Keep Oceans Clean Again

Animax helped out the Ad Council again on the Keep Oceans Clean website. This time around we added an ecard maker to help further generate viral buzz and interest through social networking, more animation, and more links to the new PSAs featuring Disney's The Little Mermaid.

Read the full press release from the Ad Council.

Seattle Casual Connect

Animax is a Bronze Sponsor of the upcoming Casual Connect Seattle 2008 event. So if you are looking for a development house to work with to produce casual games, virtual worlds or MMOs, look no further than Animax. Please contact us to set up a meeting.

Official Animax & McKenzie Brothers Release

Animax Entertainment issued a spanking new press release on the upcoming Bob & Doug McKenzie animated series and the recent announcement about Fox joining on board the TV pilot. Check out the trailer.

Bob & Doug & Fox

The Hollywood Reporter got it kinda right. Yes, a pilot of Bob & Doug McKenzie is being produced. Canada's Global TV was the first to come to the table ordering up 15 episodes (not 13). Now, Fox Broadcasting is on board with the pilot and a possible series commitment as well. Animax Entertainment developed the Flash animated show Bob & Doug - it's a property that we've been working on for awhile and to finally see it taking shape in such a big way is truly rewarding.

Bellavia on Board Again

Michael Bellavia was re-elected to the Board of the New Media Council of the Producers Guild of America. Formed in 2002, The Producers Guild of America New Media Council represents promotes, and protects the interests of professional producers of new media, and fosters collaboration between traditional and new media.

CTO, MMO, OMG!

Animax issued a press release about Sabri Sansoy joining the team as CTO and a few different outlets picked it up. Nice:

• Virtual World News
• Massively
• Gamasutra
• Paid Content
• GameDaily
• and many others
  

Animax Gets Multiple Facelifts

If you haven't noticed, the main Animax site got a bit of a sprucing up - stay tuned for another tweaking. Our blog also got a little love - our readers deserve it.

Social Vibe

Check out this fantastically fantastic video for Social Vibe - a company that leverages your social network for causes you support.

Bob & Doug

Yes, it's true, CHF and other Animax fans. Bob & Doug is headed to Global Television in Canada. The McKenzie Brothers of Strange Brew and SCTV fame live on, only this time in animated form.

Animax Wins Multiple Stashies

Animax Entertainment held its first ever Stashie Awards. Yes, we know February was the official International Mustache Month, but we're rebels!

Anyways, the race was close but the following staffers won in a variety of categories:

• Mr. Smooth: Aaron
• Mr. Vanity: Al
• Mr. ****: Alex (we can't reveal the category unless you sign a MDA)
  
• Most Nicks: Shannon
• Best of the Crew: Warren

More Awards

Animax just won two more awards: Horizon Interactive Gold Awards, both in the Entertainment category. Go team, go!

Animax Hiring Developers

We are actively looking for Flash Developers to join our team. Bunch of postings are floating out there on the internets. Feel free to pass it along

Animax Entertainment http://www.animaxent.com, an Emmy winning digital production studio based in Los Angeles, needs several full-time Flash ActionScript programmers and Game Developers. This is a coder / programmer position. You'll be working on cutting edge entertainment related rich internet applications:
* single and multiplayer online games
* virtual worlds and mmogs
* interactive marketing applications
* video players
* facebook apps and social widgets

You should be conversant in AS 2 and ideally have some experience with AS 3 and an interest in Adobe AIR. Ideally you have a Computer Science degree / OOP background.
Qualifications:
* 3+ years of professional experience in developing Internet applications and Flash based games utilizing Flash, PHP, and XML
* 3+ years of development experience with Adobe Flash; experience with multi-user environments preferred - Electroserver, Smart Fox, Red5, media server, etc.
* Experience with source version control software and use of relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server).
* Experience with Adobe Flex and Papervision a plus.
* Strong understanding of software development life cycle.

Email careers@animaxent.com links to your work and try to point to the work you actually did. Please include your name and your phone number in the subject line of the email. Also include your resume and outline your salary requirements. Local Los Angeles candidates preferred. We are considering Junior and Senior candidates.

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Tuttles gets iParenting Media Award

The Tuttles Family Game we produced for Starlight Starbright along with Legacy Interactive just won an Excellent Product Award in the 2008 iParenting Media Awards. We were also involved in another iParenting Media Award winning product, but we have to keep that a secret.

Summit Creative Award

Animax Entertainment just won a Summit Creative Award for the animated mashup tool we created for Matrixx and Dippin Dots - the ice cream of the future. The tool let users create their very own animated movie from scratch featuring Packy as part of a (now over) contest.

One Plus Wednesday

This Wednesday at 7:00pm, April 30th meet Animax folks at The One Plus Hub Flash event. We'll be there along with other LA based animation studios that focus on Flash animation doing a panel and then meeting and greeting and likely drinking. It's free and it's at the legendary Formosa Café (2nd floor patio) at 7156 Santa Monica Blvd.