This show is about everything animation: weekly news stories, reviews, interviews with professionals and indie creators, etc. We also have fan-art contests, play trivia, do character skits and a ton of other community interaction... because entertainment! I'm Stephen Brooks and I run Rubber Onion, a boutique studio that creates hand-drawn animation, and am the author of 'Tradigital Animate CC: 12 Principles of Animation in Adobe Animate.' My best friend and fellow animator, Rob Yulfo, joins ...
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We talk some things! Check out Jacob Kafka’s Kickstarter “Beverly Bunny” Indie Animated Feature Length Film #RubberOnionPodcast@RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes
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297 Harold and Kumar Go to Purple Castle
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Another month, another episode! Earthquakes! Technical problems! Things on fire! Train horns! Puppy sounds! All the things that make a great show. And this episode's banner comes courtesy of Rob this time... really had his work cut out for him. Timestamps: 5:15 HOW YOU DOIN' 11:54 X-Men '97 41:33 A Spider Within 1:02:05 TRAILER TALK 1:02:35 Harold …
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The big story this episode is obviously Coyote vs Acme but rather than just talk about how much of a bummer this all is we try to wrap our heads around the why of it all. We also start a new segment called "A.I. Watch" which I'm sure will be a regular thing as we check in on what's going on with all that. There's also a bunch of what we're calling …
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Had a great time celebrating and chatting about the last 10 years of us doing this little ol' podcast on a live show with Patrons in chat... sampling many bourbons and rye in our collection. The actual anniversary is Oct 19th and we did in fact record on this day! I put timestamps down for this one since it's a three-hour show to make it easier to …
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Second day in a row of new podcast episode! We talk about the overlooked beginning of VFX Unions, Vivienne Medrano's Amazon Prime debut with "Hazbin Hotel," and of course the upcoming Procreate Dreams. #RubberOnionPodcast@RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes
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Tiny Toons Looniversity and The Little Mermaid 2023. We didn't like either one of them. But it's a fun listen anyway! #RubberOnionPodcast@RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes
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The time has come. We review a new TMNT movie! This is a clean review with spoilers saved for the end of the show. Obviously we talk about the story, style, acting and animation... but we also address the comparisons to Spider-Verse and more importantly what this all means for the future of animation as we see it today. Enjoy! #RubberOnionPodcast@R…
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There is so much going on in the industry right now that we couldn't just stick to one topic because everything is pretty tangled up. So while we do bring up things like the AI open credits of Secret Invasion, the movie Nimona, the series reboot/new season of Clone High, Mushka and I'm Hip animated shorts from Disney vets, and other stories... we a…
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This is a perfectly PG review with no spoilers that aren't in trailers. We mostly talk about story competence and satisfaction and of course the style and animation. Enjoy! (and then go see it for yourself if you haven't already!) #RubberOnionPodcast@RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes
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Alternate title of this episode is "A.I... or won't I?" Coudn't decide. This was obviously recorded a few months ago and many things have happened since then but the conversation still remains. There's a lot of threats out there constantly to not just our career but many careers, and the current one centers around deep/machine learning tech known a…
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The topic for this episode came from a Facebook post I made asking for topics: Could you talk about doubts in this career path, I've had a bit of a career related dilemma because I thought I'd hit some really good milestones recently... and I've only recently found out about rigging and the fact that it's a whole new skill set required for industry…
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An episode recorded in early August and released in late November? You betcha! We have a classic variety episode with Trailer Talk and Animation News AND Rapid Fire, the theme really seems to be... "it's all bad." Enjoy! Timestamps: 5:45 ------ How You Doin? 19:57 ----- TRAILER TALK 20:45 "Pantheon" 34:00 "Slippin Jimmy" 47:40 "Little Demon" 43:28 …
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Two movies that could not be more different than one another, but somehow we found a way to thread them together. We talk about animation styles, tone, production, marketing, narrative, and a whole bunch of other things in the process of our discussion (featured image courtesy of Rob this week). Timestamps: 4:08 ------ Marcel the Shell with Shoes O…
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Nothing like recording at 8am to get the ideas flowing! Enjoy this perfectly coherent variety show. I took much too long to make the featured image this week fit a theme that I'm sure nobody will get at all but it made me smile Timestamps: 3:05 ------ How You Doin' 22:45 ----- MOVIE REVIEW: "Sea Beast" 43:11 ---- ANIMATION NEWS... 43:58 ---- Ninten…
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284 Beavis and Butthead Retrospective
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In this special Retrospective episode we talk about the original Beavis & Butt-Head shorts, the 90s series, that era of MTV animation, the movie "... Do America", the 2011 reboot, and of course the brand new Paramount+ movie "... Do the Universe!" Music and short clips have always been a part of the Beavis & Butt-head so I put a little extra time z…
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We usually like to do these Trailer Talk episodes on a Live-Stream but we're not setup for that yet so enjoy this very visual episode of this audio show (links below)! Timestamps: 4:30 ------ How You Doin' 8:23 ------ ...Las Vegas 21:50 ---- Trailer Talk 23:38 ---- Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 37:22 ---- Primal season 2 1:05:03 -- Rise of the T…
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We're on a roll! A deliciously egg-washed, sesame sprinkled, enriched dough roll! Here's our review of "The Bob's Burgers Movie." We talk the usual: plot, animation, performances, treasonous acts of sedition, bad impressions, budgets... you know... the yoozh #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes…
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Clocking in at 2hrs and 40min here is our next episode which, yes, was recorded on June 2nd and since then Seth Green bought his NFT back and the Rescue Rangers movie is just a figment in people's imaginations but it's a good show if I do say so myself! It's the first episode we've done since the start of the pandemic in person! We'd like to know i…
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BRAND BRAND NEW EPISODE! We asked on Facebook what stories you wanted us to talk about on our return and there were some really great ones to choose from but there was one from Martin Bell that stood out to us: "What's going on with Netflix animation?" There's something about this topic that we keep coming back to but with the recent exiting of Phi…
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BRAND NEW EPISODE! With the "Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers" (2022) movie releasing today on Disney+ here is Rob and I talking about the very first trailer that came out. I know, I know... not exactly fresh, but knowing what we know now about what the next trailer brought and the impending movie review we're going to do it all works out. These first …
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Here's ep 2 of our 4 ep drop today continuing with this episode from earlier this year published to Patreon (Originally uploaded Feb 19, 2022). We were releasing episodes there exclusively for the last year while dealing with some very busy times which now have cleared up and we can re-enter the fray! We actually recorded this "Masters of the Unive…
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Here's the start of our 4 ep drop today starting with this episode from last year published to Patreon (Originally uploaded Aug 21, 2021). We were releasing episodes there exclusively for the last year while dealing with some very busy times which now have cleared up and we can re-enter the fray! This episode we reviewed two movies now on Disney+ f…
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Return of the Variety Show! We talk the new Space Jam and Luca trailers, Thundercats and Peeps are getting movies, and RAPID FIRE Timestamps: 5:20 How You Doin? 15:08 TRAILER TALK 15:57 Space Jam: A New Legacy 40:05 Luca 47:34 ANIMATION NEWS OF THE WEEK 48:32 Thundercats 1:11:09 Peeps 1:32:26 RAPID FIRE #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere…
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In this episode, Stephen and Rob switch places. Both doing long time freelance and office work and now thrown into an opposite world... what did they learn?! Discussions abound! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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One of the founders of the Academy of Animated Art, co-author of Lighting for Animation, and CG Lighter for Blue Sky Studios, Jasmine Katatikarn, joined us to talk about the industry, online learning, industry lessons learned and starts the episode off with a message about the recent closing of Blue Sky. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere…
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Undone is the new rotoscoped* show on Amazon dealing with time travel, mental illness, both, and of course relationships personal and family - because what narrative isn't, really. Stephen watched the whole season, Rob watched about half. *(it's a broad term, but we talk a lot about the style) #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere…
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It's an HBO Max kind of show where we talk through all of (kinda) season 1 of Genndy Tartakovsky's "Primal" and J.G. Quintel's "Close Enough." How engaging is a 30 min series without any dialog? How about a 15 min one with a lot? Will Rob ever get to eat his lunch? Timestamps: 24:45 Primal Season 1 Review 57:30 - 1:05:30 *SPOILERS for PRIMAL ep 5 1…
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271 Spike Decker and Kat Alioshin Interview
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We sat down separately together to talk about the new doc "Animation Outlaws" directed by Kat Alioshin about the duo known as Spike & Mike and the festivals they ran. Check it out streaming now on Amazon! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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Last episode we talked about new animated shows, this week we talk about new animation opportunities! And with all that positivity, I get mildly annoyed at the Emmy selection this year and Rob sees it as an opportunity to make me explain why Rick and Morty doesn't thrill me... again. And it works every time. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywh…
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There are so many new animated series that have been in production or just got greenlit in this time of covid quarantine, animation is proving itself once again as one of the more creatively and financially stable mediums to get behind. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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It's been exactly 2 months since the last episode and a lot has been going on, we catch up and address the absence. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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The Willoughbys on Netflix interested us by the trailer. We watched the movie. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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This was from our Live-Streamed TRAILER TALK where we discussed the trailers for Solar Opposites, Connected, The Willoughbys, and JJ Villard's Fairy Tales. Not all positive. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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We had a live-streamed show (from our respective homes) to discuss working from home and everything that entails. Being a manager, being an animator, working on-site to working from home, freelancing and its benefits, how is and might in the future impact the industry. We also have a couple user videos, one animated, and a listener audio question a…
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264 Realities of an Animation Career
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About a month ago a video was uploaded that made the rounds in the animation community of a young story artist who quit her job at Disney explaining the why of it all. We'll we're older and have had completely different paths from her and ourselves and have some thoughts on it all. It's a Hot Cocoa Show!! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere…
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Rob saw Sonic. Stephen saw Frozen 2. Both are spoiled heavily. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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We're back, babyyyyyy! Or are we? Yes. We are. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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Did "The Lion King" (2019) live up to the expectations promised by "The Jungle Book" (2016) and of course the original 1994 hand-drawn animated film? #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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What happens when a major animation spot is made up of rotoscoped professional and student films? #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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We had so much time over the break to catch up on all our favorite animated shows that came back, new ones that we were excited to dig into, and old ones we never got around to. Here's what we're watching now! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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Today's episode brought to you by the letter S: Spongebob, Soul, Sonic, Scoob! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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KLAUS the movie, from the animated pitch that excited an entire industry, was finally released on Netflix and I caught a special early screening of it. Here's the review! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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The great return of the after dark episodes! In this one, we have a chat about dealing with motivational issues, your own roadblocks, and a whole bunch of mental gymnastics we do to sabotage ourselves #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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Here's a nice relaxing "How You Doin" style episode for you all! We check in about Stephen and Rob's DuckAmuckJam participation, chat about the Netflix French horror series Marianne, and more! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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253 Dark Crystal AoR Season 1 Review
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I watched the entire season 1 of "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" on Netflix over a weekend... Rob did not. In this episode, I try to convince him to watch it while reviewing everything in the series from the puppetry, how much cg is used, what you should know going into it if you're a fan of the movie, how dark it really gets, etc... enjoy! #…
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It was a dark and stormy night we recorded this podcast. With thunder rumbling in the background we open this episode talking about the Kyoto Animation Studio attack. It's is a tough event to talk through, but we use the opportunity to share some of the great things that studio does for animators in Japan. After that it's on to the Tuca and Bertie …
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Check it out! It's another podcast! And this one is a whopping 2hrs and 20minutes long and we cover 5 stories... and all actually new this week stories! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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This comes straight from our live episode where we talk about the trailers for Onward and the Dark Crystal Netflix Prequel Series. We also have an "Animation News" segment where we talk about the Bojack animators at Shadowmachine Unionizing and cover a whole bunch of stuff in the Rapid Fire! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere…
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Adobe vs Dolby affects the end-user, "Sonic" is apparently still a problem only less so, and a new Photoshop plugin introduces a unique workflow #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere
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