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| Company type | Animationgames |
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| Industry | televisiononlinegames |
| Founded | October 26, 2001 |
| Headquarters | Van Nuys, CA, United States |
Key people | Dave Thomas, Founder |
| Website | Animax Entertainment's official website |
Animax Entertainment is ananimation and interactive production studio producing content for all screens. Founded in 2001 byDave Thomas, an actor, writer, and producer known for hisEmmy award-winning work onSCTV, Animax's clients includeDisney,ESPN,Warner Bros.,National Geographic,Sesame Workshop,WWE[1] and many others. Animax won aSports Emmy Award in 2006 and was nominated again in 2007 for their work onESPN.com's "Off-Mikes", based onMike Golic andMike Greenberg and theirESPN Radio showMike and Mike in the Morning. The series was also selected asAdobe Systems' Site of the Day on June 20, 2006.[2] In 2007 the company branched out into live-action production with the launch of aviral video series forKodak[3] and another forCarl's Jr. that gained "Immortal" status onFunny or Die.
The main studio has won a number of awards in addition to the Emmy including multipleWebby Awards, multipleSummit Awards, and multiple Los Angeles Advertising Club Belding Bowls among others. In 2009, the company was added to the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies in America.
Animax producedWhere's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures in house for the Disney Channel as well as cutscenes for the gameWhere's My Water 2 from Disney Interactive.
The company's television properties include the Canadian animated sitcomBob & Doug, a revival of their respective SCTV characters,[4] andPopzilla forMTV.
In 2012, Animax animated three two-minute shorts forNBC's hit showCommunity. The shorts titled "Abed's Master Key," celebrated the return of Community to TV and were featured on the NBC website andHulu.[5]
In 2007, Animax produced the first evervirtual world for girls for the maker of the Beanie Babies,Ty Inc for a new product line calledTy Girlz.
