Rubberonion Animation Podcast

I laughed harder during the recording of this episode than I have in a long time. Not at the stories exactly, but with my friends. We talk about the AMAZING "TIE Fighter" animation by Paul Johnson, the free release of Pixar's RenderMan software, Smurfs being delayed until March 31, 2017, and other stuff including fan favorite segment RAPID FIRE! Also I'm moving again. April Fools. OK I know it's lame but it's April Fools day and I had to say something. Satisfied? Good... enjoy the podcast! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (19:17)   Pixar releases non-commercial RenderMan software (26:03)   OLM partners with ToonBoom Animation to discuss future of digital workflow in animation in Japan (34:22)   TIE Fighter animated short by Paul Johnson (49:36)   Rob hit 1000 subs on YouTube (59:33)   GARGOYLES movie coming in 2017 (1:06:26)   SMURFS delayed until March 31, 2017 (1:15:24)   RAPID FIRE!!!!!!! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulf

The PIXELS trailer was the most popular conversation topic on the RubberOnion facebook page this week, so we lead with that. At the end we discuss the internet as a creative spawning ground and how traditional media fits in AS WELL AS addressing a question to me (Stephen) about being a freelance animator. We also talk about the ATTACK ON TITAN live-action teaser, INCREDIBLES 2 plot, and the announcements of a California Raisins movie as well as Joseph Gordon-Levitt starring in and producing a Fraggle Rock film. Also Rob went to an underwear party in Williamsburg (which, as a sentence, isn't that weird because it ends with "in Williamsburg"). So enjoy the discussion and feel free to join in below in the comments section! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (14:45)   PIXELS trailer (23:57)   FROZEN / THE THING mashup stop-mo video by Lee Hardcastle (30:22)   ATTACK ON TITAN live-action movie first clip (36:39)   INCREDIBLES 2 coming to theaters Summer 2016 (42:06)   Califo

Are you ready for this?! Biiiiig week! Stephen gives a crash course in understanding the basics of character design while discussing a viral post about how all Pixar women look the same, the crew talks about Bob Iger's choice to "absolutely prohibit" smoking in Disney films rated PG-13 and below, Genndy Tartakovski announced his departure from the "Popeye" movie, Tim Burton is named as the director for an upcoming live-action "Dumbo" remake, and a healthy selection of brand new trailers! With nine stories to cover coming in UNDER 1hr 30min we move a brisk pace this week. Enjoy and let us know what you thought in the comments section! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (4:30)   Disney CEO Bob Iger plans to ‘Absolutely Prohibit’ Smoking in Disney Films PG-13 and below (17:21)   FROZEN 2 announced (21:14)   Tim Burton to Direct Live-Action ‘Dumbo’ for Disney (30:19)   Tumblr blogger "Something Classy" makes a post about male vs female Disney/Pixar designs (50:25)   Animati

"Toy Story 4" is a romantic comedy, "The Secret of NIMH" gets a hybrid 3d/live-action family comedy reboot, Viacom sues NickReboot for selling their stuff, and we learn what a Puerto Rican Babyshower is... kind of. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (7:52)   Pat's new Let's Play series "My Controller is Broken" (13:50)   Rob's animation "for" National Pig Day (17:19)   Viacom sues NickReboot (29:23)   Toy Story 4 will be a romantic comedy (35:38)   "Rats of NIMH" will be a hybrid 3D/Live-Action family comedy (51:15)   YouTube isn't making money, even with a billion users a month (1:03:33)   Clayfighter is getting remastered for 2016 Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

This is the most nostalgic episode we've done yet! Power Rangers bootleg film, Leonard Nimoy's career, Inspector Gadget reboot, DuckTales reboot, Adventure Time movie, and Pat is officially back! We also talk about that crazy "Mystery Dress Color" fiasco that happened last week which fascinated artists and annoyed everyone else... that's kind of nostalgic. So curl up with a bowl of Cap'n Crunch and let us deliver the dulcet tones of nostalgia into your brain. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (5:41)   'The Dress Mystery' saga (24:48)   'Power/Ranger' bootleg film by Adi Shankar (38:16)   First-Timer Rob Schrab Set As Director of ‘Lego Movie’ Sequel (44:35)   RIP Leonard Nimoy (54:02)   Netflix gets rights to CG 'Inspector Gadget,' 'Danger Mouse,' and more (1:10:18)   DuckTales' reboot coming to DisneyXD in 2017 (1:16:34)   'Adventure Time' coming to the big screen with Warner Bros Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (

This week we cover a broad range of subjects. The Oscars and the strange voters, Jorge Gutierrez and why Stephen likes him so much, software going subscription based into "the cloud," and a fan-game BURGERBOSS from "Bob's Burgers!" There's some analysis and some inspiration and a skit, in true RubberOnion fashion. You won't want to miss this episode... because, whatever. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (20:08)   Young Justice returns on episode of Teen Titans GO! (29:59)   Jorge Gutierrez making Kung-Fu Space Western with ReelFX under new multi-year contract (47:30)   Cartoon Brew's compilation of the Hollywood Reporters Oscar ballet surveys (1:03:28)   The Rubber Onion animation podcast's final Oscar "predictions" (this was recorded Sunday before the ceremony) (1:12:11)   Autodesk Software to go completely subscription based in 2016 (1:26:14)   Greg Pugh's fan game version of Burgerboss Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)P

Though on other sides of an ocean, Stephen and Rob are going to animation events and talking about it to you fine people. There's also a lot of discussion about animation as a whole prompted by the excellent opening title sequence for 'Star vs the Forces of Evil' and a not-as-controversial-as-I-would-have-thought list of the Best Animated Series. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (9:55)   Simpsons Pixels animated short picked up as couch gag for Feb 15 (16:14)   Rob went to Matt Groening and Lynda Barry event (42:51)   Steve went to Animex with Martin Bell (49:45)   New puppet show ‘Newzoids’ coming to UK channel ITV (55:18)   'Star vs the Forces of Evil' new Disney XD series (1:04:43)   Free rival to Photoshop (1:15:07)   Best Animated Series list A-Z Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

Did you know that Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" is getting remade as a family friendly Samurai film with cartoon cats and dogs? That's pretty much all we talk about. Well we also talk about the amazing fanimation "Simpsons Pixels" as well as what's REALLY going on with the Power Rangers. We also dissect rap. That happened. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (5:13)   Rob Yulfo's "Bears with Teddy Bear Faces" Tumblr Post (12:57)   Power Rangers leaked trailer not what we all thought (21:16)   BLAZING SADDLES animated, family-friendly remake in the works (47:12)   Fanimation "Simpsons Pixels" (56:12)   GKids to distribute THE PROPHET Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

Stephen has his desktop computer back, so this episode sounds normal again! Stephen and Rob teach you how not to make sounds when you drink, talk about the Annie Awards, Disney's first Latina princess and what it might mean, and Rob did some animation for a new YouTube channel (embedded in this post). Enjoy the crisp, cool sound of a normal microphone! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (19:50)   Annie Awards results and occurrences (41:03)   Rob animated for MovieBlast (48:40)   More layoffs... this time at Sega (52:46)   Disney's first Latina princess (1:14:25)   "Bad Seeds" is now named "Harvey Beaks" (1:17:32)   DC slates a large list of upcoming animated series, films, and shorts (1:24:26)   "Batman vs Robin" trailer (1:31:10)   "Power Rangers Origins" leaked trailer (1:35:58)   "Ted 2" trailer Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher whi

Layoffs, lawsuits, and cats -- OH MY! Stephen and Rob talk about the tough subjects of foreign VFX subsidies and the troubles fighting them, the abrupt closing of PDI/Dreamworks Redwood City campus, and a Kickstarter campaign so ridiculously popular it brings up the topic of how democratic is the internet really. But with all the negative subjects, we also got a few questions from you listeners so we end on some positive thoughts! Oh also, it's my (Stephen) birthday and we totally didn't mention it once... so there's that. Enjoy! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (8:23)   Annie Awards on Jan 31st! (23:28)   VFX Artists drop effort to challange film subsidies (43:04)  

Stephen and Rob are back again to talk about the creepy "Thunderbirds" character designs, the Oscar nominations AND those left out in the cold. A stop-mo animator rigged the Nintendo Power Glove for use in animation and "Underdogs" (Argentina's "Metagol") gets an English language trailer thanks to the Weinsteins... and it's... a thing. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (15:32)   THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO character designs (27:44)   HtTYD2 wins first Golden Globe for Dreamworks (36:27)   Oscar Nom's (1:02:59)   THE LEGO MOVIE wins Critics Choice Awards (1:06:59)   UNDERDOGS first US English release trailer (1:14:31)   Dillon Markey uses PowerGlove to animate stop-mo Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

Stephen and Rob try to work through what happened at Charlie Hebdo last week in Paris, but also discuss less heavy topics like the Peanuts animation style and Wacom's new 27 inch Cintiq. Join a very sick Stephen and a very uncomfortable Rob for over 2 hours of chatter... because if you're looking for real information you might have come to the wrong podcast. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

For the first episode of 2015, we have absolutely no plan or organization. Pat is busy with life and Rob and Stephen talk about their own animated shorts before moving on to talking about the brilliant "Song of the Sea" CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

Happy New Year!! We asked you to pick out your favorite moments from The Rubber Onion animation podcast in the entire calendar year of 2014... and we picked our as well... and this is what came out! Enjoy the countdown and a great start to another full year of animated craziness in 2015 CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations to come later... when I'm settled into the new year. Yay vacation! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

Merry Christmas Eve! This week we're visited by 3 ghosts that ask us what our favorite past, present, and possible future animated Christmas movies, specials, and episodes are! AND... you can check out the specials mentioned in the episode embedded below! Merry Christmas all! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

The Pixar INSIDE OUT trailer dropped, Smaug was on The Colbert Report, and Spider-Man's future is in question. Also, Birdbox Studios made the Christmas card to end all cards! As you finish up work this week for the holiday break next week, enjoy our soothing voices... and singing. There was a little problem with Pat's audio somehow making him absent for about 20 minutes in the middle of the episode -- listen for that foghorn! OK, enjoy the episode. Go listen now. NOW CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (05:34)   Pixar's INSIDE OUT trailer (14:36)   SUBMARINE SANDWICH, new short by PES (19:54)   Sony Hacks reveal a possible Spider-Man animated film produced by Lord & Miller (26:37)   Sony tried to recruit Lord & Miller to head their animation devision (34:17)   Smaug on The Colbert Report (42:58)   Birdbox Studios' amazing Christmas card (50:37)   RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!!! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPa

This weeks should just be called RAPID FIRE week because half of the show is devoted to questions and topics you listeners asked us on my Facebook page... they're all awesoRARAPID FIRRRREEEeeee! A new character gets introduced whose only interested in one thing, French animation astounds us, and we talk about a documentary on Studio Ghibli/Hayao Miyazaki that Rob and I saw. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (08:24)   Stephen and Rob saw the Documentary on Ghibli THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS (28:22)   The Yule Log 2.0 is back! (37:09)   THE LITTLE PRINCE trailer (French) (49:28)   List of Animated Features coming out in 2015 (1:02:44)   RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

STAR WARS! TOY STORY! MEL BROOKS! FROZEN! NEW YOUTUBE SERIES FROM PAT! NEW ANIMATION FROM ROB! RAPID FIRE!!!!!!! Seriously, we have a lot of amazing topics to talk about this week. There's not any more introduction needed. Enjoy the episode! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (12:34)   STAR WARS VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS teaser trailer (23:55)   TOY STORY: THAT TIME FORGOT premieres Tues, Dec 2nd @ 8pm on ABC (29:15)   Pat's new LET'S PLAY series! (39:47)   Rob's new short DA SHIMPSOONS! (48:27)   Mel Brooks to play Dracula's father in HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (56:05)   The REBOOT reboot has a full title... (59:47)   Idina Menzel says FROZEN sequel is 'in the works' (1:04:13)   RAPID FIRE!!!!!!! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

We have so many trailers to talk about this week! CINDERELLA, PEANUTS, and LucasFilm's STRANGE MAGIC which was dropped on our unsuspecting laps. The question is... does it hurt or feel just right? Speaking of feeling just right, we interview the last of the three winners of our #RubberOnionFanArt competition, Ronald Chaparro. And I bring back the Rapid Fire segment so we can adjust the stories you listeners submitted that we didn't have enough time/thought to address as a full story segment. Also, Stephen went to the CTN ANimation Expo 2014 and talks about that experience. Enjoy! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (05:10)   Stephen went to CTNx2014 (14:21)   "Cinderella" trailer (25:40)   "Peanuts" trailer (35:54)   "Strange Magic" trailer (44:10)   Conversation with one of our Oct #RubberOnionFanArt competition winners, Ronald Chaparro (1:04:06)   RAPID FIRE!!! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And p

I like to call these episodes "classic." We've got news from the animation world and an interview with one of our #RubberOnionFanArt competition winners (Andrew Kaiko)! Lucasfilm surprised us with a new movie coming out in 2 months, new point-and-click game by The Neverhood creators is coming soon, and we talk a whole bunch about the PEANUTS hi-res images (this was one-day before the trailer leak!)... and we have a new segment: RAPID FIRE! Here we take the stories that you suggested which we didn't have too much to say about and we blast through them with out little derisive or supportive comments. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (12:19)   Lucasfilm's surprise film STRANGE MAGIC to be released January 23rd, 2015 (23:47)   Ian McKellen, Danny DeVito, and Sylvester Stallone sign on to voice ANIMAL CRACKERS (30:38)   Conversation with one of our Oct #RubberOnionFanArt competition winners, Andrew Kaiko (51:22)   DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro End Merger Talks (57:37)