Katsuhiro Otomo's "Akira" stood tall as a groundbreaking animated film, even as there rest of the industry struggled. In the USA in particular, Disney dropped the ball several times throughout the decade, and the rest of the landscape was made up of Saturday morning cartoon film spinoffs made to sell toys. "Transformers: The Movie" is a prime (pun intended) and shameful example of the trend.

Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler, with guest Jeff Richardson.

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0:00 Introduction

2:50 Transformers: The Movie

19:00 Akira

36:05 The Best Animated Short Films of the 1980s

39:36 The Best Animated Feature Films of the 1970s