More time travelling exploits as Amy pitches the unique, acclaimed anime series Frieren to Joe, and then jumps into the future to find out Joe's reaction once he's finally caught up!

Amy and Joe have a fun chat about the various animated shows they are currently enjoying. From the innocent joy of Bluey to the sordid antics of Harley Quinn, they've got you covered! If you have seen the shows then it's great to compare thoughts - and if you've not seen anything then you will pick up some great tips of things to check out - so either way it's a win-win situation!

Here are some timestamps (not accounting for any adverts) if you want to jump to a certain part:

1:10: Shows we've only just started watching (various);
12.00: Lower Decks;  
19:05: Disenchantment;
25:30: The Legend of Vox Machina;
29:05: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off;
39:30: Star Vs the Forces of Evil;
43:20: Harley Quinn;
47:15: Bluey;
53:30: Helluva Boss
58:45: Fionna and Cake;
1:03:45: Future shows and films we are excited about.

Amy and Joe provide a brief spoiler-free guide on why you should watch the excellent and hilarious Harley Quinn series!

Godzilla is getting a feature-length anime movie! Aside from that, Akiba’s Trip is also getting a series and Babymetal is getting their own short-form live-action/animated hybrid series. Our featured anime and live-action movies are Log Horizon season 2 and Attack on Titan: The Movie part 2.

This week an amorous skunk and a very fast mouse are getting their own movies, and the trailers prove that sometimes anime is just plain weird.Our featured anime are Samurai Bride (Hyakka Ryouran), and Diebuster: Top Wo Nerae 2.

The sarcasm meter is off the scale this week with arguments about violence in animation and a live-action, CG animated feature film of Woody Woodpecker … for Brazil! Our featured anime are Samurai Harem (Asu no Yoichi!), Haikyuu Season 1 Part 2 and Top Wo Nerae: Gunbuster (Aim for the Top! Gunbuster).

This week we find out what happens when you don’t ban certain plot devices from a short story competition, and a “shrine” to anime and manga is being rebuilt. Our featured anime are Durarara!!x2 Shou, Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works part 2 and Anomalisa (from Curzon Artificial Eye).

This week we find a gender-swapped “sexy” version of Monkey D. Luffy, a ban on plots about reincarnation or transport to other worlds, and a few trailers. Our featured anime is Parasyte: The Maxim part 1 (and technically the manga series Midori Days).

It’s another trailer fest filled with ballet, idol dances, bishounen prison breaks, and possibly the nerdiest anime concept for a while. Our featured anime are Kuroko’s Basketball and Attack on Titan: The Movie (part 1).

This week we fight our way through all of the trailers and teasers to find that single, shining piece of good news – Junko’s comedy manga “Kiss Him, Not Me” is getting an anime adaptation! Our featured anime are Love Live Season 1 and Aldnoah Zero.

It’s a trailerfest this week so we take a look at the ones for Sweetness and Lightning, 91 Days, RS Project: Rebirth Storage and Voltron: Legendary Defender. Our featured anime is Assassination Classroom Season 1 part 1.

It’s time for another dive into the world of animation with trailers for Bill Plimpton’s Revengeance and Violet Evergarden. We also discuss a new Megaman anime series and a reboot of Cardcaptor Sakura. Our featured anime (and live-action movie), are Love Live season 2 and Parasyte: The Movie part 2.

The live–action adaptations of popular anime continue and next up is Full Metal Alchemist. We also take a look at animated shoot-em-ups, Kung Fu Panda rip-offs and the trailer for the Iranian animated epic The Last Fiction. Our featured anime are A Letter to Momo and Blade Dance of the Elementalers

An episode-by-episode review from episode 8 onwards... Features Joe arguing that 'The Fifty Year Night' is one of the greatest time travel stories ever made, Amy explaining her love of 'The Jorts Incident', some totally relevant musings about the featured board games & what if Jorts were real... and many other highlights!  

An Egyptian ambassador has blamed the rise of extremism on, amongst other things, Tom & Jerry cartoons. We’re not sure what he’s going to make of Onara Gorou – the Japanese animated short about sentient … gas. Oh, and Eddie Redmayne will star in Aardman’s new feature Early Man. Our featured anime are The Princess […]

Big changes are happening in the animation world as NBC Universal buys Dreamworks. We also discuss the remake of Watership Down, a fourth OVA series of Tenchi Muyo and the trailer for The Killing Joke. Our featured anime are Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie, Golden Time Part 2 and RWBY volume 3.

Disney make some major announcements this week, and not all of them seem to make sense. We also discuss the trailer for ”Big Fish & Begonia” and the new 3D CG version of Chi’s Sweet Home. Our featured anime are Patlabor: The New Files (OVA Season 2), and Another.

This week we take a look at the trailers for Moom and Kaze no Yoni before diving into Sailor Moon exhibits, Jump Summers with Universal Studios, and some unfortunately placed Pikachus. Our featured anime are Arcana Famiglia and Infinite Stratos Season 2.

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We kick off the show with trailers for Scaȑed Rider Xechs, Berserk, A Silent Voice and Infini-T Force. We also discuss Kadokawa’s purchase of a majority stake in YenPress, The Powerpuff Girls reboot and more. Our featured anime are Amnesia and Kämpfer.

The big news this week is that Blue Sky Studios are the first to settle a wage-fixing and anti-poaching lawsuit filed against them and several other major animation companies. We also take a look at the teaser for Luger Code 1951 and the trailers for football anime Days and the English dub of Hunter x […]

It’s a trailer-fest this week with Dreamworks’ Voltron: Legendary Defender, Show by Rock season 2, Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul, D-Gray Man: HALLOW and TWO for Lego Batman. We also discuss the prospect of more FLCL. Otaku A.I.s and potential waifus for Bojack Horseman. Our featured anime is Humanity Has Declined.

Animation is a strange medium and it’s only going to get weirder when the free open-source version of Toonz comes out. We also take a look at the trailer for “Drifters” , try to work out why anyone would want to make an animated movie about Michael Jackson’s pet chimpanzee and more. Our featured anime […]

Tis the season for strange animation tidings as we take a look at the trailers for “Sausage Party” and “Sakamoto desu-ga?”, Paramount say no to The Little Prince’s money and more. Our featured anime are Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse, Kill Me Baby and FUSE: Memoirs of a Hunter Girl.

Chairman Meow’s Little Red Bowl

This week we dive right in to a heap of trailers including Ice Age, April and the Extraordinary World, and Rudolf the Black Cat. In other news, Kadokawa are planning an 88-stop anime-themed “pilgrimage” for tourists and Oxford University release a Vocaloid textbook (of sorts).

Our featured anime are Mobile Suit Gundam Part 1, My Neighbor Seki (The Master of Killing Time), and OreImo Season 2.

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Amy and Joe explain why Amphibia is... pretty decent... A spoiler-free guide for any newbies!

The Strange Noises of Douglas Lurpak

So the big news this week is that Inside Out won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars – which surprised nobody. In other, more unorthodox news, Funimation launch a Kickstarter for a new dub of The Vision of Escaflowne, we watch the trailer for Bling and all sorts of stuff happened. 

Our featured anime are Kokoro Connect and Golden Time Part 1.

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#Animation #Anime #Cartoons #KeyFrame #News #Podcasts #Reviews #TheGeekShow #GoldenTime #KokoroConnect #Adaptations #Manga #LightNovels #Books #AcademyAwards #TheOscars #InsideOut #Disney #Pixar #BestAnimatedFeature #Funimation #Kickstarter #Escaflowne #TheVisionOfEscaflowne

Confusing Pants And Broken Broken English

This week we kick things off with a look at the trailers for Sing! And Flying Witch, another reboot of Astroboy, Nyanbo’s anime series and more. 

Our featured cartoon and anime are RWBY Season 2, We Without Wings: Under an Innocent Sky and A Lull in the Sea.

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#Animation #Anime #Cartoons #KeyFrame #News #Podcasts #Reviews #TheGeekShow #RWBY # ALullInTheSea #WeWithoutWings #UnderAnInnocentSky #Adaptations #VisualNovels #MontyOum #RoosterTeeth #Sing #FlyingWitch #Astroboy #Nyanbo

We Need More Serious Bear!

We return once more to the animated world with trailers for Klaus and Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear before heading off into the wild blue yonder aboard Mecha Gromit while OreImo’s Kousaka Kirino tries to encourage young people to vote.

True story.

Our featured anime are OreImo (Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai) season 1, and Battle Girls: Time Paradox.

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#Animation #Anime #Cartoons #KeyFrame #News #Podcasts #Reviews #TheGeekShow #OreImo #BattleGirls #TimeParadox #MyLittleSisterCantBeThisCute #Klaus #KumaMiko #GirlMeetsBear #Gromit #WallaceAndGromit #Voting #Elections #Adaptations #LightNovels #Books #TsukasaFushimi #Pachinko 

Ken’s Award Winning Chocolate Volleyballs

It’s awards season so this week we kick things off with the winners of the 43rd Annie Awards. In other news, Korean webcomic Noblesse gets an OVA, self-help author James Altucher thinks animation is easy money and more. 

Our featured anime are Tokyo Ghoul Season 1 and Haikyu!! Season 1 Part 1.

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#Animation #Anime #Cartoons #KeyFrame #News #Podcasts #Reviews #TheGeekShow #TokyoGhoul #Haikyu #Sports #Adaptations #Manga #AnnieAwards #Noblesse #JamesAltucher #Webcomic 

Trump’s Chocolate Diary

This week we take a look at the trailers for Angry Birds: The Movie and Trolls. We also discuss the live-action version of Seirei no Moribito (Guardian of the Sacred Spirit), the prequel to Barakamon, Isao Takahata declining to join the Academy and more. 

Our featured anime are Future Diary and Love, Election and Chocolate.

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#Animation #Anime #Cartoons #KeyFrame #News #Podcasts #Reviews #TheGeekShow #MiraiNikki #FutureDiary #LoveElectionAndChocolate #AngryBirds #Trailers #Trolls #Movies #GuardianOfTheSacredSpirit #Barakamon #HandaKun #IsaoTakahata #Adaptations #Manga #VisualNovels 

Sasami-san At The Boundary

The big news this week is that Japanese voice actress Orikasa Fumiko (Bleach, Code Geass, Hellsing, Great Teacher Onizuka), will be a guest at Sunnycon 5 in June 2016. After that it’s business as usual as we discuss the trailers for Dofus – Book 1: Julith and Long Way North, The Asylum’s new animation studio and more.

Our featured anime are Beyond The Boundary and Sasami-san@Ganbaranai.

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#Animation #Anime #Cartoons #KeyFrame #News #Podcasts #Reviews #TheGeekShow #Adaptations #LightNovels #Books #NagomuTorii #KyoukaiNoKanata #SasamiSanAtGanbaranai #BeyondTheBoundary #Akira #OrikasaFumiko #Dofus #Julith #LongWayNorth #Trailers #Movies #Films 

Cats Will Rule The World!

This week we discuss Matt Groening’s new animated Netflix project, the return of Beyblade, the Oscar nominations for animation and more. 

Our featured anime are Nyan Koi! and World Conquest Zvezda Plot.

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#Animation #Anime #Cartoons #KeyFrame #News #Podcasts #Reviews #TheGeekShow #MattGroening #Netflix #Beyblade #AcademyAwards #Oscars #WorldConquestZvezdaPlot #NyanKoi #Manga #SatoFujiwara #Adaptations 

Magicians Of Fate

On this episode we discuss animation nominations and winners, Funimation’s new streaming service, female-only otaku cafes and more. 

Our featured anime are Magi: The Kingdom of Magic and Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya.

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#Animation #Anime #Cartoons #KeyFrame #News #Podcasts #Reviews #TheGeekShow #Magi #TheKingdomOfMagic #FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya #Manga #Adaptations #HiroshiHiroyama #KALMIA #ShinobuOhtaka #AlternateUniverse #Fate/Stay Night 

It’s All About The Manservice

This week we discuss the trailers for “Storks” and “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress”, the confirmation of a new series for “D-Gray Man” and “Berserk” gets a new anime series, a life-size (1:1) statue of Lum from Urusei Yatsura and more. 

And since it’s our last show of 2015, we also discuss Christmas in animation.

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#Animation #Anime #Cartoons #KeyFrame #News #Podcasts #Reviews #TheGeekShow #Storks #Trailers #KabaneriOfTheIronFortress #DGrayMan #Berserk #Lum #UruseiYatsura #Christmas 

This week we explore the idea that Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” could make $400 million and still be considered a flop. In other news, The Croods gets a hand-drawn animated series for Netflix, Makoto Shinkai announces a new movie called “Kimi no Na wa. (Your Name).”, Laika’s release a trailer for their new stop-motion feature […]

Joe and Amy share their thoughts on the first half of Hilda's excellent second season, looking at each episode in turn. Enjoy!

Exciting things are happening in the world of animation with the announcement of a new series of Samurai Jack. We also discuss Danganronpa’s second anime series, the “pre-apocalyptic propaganda nightmare set in another dimension” horror animation that is When Blackbirds Fly, a new Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica project and more. Our featured anime are Full Metal […]

On this episode we discuss the confirmed third season of Star Wars: Rebels, a new Puella Magi Madoka Magica concept movie, the countdown to Naruto: The Next Generation, “Get Squirrelly”, Neon Genesis Evangelion underwear and more. Our featured anime are Blade & Soul and Full Metal Panic.

Returning for more animated adventures, this week we discuss Disney’s “Zootopia”, the end of “Gravity Falls”, the new trailer for “Ghost in the Shell: Virtual Reality Diver”, the anime movie “Garakowa: Restore the World”, the adaptation of “All-Out Rugby”, rice and more. Our featured anime are Usagi Drop and Hidamari Sketch.

  This week we dive right in with news about Ice Age 5, an animal-based homage to Blazing Saddles, Netflix wanting to produce anime, Oscar nominations and more. Our featured anime are Robotics;Notes and Eccentric Family.

  On this week’s episode we discuss the animation nominations for the BAFTA Children’s Award, Crunchyroll’s partnership with Sumitomo Corporation to fund animation production, the voice acting talents in Disney’s “Zootopia” and more. Our featured anime are Sword Art Online II Part 1 (episodes 1 to 7), and Captain Earth.

  This week we discuss William Shatner’s role in the animated horror movie “Malevolent”, the trailers for “Ratchet & Clank” and the very odd “Animal Kingdom: Let’s Go Ape”, the RWBY manga by Shirow Miwa – the mangaka of “Dogs: Bullets & Carnage”, some rather strange teabags and all sorts of other stuff. Our featured anime […]

  First, the cartoon that is referred to in this episode is actually “Gerald McBoing-Boing” and not “Jeremy McBoing-Boing”. This week we discuss the long-awaited announcement of The Incredibles 2, Ralph Bakshi’s “Last Days of Coney Island”, the mobile game of “Btooom!”, the anime adaptation of “A Silent Voice” and more. Our featured anime are Puella Magi […]

  On this episode we discuss Steins;Gate Zero, Toshiko Hasumi’s controversial refugee illustration, the proposed anime adaptation of Kozue Amano’s diving-themed slice-of-life manga series “Amanchu”, Makoto Nakamura’s puppet anime feature “Chieri to Cherry” and more. Our featured anime are Blast of Tempest and Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie 1.

  On this episode we discuss the first animated series produced exclusively in Latin America by Netflix, the announcement of an Ace Attorney anime, notable winners at the Ottawa International Animation Festival and more. Our featured anime are Naruto Shippuden Part 22, and The Comic Artist and His Assistants.

  On this episode we take a look at Stan Lee’s Mighty 7, the Japanese-French-Korean CG cartoon Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Leanne Pooley’s animated documentary about the disastrous Gallipoli campaign of 1915, and all sorts of other stuff. We also discuss the anime that have caught our attention from the upcoming Fall […]

A short, spoiler-free introductory guide from Amy and Joe to the excellent series Owl House (Also props to Amy for the excellent drawing of the main character Luz to accompany this podcast!)  

  This week we find out more about Nickelodeon’s ’90s nostalgia-fest, the Spongebob Squarepants Broadway stage musical (yes, you read that right), the animation nominations for the Streamy Awards and more. Our featured animations are We Bear Bears and Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet.

  We kick things off this week with details of Disney and Pixar’s upcoming animated theatrical releases, We also discuss the announcement of a new Scooby Doo movie, Netflix adding Mind Game, Genius Party and other Studio 4°C coming to Netflix and more. This week’s featured anime are One Piece Series 11 and Knights of Sidonia […]

  Join the Keyframe gang as they discuss the week’s events in the world of animation including confirmation of a third series of Ric & Morty, the box office success of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of F, a remake of Legend of the Galactic Heroes and more. Our featured anime is A Certain Magical Index Season […]