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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 the most iconic Transformer hero, Optimus Prime. Toon in to listen to us pay homage to the life, the voice and career of the late Peter Cullen.

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 back when I first talked about the short film of the same name in Star Wars Visions Volume 1. So does it live up to my personal hype? Toon in to find out!

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 in quality from last season by a few dud episodes. That said the positives are still here and we step further into this new take on Batman... and his rogues!

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 the original series and really hits its stride into this new era. Toon in now for King of the Hill!

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 series of comics and youtube short series that has ballooned into a multi-media franchise. Let's toon in for some five element fighting with Legend of Hei Movies!

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 beautiful adaptation of a long standing fantasy Manga. This anime has been much anticipated and we are finally able to talk about it here! Toon in now!

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 test. There's twists and turns, a heist and a little bit of testing of this audiences patience but let's dive into it! Toon in now for Vox Machina!

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 gorgeous movie that looks like nothing else out there thanks to the tag team of Studio MIR and Flying Bark. I've been seeing some very lukewarm reviews of this from some of the biggest Avatar fan sites and I have to say, I do not agree with them one bit. Toon in to hear us talk about Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender!

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 Georgia comedian back on the show to talk about these pretty different movies with protagonists I took a very diametric stance on while watching them. Two solid animated flicks so lets TOON IN!

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 about a group of magic using detectives as they solve crimes and mysteries in a steampunk Post-Victorian world as they combat eldritch, gothic horrors. It's AWESOME. Let's toon in to Lord of Mysteries season 1 and the 3 specials from this June!

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 theatrical release, a ton of lame controversy, and what I consider a near perfect ending to a project. Let's toon in for Amazing Digital Circus!

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 stuff and to start off we have Annecy 2026 and all the announcements from Adult Swim, Disney, Dreamworks and Warner Bros. A huge slate of things to get through so lets get Toon'd back in!

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 perfected with it's shows and pilots. I've been a follower of Ross and Arin's youtube content for a long time so seeing this finally come to life has been wonderful. Toon in now!

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 course... Maki vs EVERYONE. This season was a visual splendor and a triumph of the medium. I eagerly await the rest of this arc and all the crazy things to come from the Manga. Toon in now!

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 Star Wars Rebels and all the dark things Maul has gotten up-to sense the fall of Mandalor. Let's Toon in and check out this villain's story!