Episode 101: AF News Edition – Sequels, Reboots, and Awards Season

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“Animation is cinema. Animation is not a genre for kids. It is a medium.”

In this AF news edition, Marc and Stanford cover all the latest from the animation industry including upcoming sequels, reboots, and awards season galore! The 95th Oscars Feature Animation nominees are discussed, PHINEAS AND FERB is coming back and so are Hank Hill & BARNEY THE DINOSAUR, and HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON is getting a live-action remake, all that, plus much, much more…

(recorded on: Monday February 20th, 2023)

Episode 100: Fascinating Animation | 2015 — 2022

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“Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.”

It’s a blast from the past in the 100th episode, Marc Vibbert and Stanford Clark are joined by past co-hosts Trent Vactor (of The Vactor-Verse) and Matt Quest (of Fisher-Price) to discuss their favorite films and television series from 2015 to 2022.

Also Discussed: reminiscing on highlights from past episodes, podcast origins, plus much, much more…

(Recorded on January 30th, 2023)

“Animation Fascination” Episode 77: All Hollow’s Eve

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Happy Halloween boys and ghouls!

Prepare for a very eerie episode with Tom Fonss and Marc Vibbert as they discuss Halloween classics new and old (as well as some forgotten favorites).

Also discussed: Reviews for Disney’s Maleficent & Planes: Fire and Rescue, Beware the Batman, and Mr. Peabody and Sherman on Blu-ray, as well as the Avengers: Age of Ultron teaser trailer, plus so much more!

(Recorded on 10/24/14)

Watch This: See Shaun and Ed Taking on Doof-zombies in ‘Phineas and Ferb’ Halloween Special

 IGN has an exclusive clip from the Phineas and Ferb Halloween special and it has some familiar characters.

“Animation Fascination” Episode 76: AF News – Week of October 5th, 2014

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It’s another edition of AF News with Stanford Clark and Marc Vibbert! On today’s show they discuss and review a whole slew of recent animated TV Blu-ray releases, Stanford’s upcoming trip to New York Comic Con, as well as Laika’s The Boxtrolls and Disney’s Star Wars Rebels.

Also Discussed: Sleeping Beauty Diamond Edition, special episodes of Phineas and Ferb, and new trailers for Pixar’s Inside Out, Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of The Princess Kaguya & Disney’s Big Hero 6. Plus, a whole bunch more…

(Recorded on 10/06/14)

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Will Guest Star on ‘Phineas and Ferb’ This October

modified version of art created by Otis Frampton (click on image for original)

Actor Simon Pegg took to his Twitter feed to make a very cool announcement. He and long-time collaborator and buddy Nick Frost are going to reprise their Shaun of the Dead characters Shaun and Ed in the upcoming Phineas and Ferb Halloween special.

Watch This: New Clip from ‘Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars’ Special

A new video clip has been released of the upcoming Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars special on the Comics Alliance YouTube channel. Looks like Perry has gotten all Han Solo-ized in carbonite and that something might have transformed Ferb for the worse.

Jon Stewart Guest Stars on ‘Phineas and Ferb’

It turns out that Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, is a fan of Phineas and Ferb. When co-creator and producer Dan Povenmire heard Jon Stewart on The Rachel Maddow Show doing an impression of Dr. Doofenshmirtz, he said “it was one of the weirdest moments of my life.” After that, he and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh contacted Jon about doing a voice on the show and he agreed.

‘Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars’ Special Gets Premiere Date, Cool Voice Cast

Disney Channel has finally announced the premiere date of the new Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars special. The show will premiere Saturday, July 26th, at 9:00 p.m. on Disney Channel (check your local listings). It will then be re-aired on Aug. 4th at 7:30 p.m. (again, check your local listings) on Disney X-D along with a preview of the upcoming Star Wars Rebels animated series as part of a new Star Wars programming block.

New Concept Art for the Upcoming ‘Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars’ Special

The Disney Wiki page has published some fantastic new concept art for the Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars special that is currently in production. The art is credited to Kyle Menke who has been a storyboard artist and writer on Phineas and Ferb since 2010.