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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!

We are back to Genndy Tartakovsky's PRIMAL on Adult Swim this week on Animation Destination and we have special guest from The Cartoon Chronicles Podcast Julian Hester is on the show today. Toon in and listen to us geek out about a near peak season of animation as we cover Primal Season 3!

Season 4 of Invincible has wrapped and the AD crew has a lot to say! The Viltrumite War has kicked off and even wraps up in this season but we are left in a spot that is far beyond any situation I ever assumed we would be from the start of this show. Thragg is a problem and the finale of this season is CRAZY. Let's toon in!

I sat down and blasted through Re:Zero for the first time and I have a lot to say! Me and Ricky Vang of the Spoiler Force Podcast jam about our experience with Re:Zero the same week that Season 4 is about to premiere! So sit back and have a listen as we praise the first 3 seasons of this isekai hit!

We are back to the world of Frieren with season 2 of the journey beyond the journey! That's right one of my all time favorite anime is back for another season and I couldn't be more happy with how good the return has been. With less than half the episodes of season 1 we still get high quality. Toon in now!

Anime Movie Night is here again and we cover the whole original Bubblegum Crisis! We watched all 8 OVA's over a few weeks and I even bought a Blu-Ray copy of it because the animation is so gorgeous to look at. It's also just great to have an HD version of Hurricane I can fire up any time I want.

Atlanta Comedian Swafford joins us this week for a little Anime Movie Night as we talk The Boy and the Beast by Mamoru Hosoda animated by Studio Chizu. Come with us and dive into the urban fantasy exploring family, fatherhood, and the trauma of abandonment. This movie explores it in contemporary as well as fantastical ways. Toon in now! 

DISCLAIMER: My recording was on the wrong mic. So my Audio is really WACK on this one coming from a cam mic. Sorry about that. I will be more diligent next time!

We finally get to talk about Bleach: 1000 Year Blood War Cour 3 and just in time for the final season to drop this year in October! Toon in as we discuss the added anime material this season and all the STAT PADDING Uryu gets away with in these episodes! Let's get back to our weekly schedule now so TOON IN!

It's a news episode of the Animation Destination Podcast as we square up to get back to our weekly schedule! It's a solo episode with just your Toon Junkie host talking about the Tubi cartoon acquisition and other BIG toon news that dropped this week including the sad sudden end of Smiling Friends and up coming cartoon projects. Toon in now!

This week Ricky Vang from Spoiler Force Podcast joins us once again to talk about Spy X Family's third season. A lot of Loid backstory and some major action filled storylines this week including enemy spies, bomb terrorists and lots of family drama threatening to break up Operation Strix! Toon in now as we reaffirm that this show is indeed... a comedy!