Multimedia and Internet tie-ins are multiplying with series like LandSeas from Cellar Door Productions having a strong interactive component. Here, children can create stories and characters, draw on the website and chat with other children, while producers take the children's tales and characters and integrate them into the series. Decode Entertainment, famed for Angela Anaconda, is promoting the highly interactive 2D series Undergrads, to air on mtv in the u.s. Undergrads Online is a multimedia experience developed alongside the series, and features Flash-animated series outtakes, interactive games, character home pages and more. International buyers still want programming for ages eight to 12.
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But some innovative animated projects are vying for younger viewers. The Hippo Tub Co., from Balmur Entertainment and Evening Sky Productions, mixes 2D, 3D and cgi in a show for ages five to eight. 1986-2001 Brunico Communications Inc. All rights reserved.