Animax Blog - Flash Animation, Games, Virtual Worlds

World of Hosers

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:34:00 +0000

Hhmm... Seems like MediaCaster Magazine may have jumped to conclusions about the Animax partnership with RocketOn. They connect a few dots about Animax and the upcoming "Bob & Doug" animated TV show featuring the McKenzie Brothers made famous by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis when in the article they posit: "Bob & Doug sipping a virtual brewski in a great white Web world?"

Or maybe they saw this placeholder site... World of Hosers - the first ever virtual world focused on the favorite pasttime of Bob & Doug McKenzie.

Canada Writing Contest

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:54:00 +0000

On the heels of launching a new studio in Toronto with former Nelvana exec Patricia Burns installed as head of production, Animax Entertainment is casting its net wide for animation concepts via a Canadian script-writing contest. If you're Canadian, enter the contest here. (From Kidscreen Magazine)

Meet Animax at MIPCOM

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:14:00 +0000

Animax Entertainment is heading to MIPCOM this year and will soon be announcing the slate of projects we're taking with us. If you'd like to arrange a time to meet, let us know.

SocialVibe Thanks Us

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:47:00 +0000

Animax just got a nice shout out from SocialVibe for the award winning video we produced for them. Very Nice!

Best Buy Black Tie

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:50:00 +0000

Animax was asked by Ketchum to help write and produce a launch event for Best Buy's newest service offering the Geek Squad Black Tie Service. To introduce the service we wrote a script for the event emcee and for three celebrities who Best Buy felt embodied Protection: Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver), Tanya Roberts (Charlie's Angels and Sheena) and Steven Seagal (of Mojo Priest fame.)

And for a little more tongue in cheek kind of coverage of the event check out Defamer.

Animax worked with Ketchum in the past on the "Ink Is It" campaign for Kodak and the launch event at SNL Studios which recently won a Silver Anvil from the Public Relations Society of America.

First Creativity, Now Create

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:54:00 +0000

First we won multiple Creativity Awards. Now Animax Entertainment is proud to announce that we won multiple Create Awards as well. We won for some self promotional pieces we created and also for our client work on the Dippin' Dots Animated Movie Mashup Tool and SocialVibe we made.

Valley Flash is Live

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:47:00 +0000

The newly formed Valley Flash is live streaming it's first ever meeting right this minute from Animax. Check it out.

Animax & RocketOn

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:56:00 +0000

Animax announced at the Virtual Worlds Expo that we've partnered with RocketOn to produce and develop parallel virtual worlds. Read the coverage in Animation Magazine and Kidscreen.

Valley Flash Forms

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:27:00 +0000

Valley Flash has been born. A new user group dedicated to Flash and Adobe Flex is forming to address the Flash developer and designer community based in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. The inaugural meeting is happening Tuesday, September 9 from 7pm to 10pm. Any ActionScript developers, Flash designers, Flash animators, Game Programmers, users of Flash and fans of Flash are more than welcome to come to this meeting. The group website is still under development but you can follow the buzz on Twitter. The format is brief speaker sessions - this time focused on character animation and games from speakers from top agencies in LA - followed by a mixer sponsored by Technisource.

You don't need to live or work in the Valley in order to attend the meetings. Everyone is welcome. Right now the meetings will be held at Animax in Van Nuys, CA.

Membership Has Privileges

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:48:00 +0000

Animax is proud to have received a Lifetime Membership in the International Banana Club! Specifically, we are on the Board of Apeels.

Animax Wins Four Creativity Awards

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:33:00 +0000

Animax won four awards in the 38th Annual Creativity Awards, including two Platinum level awards. The wins included client work for the Ad Council and SocialVibe as well as wins for self-promotional material. Congrats team!

Virtual Worlds News & Other Press

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:12:00 +0000

Animax's announcement of the launch of KID KONCEPTS has been picked up by a few different news outlets.

KID KONCEPTS

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:33:00 +0000

Leading up to next week's Virtual Worlds Expo in Los Angeles that we are sponsoring, Animax announced the launch of its new KID KONCEPTS initiative. Read the press release.

KID KONCEPTS leverages Animax's expertise in entertainment and virtual world development, in order to simplify the complexity most brands face with getting into virtual worlds. This includes creative scoping, positioning, core functionality, site differentiation, business model development and financial modeling. Animax helps clients determine the business case, investment and launch plans for entertainment, toy, confection, publishing and other kid-focused brands interested in developing a presence in virtual worlds.

KID KONCEPTS was founded on the success of Animax's work in building kids virtual worlds from the ground up, developing components for existing worlds, and ongoing world maintenance. Currently, Animax has multiple KID KONCEPTS clients with virtual worlds scheduled to launch Q2 & Q3 of 2009.

"Strange Brew" Turns 25

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:17:00 +0000

Strange Brew turns 25 today - in the US at least. The film was released on August 26, 1983. For those of you living under a rock, The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew starred the SCTV characters Bob & Doug McKenzie, played by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis, who also served as co-directors. The venerable Max von Sydow co-stars.

And if you haven't heard by now, Bob & Doug are soon to return to a small screen near you in the aptly named TV show Bob & Doug - this time in animated form. The first season of episodes is in production now with an early 2009 air date.

Ta Da!

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:46:00 +0000

The Animax website relaunched with more in-depth access to our portfolio. The site was built using Adobe Flash with a very nifty Adobe Flex backend that finally gives us a nice way to manage our award winning portfolio of work.

Not everything is in our public portfolio though -- a lot of our virtual worlds work needs to stay hidden since some of our clients are shy. Email us if you want to see all of our top secret, stealth projects.

Someone Stole Our Logo!

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:01:00 +0000

skin up by *FilthyLuker on deviant ART

Virtual Worlds Expo Sponsor

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:22:00 +0000

Animax is a sponsoring the upcoming Virtual Worlds Expo here in sunny Los Angeles. We'll have a table in the expo area - booth 117 so feel free to drop by.

Keep Oceans Clean Again

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:45:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:36:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:40:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:42:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:33:00 +0000

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!

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:15:00 +0000

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

Animax Gets Multiple Facelifts

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Bellavia) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:56:00 +0000

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