Animax, Fresh, Cookie Jar Win Pixies

Animax Entertainment, Fresh TV and Cookie Jar Entertainment have been honored by the Pixie Awards, which recognizes outstanding creativity in motion graphics, effects and animation.

Animax won Platinum Pixie Awards for its animated series Popzilla and Bob & Doug, while Fresh TV won for its tween series Stoked and Cookie Jar won for Johnny Test. Animax also won a Gold Pixie Award for Joints Don’t Jump.

The Pixies, which are presented in Platinum and Gold levels, are presented by the American Pixel Academy, which formed in 2008. Winners are judged by industry professionals.

The full list of winners follows:

Platinum Pixie Winners

‘ Animax Entertainment, Van Nuys, CA: MTV ‘ Popzilla, Global TV – Bob & Doug

‘ Atomic Cartoons, Vancouver: Mythunderstood

‘ Cinema Concepts, Atlanta: Rave Trailer

‘ Cookie Jar Entertainment, Toronto: Johnny Test ‘ Johnny Lock Down

‘ Creative Artistry & FX, Fairfax, VA: CBN-TV – The Jewish Jesus

‘ David Cherry, Virginia Beach: The Nanny Job Kasey’s Room

‘ Dream Balloon Animation Studios, Orlando: Snowyville Snowyville Once Upon a Christmas Village Head Chefs

‘ Fifteen Pound Pink Productions, Calgary: Intergalactic Who’s Who

‘ Fresh TV, Toronto: Stoked

‘ Frame30 Productions, Edmonton: The Greatest Auto Race on Earth The Greatest Auto Race on Earth

‘ Happy Trails Animation, Portland, OR: Gideon the Great: The Flying Ace

‘ Hatchling, Portsmouth, NH: MEA Digital Agency Reel

‘ HAZED, Toronto: Matt Hammill ‘ Hazed

‘ Inertia Films, Atlanta: ING – Run for Something Better ING ‘ Miami Marathon Course Video

‘ Insight Creative Group, Oklahoma City: Lucky Star Casino ‘ The Luv Bug

‘ Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver: Operational Excellence Orion Space Station

‘ Lyons Entertainment Celebration, FL: Creepers

‘ MEA Digital, San Diego: MEA Digital Agency Reel

‘ Powderhouse Productions, Boston: Mega Engineering Build it Bigger Superfetch

‘ Razorwire Pictures/Polyphony Pictures, Sherman Oaks, CA Sushi 2

‘ Scorched Earth Productions, Denver: Scorched Earth – Mugs

‘ Sujit Agrawal, New York City: Michael Jackson ‘ Rising Star

‘ Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso: The Children who Called Themselves Dirty Hands’

‘ The Ungar Group, Chicago: ‘Relax’ ‘ Home Productions Intl. ‘Relax’ ‘ Home Productions Intl.

‘ Trace Pictures, Toronto: Nick BGH Gillette

‘ XXL Media, New York City: Citation Air

Gold Pixie Winners

‘ Animax Entertainment, Van Nuys, CA: AAOS ‘ Joints Don’t Jump

‘ Ann Robinson-Berger, Arnold MD: Starry Starry Night

‘ Cinema Concepts, Atlanta: Unconscious Therapy Showcase Cinemas Signature Trailer 09 ShowEast Trailer

‘ City of Las Cruces, Las Cruces, NM: Know Your City Opening Title CLCT.com Promo City Beat Opening Title Know Your City Opening Title Neon Logo Plug

‘ Know Your City Opening Title

‘ Circle of Seven Productions, Mt. Sterling, KY: Pocket Books ‘ Deep Kiss of Winter Simon & Schuster ‘ Hush, Hush

‘ Creative Resources Group Plymouth, MA: Expressway Toyota

‘ Edelman, Chicago: American Heart Association

‘ Ernie Berger, Arnold MD: The Amazing Mr. Unicycle

‘ Elfenworks, Burlingame, CA: The Elfenworks Foundation

‘ Harold Buchholz, Virginia Beach: Kid Comedians: Amazing Animals

‘ Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu: Pacific Aviation Museum

‘ Hawthorne Direct, Fairfield, IA: Simplexity

‘ Insight Creative Group, Oklahoma City: Lucky Star Casino- Season of Winning

‘ Main Line Interactive, Wayne, PA: Barry Dunlop – Signature Video

‘ MDS Advertising, Austin: Helmets to Hardhats Landing Page

‘ Nature Productions, Benton, ME: North American Safari

‘ MillerWhite, Terre Haute, IN: Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce

‘ Mindlever Media, San Diego: Patrick Roberts Law Clip

‘ MMG Corporate Communication, Loveland, OH: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. MMG Corporate Communication

‘ Omni Media Productions Ltd., St. Catharines, Ontario: City of St. Catharines Humber College ‘ More For You

‘ PACO Communications, Chicago: Tampico International

‘ Powderhouse Productions, Boston: Dogs 101

‘ Razorwire Pictures/Polyphony Pictures, Sherman Oaks, CA: Polyphony

‘ Science North, Sudbury, Ontario: Philadelphia Zoo Philadelphia Zoo

‘ SolidLine Media, Chicago: Press-A-Print

‘ Sujit Agrawal, New York City: Mixtape ‘ Nicki Minaj 2009 VMA Nominations

‘ Trace Pictures, Toronto: Sprout Sprout

‘ Vital Film Works, Columbus, OH: Garbonzo Grill

‘ Wyoming Dept. of Transportation Cheyenne, WY: Wyoming People