Vote On The February 2021 What A Cartoon Movie! (Patreon)

HAPPY NEW YEAR from us at the Talking Simpsons Network! We're all hoping 2021 will be a better one for all of us, and as the holidays come to an end, we're looking forward to our next podcasts. Specifically, the subject of our $10 premium podcast for February, which we need your help to decide.

Currently, we're so far ahead in podcast recordings that we've already recorded the next What A Cartoon Movie! (Dexter's Lab: Ego Trip), meaning that in January we have time to record our February 2021 movie podcast, and we can start as soon as you choose the subject for us!

And just FYI: For those of you who are brand new to the Talking SImpsons Patreon, WELCOME. Also you should know that once a month we release the What A Cartoon Movie! podcast, an extra-long discussion about an animated feature film, exclusively for our $10+ Patreon subscribers. And when we open up the voting for each month's subject, we want all the $5 subscribers to also have a chance to be heard, so those subscribers can help pick episodes they might enjoy down the line!

Our next 2021 poll takes us to exciting new territory: Studio Ghibli films NOT directed by Hayao Miyazaki! Yes, there's much more to the legendary animation studio, and we have four other auteurs we'd love to showcase.

Here's what you'll be voting on:

Only Yesterday (1991), Isao Takahata's nostalgic coming-of-age tale for Japan's mid-1960s that for decades was unreleased stateside!

Pom Poko (1994), Takahata's follow-up film that delved into Japan's environmental crisis while also having fun with silly tanookis!

When Marnie Was There (2014), the generational story of childhood directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, his final film before leaving Ghibli!

Whisper of the Heart (1995), the late Yoshifumi Kondō's first film as a sole director that's a grounded tale of the pains of creativity that spawned a famous meme!

So please, make your choice known before the poll closes on the night of January 7! Thanks as always for your continued support of our podcast, we couldn't have made it to 2021 without you! And here's to many more years of podcasts to come!