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Animation Destination
Animation Destination is an animation celebration podcast dedicated to all things animated. Western animation, anime, independent animation, voice acting and more!
Episodes
Animation Destination451. Red Iron Road
It's Halloween season and we are jumping in to rank an anthology horror series, Red Iron Road. Six Animated Horror episodes based off of European folk tales…
Animation Destination450. Forgotten Island
Forgotten Island is Dreamworks latest animated film written and directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado the pair that brought us Puss in Boots: Last Wish…
Animation Destination449. X-Men '97 Season 2
We're back to Marvel and mutants for X-men '97 Season 2! Apocolypse, the X-Men's most evil foe is running through the time stream and we get to see a lot more…
Animation Destination448. Coyote Vs Acme
The new Looney Tunes hybrid animated film Coyote Vs Acme finally landed in theaters, thanks to Ketchup Entertainment and a lot of grass roots press in the…
Animation Destination447. The Career of Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen passed away on August 26th 2026 and we pay tribute by talking about his roles, his career and what he meant to us as a performer as THE voice of…
Animation Destination446. The Ninth Jedi
The first spin-off series form Star Wars: Visions has arrived with Kenji Kamiyana's The Ninth Jedi! I have been excited for this project for years all the way…
Animation Destination445. Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2
We jump back into Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2 as Prime jumps further into the darker noir take on the Batman property. This season is good but drops a bit…
Animation Destination444. King of the Hill Season 15
King of the Hill returns for Season 15 on Hulu and it's another banger and probably an even better season than the return. We get back to the major hijinx from…
Animation Destination443. Legend of Hei Movies
We dive into this well received movie series from China with The Legend of Hei (2019) and The Legend of Hei 2 (2025) a martial arts anime developed from a…
Animation Destination442. Witch Hat Atelier
We have a 2 Generations on board for this episode as the Barnes family joins my for Witch Hat Atelier as we discuss the themes and plot points of this…
Animation Destination441. Vox Machina Season 4
Vox Machina Season 4 has dropped on Prime and we slip back into Campaign 1 for the Critical Role Crew and their penultimate adventure that puts them all to the…
Animation Destination440. Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
It's finally time, everyone. The newest property from Avatar Studios has finally hit streaming (LEGALLY) and we are here to talk about it. It is an undeniably…
Animation Destination439. Hoppers and Goat
It's a double feature this week with two animated movies from earlier this year, Hoppers from Pixar and Sony's GOAT. This week we have Swafford, Atlanta…
Animation Destination438. Lord of Mysteries
It's time to talk about a show that is taking a real cult following (pun intended) in the anime community. A Chinese Donghua (Anime) adapted from a web novel…
Animation Destination437. Amazing Digital Circus
The Amazing Digital Circus was the first independent model from GLITCH and written and created by indie animator Gooseworx. And it came to a huge end with a…
Animation Destination436. Annecy 2026 Announcements
We are back from our Summer Break! Didn't mean to take all of June off but it was a bit of a vacation for me and now I'm back and ready to talk about a ton of…
Animation Destination435. Gameoverse Pilot
GLITCH dropped their latest show pilot premiere GAMEOVERSE last week and we're here to talk about it along with the production model that GLITCH has seemingly…
Animation Destination434. Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3
This week Ricky Vang returns for a big discussion about Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 the start of the Culling Game Arc! Yuji vs. Yuta, Megumi vs. Reggie and of…
Animation Destination433. Maul: Shadow Lord
We are back to talking about Star Wars as the latest animated adventure has hit, Maul: Shadow Lord. Taking place between the end of Clone Wars and the start of…
Animation Destination432. Primal Season 3
We are back to Genndy Tartakovsky's PRIMAL on Adult Swim this week on Animation Destination and we have special guest from The Cartoon Chronicles Podcast…
Animation Destination431. Invincible Season 4
Season 4 of Invincible has wrapped and the AD crew has a lot to say! The Viltrumite War has kicked off and even wraps up in this season but we are left in a…
Animation Destination430. Re:Zero Seasons 1-3
I sat down and blasted through Re:Zero for the first time and I have a lot to say! Me and Ricky Vang of the Spoiler Force Podcast jam about our experience with…
Animation Destination429. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2
We are back to the world of Frieren with season 2 of the journey beyond the journey! That's right one of my all time favorite anime is back for another season…
Animation Destination428. Anime Movie Night: Bubblegum Crisis
Anime Movie Night is here again and we cover the whole original Bubblegum Crisis! We watched all 8 OVA's over a few weeks and I even bought a Blu-Ray copy of…
Animation Destination427. The Boy and the Beast
Atlanta Comedian Swafford joins us this week for a little Anime Movie Night as we talk The Boy and the Beast by Mamoru Hosoda animated by Studio Chizu. Come…
Animation Destination426. Bleach: 1000 Year Blood War – Season 3
We finally get to talk about Bleach: 1000 Year Blood War Cour 3 and just in time for the final season to drop this year in October! Toon in as we discuss the…
Animation Destination425. Tubi Catalog News
It's a news episode of the Animation Destination Podcast as we square up to get back to our weekly schedule! It's a solo episode with just your Toon Junkie…
Animation Destination424. Spy X Family Season 3
This week Ricky Vang from Spoiler Force Podcast joins us once again to talk about Spy X Family's third season. A lot of Loid backstory and some major action…
Animation Destination423. 2025 Animation Awards
It's that time of year again! The Animation Awards for 2025 are here and it's the only animation awards show that matters! We talk about the nest Kids…
Animation Destination422. The Mighty Nein
Critical Role has dropped their second campaign series on Amazon and The Mighty Nein has hit the ground running. We have noticed even people who didn't much…
Animation Destination421. Kim Possible
A Disney channel classic from the early 2000's, Kim Possible was a highly successful tween action hit that the Disney Channel... kind of hated? They didn't…
Animation Destination420. My Hero Academia Final Season
The Final Season of My Hero Academia is here people and we're gonna cover it this week on the Animation Destination Podcast. We have Ricky Vang join us from…
Animation Destination419. Hazbin Hotel Season 2
It's the Hazbin Guarantee this week on Animation Destination. Last time we sat down to talk about Hazbin Hotel we went for about 3 hours over 2 episodes…
Animation Destination418. Dragon Ball Z - Dead Zone
We continue our journey through Dragon Ball with the first chronological adventure in the DBZ era: DEAD ZONE. Garlic Jr. is back from the Dead Zone and he uses…
Animation Destination417. Over the Garden Wall (Revisit)
Over the Garden Wall is now TEN YEARS OLD (it's actually 11) and I sit down with Jay to talk about the 2014 Cartoon Network Mini-series by Patrick McHale. We…
Animation Destination416. Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc
Chainsaw Man is finally back after 3 years of being off the air but it's back in MOVIE form. The Reze Arc is a highly anticipated storyline about Denji vs The…
Animation Destination415. To Be Hero X
To Be Hero X, a Chinese Anime, may very well be the show of the YEAR for 2025. This amazing take on modern superheroes takes you into a bunch of different…
Animation Destination414. Predator: Killer of Killers
Predator is getting some franchise treatment as of late and as part of that this past summer we got Predator: Killer of Killers on Hulu! A semi-anthology…
Animation Destination413. ParaNorman
It's Halloween! And we have a new classic re-release by studio LAIKA with ParaNorman. I went to check it out along with the brand new short cartoon "The…
Animation Destination412. Animation Coming Soon! (2025)
This week we have a clip of TOON NEWS from a future episode. Here we cover all the stuff that is coming in the near future in late 2025 and early 2026 that has…
Animation Destination411. Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
The brand new Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle movie has been breaking box offices and we get to talk about this week on Animation Destination. Despite some…
Animation Destination410. Trigun (1998)
It's an ANIME CLASSIC this week on AD Podcast with 1998's Cowboy Sci-fi epic Trigun! Vash the Stampede the $$60,000,000,000,000 Man, the humanoid typhoon might…
Animation Destination409. Dragon Ball: Piccolo Jr. Saga
We've been covering the arcs of Dragon Ball from time-to-time on this podcast for some time now. And we are finally at the last arc before the Saiyan Saga…
Animation Destination408. King of the Hill Season 14
We just talked about the best of the best from the original run of King of the Hill so now it's time to talk about the return, and what a great return it was…
Animation Destination407. Avatar and Animation News
Hey guys it's been a while! The AD Podcast is back and we're covering all the crazy news we got during the month I was away. Lots of crazy news with The Last…
Animation Destination406. Not Just A Goof (Goofy Movie)
A Goofy Movie was a true Disney cult classic and the "Not Just A Goof: documentary showcases director Kevin Lima's personal recollection of the production…
Animation Destination405. K-Pop Demon Hunters
The hit new movie from Sony Pictures released as a Netflix original has taken the culture by storm. The songs are topping the charts and the movie has gotten…
Animation Destination404. Love Death + Robots Volume 4
We return to the fourth installment of Love Death + Robots, Netflix's animated anthology sci-fi series and we have a very... mixed reaction to this season…
Animation Destination403. The Best of King of the Hill
That's right we're taking a trip to Arlen Texas this week as we talk the BEST EPISODES of all 13 Seasons of King of the Hill. We go through each season and…
Animation Destination402. EPIC: The Musical
This week we are taking a different little journey. We're talking about a MUSICAL. But not an actual, animated musical. This is EPIC The Musical by Jorge…
Animation Destination401. Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi is a prolific animator, director, and writer in the animation industry. And we are here to go through his whole library of work as well as feed…
Animation Destination280. Star Wars Visions - REVISION
We finally got back together to RE-RECORD our Star Wars Visions episode! With perfect audio and a full crew we are here to revisit Star Wars Visions Season 1…
Animation Destination400. Spectacular Spider-Man
Spectacular Spider-Man is the best Spider-Man cartoon hands down in this Podcast Host's humble opinion. This is coming from someone who grew up with Spider-Man…
Animation Destination399. Solo Leveling Season 2
Solo Leveling season 2 might be the most anticipated return of an anime I remember for some time. Sung Jin-woo continues his mission in the Demon Realm, and…
Animation Destination398. Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry has a new animated series by Studio MIR and series creator Adi Shankar is here to make the feeling really sing. This series is the early 2000's…
Animation Destination397. The State of Animation 2025
It's 2025 and there's a lot of discourse over the state of animation and I thought it was worth talking about it. The Day the Earth Blew Up has a very shaky…
Animation Destination396. Pixar's Win or Lose
Pixar's Win or Lose is the first TV (or rather streaming) series from the studio and man do they hit it out of the park! Following the little league softball…
Animation Destination395. Invincible Season 3
This may be the best season of Invincible to date as Mark's duty to protect Earth from the Viltrumite Empire is put to the ultimate test. That as well as the…
Animation Destination394. Dragon Ball DAIMA
Dragon Ball DAIMA is the latest addition to the Dragon Ball Saga and the final adaptation in which Akira Toriyama was heavily involved. This 20 episode series…
Animation Destination393. War of the Rohirrim
Lord of the Rings War of the Rohirrim wasn't hyped or really talked about even by Warner Bros Discovery, and it wasn't lighting critics up either. But that…