[Content advisory: mildly explicit]Merry wintry holiday of your choosing! Greg's recording all by himself, which is daunting, but he has a new snow friend to help him get through it: the classic British holiday short, The Snowman!This episo

Ep 63 - Tarzan (Season 2 Finale)

Dec 12th, 2017 1h 38m

[Content advisory: language and sexual content]With this, we celebrate the end of an era. The end of the Disney Renaissance, its tenth film, Tarzan! Amazingly, the first adaptation of the classic story into animation. A visual spectacle, with

Ep 62 - Mulan

Dec 5th, 2017 1h 35m

[Content advisory: language, sexual content]Let's get down to business! It's time for Mulan, the 9th film of the Disney Renaissance and the first to be based on Chinese epic poetry! We'll discuss Mulan's unique portrayal of the lead character

Cutting Room Floor: Trailers and Movies

Nov 28th, 2017 4m 21s

Hello everyone!In recording episodes, we will often go off on tangents that, while fun, aren't contributing significantly to the subject of the week. Many times, these bits have been excised, never to be published. However, I was sufficiently

Ep 61 - Hercules

Nov 20th, 2017 1h 33m

[Content advisory: moderate language, discussion of sexual matters in mythological and contemporary context]Happy Thanksgiving week, everyone! No turkey for you this time, we're going the distance to ancient Greece to recount Disney's take on

Status Update

Nov 13th, 2017 1m 43s

Hello everyone! Just a quick message to you all to explain some pacing changes we're adopting moving forward.

Ep 60 - Reanimation is the Best - ParaNorman

Oct 31st, 2017 1h 11m

NOTE: Due to some upcoming busy weeks, we'll be relaxing our release cadence. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Soundcloud for new episode announcements when they come![Content advisory - some sexual content]Happy Halloween, everyone! Thi

Ep 59 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Oct 24th, 2017 1h 55m

[Content advisory: language, sexual content, religious content - the holy trinity!]Put on your Sunday best, because we're going to church! The kind of church that a deformed outcast lives in. The best kind of church. It's the Hunchback of Not

Ep 58 - Pocahontas

Oct 17th, 2017 1h 43m

[Content advisory - moderate language, sexual content, tiptoeing around cultural insensitivity and slipping in a few times, whoops]Open up your history books, and then close them again, because this week it's Pocahontas! We're gonna go just a

Ep 57 - The Lion King

Oct 10th, 2017 1h 40m

[Content advisory - language and sexual content (google 'Nala eyes')]From ponies, we return to lions! Back apace through the Disney Renaissance, it's time for 1994's smash hit, The Lion King! Can young Simba survive the perils of a royal life

Ep 56 - My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)

Oct 3rd, 2017 1h 11m

[Content advisory - mild language, if that! rated PG for podcast goodness]Hey, let's take a quick break from the Disney Renaissance to engage in some even deeper nostalgia. This week, it's just Greg and his sister, Emily, reminiscing about a

Ep 55 - Aladdin

Sep 26th, 2017 2h

[Content advisory: language, sexuality, and discussion of cultural depictions]This week, we take you to a whole new world! Well, you've probably been there before, because who hasn't seen the fourth Disney Renaissance feature, Aladdin? We'll

Ep 54 - Beauty and the Beast

Sep 19th, 2017 2h 10m

[Content advisory - more sexuality and hard language than usual!]Please, be our guest for this extra-big-sized episode about the classic of the Disney Renaissance, "Beauty and the Beast"! There's a lot of cursed castle ground to cover, but st

Ep 53 - The Rescuers Down Under

Sep 12th, 2017 1h 30m

[Content advisory - language and sexual content]The second film of the Disney Renaissance is oft overlooked, but still worth discussing! We've been under the sea, but now it's time to go under the... down... in the very first sequel to a prev

Ep 52.5 - The Little Mermaid: Bonus Family Edition

Aug 29th, 2017 59m 29s

[Content advisory - some language and sexual content]Welcome to a bonus episode to kick off our Disney Renaissance series: family-style! Greg sits down with his mom, dad, and sister to discuss The Little Mermaid and what it means to all of th

Ep 52 - The Little Mermaid

Aug 29th, 2017 1h 43m

[Content advisory - language and sexual content]Welcome back, Besties new and old! Did you have a good summer?We're kicking off the new season of AitB with the Disney Renaissance... the films you remember most fondly from your childhood, pr

D23 Expo 2017 Special

Jul 20th, 2017 1h 17m

[Content advisory - I don't even remember. Mild language, sexual content? It's probably in there, knowing us.]Hello, everybody! How's your summer going? I know we said we're on break until September, but D23 happened and we want to tell you a

Ep 51 - The Three Caballeros (Season 1 Finale)

Jun 27th, 2017 1h 17m

[Content advisory - language and sexual content]Important announcement! Animation is the Best is going on summer break. We'll be back in September, but until then, please enjoy our back catalog, now featuring this episode, about Disney's 1944

Ep 50 - Animation is the Worst - Bee Movie

Jun 20th, 2017 1h 23m

[Content advisory: language and sexual content]Welcome Bee-Eff-Effs, old and new, to our 50th episode! We're pollen out all the stops, and bumbly present to you, straight from the internet hive-mind, the bee-wildering and hex-sational 2007 Dr

Ep 49 - Of Mice and Men: 1954-1955, Featuring Dolphin Assault

Jun 13th, 2017 1h

[Content advisory: language]We actually recorded this episode back in April, but AniMay got in the way! There's some stuff we talk about like it's going to happen, which by now has already come and gone. Podcasting! Sometimes it gets messy.

Ep 48 - Moana

Jun 6th, 2017 1h 38m

[Content advisory - language and sexual content]This week, we're going under, on top of, and in the general vicinity of the sea, as we discuss Disney's 46th feature film, Moana! Joined by returning guest Bestie Erica, we'll get our feet wet d

Ep 47 - Anime is the Best - Project A-ko

May 30th, 2017 1h 13m

[Content advisory- language and sexual content]For the final week of AniMay, Greg has traveled to Nevada to record with special guest Bestie and rival in knowledge of animation, Cooper! He's chosen "Project A-ko", a gleefully absurd romp thro

Ep 46 - Anime is the Raddest - Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle

May 23rd, 2017 1h 19m

[Content advisory - language and sexual content]This week, Mikael has insisted we watch a beloved relic from his youth, and we're going in blind! Having not seen the first one, we're talking about Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle, a bewildering w

Ep 45 - Anime is the Best - Little Witch Academia: The Series ~ Episodes 1 & 2

May 16th, 2017 58m 53s

[Content advisory - language]Welcome back to school! Magical school, that is, as we return to the world of Little Witch Academia. It's a series now! We cover the first two episodes of Studio Trigger's original take on western-style fantasy fi

Ep 44 - Anime is the Best - Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis

May 9th, 2017 1h 7m

[Content advisory - light language and sexual content]Welcome to Metropolis, the city where robots and humans live side-by-side! This week, we discuss the 2001 adaptation of manga godfather Osamu Tezuka's classic sci-fi, and dig deep into plo