Cirque Du Soleil Has Some Nerve

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.

Now We're #2!!!

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

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.

Animax is 402 on Inc. 500!

Huge news for Animax Entertainment! The Inc. 500 list came out today and Animax is number 402. This honor ranks right up there with our Emmy Award. The Inc. 500 is an annual ranking of the fastest growing companies in America. We truly see it as recognition of the collective effort of so many people. Getting on the list is absolutely 100% due to the efforts of all the folks we've worked with over the years at Animax. We give a tremendous amount of thanks to Animax Entertainment's past, present and, hopefully, future clients, employees, partners, friends and family for helping us to achieve this honor. THANKS!

Soul to Seoul

Animax Entertainment is participating in the upcoming Seoul Promotion Plan. SPP 2009 is a market dedicated to cartoons, animation and animated content that lives on multiple platforms. We're set to meet with a variety of potential partners and will also be looking to meet with some game studios as well.

Torrence Tapped as CEO

Today Animax announced that its board of directors named Corey V. Torrence to serve as the company's Chief Executive Officer. The digital advertising exec set to open new markets for our growing digital creative agency.

Torrence came to Animax from Prodigious Worldwide, a Digitas/Publicis Company, dedicated to digital production and innovation. During his tenure as President, Torrence assisted in the acquisition and integration of three digital production agencies and established over ten partnerships with premier technology firms in both products and services globally.

Read the full press release here.

We Sniff Emmy

Monday is E-Day: we find out if we win our second Emmy Award. Keep your golden fingers crossed.

Sorry we've been remiss in posting - we have been super busy. 2005 was our best year. Then 2006 was our best year times two. Then the first four months of 2007 exploded like nuts times four to the third power.

We want to thank all our clients, partners, employees, friends, fans, and even the rest of the competitive landscape for making Animax Entertainment a juggernaut.

You Can Call Me Boner

After a verrrrry long wait, it looks like Slammo & Sloshie, the series Animax Entertainment worked on for AOL may be nearing launch. It's a very lush production, a mix of 2D Flash animation and 3D environments. Really crazy looking and the subject matter is very different as well. If you're into vinyl toys, Nazis, vaudeville, aliens, bad 80s TV shows, robots, vixens, blood, violence, anime, manga, and cute little Mexican sea cows, then you will be a fan of this show.

Happy Belated Valentine's Day

We love you, even if we are a little late in letting you know! Here's a special valentine we made for you.

And because we love you, we want to make sure you don't waster your money on expensive printer ink http://www.inkisit.com.

Watch Kodak's Ink Is It!

It's a great day. Animax Entertainment is launching a major campaign for Kodak to support the launch of a revolutionary new printer. We produced a bunch of funny videos and a website that will hopefully go viral - it's the first time Animax has ventured into the live-action arena, but definitely not the first time we are bringing the funny (too rich.)

We are actually live in New York City at Studio 8H, home of Saturday Night Live as part of the launch. Molly Shannon is here. Antonio Perez, CEO of Kodak, is here and so are Nathan & Max, the stars of our little internet show called "Ink Is It."

If you are sick and tired of paying so much money for printer ink, or having to refill ink cartridges because ink is so expensive then the new Kodak EasyShare All-in-One printer is for you. So is Ink Is It!

Cry of the Tiger

The next episode of the Animax Entertainment produced flash animation series Off-Mikes is now live on ESPN. The new episode is called "Cry of the Tiger" and it's all about Mike Golic's ability to humiliate his son.

Christmas Cheer

Wow. How very nice. Our animated Christmas cards went out yesterday and we've been getting great feedback. So we thank:

AdCritic who said:

• Tree-huggers (and Charles Schulz devotees) should get a kick out of this animated ditty from Animax Entertainment.

And Netscape users who even commented on the flying banana - the banana peel is our logo,

And a certain 8 year old who said: "hahahahaha lol thats freakin funny" - we totally agree!