Queer Representation in 2018 Animation

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake Review

Hear what we thought of all of Season 1 of “Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake”! Spoilers for all 10 episodes of the season within. Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & Alex Bonilla. [https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FionnaAndCake-1024x576.jpg]https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FionnaAndCake.jpg

Best of 2020 TV Animation

We go through all our favorites of the year from 2020 Western TV animation after giving all of our thoughts on the recent Adventure Time Obsidian special, the premiere episodes of Onyx Equinox, Season 1 of the Animaniacs reboot, and Season 3 of Craig of the Creek. Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & April Collins. Timestamps for the podcast: * 5:10 – Adventure Time: Distant Lands Obsidian * 12:30 – Onyx Equinox Episodes 1 & 2 * 22:25 – Animaniacs Reboot * 33:15 – Craig of the Creek Season 3 * 57:45 – Main topic – Best of 2020 Animation [https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BestOf2020-1024x576.png]https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BestOf2020.png

Adventure Time Takes Us To Distant Lands With BMO!

Alex Bonilla, Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer & Ally Martin discuss the first Adventure Time: Distant Lands special, “BMO”, and our new expectations for the future Distant Lands specials. [https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/at-bmo-1024x575.png]https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/at-bmo.png

Winners: 2018 OVA-ies TV Animation Awards

[https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-ovaies-nominations-1024x576.png]https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-ovaies-nominations.pngThe results are in for our 2018 OVA-ies TV Animation Awards! After 11,700 votes cast (!) and deliberations from our expert panels, the winners in five categories have been determined. Listen to the attached podcast to hear us announce the winners and analyze the results. Steven Universe was the big winner of the night, sweeping the two biggest categories: Best Show and Best Episode. Miraculous Ladybug won best main character for Marinette and Voltron: Legendary Defender won supporting character for Lotor while also having high voting turnout. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power won best new show while also being competitive in the other categories. How the results were calculated: an average ranking was determined by averaging the placement in the Open Vote and what the Expert Panel ranked the order of the nominees. The specific percentage in the Open Vote did not factor in, only what place it finished (1st, 2nd, etc.) in the category’s vote. The Expert Panels were made up of people in our internal community who watch each show nominated in the specific category, and was factored into the final result to mitigate the popularity contest element. BEST ANIMATED SHOW OF 2018 [https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/stevenuniverse-winner-1024x576.jpg]https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/stevenuniverse-winner.jpg Winner: Steven Universe Show Average Rank Open Vote Expert Panel 1st: Steven Universe 1.5 2 (29%) 1 2nd: Voltron: Legendary Defender 2 1 (34%) 3 T-3rd: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 3.5 3 (23%) 4 T-3rd: BoJack Horseman 3.5 5 (6.7%) 2 5th: RWBY 5 4 (6.8%) 6 6th: Mysticons 5.5 6 (1%) 5 BEST ANIMATION EPISODE OF 2018 [https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/singlepalerose-winner-1024x576.jpg]https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/singlepalerose-winner.jpg Winner:  “A Single Pale Rose”, Steven Universe Episode Average Rank Open Vote Expert Panel 1st: “A Single Pale Rose”, Steven Universe 1.5 2 (23%) 1 T-2nd: “Come Along With Me”, Adventure Time 3 3 (16%) 3 T-2nd: “The Black Paladins”, Voltron: Legendary Defender 3 1 (41%) 5 4th: “Free Churro”, BoJack Horseman 3.5 5 (3%) 2 5th: “Promise”, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 4 4 (15%) 4 6th: “The Princess and the Pirate”, Mysticons 6 6 (1%) 6 BEST ANIMATION MAIN CHARACTER OF 2018 [https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/marinette-winner-1024x576.jpg]https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/marinette-winner.jpg Winner: Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous Ladybug Character Average Rank Open Vote Expert Panel 1st: Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous Ladybug 1.5 1 (28.4%) 2 T-2nd: Pearl, Steven Universe 3.5 3 (26%) 4 T-2nd: Catra, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 3.5 2 (28.3%) 5 T-2nd: Zarya Moonwolf, Mysticons 3.5 6 (1%) 1 5th: BoJack Horseman, BoJack Horseman 4 5 (8%) 3 6th: Star Butterfly, Star vs. the Forces of Evil 5 4 (9%) 6   BEST ANIMATION SUPPORTING CHARACTER OF 2018 [https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/lotor-winner-1024x576.jpg]https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/lotor-winner.jpg Winner: Lotor, Voltron: Legendary Defender Character Average Rank Open Vote Expert Panel 1st: Lotor, Voltron: Legendary Defender 1 1 (43%) 1 2nd: Lapis, Steven Universe 3 2 (20%) 4 T-3rd: Hawk Moth, Miraculous Ladybug 3.5 4 (12%) 3 T-3rd: Eclipsa, Star vs. the Forces of Evil 3.5 5 (11%) 2 5th: Scorpia, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 4 3 (14%) 5 6th: Kitty Boon, Mysticons 6 6 (1%) 6 BEST NEW ANIMATED SHOW OF 2018 [https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/she-ra-winner-1024x576.jpg]https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/she-ra-winner.jpg Winner: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Show Average Rank Open Vote Expert Panel 1st: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 2 1 (40%) 3 2nd: Bloom Into You 3 5 (5%) 1 T-3rd: Craig of the Creek 4 6 (5%) 2 T-3rd: Final Space 4 4 (6%) 4 T-3rd: Hilda 4 3 (13%) 5 T-3rd: The Dragon Prince 4 2 (31%) 6

Queer Representation in 2018 Animation

Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, Sam Quattro, & Michelle Anderer look back on the ups and downs of portrays of queer characters and romance in 2018 animation, including Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Voltron: Legendary Defender, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Mysticons, BoJack Horseman, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, Craig of the Creek, Super Drags, Miraculous Ladybug, RWBY, Big Mouth, Summer Camp Island, Bloom Into You, & Zombie Land Saga. [https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/queer-rep-2018-in-review-2-1024x576.png]https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/queer-rep-2018-in-review-2.png