March 1, 2025 • 50 mins
Get your designer dresses and matching clutches ready for the red carpet! We’re talking about all of the Oscar nominated animated films and animated short films. We check this year’s trends, talk our favorites, and chart the proud rise of the beautiful republic of Latvia — all this and more on this week’s Nation of Animation!
Follow our bluesky @nationofanimation and our Instagram and Twitter @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts
@whoisbrooke
and
@ryanstevens on Bluesky
http://brookeerinsmith.com
http://ryangstevens.com
&
Support secret projects on Venmo @nationofanimation
BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art
Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting
http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com
and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
The station of animation is...we'll see! Tune into the Oscars on Sunday!
FILMS WE DISCUSSED
Short Films:
Magic Candies
In The Shadow of the Cypress
YUCK!
Wander to Wonder
Beautiful Men
Feature Films:
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul
Memoir of a Snail
Flow
The Wild Robot
Inside Out 2
REAL WORLD RECS:
Brooke: Trader Joes’ Mini Mint Ice Cream Mouthfuls
Ryan: Getting a tattoo
Follow our bluesky @nationofanimation and our Instagram and Twitter @cartoonbookclub, and follow our hosts
@whoisbrooke
and
@ryanstevens on Bluesky
http://brookeerinsmith.com
http://ryangstevens.com
&
Support secret projects on Venmo @nationofanimation
BIG THANKS TO:
Jacob Menke for our theme
Follow them @menkemaster
&
Urvashi Lele for our art
Learn more about Urvashi Lele's animations by visiting
http://www.sirpeagreenstudios.com
and follow their endeavors on instagram at @sirpeagreen and @maisonaudmi
The station of animation is...we'll see! Tune into the Oscars on Sunday!
FILMS WE DISCUSSED
Short Films:
Magic Candies
In The Shadow of the Cypress
YUCK!
Wander to Wonder
Beautiful Men
Feature Films:
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul
Memoir of a Snail
Flow
The Wild Robot
Inside Out 2
REAL WORLD RECS:
Brooke: Trader Joes’ Mini Mint Ice Cream Mouthfuls
Ryan: Getting a tattoo
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