Dylan Hysen & Michelle Anderer go through the basics and differences of the script-driven and storyboard-driven animation productions formats.

Overly Animated Star vs. the Forces of Evil Podcasts

Script-Driven & Board-Driven Primer

It’s probably the most important exercise we’ve ever attempted on the podcast, finding the most cursed animation character! We debate and grade the cursed-ness of these cursed heavyweights: Hooty (The Owl House), Scratch (The Ghost and Molly McGee), Swift Wind […]

We Find the Most Cursed Animation Character

We go over several relationship archetypes that are frequently discussed and go through examples of notable animation ships that fall under those archetypes. Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, & Beatriz Mourad. Timestamps for the podcast: 0:00 – Introduction […]

Shipping Archetypes

Happy New Year everyone! After years of moving forward with a similar format, we’re switching things up for the podcast. The headline is: We’re going to stop doing episode recap podcasts, and we’re going to focus on more high-level discussions. […]

Overly Animated Podcast Restructuring

Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, Michelle Anderer, & Sarah Potter look back on the good, the bad, and overall trends in the portrayals of queer characters in 2019 animation including in Steven Universe, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, OK K.O.! […]

Queer Representation in 2019 Animation

The results are in for our 2019 OVA-ies TV Animation Awards! After 645 votes cast, the winners in seven categories have been determined. Listen to the attached podcast to hear us announce the winners and analyze the results. Steven Universe […]

Winners: 2019 OVA-ies TV Animation Awards

Here are the nominees for the 2019 OVA-ies Awards, celebrating the best in television animation from the year. Listen to the nominations announcement podcast accompanying this post and check out the nominations below! Vote for your favorites in 7 categories. […]

Nominations for the 2019 OVA-ies TV Animation Awards

Alex Bonilla talks with Brian H. Kim, lead composer on Disney’s Star vs. The Forces of Evil about his work on the show, the deeper meanings behind the musical choices made during the program’s run, and what he’s learned along the […]

An Interview With Brian H. Kim, Composer of Star vs. The Forces of Evil

Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, Alex Bonilla, & Sam Quattro recap the Star vs. the Forces of Evil series finale, “Cleaved”.

“Cleaved” Recap – Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, April Collins, & Andy Potter give their reactions to the Star vs. the Forces of Evil series finale, “Cleaved”.

“Cleaved” Reactions – Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Dylan Hysen, April Collins, Michelle Anderer, & Andy Potter recap the May 12th episodes of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, “The Right Way”, “Here to Help”, “Pizza Party”, & “The Tavern at the End of the Multiverse”.

Penultimate Episodes Recap – Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, April Collins, & Sam Quattro recap the May 5th episodes of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, “Sad Teen Hotline”, “Jannanigans”, “Mama Star”, & “Ready, Aim, Fire”.

May 5th Eps Recap – Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Dylan Hysen, Andy Potter, Sam Quattro, & Alex Bonilla recap the April 28th episodes of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, “Doop-Doop”, “Britta’s Tacos”, “Beach Day”, & “Gone Baby Gone”.

“Beach Day” & More Recap – Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, April Collins, & Andy Potter recap the April 21st episodes of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, “A Boy and His DC-700XE”, “The Monster and the Queen”, & “Cornonation”.

“Cornonation” & More Recap – Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Dylan Hysen, April Collins, Alex Bonilla, & Sam Quattro recap the April 14th episodes Star vs. the Forces of Evil, “The Knight Shift”, “Queen-Napped”, “Junkin’ Janna”, & “A Spell with No Name”.