Animax Entertainment

Valentine, Won't You Be Mine?

2010-02-04T14:12:00.000-08:00

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

2010-02-02T08:29:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-25T15:52:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-22T11:39:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-21T18:24:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-15T13:08:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-11T12:22:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-10T12:56:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-30T18:55:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-22T00:02:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-21T14:36:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-21T10:00:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-20T17:42:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-20T16:26:00.000-08:00

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

Click to Play Holiday Puzzles

2009-12-17T11:26:00.000-08:00

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!

Thomas Gets Underwire Support

2009-12-17T09:26:00.000-08:00

Wired Magazine Underwire Blog has a feature on Dave Thomas, his return to Second City for the 50th Anniversary and an update on all his goings-on including a bit on Animax Entertainment. Read the blog post here.

Watch AMEX on Animax

2009-12-09T14:02:00.000-08:00

Animax Entertainment is profiled in the new AMEX Open Forum Small Business Rules video series. It features our team, some of our work -- in particular Bob & Doug and Popzilla -- and our approach to staying in the game.

Watch the video and tweet us about it.

Make Your Own Christmas Carol

2009-12-03T12:40:00.000-08:00

'Tis the Season! This year, Animax and our family fun site FunNugget.com worked with Babelgum and Fuel to create a new kind of interactive holiday card. Make Your Own Christmas Carol! Don't have a great singing voice? Don't worry, the funny guys from The Carolers series on Babelgum supply the voice work. Click on the various Carolers to make your holiday tune and then send it to your friends. Only 22 days until the big day, so get your carol on now!

Annie Award Nomination

2009-12-01T11:10:00.000-08:00

Animax is proud to announce some great news. This morning, the Annie Award nominations were announced and Rob Fendler was among the nominees. He was nominated in the "Directing in a Television Production" Achievement Category for his work on Popzilla, the animated sketch comedy show Animax developed and produced for MTV.

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The Annie Awards are the animation industry's highest honor and are voted on by the membership of The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood. The Awards are held February 6, 2010 and previously were hosted by Dave Thomas.

Congratulations, Rob!

Animax is Thankful

2009-11-25T16:08:00.001-08:00

Animax just got our vanity Facebook url http://www.facebook.com/animaxent - yes, we are that shallow. Thanks to all the folks who became a fan to push us over the hurdle. Thanks also to all the clients, past and present employees, friends, family and everyone else we came into contact with this past year. It's been an interesting ride this year and we appreciate you letting Animax be a part of it.

Enjoy spending quality time with your adopted turkey tomorrow!

Now We're #2!!!

2009-11-19T15:21:00.000-08:00

Animax Entertainment has been running the numbers lately. First we #402 on the Inc. 500 list. Then we were #3 on the list of fastest growing private companies in LA. And now we just found out we are #2 on the list of fastest growing private companies in the San Fernando Valley.

Thanks again to our clients, employees, vendors, partners, contractors and friends and family - the last few years were very good to us. Here's to hoping the end of 2009 and 2010 is even half as kind and generous.

LA Business Journal article

2009-11-18T10:45:00.000-08:00

The Los Angeles Business Journal ran a profile article on Animax Entertainment in association with our being added to a top 3 spot on the list of the fastest growing companies in Los Angeles.

We're #3 out of Top 100

2009-11-11T10:08:00.000-08:00

Last night the Los Angeles Business Journal ran an event showcase the Top 100 fastest growing companies in Los Angeles for 2005-2008. Animax Entertainment placed #3 on the list.

It's been a nice awards stream for Animax:

LABJ: Ranked #3 in all of Los Angeles
Inc. 500: Ranked #402
Platinum MarCom Award

And there's more to come. Next week we find out from the San Fernando Valley Business Journal what our exact rank is on their Top 50 list and in another couple weeks we find out if we win the category as a Finalist in the DPAC Awards.

DPAC Awards Finalist

2009-11-09T10:24:00.000-08:00

Animax's branded entertainment division Animax Unplugged is a finalist in this year's Digital Publishing and Advertising Awards in the category of Best Video Campaign for our work on Slotcar. The award results gets announced in December so keeping fingers crossed. This comes on the heels of having just won a Platinum MarCom Award for the campaign.

Play the New iCarly Game

2009-11-09T10:10:00.000-08:00

Animax produced another new Nickelodeon Game of the Week. The game is a crazy new smash-up memory game called iCrush it with Spencer. Definitely true to Spencer's nuttiness, you have to quickly remember different objects and then smash them to pieces.

Earlier this year we'd produced a couple other Games of the Week for Nickelodeon including Tru Jackson's Fashion Fury and Barnyard's Battle for the Barn!