretime, Gumball, and Archer all announced they’ll be ending past their current or next season, all within a week or so from each other. The odd part is that they all claim to be ending “under the creators’ wishes” instead of from network interference.” (asked by Andrew Kaiko)

(1:11:45) Rapid Fire!

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LAIKA Animation, Direction, and its CEO Travis Knight, The Tick on Amazon Prime, and 60s Batman Animated Film – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #148

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 19:21:19 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! In this week’s unedited episode we talk about what LAIKA means for animation, Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newman (sp?! I know it’s Newmar, it’ll make sense in the show) coming back to Batman, The Tick and Rocko’s Modern Life are coming back to TV and more. But we start the whole thing off with a discussion about Rick & Morty and why Stephen doesn’t get it.

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Topics & Timestamps:

(13:50) Discussion about “Rick and Morty”

(36:54) Animation News…

(39:06) LAIKA’s animation and direction by CEO Travis Knight

(1:00:32) Rocko’s Modern Life getting hour-long TV special

(1:06:19) The Tick is back on Amazon Prime Video

(1:10:30) Animation featured at the Rio Summer Olympics 2016

(1:15:00) Animated trailer for “Nelbert” book by Shiyoon Kim

(1:29:33) “Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders”

Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6xvuhn7pc8

https://youtu.be/2uTCL_hcUyk

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Animators Uncredited on “Sausage Party,” ARC Productions bought by Jam Filled, Curious George Documentary – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #147

Stephen Brooks — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:11:34 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! We have two interviews, a discussion about the uncredited animator pushback on “Sausage Party” and one epic story. Enjoy this show, you won’t be forgetting it anytime soon… I know I won’t

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Topics & Timestamps:

(5:56) “The Bushwick Story” AKA “The Drunkest Sh*t I Ever Saw”

(39:19) Animation News…

(40:28) Uncredited Animators pushback against “Sausage Party”

(1:01:02) Interview with ARC Productions employee Justin Goran about what happened surrounding the bankruptsy fallout

(1:35:41) Creator Spotlight: Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Jacob Kafka about their Curious George Kickstarter

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#RubberOnionBattle Talk July 2016 – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #146

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 19:53:00 +0000

This week we we have another full BATTLE TALK episode based on July’s #RubberOnionBattle! Don’t forget to vote for your favorite and submit your cartoon for August’s Battle (topic is “Exciting Trailers for Boring Subjects”).

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Topics & Timestamps:

(14:56) James T Nethery

(20:28) Xenia Bougaevsky

(29:10) Waymond Singleton

(35:18) DeAndre Reid

(41:50) Elizabeth Honer

(50:58) Rob L

(57:13) Spencer Holmes

(1:06:16) Greg Pugh

(1:11:43) Hugh Triggs Jr

(1:21:43) Eric Polley

(1:28:06) Josie Smith

(1:42:23) Dave Hingley

(1:49:45) Chris Rodriguez

(1:54:32) Jason Zayas

(1:58:08) Rob Yulfo

(2:06:10) Stephen Brooks

Media Referenced During this Episode:

Hey Look what I got! Thanks #rubberonionbattle #animationblockparty #rubberonion #robyulfo #handshakefail

A photo posted by Jason Zayas (@the_turnstylist) on Aug 10, 2016 at 7:37pm PDT

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RubberOnion Interviews Robert Valley: “Pear Cider & Cigarettes” Indie Animated Film, animating in Photoshop, and the importance of editing and music – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #145

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:29 +0000

INTERVIEW! This week we talk with illustrator and animator Robert Valley who just released an amazing Indie Animated Film “Pear Cider and Cigarettes” on Vimeo. We discussed the Kickstarter back in episode 109 and in it we said that we’d love to get him on the show… fast forward 6 months TO THE DAY (that episode was released Feb 10th and this is August 10th) and here he is! We talk the impact of music, the importance of editing, animating in photoshop, superhero oversaturation, using Kickstarter, loops, black frames, creaking doors, and coughing into your mouth (it’ll make sense).

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Topics & Timestamps:

(3:21) Music

(8:08) Voiceover

(13:00) Robert’s influences and history

(19:26) DC Nation Wonder Woman short

(25:32) Tone

(30:44) Addiction and repetitive themes

(39:28) Animating in Photoshop

(45:33) Editing

(51:39) Perspective Drawing

(57:00) Audience Questions…

(57:13) Chris Guido: “So awesome! Big fan of Valley’s stylistic approach to his projects. I guess my question is where does he draw inspiration from? Any particular artists or works that drive his own style?”

(1:02:56) Jamil Lahham #1: ” I would like to hear about the dynamics of working with Passion Pictures. What was the relationship like? consulting? production? collaboration?”

(1:08:23) Jamil Lahham #2: “As a first time Kickstarter user I would like to hear a little about his experience with crowd funding, and any pointers for indie animation filmmakers who are considering it would be great.”

(1:18:25) Techno’s parents & friends reception and message from a fan

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Animation at SDCC, New TMNT Cartoon from Jhonen Vasquez, Fan-O-Rama, and more! – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #143

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 19:48:44 +0000

SEGMENT SHOW! This week we talk all sorts of news from last weekend’s SDCC and beyond

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Topics & Timestamps:

(7:07) How You Doin’?

(15:26) Don vs Raph by Jhonen Vasquez

(31:51) Turtles Take Time (and Space)’ by Brandon Auman

(45:37) Ben 10 reboot clip

(48:07) Hey Arnold character designs

(54:28) Pixar will stop making sequels

(1:15:51) New Ducktales teaser art and information

(1:22:20) Japanese trailer for Moana

(1:33:00) Fan-O-Rama

(1:46:29) New Woody Woodpecker hybrid film

(1:54:46) New Pepe Le Pew film written by Max Landis

Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljik3zsGNF4

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Interview with Joel Furtado about what happened to the X-Men Danger Room Protocols fan series – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #140

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:00:57 +0000

INTERVIEW! This week we talk with animator Joel Furtado who most recently created the “X-Men: Danger Room Protocols” animated series which was unceremoniously pulled from YouTube, Vimeo and other destinations due to Marvel copyright claims. We discussed that situation back in episode 109 and now we get to discuss it all with the man himself. He was very open about it and it led into very interesting discussion about fanart vs parody (which we touched on before), the technical aspects of creating CGI Pixel Animation, working in the video game industry and the state of western Canadian animation work.

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Topics & Timestamps:

(3:08) Talking “X-Men: Age of Apocalypse”

(8:12) Joel’s background

(9:52) “X-Men: Danger Room Protocols” situation recap

(14:11) The problematic “Star Trek: Axanar” comparison

(22:42) Animation Techniques behind Danger Room Protocols

(30:25) What can be learned from this?

(39:59) About Fan Art

(45:39) Parody and its extra protection

(50:46) Original Work and an Audience Question from Lamont Wayne

(54:57) Virtual Reality

(56:55) Western Canadian animation scene

(1:05:53) Game Animation

Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXx0pk9EthI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNgtIrSHack

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Brexit on Animation Production and Paul “Otaking” Johnson interview – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #139

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:31:49 +0000

SEGMENT SHOW! This week the world was talking about the “Brexit,” so we talk with Steve Henderson of Skwigly about what possible impact it could have on animation production. We have a creator spotlight interview with Paul “Otaking” Johnson who did that excellent TIE Fighter fanimation. There’s an audience question which might have spawned a brand new segment and of course Rapid Fire!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(5:10) How You Doin’?

(9:05) Next week’s episode is…

(11:15) Creator Spotlight: Paul “Otaking” Johnson

(1:00:32) Conversation with Steve Henderson of Skwigly: “What impact might the Brexit have on animation production?”

(1:34:36) Audience Question: “What tricks could you give a newbie who’s in the market looking for purchasing or subscribing to a animation software?” ~Ronald Chaparro

(1:42:17) Rapid Fire!!!!!!

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Movie Review of “TMNT: Out of the Shadows” (2016) from the RubberOnion Animation Podcast #136

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:06:32 +0000

MOVIE REVIEW! Back in 2014 we did a full review and side-by-side comparison of TMNT (2014) with TMNT (1990)… now we’re taking on the modern sequel “TMNT: Out of the Shadows” (2016). We discuss the sequel in the original TMNT trilogy, “Secret of the Ooze” and compare it with this modern sequel. Does it hold up? What does Stephen think about how the Turtles were treated? What happened to April O’Neil? Did Bebop & Rocksteady fit the tone? Was Krang really necessary? Listen to find out what we think!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(4:06) Reminiscing about Secret of the Ooze

(16:24) Why “spoilers” don’t matter for this movie at all

(18:31) Recap of complaints from TMNT 2014

(23:53) Starting our review of TMNT2 2016 with… April O’Neil & the “human” problem

(32:33) The Opening Sequence: “rooftop tag”

(40:45) Character Introduction Rate

(41:21) Shredder & Karai are completely different actors than in the 2014 movie

(43:04) Casey Jones

(44:38) PG-13… necessary?

(46:04) Krang

(48:14) Splinter

(50:54) So… did you like it?!

(58:23) Stephen’s best and worst moments

(1:05:21) That plane sequence

(1:08:58) Bebop & Rocksteady

(1:20:20) Krang (again)

(1:21:48) Turtles & Casey Jones moments

(1:26:51) Designs & overall tone

(1:42:58) Final Thoughts: is the premise just too dumb?

Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://rubberonion.tumblr.com/post/144675728211/hey-everyone-stephen-rubberonion-here-i

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Nintendo movies, TMNT 2 (2016) final trailer talk, Warcraft Mo-Cap method, and Paul Johnson’s R-Type Animated Short– RubberOnion Animation Podcast #134

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 25 May 2016 14:13:49 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! Nintendo announced that they’re finally getting into the film-making business, the animators on the “Warcraft” movie were told not to change anything about the mo-cap performance, and Paul Johnson (otaking) is back with another awesome fanimation!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(7:19) “How You Doin”

(8:59) Shoutout to Greg Pugh for making a book promo GIF (below) for Stephen

(11:19) Shoutout to Exit 73 Studios for Boltron Ultimate

(12:30) RIP Darwyn Cooke

(13:50) RIP Alan Young

(15:49) Trailer Talk…

(15:49) “TMNT: Out of the Shadows” final trailer (comparison with the first)

(28:46) Animation News of the Week…

(29:54) Paul ‘Otaking Johnson fanimation for R-Type

(39:31) Nintendo officially moving into the movie making business

(56:43) Animators were instructed to not change a bit of the performance capture footage in WARCRAFT

(1:16:26) Rapid Fire!!!!

Media Referenced During this Episode:

Thanks to Greg Pugh for this awesome promo GIF for my book!

“Chubby Dumpling” moment at 1:20 of the video below
*very very minor “Captain America: Civil War” spoiler in the video before the “chubby dumpling moment*

https://rubberonion.tumblr.com/post/144675728211/hey-everyone-stephen-rubberonion-here-i

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Dreamworks’ TROLLS and VOLTRON clips, “Son of Zorn” hybrid TV-show, and Amazon Video Direct – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #132

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 18 May 2016 14:50:19 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! We got clips, we got news stories, we got skits, we got jokes… plenty to enjoy! There’s a new clip for Dreamworks’ TROLL movie – does it hold up? How about the full trailer for VOLTRON – is it what we wanted? There’s a new TV-series from Lord & Miller called “Son of Zorn,” Amazon gets into the user streamed video with Amazon Video Direct, and Disney will lay off up to 300 employees when they close down Disney Infinity production. There were more stories and trailers and we address those in the listener submitted Rapid Fire segment!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(7:10) “How You Doin”

(7:10) Stephen saw “Captain America: Civil War”

(21:34) Trailer Talk…

(22:42) Clip from DreamWorks’ TROLLS movie

(37:15) Official Trailer | DREAMWORKS VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER

(48:38) Animation News of the Week…

(49:17) First look at Jason Sudeikis’ live-action/animated comedy SON OF ZORN

(1:00:38) Amazon Offers Animators A New Way to Make Money from Online Video

(1:11:47) Disney Shuts Down Infinity, Will Lay Off Up To 300 Employees

(1:25:32) Rapid Fire!!!!!!!

Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://youtu.be/1dF3mDv7s1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPnlQTi8heM

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Comcast buys Dreamworks Animation for $3.8bil, Eric Goldberg’s couch gag, and talking #RubberOnionBattle for April 2016 – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #132

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 11 May 2016 14:20:53 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! This week we also have a ‘special’ feature being that this episode is mostly UNEDITED; I mean I put in music and stuff but awkward pauses?… totally intact. We talk about studios skipping Comic-Con, Eric Goldberg’s awesome couch gag for “The Simpsons” and of course the fact that Comcast just bought Dreamworks Animation for $3.8bil! Taylor Armstrong, festival manager for Animation Block Party in Brooklyn, comes on to remind you all to submit your films to their awesome event, we talk about ALL your RubberOnionBattle submissions for April and cap it all off with your favorite segment… Rapid Fire! Enjoy the show!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(5:11) “How You Doin”

(8:48) Rob’s Mothers Day short

(13:46) ‘Game of Thrones’ first fart joke

(19:04) Animation News of the Week…

(20:00) Marvel, Sony and Paramount All Skipping Comic-Con

(27:07) The Simpsons Couch Gag By Eric Goldberg

(40:35) Comcast buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8 billion deal

(53:26) Taylor Armstrong reminds you to submit to Animation Block Party

(1:04:52) Battle Talk: April’s #RubberOnionBattle

(2:01:44) Rapid Fire!!!!!!!

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https://youtu.be/9qcY2ERwmaU

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Live-Action VS Animation and what is Performance Capture, a discussion between two animators – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #131

Stephen Brooks — Sun, 08 May 2016 10:27:17 +0000

HOT-COCOA SHOW! While Jon Favreau’s “The Jungle Book” is wowing audiences it’s also kicked up a conversation about the role of Motion Capture in movies and if it should be considered Live-Action or Animation. We’ve talked about mo-cap on the podcast but this time I decided to do my research on the path that the technology has taken over the years and how it relates to the distinction in what the final product is called and broke it all down the way only we do on the RubberOnion Animation Podcast! I’d love to hear your thoughts (preferably after you listen to the show haha) in the comments section below. Enjoy the show, and check out the companion blog post on this topic!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(12:20) The “Avatar” Problem

(32:57) Motion Capture vs Rotoscope

(58:03) Possible Step 1: “Does the audience know it’s animation?”

(1:07:10) Possible Step 2: “Is it filmed in camera?”

(1:10:25) Possible Step 3: “Is it replication or refinement?”

(1:20:07) So… what’s the answer?!

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Interview with Adam Phillips: Brackenwood, Disney, working-from-home, and switching to Toon Boom – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #130

Stephen Brooks — Sun, 08 May 2016 10:24:32 +0000

Adam Phillips (@chluaid) talked with us all about creating his amazing Brackenwood series, working at Disney, Bob’s Burgers and switching from Flash to Toon Boom and his book! He opened up about some health issues, education, his views on working from home, experience with popularity on the internet and the ill-fated Kickstarter for the Dashkin game. Check out his Patreon page which is going to help him return to Brackenwood for more films!

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Adam’s Website
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Topics & Timestamps:

(3:22) Inspiration

(5:38) “Chluaid”

(7:58) Disney days

(10:00) Factory accident

(12:37) Talking Lobo

(14:58) Studio vs Freelance

(19:07) Bob’s Burgers

(25:35) Australian animation scene

(27:16) Getting out of the office

(29:46) Heart surgery

(34:24) Dashkin game

(41:53) Adam’s book “Animate to Harmony”

(44:54) Ween music video

(51:34) Patreon

(54:51) Newgrounds

(1:00:34) Bitey

(1:04:05) Audience Questions…

(1:04:21) Mike Boas

(1:09:51) Jesse J Jones

(1:11:48) Christopher Murphy

(1:16:43) Joe Wayne

(1:19:13) Alex Dudley

(1:22:16) Ronald Chaparro

(1:24:06) Timothy Bergeron

(1:31:28) Lamont Wayne

(1:32:31) Nathan Viney

(1:34:16) Kaishu Mannella

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Benedict Cumberbatch to voice The Grinch, Blue Sky settles in wage-fixing suit, and the Astro Boy Reboot gets a poster – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #129

Stephen Brooks — Sun, 08 May 2016 10:21:25 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! Benedict Cumberbatch will tap into his inner Boris Karloff to voice 2017’s animated Grinch film, Blue Sky is the first to settle in the huge animation studio wage-fixing lawsuit, and the Astro Boy Reboot gets a poster… we also talk about Tax Day and the new TMNT movie trailer. You also get a preview of next week’s episode (our interview with Adam Phillips), there’s an audience question AND your favorite segment… Rapid Fire! Enjoy the show!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(4:54) “How You Doin”

(5:00) Talking about Tax Day

(8:14) “TMNT: Out of the Shadows” trailer

(21:15) Animation News of the Week…

(22:03) ‘Astro Boy Reboot’ TV Series Debuts New Poster

(31:29) Benedict Cumberbatch to voice the Grinch in 2017 Animated Film

(39:37) Blue Sky settles in wage-fixing suit

(50:53) Audience Question: “How many jobs do you do a year? How much time do you ‘budget’ in, to work on your own material? How much time for professional development, learning new software, reading the newest animation books, conventions, etc?” ~Timothy Bergeron

(1:03:38) Preview of Next Week’s show: “Adam Phillips Interview”

(1:07:21) Rapid Fire!!!!!!!!

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Meet the #PixarCoco crew: Our fantastic character designer, Daniel Arriaga! @rrr_yaga pic.twitter.com/MTwsGHr3eW

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) April 14, 2016

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The BFG, a Speedy Gonzales movie, and talking #RubberOnionBattle March 2016 – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #128

Stephen Brooks — Sun, 08 May 2016 10:17:42 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! This week we get to talk about the BFG, Roald Dahl’s dirty mind, and a possible new Speedy Gonzales movie! But we really have fun going through all of YOUR awesome animation submissions to March’s #RubberOnionBattle and talking about them!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(3:35) “How You Doin”

(12:10) Animation News of the Week…

(12:48) THE BFG trailer

(22:57) SPEEDY GONZALES movie in the works

(35:37) Battle Talk: March’s #RubberOnionBattle

(1:06:10) Rapid Fire!!!!!!!!

Media Referenced During this Episode:

March 2016’s #RubberOnionBattle

I refer to this picture on this week's episode of the #RubberOnionPodcast… remember it. Story to be told… pic.twitter.com/n0CIKF6buK

— Stephen Brooks (@rubberonion) April 12, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld9GaDKAxhg&feature=youtu.be&a

Here is a poster with screenshots from all 109 of the Fleischer Studios Popeye the Sailor cartoons (with an honorable inclusion of "Lets Sing With Popeye" as a coda)! Enjoy this giant poster tribute to the work of these cartoon geniuses!

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Oil Painted animated film “Loving Vincent,” new Final Fantasy movie, and Andy Kennedy’s experimental short “Slow Wave” – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #127

Stephen Brooks — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 07:01:26 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! Busy + tired = Stephen is grumpy. But you listeners saved me by providing all the stories and topics you wanted covered and we ran through them all (saving some for later episodes as well because they were just so good)! It’s a brisk 1hr episode this time so enjoy!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(6:05) “How You Doin?”

(6:28) Rob’s continuing “Foot Surgery Saga”

(12:21) The fix to Stephen’s OpenToonz crash issue

(16:25) Barefoot Bandits + Cypress Hill

(17:55) TMNT Crossover episode “Trans-dimensional Turtles” talkback

(21:59) Animation News of the Week…

(22:38) Scooby Doo Collab Jam

(26:40) Andy Kennedy’s “Slow Wave”

(29:21) “Nerdland” redband trailer

(38:45) “Loving Vincent” new trailer

(42:16) “Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV” feature film trailer

(46:52) More “Finding Dory” character designs released

(47:58) Rapid Fire!!!!!!!!!

(57:48) February’s #RubberOnionBattle Winner

(58:55) April’s #RubberOnionBattle Topic

(59:38) Shoutout to David Howard’s film fest IndieGoGo campaign for his short film “HEARD”

Media Referenced During this Episode:

Slow Wave from andy kennedy on Vimeo.

Fun "re-edit" of the end of Episode 4 'Perfectly Suited' by our buddies at Rubber Onion Animation…

Posted by The Barefoot Bandits on Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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Free Animation Software OpenToonz, LEGO Batman trailer, and Netflix Voltron – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #126

Stephen Brooks — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:26:57 +0000

SEGMENT EPISODE! There’s so much to talk about this week: OpenToonz was finally released, Adam Phillips returns to Brackenwood with “Last of the Dashkin 2,” we have a Creator Spotlight on Alex Dudley of DToons and we get a cartoon character to give us a shoutout! The news stories this week was mostly trailers so we get to talk about the weird world of Voltron and LEGO saving Batman. Enjoy the show!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(7:03) “How You Doin?”

(16:45) Trailer Talk

(17:33) Netflix/Dreamworks’ Voltron: Legendary Defender

(28:36) LEGO Batman teaser trailer

(38:25) Adam Phillips’ “Last of the Dashkin 2”!!

(44:02) Animation News of the Week…

(44:58) OpenToonz finally released

(56:34) Stop-mo movie about Michael Jackson’s chimpanzee “Bubbles”

(1:03:30) Creator Spotlight: Alex Dudley (DToons)

(1:44:55) Message from Doggy from “Toons These Days”

(1:48:25) Rapid Fire!!!!

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Interview with Tomm Moore, Oscar nominated director of animated films “Secret of Kells” and “Song of the Sea” – RubberOnion Animation Podcast #121

Stephen Brooks — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 19:14:35 +0000

We got to talk to 2-time Oscar nominated director Tomm Moore of Cartoon Saloon about comics, superpowers, animation, tattoos and producing Indie Animated Films! This show has a couple of my favorite stories (Miyazaki smoke-break, TMNT desks, and The Living Shadows) and was all around just a blast of a time recording the show. There’s a lot to learn about the mentality and approach needed to get into the Indie animated filmmaking game and he gives some fun behind-the-scenes tidbits along the way.

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Topics & Timestamps:

(2:23) Talking comics & superpowers

(10:17) The beginnings of Cartoon Saloon

(14:46) Irish animation scene

(21:01) All about ‘style’

(23:17) Tattoo-talk

(25:50) “Secret of Kells” financing

(27:31) Hand-Drawn + Digital production

(32:23) Irish history & folklore

(36:07) “Song of the Sea”

(36:03) Jack-of-all-Trades and which ‘trade’ is preferred

(37:15) International co-production ins-and-outs

(38:19) “The Breadwinner”

(40:15) What the motivation to enter another production is after one finishes

(42:10) Brendan Gleeson

(43:31) “Wolfwalkers”

(46:59) R-Rated animation?

(48:56) Audience Questions…

(49:00) James T. Nethery: “What are some benefits and drawbacks to a fully digital workflow?”

(51:28) Chris Guido: “What aspect of your visual story telling do you value most?”

(51:47) Jacob Krehbiel: “Do you think there is a higher demand for independent films like yours [and] has Hayao Miyazaki seen your work?”

(54:02) Stephen asks about animal sidekicks

(54:37) Alex Dudley: “Eddie and the Realms Eternal was fantastic. Will you shop the show around to Netflix or network TV if Amazon passes on it?”

(55:17) Dionysis Zogaris: “What made you stick with 2D… instead of going more into 3D like everybody else?”

(56:18) Jack Morgan: “Have you had any famous actors and actresses asking for voice roles in your movies after gaining success [and] when will Wolfwalkers be released?”

(57:33) Kaishu Mannella: “What’s your daily routine [and] any places you recommend visiting/favorite spots in Ireland?”

(58:21) Rodney T Masanga: “Beard or no beard?”

(1:00:08) Chris Cookson: “How are you able to make such personal projects without really making any compromises for marketability?”

(1:01:21) Ashley Catherine Fontones: “How do your ideas come to you?”

(1:02:35) Emmett Goodman: “How do you look at yours and Cartoon Saloon’s contributions to animation culture?”

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Secret of Kells

Song of the Sea

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