Animated Perspectives

Last week, The Hollywood Reporter released their annual Animation Roundtable, which received immediate backlash from the animation community for multiple reasons. So host Sapphire Sandalo sat down with guest Samantha Lewis to discuss their thoughts on the headline's irony, and why it presents a larger problem. Articles referenced in this episode: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/animation-roundtable-seth-rogen-6-more-avoiding-ethnic-stereotypes-creating-ugly-cute-princ http://fusion.net/story/375814/thr-white-men-in-animation/

Despite being one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the US, Indian representation in American media is still very slim. So host Sapphire Sandalo chats with guest Jay Hasrajani about what it was like growing up with no Indian role models in animation, the importance of diverse storytelling, and how much he hates the sound of his voice.

Whatever your feelings toward Vine culture, it proved that you can get really creative with just a camera and 6.5 seconds. Now that the app is coming to an end, host Sapphire Sandalo chats with stop-motion Vine animator Johnny Mchone to talk about how Vine helped his career, what it's like to work at Stoopid Buddy Studios, and why Zach King sucks.

In this week's episode, host Sapphire Sandalo asks guest Nikki Price to help her figure out why she doesn't like anime. They also discuss weeaboos, fan art, and Filipino people being obsessed with emo culture.

"Ugliness" is generally thought of as the opposite of "beauty," but if you are drawn to something ugly, does it make it beautiful? In this week, join host Sapphire Sandalo and guest Ryan Consbruck as they discuss their thoughts on the meaning of ugliness, share examples of animation that make us question the very definition, and go off on a very necessary dog tangent.