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{{Short description|Animation studio based in Karlstad, Sweden}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Assorted Nuts Animation Studios

| logo = [[File:Assorted Nuts - circle logo.jpg|275px]]

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| foundation = {{Start date|2002}}

| founder = [[Magnus Jansson]]

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| location_city = [[Karlstad]]

| location_country = [[Sweden]]

| ___location = Järnvägsgatan 10, 652 25 Karlstad, Sweden

| locations = Karlstad, Sweden<br /> [[Santa Monica]], [[Los Angeles]]

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| key_people = [[Magnus Jansson]], <small>[[CEO]] / [[Creative Director]]</small><br />[[Lee Adams (marketing)|Lee Adams]], <small>SVP Marketing / Licensing & Business Development

</small> [[Erik Öhrner]], <small>COO & Business Relations</small><br /> [[Bo Landin]], Chairman of the Board

| industry = [[Animation|Animated]]

| products = [[Animation|Animated films]]

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| owner = [[Magnus Jansson]]

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| divisions = [[Assorted Nuts Entertainment]]<br /> 2034 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404

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| homepage = {{URL|theassortednuts.com}}

| homepage = [http://www.assortednuts.se/ www.assortednuts.se]<br />[http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/assorted-nuts-entertainment www.theassortednuts.com]<br />[http://www.facebook.com/?sk=welcome#!/MagnusJansson www.facebook.com/Magnus Jansson]<br /> [https://twitter.com/TheAssortedNuts Twitter - @TheAssortedNuts]

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'''Assorted Nuts Animation Studios''', headquartered in [[Karlstad]], [[Sweden]], is an award-winning, independent [[animation studio]] and development/production house that creates animated films and characters. The studio makes animated feature films, TV series and on-demand content for international markets that, in the words of its founder, [[Magnus Jansson]], has subjects 'spanning all age-groups and genres, from pre-school to family entertainment to adult comedy.' <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.assortednuts.se/company |title=Assorted Nuts |access-date=2012-12-03 |archive-date=2012-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811002518/http://www.assortednuts.se/company |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The studio has an American subsidiary, Assorted Nuts Entertainment, founded in 2012 and located in [[Santa Monica]], [[Los Angeles]].

==Founding==

The company was founded in 2002 by Magnus Jansson and, Erik Öhrner, Emil Cederman and Johan Kirppu while they were still students at [[Karlstad University]],<ref>[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 {{svin iconlang|sv}}</ref><ref>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 {{svin iconlang|sv}}</ref> and began operations in 2003.<ref name=NWT>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 {{svin iconlang|sv}}</ref>

==Studio==

===Locations===

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.<ref name=NWT/><ref>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.</ref><ref>Jeremy Dickson, [http://kidscreen.com/2012/09/05/assorted-nuts-opens-l-a-arm/ "Assorted Nuts opens L.A. arm"], ''Kidscreen'', 5 September 2012.</ref>

==Filmography==

===The Goob===

''The Goob'' is an award-winning 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.<ref>[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}}</ref>

''The Goob'' earned Magnus Jansson and Assorted Nuts the 2010 Streamy Award for 'Best Animation in a Web-Series'.<ref name=NWT/><ref>[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 {{svin iconlang|sv}}</ref><ref name=VF>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 {{svin iconlang|sv}}</ref> The animated series also achieved over 5 million mobile downloads and The Goob character was signed by [[EMI]] as a recording artist,<ref>Matt Kapko, [http://www.awn.com/news/mobile-and-wireless/emi-signs-goob "EMI Signs The Goob"] [[Animation World Network]], 21 December 2009.</ref> releasing a dance remix of the Country song "Feel The Free".<ref>[https://archive.today/20130418175041/http://blip.tv/the-goob ''The Goob''], [[Blip.tv|Blip]], retrieved 2 February 2013.</ref>

''The Goob series'' was picked up by the [[United States|American]] online network [[Toon Goggles]] in September 2012,<ref>[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.</ref><ref>[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.</ref><ref>[http://www.toongoggles.com/shows/goob ''The Goob''], Toongoggles</ref> and by October it was the network's number 2 rated show.<ref>[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.</ref> andIt premiered in the US on [[Strike.TV]].<ref>[http://www.strike.tv/<feeds/shows/the-goob.rss ''The Goob''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129155627/ref><ref>http://www.strike.tv/feeds/shows/the-goob.rss</ref> He|date=2011-01-29 holds}}, the distinction of being the world’s first animated video-bloggerStrike.<ref>http://wwwTV.prweb.com/releases/2012/9/prweb9949637.htm</ref>

===Monkey Business===

'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.<ref name=Productions>[http://www.theassortednuts.com/productions Productions], Assorted Nuts</ref> The series was chosen by Cartoon Forums to be presented at an international fair in [[Toulouse]]<ref name=VF/> and had its [[UK]] premiere on the [[BBC]]'s [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] channel in 2010.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130203191840/http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/monkeys-go-nuts-cbbc "Monkeys Go Nuts On CBBC"], Assorted Nuts, 13 December 2010.</ref>

===Jumping Green Things===

In 2012 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''' <ref>[http://www.assortednuts.se/?q=content/jumping-green-things "Jumping Green Things"], Assorted Nuts, 2 January 2010.</ref> Originally scheduled for completion in 2005, the project was previewed at the Cartoon Movie festival of European animation in spring 2003.<ref>[http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/3_17_1_03.html "''Green Things'' Jumps Out at Cartoon Movie"], ''Animation'' magazine, 17 March 2003.</ref>

===My Pink World===

An animated comedy about eleven-year-old Tiffany and her relationship with her father, Mike.<ref name=Productions/>

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{{Gallery|align=center|linescaptionstyle=3text-align:center;

|File:Assorted Nuts - Monkey Business poster.jpg | <center>Assorted Nuts Studios'<br> ''Monkey Business'' poster</center>

|File:The Goob - Assorted Nuts.jpg | <center>The studio's award-winning<br> character, The Goob</center>

|File:Jumping Green Things - Assorted Nuts.jpg | <center>Feature poster for<br> ''Jumping Green Things''</center>

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==Awards==

[[File:The Goob - Assorted Nuts award.jpg|right|150px]]

At the 2nd Annual [[Streamy Awards]] <ref>http://www.streamys.org/</ref> on Sunday, April 11, 2010, at the [[Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles, California)|Orpheum Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], Assorted Nuts's Magnus Jansson was awarded the Streamy Award for ‘Best'Best Animation in a Web-Series’Series' by the International Academy of Web Television for the online series ''The Goob'' <ref>[http://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/2010-nominees/</ref> by2nd theAnnual InternationalNominees Academyand ofWinners], WebThe TelevisionStreamy Awards, retrieved 2 February 2013.</ref><ref>Samuel Axon, [http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/streamy-awards-winners/</ref> for"Streamy Awards 2010: Here Are the onlineWinners"], series[[Mashable]], The11 GoobApril <ref>http://www2010.thegoob.com/</ref> after the animated series first became a successful mobile download in 2008, achieving over five million mobile downloads in its first year.<ref>http://www.toongoggles.com/shows/goob</ref>

==Links==

* [http://www.assortednuts.se/ Assorted Nuts] - Assorted Nuts website

* [http://www.theassortednuts.com/ Assorted Nuts blog] - The blog

* [http://www.thegoob.com The Goob website] - The Goob

* [http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/hillbilly-shoots-top The Goob award speech/interview] - 2010 Streamy Awards

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnaZ5h2LuiU&list=PL8036982E39F2E4A3&index=1&feature=plpp_video 2010 Streamy Awards] - Magnus Jansson Streamy award expectance speech

* [http://www.facebook.com/?sk=welcome#!/pages/theGoob/74659195672 The Goob Facebook]- The Goob

* [http://www.facebook.com/?sk=welcome#!/MagnusJansson www.facebook.com/Magnus Jansson]

==References==

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==External links==

[[Category:Animation studios]]

* [http://www.assortednuts.se/ Assorted Nuts] - Assorted Nuts website

[[Category:Companies established in 2002]]

* [http://www.theassortednuts.com/ Assorted Nuts blog] - The blog

[[Category:Companies established in 2012]]

* [http://www.thegoob.com ''The Goob website''] - The Goob

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121213171706/http://www.theassortednuts.com/content/hillbilly-shoots-top ''The Goob'' award speech/interview] - 2010 Streamy Awards

* [httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnaZ5h2LuiU&list=PL8036982E39F2E4A3&index=1&feature=plpp_video 2010 Streamy Awards] - Magnus Jansson's Streamy award expectanceacceptance speech

* [http://www.facebook.com/?sk=welcome#!/pages/theGoob/74659195672 ''The Goob Facebook'']- The Goobon Facebook

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