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The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Inside Netflix’s Biggest Animated Hit and What’s Next for Aardman & Pixar (Ep. 322)

The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Tv & Film, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Jim Hill and Drew Taylor kick off September with a packed episode of Fine Tooning, covering the biggest stories in the world of animation: The record-shattering success of KPop Demon Hunters on Netflix and what’s next for the franchise Updates on Big Mouth, its Emmy legacy, and the upcoming series Mating Season Aardman’s latest projects, including Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom Pixar’s Elio and how its international release stood out in unexpected ways 30 years of Toy Story returning to theaters, plus collectibles and nostalgia Bill Plympton and “Weird Al” Yankovic team up for a one-of-a-kind animation retrospective Jim and Drew also revisit classic shorts once shown at Disney-MGM Studios, share news from Studio Ghibli Fest, and look ahead at Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to fine tuning with Drew Taylor.

0:02.6

You one-stop shop when it comes to animation news and commentary.

0:06.6

I'm entertainer writer Jim Hill and Mr. Taylor, whose writings in the industry you can

0:11.5

regularly read over on the Rapp and whose musings on the Mission of Possible movies you can

0:16.2

still listen to on Light the Fuse, the official Mission Impossible podcast. Just so you know, folks,

0:23.6

Drew and I are getting an early start this week. We're actually recording this on Friday night,

0:29.3

August 29th. We're both dealing with things. Jim is sick, as you can probably hear.

0:34.7

There we go. And I am dealing with a sick dog.

1:05.6

So, yeah, it's, uh, we're having a lively time over here. There we go. That we go. And if it's any consolation, I've actually set up my appointment at the vet as well. Oh, good, good. I want to see you in a cone next time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. There is lots of news this week, most of which has to do with K-pop demon hunters, which now number one film on Netflix for all time.

1:07.0

That's correct? That's correct.

1:08.0

The measurement of time is 95 days, the first 95 days.

1:13.6

And I think they hit like 260 or something in terms of minutes or views watch.

1:18.6

So the theory is that it'll get past 300 by the time the kind of like period is over.

1:24.6

So it's just an amazing accomplishment. It really, really is.

1:29.5

Absolutely. And Drew will have more news about this breakthrough. But before we get to that,

1:34.3

we got to acknowledge our sponsor, which of course is unlockmagic.com, which is where you can

1:39.2

get real discounts on Walt Disney World and Universal Studios tickets, sometimes upwards of 12%.

1:45.3

By the way, Unlocked Magic is run by the exact same folks behind DVC rental store and the

1:50.8

DVC resale market. So just pick your dates, grab your tickets, even for after-hours events.

1:57.4

Like Mickey's Not So Scenario or Halloween Horror Nights.

2:00.9

Though, that said, Mr. Tessa says those are going fast.

2:05.4

So don't dilly, deli, folks.

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