It’s the final season of the incredible show Hilda and we talked all about Season 3 and the show as a whole looking back.

Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen & Delaney Stovall.

Hear what we thought of the recently released Hilda movie, Hilda and the Mountain King!

Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & Alex Bonilla.

Timestamps for the podcast:

• 0:00 – Introduction
• 2:00 – Overall Hilda Movie Thoughts (Spoilers)
• 17:00 – Trolls & Othering
• 26:45 – Mothers’ Love
• 32:30 – Trundle, Gorgeous Animation, & More
• 53:20 – Ahlberg’s Ending
• 59:45 – Season 3 Speculation

Hilda Season 2 is finally here and we share all our thoughts on the season after checking in on Summer Camp Island, Wolfwalkers, and more.

Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & Delaney Stovall.

Timestamps for the podcast:

• 1:00 – Summer Camp Island S3 Susie Backstory Arc
• 11:10 – Wolfwalkers
• 16:00 – Earwig and the Witch trailer
• 22:20 – Carmen Sandiego Season 3
• 24:50 – RWBY V8E3-6
• 28:00 – Main topic – Hilda Season 2

Dylan Hysen & Michelle Anderer go through the basics and differences of the script-driven and storyboard-driven animation productions formats.

Happy New Year everyone! After years of moving forward with a similar format, we’re switching things up for the podcast.

The headline is: We’re going to stop doing episode recap podcasts, and we’re going to focus on more high-level discussions.

The immediate change you’ll see is no episode recap podcasts which will result in less podcasts. However, we’ll still be covering the same shows, the podcast will still generally be similar, we’ll just be structuring our discussions in different ways. We think this new structure will result in more interesting discussions, and we’ll be better equipped to cover shows with a wide variety of release formats.

Here are the types of podcasts you’ll see instead of episode recaps:

• Season recaps! We’ll still be discussing seasons as a whole when a show we cover wraps up its season. So you’ll see an Infinity Train Season 2 recap podcast but not nightly podcasts this week. When the next season of She-Ra drops we’ll have a podcast on the whole season soon after it comes out like normal (but no proceeding episode recaps).
• Podcasts at regular intervals for certain shows: This is the replacement model for episode recaps for weekly shows (or others) we still want to talk about regularly while they’re airing. We won’t discuss all the shows we cover on a regular basis, but in the short term look out for Miraculous Ladybug every-other-week podcasts starting sometime in the next two months, and Owl House podcasts monthly (after we do a special podcast for the premiere this weekend). These will be high-level discussions on anything about the show. If there are episodes to talk about we’ll talk about them generally, but we can also talk about general topics surrounding the show or any news about the show.
• Show-specific topics: If something is on our mind about a show, even if we’re not podcasting on it regularly, we might do a podcast to discuss a specific topic whenever! Likely something we’re passionate about like Bumbleby with RWBY.
• Cross-show or movie topics: This is the one we’re most excited about and hope to do a lot more: A trend in the industry, a trend in a social issue (we definitely want to do queer rep topics more than once a year), or some theme we notice across a few shows. This could really be anything involving animation.

Some exceptions to no more episode recaps: First, we still could do one if there’s an episode we’re super excited to talk about! Also, Steven Universe Future may or may not continue with episode recaps until its completion (if not we’d have every-other-week podcasts when it comes back). We’ll finish out Volume 7 recaps for RWBY since it’s almost over. We may finish out the She-Ra S4 recaps we almost finished. And we can still do pods on a single movie, whether it’s recently released or not!

We’re excited to continue to talk about a lot of awesome animated shows and movies in a format we think will work better. As always reach out with any feedback you have on the podcast!

The 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

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

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

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

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

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

Here are the nominees for the 2018 OVA-ies Awards, celebrating the best in television animation from the year. Listen to the nominations announcement podcast accompanying this post and check out the nominations below!

Vote for your favorites in 5 categories. Winners are chosen 50% by an open vote weighed by shows watched, 50% from internal “expert” committees. Nominees were chosen internally by our patrons & staff, and you can see the nominations below! Winners will be revealed in a podcast at the end of December.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Steven Universe, & Mysticons lead with nominations in every category they were eligible for. Followed by BoJack Horseman and Voltron: Legendary Defender with nominations in all but one eligible category.

Vote Here Now!

Voting closes at noon on Friday December 28th. Google sign-in is required for voting. Voting is anonymous, the sign-in is just required to restrict voting to 1 per person.

Best Animated Show of 2018

• BoJack Horseman
• Mysticons
• RWBY
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
• Steven Universe
• Voltron: Legendary Defender

Best Animation Episode of 2018

• “A Single Pale Rose”, Steven Universe
• “The Black Paladins”, Voltron: Legendary Defender
• “Come Along With Me”, Adventure Time
• “Free Churro”, BoJack Horseman
• “The Princess and the Pirate”, Mysticons
• “Promise”, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Best Animation Main Character of 2018

• BoJack Horseman, BoJack Horseman
• Catra, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
• Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous Ladybug
• Pearl, Steven Universe
• Star Butterfly, Star vs. the Forces of Evil
• Zarya Moonwolf, Mysticons

Best Animation Supporting Character of 2018

• Eclipsa, Star vs. the Forces of Evil
• Hawk Moth, Miraculous Ladybug
• Kitty Boon, Mysticons
• Lapis, Steven Universe
• Lotor, Voltron: Legendary Defender
• Scorpia, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Best New Animated Show of 2018

• Bloom Into You
• Craig of the Creek
• The Dragon Prince
• Final Space
• Hilda
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, Alex Bonilla, & Steve Zec recap the first season of the new Netflix animated series, “Hilda”!