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

The Rotoscopers review Disney's first modern animated movie, the 1961 canine classic One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Highlights   ■ Nerdy Couch Discussion: Animated henchman - who are our favorites, what qualities do you like in a henchman? ■ Main Discussion: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) ■ What if Disney made a live-action movie telling the tragic backstory of Cruella De Vil? ■ Differences from the book and movie. ■ This was the first film to use the iconic Xerox method, which Disney used for many of the films from this era. ■ The incredible opening credits. Good thing they had Xerox...all those dalmatians in one frame! ■ Pongo's opening monologue, talking about the different prospects. Gotta love dogs looking like their owners. ■ If they are so poor, how can they afford a housekeeper? ■ The nonsense version of Cruella De Vil. ■ Jump-starting the puppies and their obsession with TV. ■ Introduce our two henchmen: Horace and Jasper. ■ The twilight bark and Lady and the Tramp cameos. ■ Hall Hall and the

The Rotoscopers talk about Don Bluth's classic 1989 animated film All Dog's Go to Heaven!   Highlights ■ Update on everyone's life! ■ Nerdy Couch Discussion: Animated dogs ■ Main Discussion: All Dogs Go to Heaven ■ Brief history of Don Bluth's studio and name changes over the year. ■ This movie is dark and gritty: smoking, drinking, gambling. ■ Burt Reynolds as Charlie (and his contractual stipulations) as well as Don DeLuise, who was Don Bluth's lucky charm. ■ The tragedy of the murder of Anne-Marie's voice actress and the original production cells. ■ Crazy settings and Charlie's story arch. ■ Why does Carface get to go to heaven? ■ We have nothing negative to say about the songs. ■ Why does there ALWAYS have to be a sassy, fat alligator? ■ Mail bag from Mike, Sarah, Leigh-Ann & Jacob.   Runtime: 1:28:50 54 MB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Morgan and Chelsea are joined by RotoWriter Pablo Ruiz to review Pixar's only film to be nominated for Best Picture, Up! Highlights ■ Main Discussion: Up ■ Why the "Married Life" sequence is so good. ■ The punching-filled "Married Life" sequence that could have been. ■ Michael Giacchino's whimsical, 40s-esque score has its own life and takes the film to another level. ■ The movie goes all over the place visually: house floating with balloons, South America, and more! ■ Enter the dogs: Doug, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma! ■ Flying dogs take it too far. ■ Voicemails: Mario, Janice Marie, Jemma, Brandon, Adriana, Yuri, Kimber.   Runtime: 1:25:20 51.6MB Links ■ Watch Up: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital | Rent ■ Buy the Up soundtrack: Limited Edition CD | Digital ■ Making-of Featurette: Married Life ■ Ed Catmull's new book Creativity, Inc. ■ Paradise Falls is based on the real-life Tepui (flat mountains)   The Rotoscopers Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at contact@rotoscopers.com. Send us a voicemail at rotosc

Highlights Main discussion: Balto Live-action beginning with pigeon lady from Home Alone 2. Jim Cummings rocks it as Steele, dog character designs, inspirations from The Lady & the Tramp. Really heavy 1st act. Lots of exposition. What's with all the sidekicks? Did Balto have to be half wolf? How Mason would have expanded the story. All the different possible deaths of Steele. We rate it! Voicemails & mail bag! Bloopers: No one cares about Chelsea, Stuffed Balto, Disney Scene-It Runtime: 1:05:00 Links Watch Balto: DVD | Digital | iTunes Rotoscopers T-shirt contest ends April 30th! Send in your submissions! Andreas Deja's blog: post about Sleeping Beauty's goons Where To Find The Rotoscopers Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at contact@rotoscopers.com. Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575. Find us on the web: Rotoscopers.com, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, Hypable & Animated Views. Visit our sponsors: Audible, Amazon, Donate. Where To Find The

Morgan, Mason and Chelsea have a rotospective at Ralph Bakshi's 1978 The Lord of the Rings. Highlights ■ Nerdy Couch Discussion: Disney Horses! ■ Why are horses so sassy? Which are our favorites? ■ Non-canonical horses from Enchanted Stables. ■ Main Discussion: Lord of the Rings (1978). ■ A little backstory and bio of Ralph Bakshi. ■ Ralph Bakshi and Don Bluth are some of the only animation directors whose films are seen as their films, instead of the studios. ■ Bakshi's own thoughts on the film. ■ Character design and extreme use of rotoscoping. What is the true definition of rotoscoping? ■ It's hard to talk about this film without referencing Peter Jackson's The Lord of The Rings *cue music*. ■ How to tell someone in the Living Scriptures animated videos are evil...the schnoz! ■ Is one of the ringwraiths wearing a cowboy hat?! ■ It starts losing steam after Moria. The Two Towers sequence is muddy and doesn't hold our attention. ■ "The orcs are vanquished. Saruman is defeated and we saved Middle Early! Roll

Highlights   ■ Main Discussion: Hercules ■ Hercules is getting a Blu-ray Release! ■ Movie did not do well, critics said it took too many liberties with the mythology ■ Discussion of characters and the actors who voiced them ■ The choice of a gospel chorus for the Greek chorus ■ Comparison of the original Greek mythology vs. Disney's adaptation ■ Gorgeous color palette for the gods on Olympus ■ Go the Distance is a great song for any spirituality ■ This movie uses lots of pop culture references much like Alandin and Shrek ■ Megara's character ark ■ Once in Every Show from Spamalot ■ Voice mails ■ Mail bag!   Runtime: 1:37:05 46.7 MB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Morgan and Mason for a M&M episode, where they review DreamWorks 2002 traditionally animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Highlights ■ Main Discussion: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron ■ Who are Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook? ■ Bryan Adam’s soundtrack. Phil Collins/Tarzan knock off? Gotta love the early 2000s. ■ “Tradigital Animation” – CGI opening scene with the eagle Morgan loves. ■ Matt Damon is channeling his inner Matthew Broderick. ■ Morgan’s motion blur rant. ■ What’s with the colonel in the clouds on the DVD cover? ■ Bryan Adams songs ever few minutes. Do they all sound the same? ■ Little Creek and the painted mare, Rain! ■ Rain’s “death”; not quite on Mufasa level. ■ THE NOD! ■ Listener Twitter Question: What would you rate SPIRIT and why? ■ Mail bag! Michael, Lauren, Geri, Hule, Todge, and Courtney. Runtime: 1:24:21 20.3 MB Links ■ Watch Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital | Rent ■ Listen to the soundtrack ■ “This Is Me” openings in animation ■ “Run Free” sequence

Morgan, Chelsea, Mason and special guest host Whitney Grace come together to discuss Rankin-Bass's 1982 film The Last Unicorn. Highlights ■ Email from Zora, requesting one of her favorite movies from her childhood. ■ Main Discussion: The Last Unicorn ■ History of Rankin-Bass, adapting this film and the RankinBass.com retro website. ■ First memories, major themes. ■ The red bull doesn't give you wings (and turn you into an alicorn). ■ History of unicorn in folklore. Powers of the unicorn horn. ■ Gotta love the Harpy and crazy Mommy Fortuna. ■ Things get Studio Jiggling on us real fast! ■ List of movies where animals turn into humans and visa versa. ■ The pirate cat is the best part of this movie! He needs his own Saturday morning spinoff cartoon! ■ Deep thoughts with Chelsea: "There are no happy endings because there is no end."; What does the red bull represent? ■ We rate it! ■ Mail bag: Luis, David Lee, Georgina, Adriana, Mike, and Marc. Runtime: 1:54:05, 30.8MB Links ■ Watch The Last Unicorn: Blu-ray | DVD 

The people have spoken! The top requested film in 2013 was The Lion King! Go along with Mason, Morgan, and Chelsea as they talk about the iconic film from their childhood! Highlights ■ First impressions and stats: The Lion King vs. Frozen. ■ Story: was this REALLY based on Hamlet? A Mason theory. ■ How can you go wrong with Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and Tim Rice? ■ How does "The Baboon Priesthood" actually work? ■ Scar vs. Mufasa. Why Scar is the prototype of a child predator. ■ Two thumbs WAY way up for the voice acting! ■ "This is worse than when Zazu and Iago took over the Tiki Room!" ■ They should have a deleted scene with "The Birdie Boiler". ■ More reasons why Mufasa is so great. ■ Scar: The lame Pokemon trainer. ■ "Hey look it's Jim Cummings!" ■ The Stampede. Hans Zimmer is the master of mood. ■ Scar should have waited it out and stayed in the lion senate. ■ Mason voices Matthew Broderick. ■ Special bonus Zelda episode coming at you. ■ All of us need a "Remember who you are" moment. ■ The Disney vulture

Morgan and Chelsea jump right in the the discussion on this unconventional and under-appreciated French film, A Monster in Paris! Highlights ■ What is going on with PARIS?! The disgusting truth of where all this water came from! Nasty! ■ The film is actually better the second time! Who is this leprechaun-looking dude? ■ Who is Bibo Bergeron? Where is the making of? ■ Animation: They used their money wisely.  ■ Character breakdowns and major plot points. ■ We're learning French as we go. ■ Chelsea talks about her 'American Idol Season 8' experience. ■ The one-hit wonder! ■ It almost went into disturbing territory... ■ The music. ■ We rate it!  Mail Bag!  ■ Jessica: What educational cartoons did you watch? ■ Sara Costa: How can we contact Whitney of Animated Interviews? @storysequence ■ Peter: The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation. ■ Anja: Frozen, some Norwegian trivia, Morgan's singing, and the Podcast Awards! Runtime: 103.46; 32.7 MB Links ■ Watch A Monster in Paris: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital | Rent ■ A Monst

It's big and LOUD! The Rotoscopers look into the one and only film from Turner Feature Animation, Cats Don't Dance. Highlights ■ The animation competition in 1997. The age of the musicals. Highlights ■ Animation quality vs the merchandising! ■ Director Mark Dindal: What happened to him? Seriously... does anyone know? ■ The Aristocats' canon is expanded. The tragic tale of Marie! ■ Chelsea's schedule to stardom. ■ Darla Dimple. Clearly inspired by Shirley Temple. ■ Mason's question and Chelsea's soap box. ■ Why do we care so much about Sawyer? ■ Little Steven Spielberg ■ Yzma and Kronk are recycled ■ We Rate It! ■ Emails from Mike, Andrew Chee, Kynan, Alex Hatch, Mark, Joe T. ■ And of course...bloopers! Runtime: 1:16:52 Links ■ Kynan's alternate version of the Disney Renaissance. ■ Joe T's Blip Page. ■ Stephen Schwartz and Mumbia Musical. ■ Princess Profiles: Elsa by Gary Wright. Where To Find The Rotoscopers Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at Contact@rotoscopers.com Send us a voicemail

We kick off the new year by looking back at 2013 at the best moments from the Animation Addicts Podcast. Also, we announce the results of the 2013 Rotoscopers Awards! Sit back and get ready for some good laughs from this past year. Highlights ■ 1st Annual Rotoscopers' Awards results! ■ Our favorite moments from 2013! Including best intros, funny discussions and random fun you never heard! ■ Voicemails from Jessica, Daniela, Jemma, and Susanna.  ■ Emails from Joshua, Esther, Abraham, Jemma, Michael, Arianne, Anibal, David, Stephanie, MB, Jarlett, Thomas, Shelby, and Lindsay. Runtime: 2:10:00, 63.0 MB Links ■ Animated Music videos: What Makes You Beautiful, Girlfriend, non-Disney Villains. ■ "The Scarecrow". ■ Theory Animation. ■ Wicked as a Disney animated film concept art  & YouTube video. ■ Morgan's suggestions on the History of Animation books & resources: Of Mice and Magic, The World History of Animation & Traditional Animation. Where To Find The Rotoscopers Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an ema

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Go along with Chelsea, Morgan and Mason as they dive into the Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer Christmas special by Rankin-Bass! Highlights ■ There's nothing like a good ol' Christmas Special! We discuss all our favorites including a He-Man tangent. ■ Main Discussion: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ■ The history behind the longest-running Christmas special of all time! Nearly 50 years old! ■ The soundtrack: Composer, Jonnny Marks and "Burl Ives, man, what a snowman!" ■ Communists, mutations, conformists and beware of Mrs. Clause! ■ Changes made to the film over time, Christmas tree forests, characters and lots of cynicism! ■ We rate it! ■  Mailbag! ■ Two requests for Cats Don't Dance!,  Andreas Deja's blog, Saving Mr. Banks predictions, Incredibles error, Melissa K.always has our back! The Muppets, New interview podcast, Clay Katis is directing Angry Birds & more! ■ We respond to Chad! ■ Get ready for the BEST OF 2013 episode! Send us a voicemail! ■ Bloopers! Morgan snap

As Frozember comes to a close, join Morgan, Chelsea, and Mason on this EXTENDED review of Disney's Frozen! Highlights ■ White carpet wrap up: Our thoughts and recap of the Frozen world premiere! ■ White carpet YouTube links ■ 30-minute interview with Michael Giaimo, art director of Frozen (part 1, part 2, part 3). ■ Interview with filmmakers of Get a Horse! ■ Directors and producer of Frozen interview the Rotoscopers! ■ Before Dec 31, 2013, we will have a NEW PODCAST! ■ Main Discussion: Frozen ■ It's a musical and everyone liked it! ■ Mason, Morgan, and Chelsea discuss the movie scene by scene, following by discussing the song list. ■ Buy the 2-disc deluxe edition on Amazon. ■ Are you #TeamElsa or #TeamAnna? ■ Rupunzel and Flynn Ryder are looking to do trade. ■ The BIG REVEAL! The BIGGEST SHOCKER OF THEM ALL! ■ Muttonchop Minons. ■ Rules to writing a musical. ■ The Eternal Disney Principle. ■ We have a hit on our hands! ■ We rate it! ■ Voicemails: Jemma, Susanna, Breanna, Ben, and Tim! ■ Frozen-related emails

Morgan and Mason are joined by Rotoscopers writer Blake Taylor, as they discuss Blake's favorite film Mary Poppins, as well as the upcoming Saving Mr. Banks. Highlights: ■ Breaking tradition and doing our first live-action film! ■ Announcements: Podcast Awards results will be announced in January; 1st Annual Rotoscopers Awards. Voting starts December 1. ■ Main Discussion: Mary Poppins ■ A very LONG movie for kids…it never ends! ■ Story of acquiring the rights and P.L. Traver’s negative reaction to the film. ■ Is May Poppins a witch or fairy? Do Mary Poppins and Nanny McFee belong to the same nanny organization? ■ Mary Poppins: Julie Andrews casting story, Oscar acceptance speech, very serious yet likable, ■ Prequel possibilities: musical or no musical?, Mary and Bert’s backstory, will we see her on Once a Upon A Time? ■ Bert: both narrator and characters, D*** Van Dyke, jack of all trades, his poor accent. ■ Was there a romance between Mary and Bert? ■ The Kids: little monsters, list of conditional love for t

Morgan and Chelsea are joined by the biggest Peanuts fan around for a special double feature of It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Highlights ■ Guest host: Alissa Roy! Getting to know her and "Catch & Fire!" ■ Vote for the show in the Podcast Awards. ■ News: 500 new Peanuts shorts, Paul Feig to direct the new CGI Peanuts film. ■ Nerdy Couch Discussion: Alissa teaches us about the history of the Peanuts. Origins, story lines that made it into the movies, obscure characters, Snoopy's family, iconic characters. ■ Main Discussion #1: It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown ■ It isn't a Peanuts film without the kicking of the football. ■ 60s thing to be a sheet ghost, embarrassing to have the same costume as your friends. ■ It's never a good thing when the cool kids suddenly invite you to the party (see: Monsters University). ■ What's with the Red Baron storyline? ■ Who really is the Great Pumpkin? Is it real? The world will never know. ■ Main Discussion #2: A Charlie Brown Christma

Introducing a new--currently untitled--interview segment with Whitney Grace from Animated Views! In this episode, she went to Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA and got to interview Vic Mignogna, one of the most famous anime voice actors in America. Highlights: ■ Identity and name crisis with Vic Mignogna. ■ Why he loves anime and what he does. ■ His start voice acting in Texas. ■ Vic talks about his music career and how it has blended into his voice acting career. ■ Experience voicing Broly from Dragon Ball Z. ■ What is his favorite American cartoon? Runtime: 18:57; 13.5 MB Where To Find The Rotoscopers Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at therotoscopers@gmail.com. Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575. Find us on the web: rotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views. Visit our sponsors: Audible, Amazon. Where To Find The Hosts Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog; Twitter Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram Chelsea Robson

The fans voted and for this year's annual Rotoscopers spook-tacular, they dive into the macabre world of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Highlights: ■ News: Demi Lovato version of "Let It Go" from Frozen; ■ Visit our friends over at TraditionalAnimation.com. Their facebook page is a great resource and has exploded over the past month. ■ Catch and Fire with Morgan! ■ Main discussion: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) ■ This is LAIKA? Really? ■ Film shot entirely on the Canon Mark II DSLR camera. Wow. ■ Explores the British social strata through the concept of Upstairs vs. Downstairs. ■ Unique character designs; what's with LAIKA and their busty, top-heavy women? Studio Jiggling, perhaps? ■ Marriage to the corpse bride; do you ever care or root for Emily? ■ What's with Burton and his dead/skeleton dogs? ■ Charming piano duet scene. Creates more of a bond between Emily and Victor. ■ The dead come upstairs; chaos sort of ensues. ■ Abrupt ending; significance of butterflies. ■ We rate it! ■ Voicemails: The Big 4, Meet t

It's the big 5-0 for the Rotoscopers and to celebrate, they're reviewing the animated film that started it all, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Highlights ■ Reminiscing over the past 50 episodes: no band break ups, fights or scandals! ■ Submit your voicemails, emails and voicemails for the 2013 best-of show. ■ Vote for the Animation Addicts Podcast in the Podcast Awards! ■ Nerdy Couch Discussion Lecture: The History of Snow White, based on the two art/history books by J .B. Kaufman Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Fairest One of All. ■ Main Discussion: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ■ Animation using live-action reference, first time with realistic convincing humans; character animation; backgrounds; camera work; ■ Introduction of the storybook opening, minimal characters, simplified story, exquisite taste in throwns, kickstarter to get Chelsea a thrown, ■ Prequel possibilities: slave in the mirror's backstory. ■ Enter the prince and his horse, Astor (from the Enchanted Stables books), Princ

The RotoSUPERS assemble to discuss the classic Pixar movie The Incredibles directed by Brad Bird. Sit down with Morgan, Mason, Chelsea and special Rotoscopers writer and guest host, Pablo Ruiz! Highlights Get to know Pablo--recording from Bogata, Columbia! Catch 'n Fire with Pablo! Game: What's my super hero name?; "3 Thunder Tubes and you're out!" Main discussion: The Incredibles. Tights! Where director, Brad Bird, got the idea (just a heads up... we are very pro Brad Bird). Challenging effects, hair, time period, Western story form, and the Fantastic 4 vs. a whole family of Supers! Favorite scenes, teaser trailer, and Brad Bird really loves Pablo. Where do the Supers come from?; Where did the bad guys go?; the characters. Uncle Rico, iPads, 30 Rock, hippies, The Terminator, and Jurassic Park! Syndrome: this guy's got a lot of issues; Brad Bird look-a-like. Edna E Mode: Golden. Brad Bird's voice and THE CAPES! Quotes, fight scenes, and the low point. Almost 2 hours long! Who do they think they are? The Rotos