AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast

Hosted by Mat Brunet (aka AniMat from the YouTube channel ElectricDragon505), AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast tells the latest news happening throughout the week in the field of animation and what he has to say regarding those insane events. The podcast is live on Twitch every Saturday at 2pm EST, which includes interacting with the audience and occasional special guests.

Back from Japan 04/21/2025

Back from Japan Today’s episode includes: Hulu released the trailer of Predator: Killer of Killers CinemaCon 2025 featured announcements for Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, John Wick animated prequel, and more DreamWorks Animation announced Forgotten Island from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish directors for 2026 Genndy Tartakovsky’s R-rated 2D movie Fixed will be released on Netfix this summer Star Wars Celebration Japan reveals updates on upcoming movies and animated shows from the franchise /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/36255330

AI-Yai-Yai 04/01/2025

AI-Yai-Yai Today’s episode includes: Ketchup Entertainment officially bought the rights to Coyote vs. Acme from Warner Bros. Netflix orders a live-action Scooby-Doo prequel series Reports are blaming Rachel Zegler for Disney’s Snow White (2025) failing at the box office Voice actor Jacob Takanashi gets backlash for playing the voice of Kinich in Genshin Impact while the actors are on strike AI generated images that replicate the Studio Ghibli style goes viral /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/35951670

Bright & Shiny (feat. Nick Spake) 03/24/2025

Bright & Shiny (feat. Nick Spake) Today’s episode includes: Interview with the author of Bright & Shiny: A History of Animation at Award Shows (Volume 1) Pixar released the trailer of Elio Disney and Pixar announced Coco 2 for 2029 Ketchup Entertainment in talks with Warner Bros. to acquire the rights to Coyote vs. Acme The lost pilot episode of Family Guy was found /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/35846660

Disney’s Freakier Stitches 03/17/2025

Disney’s Freakier Stitches Today’s episode includes: Briarcliff Entertainment released the trailer of Sneaks Warner Bros. Discovery removes all the classic Looney Tunes cartoons from Max Disney released the teaser trailer of Freakier Friday Disney held a press-less premiere for their live-action remake of Snow White Disney released the trailer of Lilo & Stitch (2025) /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/35738020

Unionizing Coast to Coast 03/10/2025

Unionizing Coast to Coast Today’s episode includes: George Lowe, the voice of Space Ghost (1957 – 2025) Sesame Workshop allegedly fired many Sesame Street employees after forming a union Walt Disney Animation Studios officially unionized with The Animation Guild Jon Favreau to write and produce an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series for Disney+ Lost Media Busters found the trailer of the cancelled live-action Powerpuff Girls CW reboot /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/35617695

Getting Shreked at the Oscars 03/03/2025

Getting Shreked at the Oscars Today’s episode includes: Flow wins Best Animated Feature at the Oscars Anora wins Best Picture and four additional categories at the Oscars The review of the 97th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Conan O’Brien Disney cancelled Tiana, the planned Disney+ series based on The Princess and the Frog DreamWorks Animation released the cast announcement of Shrek 5 /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/35521005

Chinese God Champion 02/24/2025

Chinese God Champion Today’s episode includes: Warner Bros. released the trailer of The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie BET+ released the trailer of Lil Kev, an adult animated series about Kevin Hart’s childhood Ne Zha 2 beats Inside Out 2 at the box office to become the highest grossing animated film of all time Nickelodeon announced Avatar: Seven Havens, a new animated series set in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender Dr. Eggman voice actor Mike Pollock got backlash for encouraging fans to use slurs /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/35415700

How to Find Your Buzzy 02/17/2025

How to Find Your Buzzy Today’s episode includes: God’s Gang will release a new miniseries called We Didn’t Start the Fire, featuring a cast of autistic actors Bright Sun Films released the trailer of Stolen Kingdom Universal released the trailer of How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Pixar’s Elio will be delayed by a week to June 20 Disney is taking steps back from policies related to diversity, equality and inclusion /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/35321150

Super Bowl of Delicious Trailers (feat. Animated Antic) 02/11/2025

Super Bowl of Delicious Trailers (feat. Animated Antic) Today’s episode includes: Netflix released the trailer of Plankton: The Movie Universal Pictures released the trailer of Jurassic World Rebirth Paramount Pictures released the trailer of Smurfs Marvel released the teaser trailer of The Fantastic Four: First Steps The Wild Robot is the top winner at the 52nd Annie Awards with 9 wins /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/35231655

Across the MultiVersus and Nominations 02/03/2025

Across the MultiVersus and Nominations Today’s episode includes: nWave Studios released the teaser trailer of Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced Warner Bros. Discovery’s lawsuit against Paramount for the streaming rights to South Park will go to trial Pixar CCO Pete Docter admits that Soul is not popular because it was released directly onto Disney+ Warner Bros.’ fighting game, MultiVersus, is shutting down on May 30 /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/35139050

Did These Companies Win or Lose? 01/20/2025

Did These Companies Win or Lose? Today’s episode includes: Pixar released the trailer of Win or Lose Animator Buck Woodall is suing Disney for $10 billion for allegedly ripping off his project to create Moana TikTok ban turns out to be a PR stunt for Donald Trump RUMOR: Nelvana may shut down due to parent company, Corus Entertainment, being over $1 billion in debt Nintendo Switch 2 was announced as Nintendo’s next console, coming later this year /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/34932450

Love for Los Angeles 01/13/2025

Love for Los Angeles Today’s episode includes: Flow wins Best Animated Feature at this year’s Golden Globes Wildfires burned down thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area Universal changes the release dates of Shrek 5 and Minions 3 Mark Zuckerberg removes fact-checking and hate speech policies on Facebook, Instagram and Threads The Dirty Bubble from SpongeBob SquarePants is accused of running the Los Angeles Chargers’ season Here’s how you can help the people affected by the Los Angeles wildfires https://supportlafd.kindful.com/?campaign=1040812 https://www.cafirefoundation.org/what-we-do/for-communities/disaster-relief https://www.calfund.org/funds/wildfire-recovery-fund/ https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/numerous-fundraisers-set-up-for-animation-professionals-who-lost-their-homes-in-the-l-a-fires/ /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/34843540

Top 5 Animation News of 2024 01/06/2025

Top 5 Animation News of 2024 Today’s episode includes: 5. The Arrest of Kyle Carrozza 4. The Animation Guild’s New Deal 3. The Heroes We Lost 2. The Skydance/Paramount Merger 1. Inside Out 2’s Box Office Records /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/34746730

Reluctant Returns 12/16/2024

Reluctant Returns Today’s episode includes: Ketchup Entertainment released the teaser trailer of The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie Sony denies rumors that they’re ending their Spider-Man cinematic universe Michael Gracey in talks with Disney to direct the live-action remake of Tangled Rashida Jones, Will McCormack and Michael Govier will write the next Tom & Jerry movie for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation Warner Bros. Discovery ends contract to host new episodes of Sesame Street /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/34478160

History is Cancelled 12/09/2024

History is Cancelled Today's episode includes: The nominations for the 82nd Golden Globes were announced Muppet History ends after creator Joshua Gillespie was called out for using the platform to sexual harass women Disney released the trailer of Snow White (2025) Director Barry Jenkins admits that all-digital movies are “not his thing” after working on Mufasa: The Lion King Dana Ledoux Miller revealed on the podcast The Writers Panel how Disney turned the Moana series into Moana 2 /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/34357195

Mad About Moana (feat. ToucanLDM) 12/02/2024

Mad About Moana (feat. ToucanLDM) Today’s episode includes: Pamela Hayden, the voice of Milhouse, is retiring from The Simpsons 31 movies are eligible for the Best Animated Feature category for the 97th Academy Awards Disney confirms that the Monsters, Inc. area will replace Muppet*Vision 3D at Disney’s Hollywood Studios Moana 2 breaks the record for having the biggest 5-day debut at the box office with $221 million The animatic of the Lost “Disney Princess” segment for Fantasia 2000 was discovered /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/34256960

Thanksgiving Trailers Parade (feat. just2good) 11/25/2024

Thanksgiving Trailers Parade (feat. just2good) Today’s episode includes: Paramount Pictures released the 2nd trailer of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Netflix released the trailer of Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Pixar released the trailer of Dream Productions and the teaser trailer of Elio Universal Pictures released the teaser trailer of How to Train Your Dragon (2025) DreamWorks Animation released the trailer of The Bad Guys 2 /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/34148315

Disney is Getting Cold 11/18/2024

Disney is Getting Cold Today’s episode includes: Disney released the final trailer of Mufasa: The Lion King Disney receives backlash over refusing to air an episode of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur that discusses Brooklyn’s trans identity Coca-Cola faces backlash for using AI to create this year’s Christmas commercials Disney announced Ice Age 6 for 2026 Piglet’s Big Game become viral for being compared to a survival horror game /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/33987302

Interstellar in Peru 11/04/2024

Interstellar in Peru Today’s episode includes: Sony Pictures released the trailer of Paddington in Peru Netflix released the trailer of Spellbound Robert Zemeckis claims that Disney would’ve never make Who Framed Roger Rabbit today because of Jessica Rabbit Interstellar 5555 will be rereleased as a 4K remaster, but it was upscaled using AI Universal Pictures is producing 3 live-action Lego movies /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/33785747

Charming Commandos 10/28/2024

Charming Commandos Today’s episode includes: Netflix released the trailer of That Christmas Max released the trailer of DC’s Creature Commandos Twitter (X) updates the block feature so that the people you blocked can still see your posts RUMOR: The Walt Disney Company may announce a major AI initiative Paul King will direct a Prince Charming movie, starring Chris Hemsworth, for Disney /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/33650362

The Magnificent Trailers of Marcel and the Girls 10/14/2024

The Magnificent Trailers of Marcel and the Girls Today’s episode includes: Netflix and Adult Swim released the trailers of Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld and Invincible Fight Girl respectively Walt Disney Animation Studios released the Special Look of Moana 2 Sony Pictures Classics released the teaser trailer of Sylvain Chomet’s The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol Velma is cancelled after two seasons DreamWorks Animation is making The Wild Robot 2 /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/33457617

The Horrors of Realistic CGI Babies 10/07/2024

The Horrors of Realistic CGI Babies Today’s episode includes: Disney+ released the trailer of Music by John Williams Paramount is making a live-action/CG hybrid movie adaptation of Rugrats Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and DC Studios announced Dynamic Duo, the origin story of the Robins, Dick Grayson and Jason Todd Studios are talking with focus groups with superfans of major franchises to combat toxic fandoms Joker: Folie à Deux flops on its opening weekend with bad word of mouth and a $40 million at the box office /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/33367672

The Wild YouTuber 10/01/2024

The Wild YouTuber Today’s episode includes: Pixar released the trailer of Dream Productions, the Inside Out Disney+ Series The Wild Robot has a strong opening weekend at the box office with $35 million PhantomStrider (almost) quit YouTube Sony Pictures Animation open to collaborating with other studios with Genndy Tartakovsky’s Black Knight and Fixed The Muppets, Fraggle Rock and Sesame Street celebrated Jim Henson’s birthday with a crossover video /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/33290552

The Anxiety Tornado 09/24/2024

The Anxiety Tornado Today’s episode includes: ⦁ DreamWorks Animation released the trailer of Dog Man ⦁ Former Pixar employees reveal the stressful working conditions when making Inside Out 2 ⦁ Jared Bush named Walt Disney Animation Studios’ new CCO, while Jennifer Lee is working full-time on Frozen 3 and Frozen 4 ⦁ Lionsgate teams up with Runway to use AI technology to save money ⦁ Saturday Night faces backlash for portrayal of Jim Henson as a loser /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/33179457

Square Sheep and Scary Spirals 09/09/2024

Square Sheep and Scary Spirals Today’s episode includes: Warner Bros released the teaser trailer of A Minecraft Movie Adult Swim released the trailer of Uzumaki Mattel released the teaser trailer of Barney’s World Mindy Kaling is producing an original movie at Paramount Animation James Earl Jones (1931 – 2024) /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/32981452

Trailers that Go FAST!!! 09/02/2024

Trailers that Go FAST!!! Today’s episode includes: Les Bons Clients released the trailer of the documentary Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature Warner Bros. released the trailer of The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim Paramount Pictures released the trailer of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Hot Ones episode featuring Donald Duck received backlash for not crediting animators Inside Out 2 surpassed The Lion King (2019) at the box office, officially making it the highest grossing animated film of all time /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/32869167

The D23 Angry Aftermath 08/20/2024

The D23 Angry Aftermath Today’s episode includes: Interview with the creator of the cartoon-themed board game Unscrewed: It All Falls Apart [Sponsored] Mattel and Illumination in talks to produce an animated Barbie movie Disney allegedly said man cannot sue them for wife’s passing because he had a Disney+ account Marvel and X-Men ’97 creator Beau DeMayo feud over why he got fired Rumors that Disney may replace Muppet*Vision 3D with the newly announced Monsters, Inc. area make fans worried /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/32649272

D23 2024 Special (feat. ToucanLDM) 08/12/2024

D23 2024 Special (feat. ToucanLDM) Today’s episode includes: The Disney Parks announcements The Marvel & Star Wars announcements The Walt Disney Studios (live-action films) announcements The Walt Disney Animation Studios & Pixar announcements /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/32551652

Spellbounded to a Curse 08/05/2024

Spellbounded to a Curse Today’s episode includes: THQ Nordic released the Gameplay trailer of Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Netflix released the teaser trailer of Spellbound The complicated relationship between Netflix and Skydance Animation Paramount released the 2nd trailer of Transformers One The Animation Guild will prepare a pre-negotiation rally on August 10 /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/32450092

Doomsday at Comic Con 07/29/2024

Doomsday at Comic Con Today’s episode includes: Max released the teaser of DC’s Creature Commandos Warner Bros. released the trailer of Joker: Folie À Deux Robert Downey Jr. will return to the MCU as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday SAG-AFTRA is going on strike against video game companies to protect their jobs against AI Inside Out 2 surpassed Frozen 2 at the worldwide box office /episode/index/show/animatscrazycartooncast/id/32339662

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