Articles about animation.
First thing’s first, this isn’t going to be an all out review of the Stakes miniseries. Dylan and I recorded recappy/review podcasts about the whole thing you can listen to. The jist of what happens is that Marceline realizes she […]
Don’t skip the theme song! Oh, the dying art of a catchy theme song (or theme tune or theme music or signature song or whatever you want to call it). It seems like we’re seeing less and less theme songs […]
Now in its 7th season, Adventure Time is an establishment. It has been on the air for five years now, and while quite a long time for a show of its kind, it is only slightly longer than other shows […]
Hi. Adventure Time happened again tonight. I’m going to try a different style. Jumping right in we have our pal Marceline. She’s humming “I’m Just Your Problem”. The song that launched Bubbline into our hearts. Anyway she’s humming it onto […]
So Adventure Time is back for its seventh season. Season 6 got really cerebral. The show turned into a fun, bro dialogue-d romp in a field (obviously it’s more than that but that’s the elevator pitch) to extremely surreal (like, […]
Viewing media in different ways is always an interesting experience, interesting seeing how your opinions differ depending on the way you consume it. I watched RWBY Volume 2 week-to-week last year, and wasn’t sure what to expect going into my […]
As I wait, eagerly anticipating the premiere of RWBY Volume 3 this weekend, I look back on the first two seasons and remember Volume 1 with an almost untouchable reverence. Those were the golden days, when pure exposition of an […]
Well, hopefully you have seen these. But if not they should be at the top of your “to watch” list. None of these are Hayao Miyazaki directed, but each brings a similarly high level of quality. (No spoilers here for […]
It happens time and time again and it’s beyond tiresome at this point. One of the major animation networks pulls a show or changes its time the week that it airs. The most recent victim is Steven Universe, changed from […]
It’s both our tagline here at the Overly Animated Podcast, and a great summary of my view on animated media. Animation in all forms has had trouble gaining legitimacy within critical spheres for some time now. It’s fenced off into […]