It’s probably the most important exercise we’ve ever attempted on the podcast, finding the most cursed animation character! We debate and grade the cursed-ness of these cursed heavyweights: Hooty (The Owl House), Scratch (The Ghost and Molly McGee), Swift Wind (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power), KVN (Final Space), Tikki (Miraculous Ladybug), Lemongrab (Adventure Time), Dave (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts), Woodman (Hilda), Pig Baby (Infinity Train), Glossaryck (Star vs. the Forces of Evil),...
Oct 13, 2021•2 hr 9 min
We go over several relationship archetypes that are frequently discussed and go through examples of notable animation ships that fall under those archetypes. Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, & Beatriz Mourad. Timestamps for the podcast: 0:00 – Introduction 8:30 – Boy Meets Girl: Adrinette, Lumity, Kataang, Troy/Benson, Yuu/Touko 49:00 – Best Friends to Couple: Starco, Korrasami, Connverse, Bumbleby 1:10:15 – Childhood Friends to Couple: Ron/Kim, Moonboon, Glimbow 1:19:00 – Enem...
Feb 10, 2021•2 hr 15 min
We go through all our favorites of the year from 2020 Western TV animation after giving all of our thoughts on the recent Adventure Time Obsidian special, the premiere episodes of Onyx Equinox, Season 1 of the Animaniacs reboot, and Season 3 of Craig of the Creek. Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & April Collins. Timestamps for the podcast: 5:10 – Adventure Time: Distant Lands Obsidian 12:30 – Onyx Equinox Episodes 1 & 2 22:25 – Animaniacs Reboot 33:15 – Craig of the Creek...
Dec 02, 2020•2 hr 16 min
Dylan Hysen, Alex Bonilla, Maddie Potter, & Sarah Dolman share more thoughts on the entire final season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power!
May 17, 2020•1 hr 28 min
Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, Michelle Anderer, & April Collins share their reactions to the final season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power!
May 16, 2020•1 hr 28 min
Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, & Michelle Anderer go frame-by-frame through the trailer for the final season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power! Follow along with the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACsi-7bndYU
May 05, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Happy New Year everyone! After years of moving forward with a similar format, we’re switching things up for the podcast. The headline is: We’re going to stop doing episode recap podcasts, and we’re going to focus on more high-level discussions. The immediate change you’ll see is no episode recap podcasts which will result in less podcasts. However, we’ll still be covering the same shows, the podcast will still generally be similar, we’ll just be structuring our discussions in different ways. We ...
Jan 07, 2020•3 min
Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, Michelle Anderer, & Sarah Potter look back on the good, the bad, and overall trends in the portrayals of queer characters in 2019 animation including in Steven Universe, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, Young Justice: Outsiders, Craig of the Creek, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, gen:LOCK, Arthur, Rocko’s Modern Life, RWBY, BoJack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie, The Dragon Prince, Twelve Forever, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Miracu...
Dec 31, 2019•1 hr 52 min
The results are in for our 2019 OVA-ies TV Animation Awards! After 645 votes cast, the winners in seven categories have been determined. Listen to the attached podcast to hear us announce the winners and analyze the results. Steven Universe was the big winner of the night, taking home four of the seven awards, including the two biggest categories: Best Show and Best Episode. Infinity Train also had a big night with wins for Best New Show and Best Main Character for Tulip. She-Ra and the Princess...
Dec 30, 2019•39 min
Here are the nominees for the 2019 OVA-ies Awards, celebrating the best in television animation from the year. Listen to the nominations announcement podcast accompanying this post and check out the nominations below! Vote for your favorites in 7 categories. Winners are chosen 50% by an open vote, 50% from our internal community of patrons & staff weighed by shows watched. Nominees were chosen internally by our patrons & staff, and you can see the nominations below! Winners will be revea...
Dec 13, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & April Collins recap the 9th Episode of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Season 4, “Hero”.
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Beatriz Mourad, Delaney Stovall, and Steve Zec discuss the seventh and eighth episodes of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power season four, “Mer-Mysteries” and “Boys’ Night Out.”
Dec 06, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Alex Bonilla, Sam Quattro & Michelle Anderer discuss the fifth and sixth episodes of Season 4 of Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power : “Protocol” and “Princess Scorpia”.
Nov 23, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Beatriz Mourad, Alex Bonilla, and Sam Quattro discuss the third and fourth episodes of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, “Flutterina” and “Pulse.”
Nov 19, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Beatriz Mourad, Alex Bonilla, and April Collins discuss the first and second episodes of the fourth season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, “The Coronation” and “The Valley of the Lost.”
Nov 12, 2019•57 min
Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, Michelle Anderer, & Sam Quattro recap and react to all of the huge Season 4 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power!
Nov 08, 2019•1 hr 28 min
Dylan Hysen, April Collins, & Sam Quattro recap Episodes 5 & 6 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Season 3, “Remember” & “The Portal”!
Aug 26, 2019•1 hr 29 min
Beatriz Mourad, April Collins, & Delaney Stovall discuss the third and fourth episodes of She-Ra, “Once Upon a Time in the Waste” and “Moment of Truth.”
Aug 21, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, & Alex Bonilla discuss “The Price of Power” and “Huntara,” the first and second episode of the third season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power .
Aug 14, 2019•1 hr 31 min
Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, Michelle Anderer, Sam Quattro, & April Collins recap and react to the entire Season 3 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power!
Aug 04, 2019•1 hr 40 min
Dylan Hysen & Alex Bonilla bring you all the animation news from this week’s 2019 San Diego Comic-Con!
Jul 21, 2019•34 min
Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, April Collins, & Alex Bonilla recap Episode 7 of Season 2 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, “Reunion”.
May 08, 2019•1 hr 16 min
Alex Bonilla, Michelle Anderer, Beatriz Mourad and Ally Martin discuss episode 6 for Season 2 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power , “Light Spinner”!
May 04, 2019•57 min
Alex Bonilla, Sam Quattro, Delaney Stovall, and Michelle Anderer discuss episode 5 for Season 2 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power , “White Out”!
May 02, 2019•54 min
April Collins, Beatriz Mourad, Alex Bonilla & Sam Quattro discuss episodes 3 and 4 for Season 2 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, “Signals” and “Roll With It”!
Apr 30, 2019•1 hr 16 min
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, April Collins, and Alex Bonilla discuss the first two episodes of Season 2 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, “The Frozen Forest” & “Ties That Bind”.
Apr 28, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, Sam Quattro, & Beatriz Mourad react to and recap the entire 2nd Season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power!
Apr 27, 2019•1 hr 39 min
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and John McKenna speculate over what’s in store for the season two of “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.”
Apr 16, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Beatriz Mourad, Michelle Anderer, and Delaney Stovall discuss the mythology of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’s Season 1.
Mar 01, 2019•57 min
Beatriz Mourad, Sam Quattro, Delaney Stovall, and Michelle Anderer discuss queer representation in the first season of Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
Jan 31, 2019•53 min
