Assorted Nuts Animation Studios

The company was founded in 2002 by Magnus Jansson, Erik Öhrner, Emil Cederman and Johan Kirppu while they were still students at Karlstad University,[http://www.varmland.se/reportage/om-varmland/inova-dar-foretag-vaxer "Inova – där företag växer fram"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727053757/http://www.varmland.se/reportage/om-varmland/inova-dar-foretag-vaxer |date=2012-07-27 }}, Värmland.se, 13 August 2012 {{in lang|sv}}Birgitta Eberfors, [http://www.almi.se/varmland/Aktuellt/releaser/Assorted-Nuts-vaxer-med-riskkapital/ "Assorted Nuts växer med riskkapital"], Almi Företagspartner, retrieved 2 February 2013 {{in lang|sv}} and began operations in 2003.Piaree Brolinson, [http://nwt.se/ekonomi/article1125818.ece "Karlstadföretag öppnar kontor i Hollywood"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820140541/http://nwt.se/ekonomi/article1125818.ece |date=August 20, 2012 }}, Nya Wermlands-Tidningen, 19 June 2012 {{in lang|sv}}

The main headquarters of Assorted Nuts is located in Karlstad. A new arm of Assorted Nuts Animation Studios opened in Santa Monica, Los Angeles in 2012 under the title Assorted Nuts Entertainment and led by Lee Adams, the former Toonzone Studios Vice President of Marketing.Ramin Zahed, [http://www.animationmagazine.net/people/lee-adams-to-oversee-assorted-nuts-l-a-office/ "Lee Adams to Oversee Assorted Nuts' L.A. Office"], People, Animation magazine, 9 September 2012.Jeremy Dickson, [http://kidscreen.com/2012/09/05/assorted-nuts-opens-l-a-arm/ "Assorted Nuts opens L.A. arm"], Kidscreen, 5 September 2012.

The Goob is an animated series featuring adventures of the character Dwayne 'The Goob' Dunderson from rural Alabama in the American Deep South as he travels towards Hollywood and dreams of stardom. The Goob blogs his travels on his camera phone, establishing the series as the world's first to feature a 3D animated blogger.[http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/inova/pressrelease/view/thegoob-vaerldens-foersta-3d-animerade-bloggare-225750 "'theGoob': Världens första 3D-animerade bloggare"], Press release, Inova, MyNewsDesk.com, 2 July 2008 {{in lang|sv}}

The Goob earned Magnus Jansson and Assorted Nuts the 2010 Streamy Award for 'Best Animation in a Web-Series'.[https://archive.today/20130418083348/http://film-i-varmland.regionvarmland.se/produktion/aktuellt/assorted-nuts-vann-i-hollywood/assorted-nuts-vann-i-hollywood "Assorted Nuts vann i Hollywood"], Film i Värmland, retrieved 2 February 2013 {{in lang|sv}}Cecilia af Jochnick, [http://www.vf.se/naringsliv/3d-och-tv-assorted-nuts "3D och tv för Assorted Nuts"], Näringsliv, Värmlands Folkblad, 21 June 2012 {{in lang|sv}} The animated series also achieved over 5 million mobile downloads and The Goob character was signed by EMI as a recording artist,Matt Kapko, [http://www.awn.com/news/mobile-and-wireless/emi-signs-goob "EMI Signs The Goob"] Animation World Network, 21 December 2009. releasing a dance remix of the Country song "Feel The Free".[https://archive.today/20130418175041/http://blip.tv/the-goob The Goob], Blip, retrieved 2 February 2013.

The Goob was picked up by the American online network Toon Goggles in September 2012,[http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/toon-goob-toon-goggles "Toon Goob On Toon Goggles"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110125706/http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/toon-goob-toon-goggles |date=November 10, 2012 }}, Assorted Nuts, 27 September 2012.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135559/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/9/prweb9949637.htm "Assorted Nuts Animation Studio's Award Winning Series 'The Goob' To Air On Leading Kids Streaming-TV Platform Toon Goggles!"], PRWeb, 27 September 2012.[http://www.toongoggles.com/shows/goob The Goob], Toongoggles and by October it was the network's number 2 rated show.[http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/hillbilly-shoots-top "Hillbilly Shoots To The Top"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213171706/http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/hillbilly-shoots-top |date=December 13, 2012 }}, Assorted Nuts, 1 October 2012. It premiered in the US on Strike.TV.[http://www.strike.tv/feeds/shows/the-goob.rss The Goob] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129155627/http://www.strike.tv/feeds/shows/the-goob.rss |date=2011-01-29 }}, Strike.TV.

'Monkey Business' features the Tom & Jerry-esque slapstick comedy antics of two characters on a jungle island - Ben the seasoned monkey and Al the young gorilla.[http://www.theassortednuts.com/productions Productions], Assorted Nuts The series was chosen by Cartoon Forums to be presented at an international fair in Toulouse and had its UK premiere on the BBC's CBBC channel in 2010.[https://archive.today/20130203191840/http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/monkeys-go-nuts-cbbc "Monkeys Go Nuts On CBBC"], Assorted Nuts, 13 December 2010.

Assorted Nuts entered into a co-production with Tinopolis Ltd to create Jumping Green things, a 90-minute animated feature with the tagline They needed heroes. They got village idiots [http://www.assortednuts.se/?q=content/jumping-green-things "Jumping Green Things"], Assorted Nuts, 2 January 2010. Originally scheduled for completion in 2005, the project was previewed at the Cartoon Movie festival of European animation in spring 2003.[http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/3_17_1_03.html "Green Things Jumps Out at Cartoon Movie"], Animation magazine, 17 March 2003.

An animated comedy about eleven-year-old Tiffany and her relationship with her father, Mike.

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|File:Assorted Nuts - Monkey Business poster.jpg | Assorted Nuts Studios' Monkey Business poster

|File:The Goob - Assorted Nuts.jpg | The studio's character, The Goob

|File:Jumping Green Things - Assorted Nuts.jpg | Feature poster for Jumping Green Things

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File:The Goob - Assorted Nuts award.jpg

At the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards on Sunday, April 11, 2010, at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California, Assorted Nuts's Magnus Jansson was awarded the Streamy Award for 'Best Animation in a Web-Series' by the International Academy of Web Television for the online series The Goob [http://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/2010-nominees/ 2nd Annual Nominees and Winners], The Streamy Awards, retrieved 2 February 2013.Samuel Axon, [http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/streamy-awards-winners/ "Streamy Awards 2010: Here Are the Winners"], Mashable, 11 April 2010. after the animated series first became a successful mobile download in 2008, achieving over five million mobile downloads in its first year.

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• [http://www.assortednuts.se/ Assorted Nuts]
• [http://www.theassortednuts.com/ Assorted Nuts blog]
• [http://www.thegoob.com The Goob]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20121213171706/http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/hillbilly-shoots-top The Goob award speech/interview] - 2010 Streamy Awards
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnaZ5h2LuiU&list=PL8036982E39F2E4A3&index=1&feature=plpp_video 2010 Streamy Awards] - Magnus Jansson's Streamy award acceptance speech
• [http://www.facebook.com/?sk=welcome#!/pages/theGoob/74659195672 The Goob] on Facebook

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Category:Swedish animation studios

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