Articles about animation.
Black Mirror just arrived on Netflix, Phillip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams just came out on Amazon Prime, Runaways just finished on Hulu and many more shows are on the way. I know you all are aware of those services, which have become the […]
White Diamond: Queen of mystery. We haven’t heard her named on Steven Universe yet, but when it comes to theories, she certainly has more than her fair share. Her character is completely shrouded in mystery, and fans lap up every scrap […]
It’s time for my Top 25 episodes of television of the year! I do this annually here at Overly Animated, ranking episodes only from shows I watch, both animated and live-action, in order to give a sense of how this […]
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A nameless boy, bland enough to be a fill-in for all young boys in the audience, opens “The Lego Ninjago Movie” by entering an ambiguously Asian antique store. He meets Mr. Liu, played by Jackie Chan, and they bond over […]
I’ve been waiting for them to announce the new season of Total Drama, and finally, we got it. Total Drama Daycare. Everyone’s initial reaction has been “why?” Who asked for this? All I can think of is fan art, but if we […]
Whenever we do a podcast on an episode of an animated show, the host picks a screencap from the episode to visually represent that episode and the corresponding podcast. Normally this isn’t of much consequence, but here I am going […]
On November 11, 2017, a short film called No Monsters was uploaded. The art style looked intriguing, and reminded me of another short film I had seen a thumbnail of earlier. That short was Being Pretty, the first part of the story, […]
Netflix’s BoJack Horseman was quickly put on many people’s radars when the newest season released in September addressed asexuality. During the new season, Todd Chavez explicitly comes out to BoJack saying that he is asexual. As someone who is asexual, […]
Mysticons has quietly concluded one of the best first seasons in the past decade of animation. I have no idea why it’s been a quiet run though when you consider all the fantastic elements that this show has. 1) It’s […]
Yes, I’m actually writing an article about Bakugan. In tournament anime aimed at kids it’s not uncommon to see characters have two entire personalities in one body. Whether this is portrayed as a different identity, a separate soul, or whatever anime […]