KPop Demon Hunters Sweeps the Annies While Toy Story 5 Steps Into the Spotlight (Ep. 347)

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4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Jim Hill and Drew Taylor return with a packed week in animation, from awards-season shakeups to shifting box office math and a first real look at Pixar’s next big sequel. Along the way, they spotlight a streaming acquisition that could become a Halloween favorite, a few strategic release-date moves, and close with a heartfelt remembrance of a behind-the-scenes legend whose work helped shape modern animation. HIGHLIGHTS • KPop Demon Hunters dominates the Annie Awards with 12 wins, including Best Feature, while Zootopia 2 goes home empty-handed despite its box office strength • Corrected Presidents Day numbers boost GOAT’s opening and reshape its rivalry with Wuthering Heights in weekend two • Pixar debuts the first official Toy Story 5 trailer, centering Jessie and introducing a toys-versus-tech conflict • Sony begins development on an animated Venom project with Tom Hardy producing • TMNT: Mutant Mayhem 2 moves its release date up by a month • Netflix acquires I Am Frankelda, Mexico’s first stop-motion animated feature, for a fall debut • A tribute to Jane Baer, whose career included Sleeping Beauty, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, and more HOSTS • Jim Hill - IG: @JimHillMedia | X: @JimHillMedia | Website: JimHillMedia.com • Drew Taylor - IG: @drewtailored | X: @DrewTailored | Website: drewtaylor.work FOLLOW • Facebook: JimHillMediaNews • Instagram: JimHillMedia • TikTok: JimHillMedia SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at Patreon.com/JimHillMedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Unlocked Magic. If a Disney or Universal trip is on your radar for 2026, their team can help you secure great ticket prices and plan smarter. Learn more at UnlockedMagic.com. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.7	Welcome back to fine tuning with Drew Taylor.
0:35.6	Your one-stop shop on a commenter to animation news and commentary.
0:52.9	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and Mr. Taylor, whose writings on the industry you can regularly read over on the rap and whose musings on the Mission Impossible movies you can still listen to on Light the Fuse, the official Mission Impossible podcast.
0:58.6	Well, Drew and I are recording this week's show on Sunday, February 22nd.
1:06.1	And the Winter Olympics have been on in this house 24-7 for the past two weeks.
1:09.1	Have you and Katie been paying attention to this at all?
1:10.0	Not really.
1:11.6	The only thing I've been paying attention to, Jim,
1:18.3	are the hot figure skaters and other Olympians that are just everyone's talking about on Twitter.
1:20.5	They're just, uh, they're,
1:24.3	that's all I see are women with gigantic asses who have, who have been competing for their nations brilliantly and we have nothing but
1:29.0	respect for them jim that's all that i've seen yeah there we go all right well as we speak at the
1:34.5	the closing ceremonies is uh you know going on tonight in the house uh and you know and as for me
1:42.7	what i learned from this winter ellipics is Olympics is it's possible to cheat at curling, which, near as I can figure, Drew, I mean, they say curling has equipment, but it's like literally a stone and a broom.
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