Animax Entertainment

This Ain't No Joke. Bravo, Animax!

2010-04-01T16:40:00.000-07:00

Animax Entertainment is working on a Facebook Connect game for NBC Universal's Bravo TV called "Who is Top Chef?" Currently in the development stage, the social game is set to launch a few months from now. Players will be able to test their skills against their friends to see if they have what it takes to be a culinary master and earn the title of Top Chef.

Read the full press release here.

CTIA Animation & Games Panel

2010-03-24T09:36:00.000-07:00

Animax Entertainment is at CTIA Wireless 2010 today talking on a panel entitled: Producing Mobile Animation and Games. The panel is sponsored by the Animation and Gaming Committees of the Producers Guild of America's New Media Council.

Through case studies, this session will walk you through the relationship between the technology and execution of mobile animation. Learn from industry leading publishers, game developers, and brand marketers. We're going to be reviewing some of our past work and lessons learned along the way as a producers of mobile and web-enabled interactive entertainment content. There is another panel as well in the program and a mixer so let's meet up today.

Won 2 ADDYs - Best of Category!

2010-03-08T09:40:00.000-08:00

While everyone else on the planet was watching the overly long and indulgent Oscars, Animax Entertainment was indulging in an Odyssey of our own at the LA North ADDY ceremony held at Odyssey restaurant in Granada Hills. While we missed seeing The Hurt Locker upset over Avatar, we did walk away from the ADDYs ceremony with two awards for Slotcar, the branded entertainment webisode series we produced for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's - Best of Category and a Special Judge's Award. We now move from the local level to the district level of the American Advertising Federation competition. Keeping fingers crossed.

Ty Inc Taps Animax

2010-03-02T11:42:00.000-08:00

Ty Inc, the makers of the world famous Beanie Babies, has tapped Animax Entertainment to lead development efforts of the Ty Girlz kids brand. In particular Animax is building a free-to-play model into the Ty Girlz girl focused virtual world, developing new content and building in new revenue opportunities through advertising and microtransactions through the sale of virtual goods. The news item got picked up by a few outlets in the social game, virtual world, toy and kid press:

Read the full press release here.

And if you're a little girl, play for free on Ty Girlz right now!

My Mini Peeps are Coming

2010-03-01T13:19:00.000-08:00

The new My Mini Peeps virtual world for kids is in the works. Stay tuned for the launch of the 3D world but for now you can read this article on the company creating it, Masher Media, and its founder, Sherry Gunther. Animax Entertainment worked with Masher on the upcoming site. We also have one of those things in the foreground of the photo.

Animax Wins an ADDY Award

2010-02-23T10:56:00.000-08:00

Animax Entertainment just won a 2010 ADDY Award for our work on Slotcar, the branded entertainment series we produced for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's.

The ADDY® Awards run by the American Advertising Federation are the creative industry’s largest competition, attracting over 60,000 entries every year in local ADDY competitions. The mission of the ADDY is to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising, graphic design, web design, and in the elements of advertising, illustration and photography.

Little Pim New & Noteworthy

2010-02-19T09:38:00.000-08:00

Very nice! Little Pim's Word Bag, the iPhone app Animax developed for Little Pim made Apple's New & Noteworthy listings. The preschool targeted multilingual app for kids is quickly rising in the rankings - in less than a month it's now in the Top 25 apps in the Education category. Go Panda Go!

Cirque Du Soleil Has Some Nerve

2010-02-18T18:35:00.000-08:00

Seems like Cirque Du Soleil isn't so creative after all! The new name of their NYC show is the same name Animax uses for its employee newsletter - Banana Shpeel - and we used it starting in 2007!

Even though we're not in the circus, we do bend over backwards for our clients.

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.