Christopher Holliday is Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Visual Cultures Education at King’s College London (UK).
Alexander Sergeant is a Lecturer in Digital Media Production at the University of Westminster (UK), specialising in the history and theory of fantasy cinema.
Each episode, they look in detail at a film or television show, taking listeners on a journey through the intersection between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation.
As a total animation and fantasy novice, having the opportunity to learn more about both from Fantasy/Animation has been such a treat! Equally entertaining as it is informative, I look forward to each episode on a weekly basis! My all time favourites tends to change as often as they come out but at the moment it’s (the current most recent) Spirited Away with Susan Napier. I could write another paragraph on the amazing guests alone..
Thank you to the team for such amazing and free content :)
2021-03-18
What a podcast’
I entered into the podcast from the point of view of animation but have discovered many happy rabbit holes that cross all the boundaries.
They are gentle but yet rigorous dissections of a wide range of films and shows that make you want to rewatch them with a more educated view point.
Luckily I have so many to backtrack to.
My favourite? Whichever one I’ve just listened to (but Into the Spiderverse and Inception are pretty great).
2020-05-06
Fully accessible
This podcast does a brilliant job of making academic analysis accessible. Both hosts communicate their enthusiasm compellingly and avoid being esoteric or dry. Highly recommended!
2019-06-05
Subscribe to this podcast immediately
I was lucky enough to have Chris as my seminar leader for a good chunk of my modules at King’s. Ask any student and they’d agree that his classes had a reputation of being the perfect mix of fun, challenging and engaging. This podcast is exactly that. It’s an excellent critical exploration into the realm of fantasy and animation, but it’s also light (and entertaining!) enough to listen to on your morning commute. Keep up the fantastic work, Chris and Alex! Next time, please could you persuade Tom Brown to make a special appearance?!
2019-01-21
Completely hooked
Great listen for anyone with the slightest interest in film. Right up to experts.
Well done
2018-11-27
Essential listening for animation lovers
Love these podcasts. Entertaining, informative, interesting. Will make you think about animation/fantasy film and media in a new way.
2018-09-17
FANTASTIC podcast with very ANIMATED and intelligent discussions
This is indispensable listening for anyone with an interest in fantasy and/or animation cinema. The discussion is of a scholarly nature but accessible for general listeners too, and also often lively and funny to boot. I’ve already set two episodes as “required listening” on my film studies modules. Although the academic part of me would also love a bibliography to accompany each episode to help me keep track of the references!
2018-09-05
For those that take animation and fantasy seriously!
This is a fantastic podcast for those that take animation and fantasy films seriously. The discussions of the films are interesting with both hosts revealing unique perspectives on each film (one from an animation perspective and one from a fantasy perspective). The conversation flows and the hosts always keep on the topic, revealing new ways to look at these, generally, popular films. I look forward to more in the series!
