Mondo Media is an American multimedia company that mainly produces
online animation. The company was founded in 1988 by John Evershed and Deirdre O'Malley in
San Francisco, California.
Before ''Mondo Mini Shows'', the company initially created content for various tech companies, before developing two video games,
''Critical Path'' in 1993 and ''
The Daedalus Encounter
''The Daedalus Encounter'' is a 1995 interactive movie puzzle adventure game developed by Mechadeus and published by Virgin Interactive for Windows. The game was ported to the 3DO by Lifelike Productions and published by Panasonic. The premise ...
'' in 1995, under the name ''Mechadeus''. In the latter half of the 1990s, Mondo refocused on producing internet-based animation, which became the company's main business.
Mondo's most successful shows are ''
Happy Tree Friends'', which has since spawned a multimedia franchise; and ''
Dick Figures'', which was adapted into a feature-length film and was nominated for an
Annie Award
The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in cinema and television. Originally desi ...
.
According to
AdAge
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Magazine in January 2013, Mondo Media was the top-ranked and all-time most popular
YouTube channel, with 1.3 billion views and 1.3 million subscribers.
Mondo Media and
6 Point Harness
Six Point Harness (6PH) is an animation studio based in Los Angeles that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, commercial, music videos and web-based content. Founded by Brendan Burch in 2003, some of the studio's ...
finalized a merger of their two companies in 2016. The company uses the 6 Point Harness name for studio and production services, and Mondo Media branding for consumer
Television
In 2013, Canadian channel
Bite teamed up with Mondo Media and YouTube to create ''Bite on Mondo'', a program in which content creators pitched ideas for new shows. The pitches are funded through Mondo and use YouTube's popularity to decide whether or not they will be picked up. The winning pitches were broadcast on Bite on August 29, 2014.
In October 2014, parent company Blue Ant Media, along with Mondo Media and
Corus Entertainment announced that
Teletoon would air a new series featuring shorts from the program. It was expected to premiere in 2016 on
Teletoon at Night, but instead premiered on September 4, 2015 as ''
Night Sweats'' on
Adult Swim Canada.
In 2015, Mondo Media produced the
sketch comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...
series ''
Like, Share, Die'' for
Fusion, consisting of several short segments and episodes of Mondo-produced web series.
In May 2019,
El Rey Network aired an anthology of Mondo series called the ''Mondo Animation Hour''.
Web series
Failed pilots
Feature films
Graphic and art design
Video games
Television shows
References
External links
Mondo Media official websiteMondo Media
on YouTube
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American flash animated web series
Mondo Mini Shows
Mondo Media is an American multimedia company that mainly produces online animation. The company was founded in 1988 by John Evershed and Deirdre O'Malley in San Francisco, California.
Before ''Mondo Mini Shows'', the company initially crea ...
Adult animation studios
1988 establishments in California
Companies based in San Francisco
Mass media companies established in 1988