Welcome to fine-tuning with Drew Taylor, your one-stop shop what it comes to animation news and commentary.

Mr. Taylor is a way on a sign but this week.

So this time around it will just be me, Drew's co-host, Entertainment writer Jim Hill,

and I am recording this week's show on Monday, October 10th, 2022,

which depending on which calendar you use is either Columbus Day, Indigenous People Day, or World Mental Health Day.

So all the same to you folks, especially given what a stressful time this past week has been for Richard Link later,

and the crew over at Cartoon Network, I'm gonna go with World Mental Health Day, okay?

As you might guess, there's a lot of animation related news this week, so why don't we just get to it?

And as always, the news portion of this week's show is brought to you by Storybook Destinations,

Trusted Travel Partner of the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network.

For a worry-free travel experience every time, please book online at StorybookDestinations.com.

So let's get started with explaining why Richard Link later has had a bad week.

I know it's still early in October, which means in theory that we are still months away from award season,

but that's not actually how things work out in Hollywood.

If you want your film to be considered for an award, like say, an Oscar,

you actually have to submit it for consideration months in advance,

and that's what Richard did with his Apollo 10 and a half, a Space Age childhood,

which you'll recall, Mr. Taylor, was very enthusiastic about.

This animated feature used a lot of rotoscoping as it told the tale of a young boy

recalling the 1969 moon landing and then imagining himself traveling there.

Apollo 10 and a half was highly praised when it premiered at South by Southwest back in March of this year,

and then we went on to become available for viewing a Netflix the following month,

...