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Hosted by The Bancroft Brothers · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 100 episodes
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Twin animators Tom and Tony Bancroft get together and talk about their Disney Animation past, the present animation business, and the future of animation. Interviews with talented artists, inspirational words, and wild speculation will help you grow as a person - or not. Sponsored by TaughtByAPro.com - your destination for the art instruction you need. See http://taughtbyapro.com for online animation, character design, illustration, comic arts, cartoon creation and more.
The Bancroft Brothers hosts The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast, a tv show with 100 episodes published.
Did you see "Project Hail Mary" and hear that the adorable character "Rocky" was a puppet? Well, that's only half right, as more than half the shots were created in 3d animation! In this podcast, Tom and Tony interview A
Tom and Tony dive into the new anime-inspired series coming to Disney+ and Hulu TODAY, "Dragon Striker," with Co-creator/ Executive Producer Sylvain Dos Santos and Co-creator/Director Charles Lefebvre! Hear how these two
The Bancroft Brothers go way back to 2014 for this Flashback Friday episode with the legendary director Brenda Chapman. She discusses her early story years and Tony gushes about working with her for 3 months on The Lion
The BBros want to hear from you! What are some of your questions for us? For this episode, Tom and Tony went to our Instagram pages and asked fans for their questions. And, boy, did we get them! We reveal a favorite east
In this episode, we interview the prolific writer/creator Emily Brundige. After a strong career writing for some of the biggest animated series out there, developing and selling her own series, creating an original serie
Days after a successful second Animation Y'all Expo, Tom and Tony decompress about how great the weekend went and bring on artist exhibitor Aria Joy Pritchard (@ariajoy.art) to discuss the do's and don'ts of having a suc
What happens when two independent animation studio heads discuss the future of their studios? Hopefully some wisdom, definitely some laughs, and a side of frustration. In this episode, Tom Bancroft (CEO/Founder of Pencil
In this episode, Tom and Tony interview one of the creative forces on many modern Disney TV shows: James Eason- Garcia. James is currently the co-executive producer and story editor for the Pre-K series Marvel's Iron Man
This is the one! Voice-over actor extraordinaire, the legendary Jim Cummings, sits with the Bancroft Brothers and talks about some of his favorite characters. Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck, and Ray from The Prin
In this episode, we welcome back the great character designer, Stephen Silver! This was a pre-recorded lecture he gave at our own Animation Y'all Expo in 2025, which we wanted to share for the first time on our animation
Join Tom and Tony as they talk with Kevin Lima, the original director of the Disney classic "A Goofy Movie," and Juan Urbina, Animation Director and owner of Venturia Animation. They discuss their adventures making the p
Editing an Animated Feature with Tom Scott
With their short film "Snow Bear" short listed for an Academy Award nomination Tom and Tony speak to Director/ Animator Aaron Blaise and producer Nick Burch about what to do after you've made your short. We get into subm
In the first half of the episode, Tom and Tony sit down to discuss some of the unexpected theatrical animation hits of the year and slide into the unexpected: a film review! In the second half, the brothers review (and c
In this podcast, straight from Animation Y'all Expo 2025, is the amazing visual development artist Shannon Hallstein! In this art lecture, she discusses her approach to working in Procreate, her creative influences, and
Tis the season to talk about Christmas animated films and there is none that brings more cheer than Disney's long running "Prep and Landing" animated specials! Tom and Tony rangle some reindeer fun with their interview w
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Flashback Friday with Bruce W. Smith Were you one of the millions of kids that grew up watching "The Proud Family" TV series on the Disney Channel in the 90s? If so, you're in for a great show with series creator Bruce S
In this episode, Tony and Tom tap three recently graduated animation students to discuss what they are experiencing in the scary "real world" of animation! We feature Riley Housden (Undrgraduate), Dakota Byard (Masters),
Indie Animation with the founder of Brazen Animation - Bryan Engram
Brenda Chapman
Director
1 appearance on this show
Tom Bancroft
legendary Disney animator · Pencilish Animation Studios
1 appearance on this show
Jim Cummings
The Voice of Hondo Ohnaka, Everyone's Favorite Pirate · UrbanPromise International
1 appearance on this show
Kevin Lima
Director of 'ENCHANTED' & 'A GOOFY MOVIE'
1 appearance on this show
Tom Scott
Founder · Women For Gun Rights
1 appearance on this show
Aaron Blaise
Animator
3 appearances on this show
Dan Povenmire
1 appearance on this show
Eric Bauza
Warner Bros. Animation
1 appearance on this show
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