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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>http://www.assortednuts.se/company</ref>

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

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===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>[http://film-i-varmland.regionvarmland.se/produktion/aktuellt/assorted-nuts-vann-i-hollywood/assorted-nuts-vann-i-hollywood "Assorted Nuts vann i Hollywood"]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Film i Värmland, retrieved 2 February 2013 {{in lang|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 {{in lang|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.is/20130418175041/http://blip.tv/the-goob ''The Goob''], [[Blip (website)|Blip]], retrieved 2 February 2013.</ref>

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{{Gallery|align=center|lines=3

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

At the 2nd Annual [[Streamy Awards]] 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 Animation in a Web-Series' by the International Academy of Web Television for the online series ''The Goob'' <ref>[http://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/2010-nominees/ 2nd Annual Nominees and Winners], The Streamy Awards, retrieved 2 February 2013.</ref><ref>Samuel Axon, [http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/streamy-awards-winners/ "Streamy Awards 2010: Here Are the Winners"], [[Mashable]], 11 April 2010.</ref> after the animated series first became a successful mobile download in 2008, achieving over five million mobile downloads in its first year.

==References==

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==External links==

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* [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

==References==

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[[Category:Swedish animation studios]]