Fast talk for animation lifers.
Animation Destination treats animated shows and films like shared memory, not homework. Episodes move from quick jokes into recaps, character arguments, and side-by-side comparisons across anime, Disney, Cartoon Network, Ghibli, and cult classics.
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Animation Destination is a long-running animation podcast with the feel of a lively fan table after the credits roll. Brandon Jones hosts with an openly enthusiastic, detail-forward style, often joined by others who bring their own fandom lanes and running jokes. The show covers anime, western cartoons, animated films, streaming catalog shifts, voice acting, and older titles that still carry a charge. It does not treat animation as a niche to defend. It treats it as a giant map worth revisiting corner by corner. Recent episodes range from Re:Zero seasons one through three to Bubblegum Crisis, The Boy and the Beast, Bleach: 1000 Year Blood War, Spy X Family, Kim Possible, Coraline, and Tubi's Cartoon Network and WB additions. The conversations usually start light. A question about kingdom rulers, beast men, spy skills, or Kim Possible catchphrases gives the room a way in before the discussion starts moving. From there, episodes slide into recap, reaction, comparison, and memory. Re:Zero gets talked through as a dense system of deaths, witches, trials, assassins, loyalties, and character pressure. Bubblegum Crisis opens into cyberpunk bodies, boomers, sentience, police forces, weapons, and old-school anime logic. The Boy and the Beast becomes a conversation about loss, self-hatred, darkness, strength, and the strange way fantasy mentorship can carry real emotional weight. Spy X Family prompts talk about comedy, fandom expectation, tonal misreadings, and the comfort of a story that keeps finding the joke. Kim Possible leads to Disney animation history, clever writing, crossover oddities, and voice performances from Christy Carlson Romano and Will Friedle. Coraline brings in spooky trivia, Other Mother, ghost children, and the film's eerie game-like structure. The show is strongest when it lets affection and argument sit side by side. It can be messy, but the mess has momentum. Side references to Ghibli, Cyberpunk, Attack on Titan, Lilo and Stitch, Proud Family, and Secret of NIMH make the conversations feel like part of a larger animation memory bank. Solo episodes add a practical news-desk mode, especially around streaming availability and catalog drops. Other episodes lean more playful and comparative. The result is a show for animation fans who enjoy spoilers, digressions, character talk, and the pleasure of hearing someone remember exactly why a title stuck.
Made for: Animation Destination is for anime and cartoon fans who like spoiler-heavy recaps, nostalgic detours, and informal arguments about character, story, and production. It especially fits listeners who already know the shows or enjoy hearing fans work through them in detail.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by mixing current anime coverage, older western cartoon memory, animated movie nights, and streaming catalog news in one loose but knowledgeable feed. Its conversations feel less like formal criticism and more like fandom with receipts.
Animation Destination is an animation celebration podcast dedicated to all things animated. Western animation, anime, independent animation, voice acting and more!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Brandon Jones pairs animation fandom with close attention to story, craft, production history, and the reasons particular works endure.
Animation Destination turns animated films and television into lively conversations led by Brandon Jones and a rotating guest. The format moves easily between plot discussion, personal reactions, production history, and the occasional argument over an overlooked favorite, giving…
A Disney Renaissance debate detours through Treasure Planet, and suddenly your neglected favorites have a defense attorney.
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A lively fan tour of Subaru's deaths, Roswaal's impossible test, and Re:Zero's witches.
Re:Zero turns into a reluctant conversion story as Brandon Jones and Ricky Vang revisit an isekai that had not been on Jones's radar. The conversation tracks Subaru's Return by Death, the kingdom's succession question, and Roswaal forcing Subaru toward an impossible choice: help…
A lively Bubblegum Crisis review turns boomer lore and Cynthia's mystery into a reason to keep digging.
Animation Destination's Bubblegum Crisis review uses boomers as the way into the show's slippery world-building. Brandon Jones and Mitch Harmon describe them as bioengineered cybernetic creations rather than people, while also noting the murkier possibility that people can…
A lively look at The Boy and the Beast's darkness, rough mentorship, and stubborn push toward self-reliance.
Animation Destination frames The Boy and the Beast around a runaway child trying to stand on his own and a stubborn beast whose lessons arrive with plenty of friction.
A brisk, funny defense of Spy X Family's comic heart against its darker fan theories.
Spy X Family Season 3 gives Animation Destination an easy, lively rhythm as Brandon Jones and Ricky Bang size up the underground tennis match, the hijacking chaos, and Anya's Tantris bolt alongside a fandom still drawn to darker endgame theories.
A warm, loose rewatch that explains why Kim Possible still stands out.
Animation Destination gives Kim Possible the kind of rewatch that understands why the Disney series still draws easy affection. Brandon Jones and Jay Rice begin with the show's familiar catchphrase, then move through creators Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle, the studio's odd…
A brisk, affectionate Disney-generation debate with a strong Treasure Planet thread and a few welcome detours.
Brandon Jones and John Myers use Disney generations as a springboard for a lively case that the Renaissance is the obvious pick. Their argument runs through Aladdin, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Mulan, Pocahontas, and the underrated The Rescuers Down…
A lively 1990s animation-history chat about the showcase that helped young creators get seen.
Animation Destination's first part on What a Cartoon Show looks at the classic 1990s series as both a time capsule and a practical route for cartoon creators trying to get work on screen.
Fast Batman banter with deep cartoon memory.
Every Simpsons joke gets its footnotes.
Animation nostalgia, argued the long way around.
Host Brandon Jones and guest Julian Hester from 'What's In My Head Podcast' discuss the 1990s Cartoon Network series 'What a Cartoon Show'.
Brandon and Steven discuss the Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc and debate who the best Hashira is.
Mitch and a co-host discuss Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, debating the best Dragon Ball wish and Goku's history with Shenron.
The hosts of Animation Destination podcast rank and discuss each episode of Love Death + Robots Volume 4.
Brandon and Mitch discuss the Venture Bros movie 'Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart' and debate who the best Venture is.
Hosts Brandon Jones and John Myers debate Disney animation generations, sparked by a meme featuring Fantasia, Lion King, Treasure Planet, and Klaus.
Brandon Jones and Ricky Vang cover Re:Zero seasons 1 through 3 on Animation Destination, timed to season 4 starting the day before the episode aired.
Brandon Jones and Mitch Harmon spend most of Animation Destination 428 on Bubblegum Crisis, the eight-episode cyberpunk OVA that ran from February 25, 1987 to January 30, 1991.
Animation Destination frames The Boy and the Beast as a Mamoru Hosoda film about a boy who runs into a giant bear in a trench coat and ends up in a beast world.
Brandon and Steven discuss the latest season of Bleach: 1000 Year Blood War on their animation podcast.
Brandon Jones discusses recent animation news, focusing on Tubi's acquisition of Cartoon Network and WB cartoons starting March 1st.
Animation Destination covers Spy x Family Season 3 through three arcs: Lloyd's origin, the school bus hijacking, and a spy-and-assassin thread tied to Wheeler and Desmond.
Animation Destination treats Kim Possible as a Disney Channel classic built by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle, with four seasons and a long run of 30-episode television.
The hosts of Animation Destination discuss trivia questions about the movie Coraline.