@chrisholliday7 and @freudisfunny are again joined by @animatedstardom to map the mythology of the Golden Age of Animation, and how this phase of the medium’s history has often been framed according to its stability and security as an industrial art form.

RT @chrisholliday7: "This year’s conference [. ] was inspired by UAL’s key values of climate, social and racial justice, and equality, div….

For the final archive episode, @chrisholliday7 and @freudisfunny swing back into the superhero world of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), revisiting their discussion of Sony's computer-animated film with film critic and culture writer Simran Hans!.

New blog post! Here is the last blog before we break for the summer - and it's a corker! Big thanks to Anahita Fazaeli for this thorough rundown of the 36th annual @anistudies conference, this year hosted by the London College of Communication! #animation.

New blog post! This week, Brynn Straley and Saira Umar discuss Tea Leaves Last, a 2D animatic pilot made by Asians in Animation featuring Mya, a “young woman from a small farming nation as she ventures out to bring back forgotten Tea magic to the world.”.

RT @chrisholliday7: Listen to our chat about Wizards as a counter-cultural marvel of the 1970s; the politics and propaganda of the film’s a….

@fananimresearch go all the way back to January 2020 and their discussion of @ralphbakshi's high fantasy animated epic Wizards (1977), an episode originally recorded in front of a live audience at the @CinemaMuseum in Kennington, London. #fantasy #bakshi.

New blog post! The second of Sona d’Ébène's two-part analysis that examines sound of Arcane (2021-), this time looking closely at French musician Pomme’s verse within “Ma Meilleure Ennemie” as a representation of Jinx’s inner guilt.

New blog post! Part 1 of Sona d’Ébène's analysis of music as narrative in Arcane (2021-) looks at “Ma Meilleure Ennemie” from Belgian musician and songwriter Stromae - a song that drives the construction of Arcane's emotionally complex characterisations.

To coincide with @Pixar's Elio (2025), @chrisholliday7 and @freudisfunny take listeners back to their episode on Inside Out (2015), originally recorded at the 33rd @anistudies conference at Teesside University and featuring special guest Dr. Eric Herhuth!.

New blog post! Hazel Jamieson discusses Dissociative Identity Disorder and how “aggressive alternate personalities appear across a diverse range of animation in both heroic and villainous roles, but few name what it is or give the topic proper weight.“.

New blog post! This week, Xixin Sun reflects on their animated short film, Born (2024), a work that “visualizes the abstract concept of female reproductive trauma and attempts to explain women's anxiety and uneasiness about reproduction.” #animation #film.

RT @chrisholliday7: Another archive episode of the @fananimresearch podcast on Sub-Saharan African animation fearuing Moustapha Alassane’s….

For this second archive episode, @fananimresearch revisits Episode 81 of the podcast that gave listeners a quickfire journey through Sub-Saharan African animation (and the cultural and historical specificity of fantasy storytelling) with Dr Paula Callus!.

RT @chrisholliday7: "It is important for designers, marketers, and tech professionals to stay abreast of these changes. [. ] The Metaverse….

New blog post! Nikita Saraf explores the metaverse as a space of real-time animation, and how digital marketing as an industry has begun to maximise content with immersive environments as "an entirely new frontier where art and commerce meet." #metaverse.

RT @chrisholliday7: "Perhaps these narratives serve as cautionary tales, giving audiences a space to reflect on the need for weapons of mas….

New blog post! Lisa Klonis and @AnnaSo_Jurgens examine “living weapons” within Japanese animation and contemporary climate fiction animation, and how these figures of destruction invite questions of responsibility, restraint, and scientific mismanagement.

RT @chrisholliday7: Listen again at our Space Jam episode with lots on animation’s longstanding relationship with sport; the nostalgic call….

To mark the return of the @fananimresearch archive instalments, @chrisholliday7 and @freudisfunny delve into the podcast’s back catalogue for this relisten of Episode 70 and their discussion of Space Jam (1996) featuring special guest @Beautiful_Frame!.

RT @chrisholliday7: "[There is] no shortage of queer storytellers who are creating exceptional work in animation, filmmakers who deserve to….