Animation Dissection
Film & TV News
Hosts Neeksy and Zorak watch and analyze animated films and TV shows, looking closely at the moving parts to figure out why they work (or in many cases don't). Let's explore the world of cartoons through vivisection! Metaphorically. Sometimes.
Location:
United States
Description:
Hosts Neeksy and Zorak watch and analyze animated films and TV shows, looking closely at the moving parts to figure out why they work (or in many cases don't). Let's explore the world of cartoons through vivisection! Metaphorically. Sometimes.
Twitter:
@rymagnusson
Language:
English
Email:
rymagnusson@gmail.com
Episodes
Case #050 — Shirobako
7/12/2017
Anime! Watch it get made, listen to it get discussed and… find your place in the world? Shirobako is an anime about anime that passes the Bechdel Test.
Next Case: Tom & Jerry: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:01:41:41
Case #049 — Daria
5/29/2017
Is sarcasm dead or just hibernating? We examine Daria and whether or not its iconic protagonist is still relevant in our increasingly wary and skeptical society.
Next Case: Shirobako
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:01:11:49
Case #048 — Monster
4/25/2017
Who's the real monster, the serial killer that is going to become the next Hitler or the horrifying social experiments that made him that way? Probably both! We discuss the very interesting Monster, an adaptation of the manga by Naoki Urasawa.
Next Case: Daria
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:01:14:02
Case #047 — Chargeman Ken!
4/3/2017
In 1970s future-Japan there is only one person that is able to or apparently seems remotely interested in stopping a genocidal alien invasion: a psychotic eight-year-old boy with the superpowers of having a gun and absolutely no sense of ethics. We discuss Chargeman Ken! and whether it is possible to pre-fabricate "it's so bad it's good" cult classics and the nature of artistic sincerity/laziness.
Next Case: Monster
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:01:17:45
Case #046 — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
2/27/2017
We discuss whether or not anime was a mistake after all in Studio Ghibli's (but also not really) first film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Is it still worth checking out or is the manga better?
Next Case: Chargeman Ken
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:01:05:59
Case #045 — Legend of the Galactic Heroes
2/14/2017
Let's get political – in space! We discuss the 1980s classic anime Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Witness the folly of human endeavor in the face of chaos and entropy. It's a good show! Besides, I watched the whole thing for this episode and now you have to listen to it dammit!
Next Case: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:01:53:58
Case #044 — Moana
2/1/2017
After some technical issues involving expensive computer equipment and a scented candle, we're finally back with Disney's latest film Moana. Can you translate myth faithfully into cinematic narrative structure? Were audiences cheated out of a more culturally accurate ending where The Rock is cut in half by a goddess' genitalia? Let's find out!
Next Case: Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:01:19:07
Case #043 — Dilbert
11/28/2016
In this episode we marvel at how good things can come from even the most deplorable of places, namely that of Scott Adams' Dilbert as adapted by Larry Charles. Is this series worth looking away from its source or should it be left and forgotten just like the misbegotten network upon which it was aired?
Next Case: Moana
After: Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:00:48:57
Case #042 — Invader Zim
11/8/2016
We're back! No, not the movie about hotdog-loving dinosaurs, I'm talking about this podcast. We discuss DeviantArt and disaffected teen favorite Invader Zim. Does it hold up? Is it really annoying? Let's find out!
Next Case: Dilbert
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:01:11:47
Case #041 — The Dover Boys
8/4/2016
Summary
Smears, smears, and more smears! We discuss the Warner Bros. classic short "The Dover Boys" and just why it still holds up after all this time.
Next Case: Invader Zim
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:00:59:57
Case #040 — The Flintstones
6/12/2016
Summary
Meet the Flintstones, they're your modern-but-stuck-in-the-American-1950s-but-somehow-also stone-age family.
Next Case: The Dover Boys
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:01:03:28
Case #039 — FLCL
5/3/2016
Summary
Today we discuss the manic, wild, funny, and strange FLCL. Is it a case of style over substance? Does it still hold up? Will these rhetorical questions get some kind of answer?!
Next time: The Flintstones
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Duration:01:11:35
Case #038 — Foodfight!
4/9/2016
Summary
What a horrible goddamn mess this film is, from the production background to the animation to the disturbingly sexualized cartoon mascots. We gaze into the hollow, pulsing abyss of pure madness that is known in human tongue as Foodfight!
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Dicktron (@mightydicktron)
Duration:01:27:31
Case #037 — Zootopia
3/25/2016
Summary
Disney's nefarious plans to create a new generation of cartoon animal-loving kids has succeeded in more ways than one with their newest film Zootopia! Soon, everyone will have their own Zootopia-sonas. Embrace the furture.
Next Case — Foodfight!
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Zorak (@SAzorak)
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Duration:01:26:00
Case #036 — Paranoia Agent
3/11/2016
Summary
After a bit of a delay we're back! We look at Neeksy's absolute favorite anime Satoshi Kon's "Paranoia Agent", a dark look at the collective madness of a society all too willing to escape into fantasy.
Next Case — Zootopia
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
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Duration:01:25:04
Case #035 — Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2/6/2016
Summary
Joined by special guest Dicktron who requested the series, we look at a dystopian future of cyborgs, philosophy of the mind, and authoritarian national defense politics! Additionally: We Need to Talk About Nickelodeon.
Next Case — Paranoia Agent
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Dicktron (@mightydicktron)
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Duration:01:59:10
Case #034 — He-Man & The Masters of the Universe
1/27/2016
Summary
You thought you were getting an episode about Ghost in the Shell, but it was I — HE-MAN! Enjoy a post-mortem of a weird, campy cartoon from the 80s about sci-fi, magic, feminism, & toilet wizards or whatever instead.
Next episode will be about GitS, we promise.
Next Case — Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Available on Hulu)
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
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Duration:01:16:12
Fan-aticism: A Discussion of Fandom & Media Criticism
1/13/2016
Summary
In one of the most NPR-style of our episodes to date, we have a roundtable discussion about fandom: the dangers of epistemic closure, identity-as-consumption, and group psychology. Also video games and cartoons!
Next Case — Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Available on Hulu)
Attending Pathologists
Neeksy (@rymagnusson)
Zorak (@SAzorak)
Bob "bobservo" Mackey (@bobservo)
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Duration:01:30:14
Case #033 — Freakazoid!
12/31/2015
Summary
Remember when Steven Spielberg had funny cartoons on TV? We sure do! Join Zorak and Neeksy as we go back to the 90s and rediscover Freakazoid!
Next Time: Special Roundtable on Fandoms and the Role of Media Critique
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Zorak (@SAzorak)
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Duration:01:19:31
Case #032 — Jem and the Holograms
12/8/2015
Summary
Jem! It's truly outrageous! Neeksy and Zorak come back from a brief hiatus to scratch their heads trying to make sense of the nonsensical and yet somehow painfully dull 80's icon.
Next Time: Freakazoid!
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Duration:01:39:45