Valentine, Won't You Be Mine?

Valentine's Day is upon us and courtesy of FunNugget.com you can let your loved one or want-to-be-loved-one a special Valentine message using our Heart-o-matic Message Maker. That's a big name for a small little ecard app that lets you play with and arrange calorie-free candy hearts to form a message. Lots of fun words in there to mashup.

There also is a new, free Valentine puzzle game with a whole new set of tricky Valentine photos to puzzle through.

Little Pim Sees Shadow

Yes, it's Groundhog's Day today and the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow which means six weeks more of winter. Little Pim also had a little debut when Wired's Geek Dad shadowed Pim in a nice app review of Little Pim's Word Bag (Okay, we stretched the Punxsutawney-Pim correlation a little).

Toon Town Postponed

Animation Magazine postponed Toon Town 2.0 due to logistics issues. We'll let you know when it get rescheduled. As far as we know, the Film Finance Summit is still on. We're also headed to Kidscreen Summit, NY Toy Fair and the Engage Expo, so contact us if you're available to meet with Animax Entertainment.

Ten Years of Mike & Mike

Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg have been on ESPN Radio for 10 years now and as part of the celebration they are replaying a bunch of their best clips. One of their top moments was the Emmy win for the animated series Off-Mikes that Animax Entertainment produced. Here's the clip from the show where Mike & Mike generously pat Animax on the back. Thanks guys and congrats on the anniversary!

Top Social Media Rules

Inc. Magazine just highlighted Animax in an article about Social Media employee policies. In general our policy is pretty liberal in that we'd much rather focus on being part of the conversation than on controlling the kinds of things employees or connected folks say in particular. Our policy organically developed as we started to use Facebook, Twitter and other social media for marketing for Animax, FunNugget.com, as well as on client projects. One caveat: since we've produced a lot of kids focused work there are definite differences in approach to conversations in order to ensure security and safety.

Just Won Three Pixie Awards

With superlatives like "excellent" and "innovative," Animax Entertainment just won three Pixie Awards for a mix of our original animation productions and client work. Popzilla and Bob & Doug won Platinum level awards (the highest honor), and then Joint's Don't Jump won Gold. The awards represent the work of many animators and in particular many Flash animators working together.

(Sorry if the Pixie Award image) is NSFW but hopefully you're okay reading this blog post.

Let's Engage at Toy Fair

This February NY Toy Fair and the Engage Expo are teaming up to run a conference about the next generation of play. Animax's Michael Bellavia is moderating a panel called Adding A Powerful Online Presence To An Existing Offline Brand with executives from Scholastic, Mattel and Hidden City Games.

For anybody attending #EngageExpo in NYC http://bit.ly/M6VoM, here is a discount code "SPEAKERVIP" for $200 off.

Little Pim iPhone App Launches

One of Animax Entertainment's first iPhone apps launched: Little Pim's Word Bag. Aimed at toddlers, this pacifier app aka pass-back app will get kids tapping on your iPhone or iTouch to a different language. Kids tap through different cartoon flash card images presented by Little Pim the panda in both Spanish and French.

The app was developed by Animax for Little Pim and is based on their award winning DVD series that was recently profiled by Wired's Geek Dad blog.

Check Out Octoball

One of the newest online games Animax Entertainment developed is live in Petpet Park, the Neopets offshoot virtual world. Octoball is a cool variation of the classic carny skeeball game. In Octoball there are a bunch of different balls each with their own unique spins and performance enhancers. Try your hand at a toss or two.

Not A Creature Was Stirring

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a.... Click to watch what happens next. Merry Christmas Eve, From Animax.

How to Fund Branded Content

The third annual Film Finance Summit takes place February 9, 2010. Animax's Michael Bellavia is speaking on the panel Branded Content Financing and Production Strategies along with some of our partners and clients. The panel will analyze how advertising agencies, producers and product integration are now key elements in the content financing chain.

Animation 2.0

Animax's Michael Bellavia is speaking at Animation Magazine's upcoming event: Toon Town 2.0. The January 26, 2010 event has a cross section of companies in the LA animation industry leveraging new media platforms for the creation and distribution of their animated programming -- from shorts to games to ecards and even old-timey stuff like TV.

And a Beer

Merry Christmas from Bob & Doug McKenzie and Animax Entertainment. From the vaults, the McKenzie Brothers' classic: Twelve Days of Christmas. Click to watch.

C U @ CES

Animax Entertainment is headed to CES. If you're there too and want to meet up, let us know.

Click to Play Holiday Puzzles

Tired of trying to figure out how to get everything done on your shopping list this Christmas? Why not try to solve these fun holiday puzzle games from Fun Nugget instead. Click to play. Good luck!