Animation
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Amphibia – Season One
A mysterious box teleports a young girl and two of her friends to a magical land where frogs talk, and strange creatures abound. This is the world of Amphibia, an animated series created by Matt Braly that premiered on the Disney Channel in 2019, and is currently available on Disney+. This week on the podcast, we discuss the first 20 episodes that make up Season One.
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Turning Red
This week we discuss Turning Red, a 2022 animated movie by Pixar Animation Studios. The story follows Meilin "Mei" Lee, a 13-year-old girl who, through a quirk of her family history, suddenly turns into a panda when she experiences strong emotions.
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Seasons 2-5)
This week, Linnea leads our discussion of seasons 2 through 5 of the animated Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. She series won many awards for outstanding Kids and Family Programming.
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Hilda and the Mountain King
Hilda and the Mountain King is an animated film that premiered on Netflix on December 30th, 2021. The story is based on the sixth book of the popular Hilda graphic novel series by author and Illustrator Luke Pearson, and provides closure to the cliffhanger end of Hilda's second season. Also on this episode, our pop-culture news, and fortune cookies. In case you missed it, you can check out our review of seasons 1 and 2 of Hilda on episode 22 from February 2021.
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Animation, Movie, Musical, Podcast
Encanto
The animated Disney musical Encanto tells the story of the Madrigal family, who are all blessed with a special, magical gift. All except for Mirabel, that is. But when their magical house begins to crumble and her sibling's gifts start to fade, it is up to Mirabel to find out why and save the family.
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Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Season 2)
Way back on episode 8 of Lunchbox Reaction, we discussed the first season of one of our favorite animated shows, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts. This week, we return […]
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Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
Here's a holiday special we can get behind! Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas is a new animated 30-minute special from Aardman Animations. You can stream it on Netflix, and we can't recommend it enough. It's packed full of fun, mayhem, and Christmas cheer. Check it out!
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Robin Robin
Aardman Animations new short film Robin Robin was just released on Netflix. It's a holiday story of a young bird living with a family of mice and trying her best to fit in. On this episode we give a quick review of the show, and talk a little about what makes something a musical, versus a story that happens to have songs. In addition, we also learn that when you watch the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, make sure you're watching the parade from the correct year! All this, plus fortune cookies.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
In celebration of Halloween, we watched the 1993 stop-motion animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Is it a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie? That's just one of the questions we discussed this week.
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My Hero Academia, Season 2
We return to UA High this week, and talk about season 2 of the anime My Hero Academia. Was it better than the first season? Yes! Is it easy for animators to draw invisible characters? We think so! All that, plus our usual pop-culture news and fortune cookies.