Hey, sports fans.  We just launched a new game for Scholastic’s sports line of books. Run down the field avoiding obstacles along the way — everything from tires to defensive linebackers are in the way.  Keep your fingers nimble and don’t fumble the ball.

Bad Hybrid launched on Mondo’s YouTube channel.  The Animax produced cartoon is called “The Fast and the Furryous”.

Animax is pleased to release our first of several upcoming webisode shorts through Mondo Media.  The first short “I, Pineapple,” is live tonight on Mondo Media’s Youtube channel.

“I, Pineapple” is a mundane video manifesto from the strange, sheltered life of one awkward, depressed pineapple. In this first episode, Pineapple talks calisthenics, laments soap-pieces and shares the benefits of going “full ball!”

Look forward to more of our pilots through Mondo Media.  And make sure to like the videos so these pilots can be made into ongoing series!

Tonight the long-awaited return of the hit NBC TV show “Community” airs at 8/7 c. Animax Entertainment designed and animated and the series of webisodes for Sony.you can watch them on Hulu, Hulu Plus, YouTube, and the NBC website. This three part series, titled “Abed’s Master Key” features animated versions and voices of the “Community” cast and was animated in Adobe Flash and edited in Adobe Premiere.

Yvette Nicole Brown, the actress who plays Shirley from Community, even made her animated characacher her new Twitter icon.

Animax also placed lots of fun easter eggs throughout the three webisodes including our banana peel logo, Dan Harmon’s writing circles and a few nods to Jim Rash’s recent Oscar win and Angelina Jolie’s leg pose. Can you guys find them all? We will post the answers next week!

The new site for Whole Foods Market, built by Animax, as a part of Omelet’s “Love Local” marketing campaign for Whole Foods Market Southern Pacific Region, just launched with the message “whole foods love local” (http://wholefoodslovelocal.com/).  The blog driven site emphasizes the company’s focus on natural and organic products and features stories and videos about local farmers who actually grow the food, focusing on their love and passion for what they do. There’s also a new web series launching featuring a fun love story set in Whole Foods aisles.

The FWD campaign by USAID and the Ad Council raises awareness about the famine, war, and drought threatening millions of lives in the Horn of Africa.  For the campaign, Animax revived “Arnold Speaks” and produced a video where Arnold pontificates about FWD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u20oCN1gvpg).  We were able to use this animated original content to drive social media views and engagement which resulted in over 25,000 views for the video alone.  Our sister company, HelpsGood, helped drive over 100 million impressions for the campaign overall.

While a lot of basic set practices apply to web series, sometimes smaller budgets and quick turn-around times led to cutting corners and safety concerns. Such doesn’t need to be the case and this panel will help! Topics will include working with Unions (SAG, PGA, WGA) and how to stretch your dollars so the cast and crew will want to work with you again and again.

See you there.

Fun Nugget just launched Ty Inc’s first iPhone game.  It’s called Beanie Ballz Bounce. Tilt your iPhone, iPad or iTouch back and forth to help the Beanie Ballz bounce past the Monstaz and collect Ty hearts along the way.  The fun and family friendly mobile app is only 99 cents (a cheap Christmas gift) and features cute animals and monsters and easy access to buy the toys too.