This is my news page, all news here have either been given or brought by me, so if you use any, please give me a credit and a link. If you'd like to submit you're news then please e-mail me ( below). Thanks. --Aximlli
March 29, 2003: Thanks to the Morphz MB, the Official Site has updated with a new Character Quiz, as well as with some new AOL buddy icons. Be sure to check 'em out.
-Aximlli-
March 29, 2003: Shawn Ashmore's Big Feature Film "X-Men 2" is supposed to be released in theatres this May. Be sure to check out X-men Hype! for continous info, as well as for some nifty wallpaper and various other multimedia downloads.
-Aximlli-
March 29, 2003: Christopher Ralph (Tobias) is in Gossip (the movie). He only has one line about half way through the movie when they're in the lecture room talking about whats going on. Thanks to: "Rae O'Reilly" for the info.
-Aximlli-
Oct 23, 2002: Shawn Ashmore (Jake from Animorphs TV) has been very busy. For those that don't know. Shawn was in the first X-men movie, and is now current reprising his role as Bobby the Iceman in the sequel X-men 2. Superherohype.com has been adding alot of new exclusive pictures and interviews towards X-Men 2. Be sure to check it out. Shawn is supposed to be getting alot more screen time, plus character development within his role.
-Aximlli-
July 02, 2002: The AniBase is FINALLY here! Go to the Official Site and download it now! The site itself has had a big change. There's new backgrounds and everything. Be sure to take a look!
-Aximlli-
July 02, 2002: Good ol' Shawn Ashmore (played 'Jake' on AniTV) is up and rolling. He's getting a few good parts on TV here and there. If you're a fan of the new show "Smallville" you probably already know that he has guest star as the villian of the week. The Episode is called 'Leech', and undoubtely one of my favorites for the show. I did a bit of a brief explanation about the episode on the the Forum. My post can be found Here.
Another big acting part for Shawn Ashmore's career is that he'll be making a return appearence in the sequel of X-Men, X2. He'll be returning in his role as Bobby (The Iceman). And as far as rumors go; you can expect some more screen time and devolopment on his character.
-Aximlli-
July 02, 2002: Just wanted to let everyone know that the Morphz.com domain is no longer avaliable. The webmasters have long shut down the site, but it can still be viewed at http://morphz.hypermart.net. Thanks to the Morphz Boardies for this info.
-Aximlli-
July 02, 2002: Thanks to Guilermo again, Jeff from Morphz.com answers why Megamorphs #5 was cancelled. (MM#5 was originally supposed to be the book for the final for Animorphs). Here's what Jeff said:
This is what K.A. told me about the cutting of Megamorphs #5 on October 17, 2000:
"Anyway, on to the saga of the missing MEGA. It's all about contracts, actually. I had signed a contract for 6 ANI long-form books, meaning Megas or Chrons. And I had, at a different point, signed a contract for the last bunch of regular-length ANI's. But the two contracts weren't synchronized, so the due dates of the long forms extended well out beyond the due dates of the regular-length books. Then I decided to pull the plug on the series, leaving Scholastic in something of a quandary as to 3 long-form books.
"One of the long books we agreed to make a series bible. Another one was going to be a 'whatever happened to . . .' kind of book to be published a year out in the future. And the third one would be a final Mega to be published (according to the regular schedule) at the same time as 53. Fine, but then I realized 53, 54 and the Mega were all going inevitably to be one, continuing storyline. So how do we get kids to realize Mega and 53 were in sequence when they were published at the same time? We then agreed to move Mega to run at the same time as 54, hoping that would clarify things. But Scholastic sales and marketing guys had different plans already in the works. And let me say that I love Scholastic sales and marketing, they have done very, very well for me.
"Anyway, I think (though I do not know) that sales was concerned that two ANI books in June would step on the release of REMNANTS at the same time. These plans are all made long, long in advance and involve all sorts of details and arrangements, and my messing with the sequence wasn't helping their lives any. So we all jointly decided to take BOTH the final Mega and the 'Whatever happened to . . .' books and add them to the REMNANTS contract.
"I am not personally at all upset. I think the finale is fine the way it's going, though I understand that some readers may have wanted one big, final MEGA. Still, I think they'll get some of that in 54."
The original answer can be found here.
-Aximlli-
July 02, 2002: Thanks to 'AndaYeerk' from the Morphz Forum, here's a funny little Garfield comic that relates to Animorphs in a way:
The original link can be found here.
-Aximlli-
July 02, 2002: It's a bit late for this but late than never, I guess. Thanks to Guillermo; According to Amazon.com, 5 Animorphs book are being re-printed in a new format, large print. The books have an ISBN number and the same cover with a solid bar for the title and author line. The following is the schedule:
#31 The Conspiracy - May 2002
#33 The Illusion - May 2002
#32 The Separation - July 2002 (for some reason)
#35 The Proposal - July 2002
#40 The Other - July 2002"
-Aximlli-
January 26, 2002: An Animorph Sighting! Haven't had these in a LONG time! Ok, if you play the Spiderman Game for N64 and Playstation, and if you look at the credits you get at the end of the game, you'll see "Melissa Chapman" as the "Director of Marketing". If you play Spiderman 2: Enter Electro, you'll see her again as the Director of Marketing at the end of the game. She's WAY down the list though, so you might have to wait a little while.
--Aximlli
January 26, 2002: Thanks to Guillermo from the Morphz.com Message Board; If you go to This Page, it will contain many slip ups and mistakes made within the Animorph Books.
--Aximlli
October 09, 2001: Thanks to Andrew from the Morphz.com Message Board, we've now found a movie much similar to Animorphs. It's called the 'ShapeShifter'. Here's the Picture:
As you can see with the picture, it looks very similar.
--Aximlli
October 09, 2001: I was looking around google.com for images and stuff, and I stumbled along this Animorph Home video someone made. It's in French or Spanish, I'm not entirely sure; but check it out:
Click Here to watch the Video. You'll need Quicktime to see it.
If the link isn't working, go to This Page, scroll all the way down to where it says 'Animorphs' and click on the link to to video on the left.
Here's one of the Screen Shots I found with the site:
Cool huh? What do you think? Atleast the actors resemble much closer to the book characters, than the Tv show ever did. 
--Aximlli
July 25, 2001: Thanks to to Morphz.com Message Board posters. It turns out that the Official Site has updated with a new game called "Mega Mix Maker" in there Games section. It's basically an interactive game where the user is allowed to make a variety of music. Very good game if you ask me. Be sure to check it out.
--Aximlli
June 29, 2001:
It's amazing. Jeff from Morphz.com, revealed that he infact is the informer from
Animorphs Xtreme! Here's what he had to say: Anyway, way back in I think September a woman from Scholastic named Susan
wrote us at MZ and told us about the Animorphs game they made and wanted our
feedback. She and I ended up having several e-mail conversations.
For about a month I hadn't heard from her, but then in November I got an
e-mail from Susan asking if I could call her. Which I did, and she laid it all
out -- they were putting together a new site called AnimorphsXtreme and she was
wondering if I'd like to help out. Of course I said yes She set up a phone meeting on November 30th -- incidentally the day the fate
post went up -- and I talked with Susan, plus the head guy named Neil and a few
other women. They explained what was going on, how they were doing this web site
for the last books, asked me what I knew already, things like that. They offered
me retribution for my work, and I said yes -- opting for the money rather than
free books So, after I signed a contract they sent over and we went to work. We
discussed the page, and at the time they had this news letter that was supposed
to go out to stores. It was pretty cool, and we based the site on it. They were
always planning to have the Yeerks take over the site, but I suggested doing
some weird K.A. columns first, and they liked what I wrote and agreed.
I wrote I think 8 questions and answers, and then they started sending me
real Q & A. Yes, before you ask, I was annoyed how people would talk about
how stupid the whole thing was, but I got over it Around that time they were talking about the voice messages from Jake and
Rachel. Rachel M-W suggested that she and David go up there and record, and they
thought it was a cool idea. Unfortunately, it turned out Rachel couldn't go, so
David went with his cousin Erin for a day and they wrote the messages (based on
little scripts I sent) and recorded them. I have a couple pictures from this,
I'll post them soon.
Then came time for AniExtreme. They would send me the page proofs for the
last four books a month before the book came out, along with the manuscript on
computer, so I could keep everything up to date. The main guy, Neil, became the
editor for the site really, so he was the only one I communicated with -- and
I'm proud to say he was recently promoted I turned in the last Q & A, snippets, and article last week, and it
finally went up.
So... Any questions about anything?
-Jeff "
"Everyone saw the little credit at the bottom of AnimorphsXtreme today, so
I thought I'd finally talk about it. I've been waiting for months 
It wasn't a lot of money, though, so don't get too exited. This was, however, my
first writing job, and I've had a couple more since.
.
It went very smooth, they'd send a batch of Informer questions and I'd answer
them and send along an article and some news snippets. They chose the newspaper
names, incidently. I did pretty much all the writing for the site, they did all
the design and updating. They actually asked me to send a picture of myself for
the Informer part, and they edited it to make that mysterious red face on there
Isn't that amazing?!? Not only does Jeff get to talk to K.A, (The author of Animorph and Everworld herself), and get exclusive info from her, but he is also a fellow Animorph fan that was actually chosen by Scholastic to make an actual page for the fans on their official site! AMAZING!
--Aximlli
June 29, 2001: Morphz.com today revealed a letter from K.A Applegate, the author of Animorphs, on criticism received from the Animorph Fans on the Last Book of Animorphs. Here's what K.A said in her letter to the fans:
Dear Animorphs Readers:
Quite a number of people seem to be annoyed by the final chapter in the Animorphs story. There are a lot of complaints that I let Rachel die. That I let Visser Three/One live. That Cassie and Jake broke up. That Tobias seems to have been reduced to unexpressed grief. That there was no grand, final fight-to-end-all-fights. That there was no happy celebration. And everyone is mad about the cliffhanger ending.
So I thought I'd respond.
Animorphs was always a war story. Wars don't end happily. Not ever. Often relationships that were central during war, dissolve during peace. Some people who were brave and fearless in war are unable to handle peace, feel disconnected and confused. Other times people in war make the move to peace very easily. Always people die in wars. And always people are left shattered by the loss of loved ones.
That's what happens, so that's what I wrote. Jake and Cassie were in love during the war, and end up going their seperate ways afterward. Jake, who was so brave and capable during the war is adrift during the peace. Marco and Ax, on the other hand, move easily past the war and even manage to use their experience to good effect. Rachel dies, and Tobias will never get over it. That doesn't by any means cover everything that happens in a war, but it's a start.
Here's what doesn't happen in war: there are no wondrous, climactic battles that leave the good guys standing tall and the bad guys lying in the dirt. Life isn't a World Wrestling Federation Smackdown. Even the people who win a war, who survive and come out the other side with the conviction that they have done something brave and necessary, don't do a lot of celebrating. There's very little chanting of 'we're number one' among people who've personally experienced war.
I'm just a writer, and my main goal was always to entertain. But I've never let Animorphs turn into just another painless video game version of war, and I wasn't going to do it at the end. I've spent 60 books telling a strange, fanciful war story, sometimes very seriously, sometimes more tongue-in-cheek. I've written a lot of action and a lot of humor and a lot of sheer nonsense. But I have also, again and again, challenged readers to think about what they were reading. To think about the right and wrong, not just the who-beat-who. And to tell you the truth I'm a little shocked that so many readers seemed to believe I'd wrap it all up with a lot of high-fiving and backslapping. Wars very often end, sad to say, just as ours did: with a nearly seamless transition to another war.
So, you don't like the way our little fictional war came out? You don't like Rachel dead and Tobias shattered and Jake guilt-ridden? You don't like that one war simply led to another? Fine. Pretty soon you'll all be of voting age, and of draft age. So when someone proposes a war, remember that even the most necessary wars, even the rare wars where the lines of good and evil are clear and clean, end with a lot of people dead, a lot of people crippled, and a lot of orphans, widows and grieving parents.
If you're mad at me because that's what you have to take away from Animorphs, too bad. I couldn't have written it any other way and remained true to the respect I have always felt for Animorphs readers.
K.A. Applegate
Pretty cool huh? My opinion of the Last book has definitely changed now.
--Aximlli
June 29, 2001: Morphz.com revealed that they will infact be closing down soon. They plan to put a splash up as their 'shrine' that leads towards all their pages. Here's what Jeff said:
"Right now the three MZers are dealing with a lot of life stuff. David and Rach are graduating high school and preparing for college, and I (Jeff) am working on a lot of writing projects at the moment (one of which you'll find out about soon!). As such, we haven't had any time to work on the planned Morphz shrine for Animorphs. What we've decided is that we're going to shut down our page, meaning we won't update any longer after a certain point. What we're going to do is put up a splash page with a note from us which will include links to what's done of the shrine pages, links to other Animorphs web pages, pages for Remnants, and our message board.
That should be up fairly soon, but let me give an early thank you to absolutely everyone who's been visiting this page and its previous incarnations (including TAA) over the years. It's been a fun ride, and we'll miss the site and you guys. To be just a tad bit cliché, thanks for the memories :) "
Be sure to watch for updates later. --Aximlli
June 29, 2001: Here's the K.A Chat Transcript hosted at MSN:
DishDiva says: Welcome to MSN Live. Today we are pleased to welcome author, K.A. Applegate to MSN Live. K.A. may best be known as the author of the popular "Animorph" series. Her new series is Remnants with the first book being "The Mayflower Project."
DishDiva says: K.A., welcome to MSN Live. We're happy to have you here to talk about your new books.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Hi, Everyone. Thanks for coming. I hope no one is missing any good TV.
Wolfblade62 in Onstage1 asks: Which series has been hardest to write?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: "Everworld." The voice was a stretch for me. The books were long and they required research and I set up a style which required constant jokes or asides and it was tiring.
Guest_Crayak in Onstage1 asks: Why was the last book called "The Beginning"?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Well, first of all I don't name the books, the editors do that. I think it was the cliffhanger ending that caused them to think along those lines. Plus it seemed more optimistic and original than the other choice: The End.
superstarchic2 in Onstage1 asks: Why did you choose writing sci-fi books?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I kind of didn't. I started off to do a series about animals. I wanted to get readers into the minds of the animals. Then it occurred to me that I needed some jeopardy. Suddenly I was a sci-fi writer.
mindseye_007 in Onstage1 asks: How on earth did you come up with the type of steel the Coo-Hatch use in Ever World?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I don't remember. I have this vague memory of riffing on some other idea that led me there. But aside from the everpresent subliminal Tolkien inspiration, I don't recall.
ThE_GaMe_13_7 in Onstage1 asks: In Remnants, people use screen name as their names. What would yours be?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Something very prosaic. I guess I'd probably keep my own name. I don't really approve of screen names.
DishDiva says: K.A., we have a lot of questions about Rachel.
Evermorph in Onstage1 asks: What made you decide to kill Rachel?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Someone had to die and she was just so annoyingly thin and well-dressed. Okay, seriously? Animorphs was a war story. In wars people die.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Not just bad people or irrelevant people, but people who are the center of someone's life, as Rachel was to Tobias. I wanted to show that. I wanted it to be hard, not easy.
animorphs_newsletter in Onstage1 asks: How many Remnants books have you currently written (besides 1 & 2)?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: We have 14 planned and I've written four. Outlined a few more beyond that.
BekkiKoons in Onstage2 asks: In the everworld series, when they reached Atlantis how could they see under water?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Visine. Actually, the deal with EW was that the laws of physics had been rewritten by the gods who created the place. Just as have laws of physics, they did, but perhaps not identical.
Justin_6898 in Onstage2 asks: When you first started writing Animorphs, how long did you think it would last? How long to you think Remnants will last?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I thought Animorphs was over around book 11. I thought 'that's it, I'm done, that's all I can think of.' Turned out I was wrong. As for Remnants, I don't want it to go beyond 14.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I think series should have some limits. I probably should have ended Animorphs about ten books earlier than I did.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: BUT it's hard to judge these things.
Dahjo799 in Onstage1 asks: Can you tell us more about The One at the end of 54? Is it the voice in 41?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: You know what? I'm counting on all the Fan Fiction writers out there to figure that out. I wrote the cliffhanger ending because I wanted to show that Jake could only really find himself again when he stumbled back into a war.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I wanted to show that one war often leads seamlessly into the next. But a part of me was thinking, "here's for the fan fiction writers.'
Guest_Katherine in Onstage2 asks: My dad is making me say this. He likes your books (I got him hooked.) He wants to know how you view future technology?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: With a mixture of optimism and dread, edging closer to optimism. To the extent that technology is destroying personal privacy, I despise it. On the other hand, medical science is technology, too.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: On the other hand, medical science is technology, too. I am very excited about the genome project. Plus I'd like someone to make a toaster that can actually brown the bread evenly.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Whoever does that gets my vote for Nobel prize.
DishDiva says: Let's get down to some basic questions about "The Mayflower Project."
mindseye_007 in Onstage1 asks: What is the basic plot for your new book, "The Mayflower Project?"
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Hmm. Well, the basic idea is 1) Blow up the world, 2) Send a few survivors hurtling through space where they 3) run into strange and exciting things I'm not going to give away yet.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: If you want to get all deep on it, Animorphs was a war story and a story about transitions, Everworld was more philosophical, and Remnants is more political and historical.
goldmeganium in Onstage1 asks: All my friends say that you will start a series called Animorphs2 after you finish Remnants. Is this true?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: No. I will not write another Animorphs. We talked about it (Scholastic and me) and I felt very strongly that we had gone on long enough. You gotta walk off stage before they start throwing fruit.
WartyBarrell in Onstage2 asks: How do you like being published in ebook form?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Sorry, everyone. I was cut off. Funny, but just before I lost the connection I saw Steve Case's face on my screen.
DishDiva says: WartyBarrell in Onstage2 asks: How do you like being published in ebook form?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: E-books? As I writer I love the idea -- once we can figure out how to charge for them, after all, I do have to buy groceries.
nmatt101 in Onstage1 asks: Do you base any characters you've written on yourself?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: No. Not even close. I don't base them on anyone, that's too limiting. I'd be trapped by the reality of wondering what I'd do if the world was blowing up. And since that would be drink heavily, eat cookies and watch movies, that would make a weak story.
Justin_6898 in Onstage2 asks: When you first started developing the charector Jobs, how did you go about that? Did you go very deep at first or just let him develope book, by book?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I always start with a "Series Bible." It's sort of a dossier on characters, sets, ideas, plots, toys and tech stuff. With characters I start compiling their looks, their likes and dislikes, their quirks etc... Then, as I write all that changes.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: But it gives me a place to start.
Sky_Sorceress in Onstage2 asks: I liked Animorph's ending and thought it fit much better than some happy flowery ending, but I couldn't help wondering if you planned to end the series like that when you started, or planned anything specific about the ending at all halfway through.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I didn't think too much about the ending till I was about half a dozen books away from it. Once I started thinking about it I knew what I wanted and what I didn't want.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I know a lot of people are mad about the ending. But I couldn't write an ending full of parades and high-fives and parties. That's not a real war ends, so that's not how my pretend war ended.
Jake_The_Animorph in Onstage2 asks: Have you ever looked back on a book or something you did and wanted to change it in the Books?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Oh, all the time. Unfortunately writing a series is an assembly-line job. You can't stop and rethink and rearrange very much.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: You have about eight seconds t come up with a metaphor, and if it doesn't come, too bad, move on.
LSKY7 in Onstage1 asks: On the Remnants Official Site, it mentions to characters: Dallas and Wyslon Lefkowitz- Blake who we haven't met yet. When will we meet them?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: In book Two. Dallas actually uses a different name, and Wylson is her Mom.
Justin_6898 in Onstage2 asks: Was it your idea for Remnants books to come out every other month?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I don't decide those things. When Animorphs first started it came out every other month, then went monthly, and eventually we were doing two books in some months.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Scholastic handles that. I kind of stay out of their decision making because they are good enough to stay out of mine.
cheetahgurl848 in Onstage1 asks: Who is your favorite author, besides yourself?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: For kid's books? e.b. white. For adult books? Proust? Oh yeah, can't get enough Proust. (Kidding.)
Cait_Sith99 in Onstage1 asks: Which book, in any series, was your favorite to write?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Animorphs #19. I thought I wrote that pretty well. Also I was proud of Hork-Bajir Chronicles. And I guess the book with Christopher and Doinysus in EW, the number of which I forget.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I liked Christopher as a character because he was such a jerk, and yet okay underneath it all.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Dionysus.
DishDiva says: Pick up K.A. Applegate's books now at http://www.eshop.msn.com/marketplace.asp?mpId=2355&catId=219&merchid=2418&invMerchModel=PocketPC&ptnrid=5
Becca_519 in Onstage2 asks: When will the Baby be born?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Ahhh, the Baby is going to be lots of fun. I'm not even going to go into The Baby at all. Except to say: don't judge me till you have a four year old. Then you'll understand.
Evermorph in Onstage1 asks: Who are Michael and Jake, the two people you always dedicate your books to?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Michael is my husband and co-author, Jake is my son and the inspiration for The Baby.
Guest_Padfoot in Onstage1 asks: What class in school was your favorite?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Boy, I can't say I was ever excited about anything in school. I was in chorus for a while, and that was okay except that it was in the South and they required us to sing Dixie.
Guest_Anifan20007 in Onstage1 asks: Did you name Jake from Jake of the Animorphs or did you already have that on the 'name list' before Animorphs was created?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: I knew when I named my son Jake I'd be dooming him to this. Nope, I just liked the name. Actually, it's Jacob. That way if he's an academic he can be Jacob, and if he's an action figure he can be Jake.
glittergal228 in Onstage1 asks: What does K.A stand for?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Katherine Alice.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: The whole initials thing is ovedone, don't you think? It was okay for e.b. white, but now everyone is doing it.
TobiasBradshaw in Onstage2 asks: What do you think would have happened to Rachel if she lived (If you hadn't killed her! Why! Why must you do such things?)
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Rachel would have done poorly in real life. I tried to show over time that she was deteriorating mentally, becoming too addicted to the action, too much a creature of the war. She was straying close to the old good-evil line
Tigina in Onstage1 asks: What was one of your favorite lines from animorphs?
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Hmmm. "Globules!" When Ax goes nuts eating chocolate in the movie. Also I liked all the Helmacron stuff, I enjoyed them. Plus "De-Morph!" just because it comes up so regularly in everyday life.
DishDiva says: K.A., thanks for joining us this afternoon and for sharing the secrets of the Animorph and Remnants series.
K_A_Applegate_Live says: Thanks for coming. I think Will and Grace is on tonight. Oh, and please try out Remnants. Maybe you'll like it, maybe not, but I think it will surprise you.
DishDiva says: Pick up K.A.'s new book, "The Mayflower Project" now at http://www.eshop.msn.com/marketplace.asp?mpId=2355&catId=219&merchid=2418&invMerchModel=PocketPC&ptnrid=5
That's entire chat. --Aximlli
May 31, 2001:Hey guys, just found some very VERY interesting news. Amazon.com is holding an Essay Contest, in the honor of Animorphs ending. Here is the link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/166799/002-8432317-8964006
If you can't go there, then here is the article:
Enter the Amazon.com Animorphs Essay Contest and Win Prizes!
Calling all kids, ages 14 and younger!
The Beginning is the very last Animorphs book ever, so now it's up to you to pick up the magic where K.A. Applegate's series left off! We invite you to write an essay of 300 words or less that answers the question: "If you could have any magical power, which one would you want, and why?" Or if you want a way to say "Good-bye, Animorphs!" answer this question: "What did you like best about the Animorphs series?"
If you write the best essay of all, here's what you'll win:
The Grand Prize
One boxed set of Animorphs books 1 to 4, the last four Animorphs books, one complete set of Everworld paperbacks, one signed copy of the first Remnants book, an Animorphs baseball hat and T-shirt, an Animorphs transformer toy, an Animorphs PC game, an Animorphs card game, and an Animorphs puzzle! The grand-prize winner will also receive an Amazon.com gift certificate for $500 worth of books for his or her school library!
Prizes for 10 Runners-Up
Each of 10 runners-up will be awarded one boxed set of Animorphs books 1 to 4, a complete set of Everworld paperbacks, one signed copy of the first Remnants book, an Animorphs baseball hat and T-shirt, and an Animorphs bookmark.
Here's what you do:
1. Write an essay of 300 words or less on a piece of paper. (You can either type it or write it by hand.) Please include your name, mailing address (including city, state, and ZIP Code), and age on top of the piece of paper. 2. Read the contest rules and make sure you qualify to enter! You must be age 14 or younger, and you must live in the United States or in any part of Canada except for Quebec.
3. Print out the parental consent form and mail it in with your essay. We can't judge your essay unless it is accompanied by this form.
4. Mail in your essay and the parental consent form to: The Amazon.com Animorphs Essay Contest Your entry must be postmarked by June 14, 2001, or we won't be able to judge it. And don't forget to include your name and address, or we won't be able to tell you you've won!
Thanks for entering... and good luck!
Read the Amazon.com Animorphs Essay Contest rules. Print out and mail in the Animorphs Essay Contest Parental Consent form.
Amazon.com
P.O. Box 81226
Seattle, WA 98108-1226
Besure to check it out, the contest ends June 14, 2001, and you get tons of prizes, so you won't want to miss this. There's only one catch, you have to be 14 or younger.
Guess that counts me out 
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Good Luck to the Younger Animorph fans out there! Here's to the best! --Aximlli
May 05, 2001: #54, the Final Animorph book, comes out this month, be sure to read the finale of Animorphs by the end of this month. I don't think anyone of us will want to miss out on this. --Aximlli
May 05, 2001: Thanks to Dahjo and Nothlit, we can now download K.A Applegate's First Ever Webcast!. Thank you very much Nothlit for putting the webcast in zip format for us! All of us appretiate it very much! --Aximlli
May 05, 2001: Thanks to the Zone91 Message board posters, its now been confirmed that Animorphs has infact lost to Harry ~curses~ Potter again this year. Sorry guys, this was our last chance and we blew it. ~Shrugs~ Oh well, there's nothing we can do about it now. Hopefully if Remnants turns out good, it'll get nominated. --Aximlli
March 14, 2001: Who here remembers AniTV? Yeah, yeah, I know, it was horrible. Believe me I'm trying to forget, ~shakes head~, Anyway, remember how Rachel's "Battle morph" was a lion in the show? Well, guess who I saw on CTV AM on Friday morning? No no, not Rachel; the lion, Bongo. Yup, that's right Bongo was on CTV AM. His trainer was there, and the basically through out the entire thing, they showed how Bongo acted, and how he worked with other humans and Animals.--Aximlli
March 25, 2001: Thanks to Morphz.com, with the help of Melanie, the official cover and summary for the new Remnants series has finally been released. Here's the info:
The Mayflower Project
Coming June 2001
Cover Art: Jonathan Barkat
Cover Design: Ursula S. Albino
It's coming.
FOUR
Silently falling through space.
THREE
Too large to divert.
TWO
It will destroy Earth.
ONE
And there's nothing anyone can do about it.
It's 2011. An asteroid is on a collision course with the earth. And eighty people have been given the opportunity to survive. To leave the planet before the world ends.Jobs isn't quite sure of what's going on. Just that he and his family are a few of the lucky ones chosen to board a revamped space shuttle. A shuttle that will leave Earth just before the final impact. No one knows where they're going. Or if they'll make it there at all. Because there isn't a lot of time for questions. And there are fewer answers. . . .
Cool Plot! Love the cover!--Aximlli
March 25, 2001: Thanks to the Escafil Device, with the help of Dahjo, we can now see the articles published by "Cracked". Apparently a while ago, it was pointed out that "Cracked" has published three pages revolving around and making fun of Animorphs, or in their case "Animorons". Here are the Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3. Be warned if you don't like people making fun of Animorphs, or get easily offended then don't go there, cause well..that's what the "Cracked"'s basically about.--Aximlli
March 14, 2001: Thanks to AWN, with the help of Dahjo, it's now been proved that the 12 Animorph sound clips from Napster are indeed German. Thanks to Dahjo for proving this and AWN for reporting it.--Aximlli
March 14, 2001: The Vorting for the Kids Choice Awards began on March 13, 2001. Please go to Nick.com to make your vote for Animorphs. This is indeed the last year for Animorphs to be nominated; and since the series itself is ending in two months, Animorphs won't have another chance next year. Go to Nick.com and please vote Animorphs. This is the last year for Animorphs, lets make it as worthwhile as we can.--Aximlli
March 14, 2001: Thanks to Ani-news.com & AWN for making this site their Webpage of the Week! Go take a look at their latest issue.--Aximlli
March 14, 2001: The Scholastic site has just started a new section. It's called "Animorphs XTreme". This section is very spoilerish and is contantly up to date. Be warned: if don't want the last book or the end of the Animorphs series spoiled, don't go there. Nevertheless, it is still a good section to take a look at if you have read the lastest book; some of the things in there are very original. My advice: go take a look after you've read the latest book.--Aximlli
February 26, 2001:More info from Morphz.com about K.A's New Series: "Remnants". Here's their explanation for the summary:
Welcome to the year 2011....
It is the not too distant future. Technology has advanced to keep everyone sufficiently wired. Tastes and styles have changed. A lot of people have even taken to calling themselves by chosen screen-nameish names. Life's pretty good all around.
Too bad the world is going to be destroyed in four days.
"Bang."
A mission called the Mayflower Project has quickly been thrown together. A total of 80 people -- NASA technicians, a few commanders, people who bribed their way on, and their families -- have been chosen to take the mishmash of old and new, untested technologies into space in hopes of keeping the human race alive in some form. Nobody really thinks it will lead to anything. As far as they know, human kind ends along with Earth.
They're entirely wrong.
Unbeknownst to anyone involved, the destruction of Earth and the almost-secret send-off of the 80 are just a prelude to a bigger story. A story that takes place hundreds of years in the future when the survivors awaken and discover they are surrounded by utter strangeness -- a weird new reality that gets crazier book by book.
I don't want to give a lot away because Remnants is a series that will thrive on surprises. According to K.A. this is her last series ever, she's going to throw away the rules. When you think the series is going in one direction, it'll make a left turn and take you somewhere entirely different. No one character is immortal, and no one character will go unchanged during this ordeal -- some more noticeably than others.
The cast is big. Kids, adults, aliens, and others. Unlike Animorphs and Everworld, Remnants is third person, meaning that more than one character gets their view shown throughout any given book. And there's no set pattern -- as in real life, alliances will change, groups will form and degenerate and form again.
Remnants is going to be considered middle reader science-fiction, like Animorphs. But Remnants is really like the ultimate aspects of Animorphs, Everworld, and K.A.'s amazing Chronicles books all rolled into one, with bits of Lord of the Flies thrown in. There won't be any overt sexuality or bad language, ala Everworld, but not all the main characters will be perfect saints as in Animorphs. There's good characters, and there's ambiguous characters, and just plain evil characters. There's kids and adults. There's also the Baby.
But Remnants is most definitely darker than Animorphs ever was.
This is all we're gonna say for now. The first and possibly second book will be on the shelves in either May or June. I'm sure one of the on-line booksellers will have an official summary and cover for these books soon, and we'll have those here -- as well as more details on the awesomeness that is Remnants. Stay tuned....
Wow! Cool info! I can't wait! --Aximlli
February 18, 2001: Amazing news! K.A Applegate has begun a new series! It's coming out this year after Animorphs! Jeff from Morphz.com has more info:
" Woo and hoo!
I got an e-mail from David that said, and I quote, "BN released info on Remnants!!" So I headed here straight away to see if anyone commented.
You all are hearing it here first -- REMNANTS is K.A.'s all new middle reader sci-fi series! I've known about this for MONTHS and MONTHS and I was going to let everyone know about it in the fate post, but that morning I happened to have a conversation with Scholastic wherein they asked if I could just not post it. Since they didn't mind I was posting the end of Ani and EW news, and even gave me EW release dates, I agreed.
But I have been awaiting this day for a long while, folks. Remnants is gonna rock so hard, trust me. Imagine The Andalite Chronicles mixed with The Ellimist Chronicles mixed with Animorphs and Everworld, with a large cast of characters young and old. Now imagine a series where K.A. figured, screw the rules, we're goin' with surprises. Now you've got some semblance of an idea of what Remnants is.
Oh, and throw in a bit of Lord of the Flies while you're at it. And an art book....
....By the way, the title of REM 1 is a bit misleading. You may have already formed an idea, and the name Mayflower is indeed deliberate, but it's not what you're thinking. . . . " - Jeff, from Morphz.com
Wow! Looks really cool! I can't wait! --Aximlli
February 18, 2001:Ani-News.com EXCLUSIVE! Thanks to Josh, starting with book #51, the back of
the book slogan 'We can't tell you who we are, or where we live...' etc. has
changed. The official new back-of-book slogan is now as follows:
"Here's the deal these days: they know exactly who we are. They
know exactly where we live. We've got a few secrets left, and we're gonna
use them. But just know that the end is coming. And we don't know how much
longer we can do this. How much longer we can fight.
What about you? Where will you be where it ends? Think about it. Think hard.
Because the countdown has already begun...." Cool huh? I can't wait! --Aximlli
February 18, 2001:
Aximlli's Exclusive!
Animorph Songs and Sound clips in Napster! I can't
believe no one has noticed this yet. Am I the only one Animorphs Fan who uses
Napster? Anyway, I checked it out and I found FIVE unheard Animorphs songs &
over 12 unheard foriegn soundclips! Here are the
names of the songs:
Songs: 1. Animorphs -
Place to Dwell 2. Animorphs - Fight for
the future 3. Animorphs - New Beginning 4.
Animorphs - Beautiful Euphoria 5.
Animorphs - Midnight Mayhem Sound Clips: 1. Animorphs - 01 2. Animorphs - 02 .... all the way down to..... 12. Animorphs - 12 Cool huh?
What does this mean? Is this Scholastic's new marketing plan everyone's been
talking about? Or are these songs just
made by some other Animorph fan? Who knows? Only time will tell. In the
meanwhile, if you want to see what these songs sound like, then go to my Music
Section. I haven't gotten 1 of the sound clips so far, and that's Animorphs
- 07, if you want to download that, go to my Sound
Clips section --Aximlli
Febuary 02, 2001: Thanks to Morphz, it looks like Animorphs has once again been nominated for the Kids 2001 Choice Awards. Here's the article provided from Morphz:
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Kid favorite Rosie O' Donnell will return for a fifth year to host Nickelodeon's 14th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, joined by an array of stars from the worlds of film, music, sports and television. The event, which celebrates the power of kids in the new millennium, will air live from the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, CA, on Saturday, April 21, from 8-9:30PM ET/PT.
The nominees for Nickelodeon's 14th Annual Kids' Choice Awards are:
FAVORITE BOOK
Kids will be able to vote both on and off air in a total of 19 categories. Voting kicks off on February 12 at participating BURGER KING(R) restaurants nationwide. Kids will also be able to vote for their favorites online at Nick.com, through balloting in Nick Magazine and by calling a toll-free number displayed during programming on Nickelodeon.
In addition, kids can log onto the Kids' Choice Awards area on nick.com to read bios on the nominees and listen to streaming audio of nominees in the Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie category. Nick.com will also feature a live chat with Rosie O'Donnell one day prior to the awards show. --Aximlli
Febuary 02, 2001: Thanks to to the Great posters that the Morphz Zone 91 Message Board, it's been noted that there has been an Animorphs Comic in a Magazine! The Magazine right now is unknown, but here is the comic:
Animorphs Series/By K.A. Applegate
Bud, Not Buddy/By Christopher Paul Curtis
Chicken Soup Series/Edited by Jack Canfield
Harry Potter Series/By J.K. Rowling
LOL. Funny comic, can't argue against that.--Aximlli
Febuary 02, 2001: Thanks to Morphz (Again), #54 title, the Final Book for Animorphs has been released. Just highlight this: Animorphs #54: The Beginning.--Aximlli
Febuary 02, 2001: Thanks to Morphz, it looks like sometime in the future, K.A Applegate, the Author of Animorphs, may be getting her own biography this September! The writer, Ann Gaines, has already written many other biographies, and five more biographies of well-known authors are coming out at the same time -- J.K. Rowling, Gary Paulsen, Christopher Paul Curtis, Dr. Seuss, and Roald Dahl! Be on the look out for this book in September. Here's some more info from Amazon.com about this book. --Aximlli
December 31, 2000:Thanks to Tyler for Ani-News.com for this Animorphs Radio ad:
~static~
JAKE: Hel-...hello? Turn it a little this way... ~tone of airwaves change to a higher pitch~ Ok,the animorphs are on-air.
RACHEL: Ok. This is Rachel. I am an animorph. I used to be fearless, but now I feel this fight is going to the grave. We fight a bunch of parasetic aliens called Yeerks, and they are getting more aggressive. Don't doubt me. They're here. And we need your he- ~static~
VOICE: Get the latest Animorphs Book, The Resistance, by KAA Applegate at bookstores everwhere, and know the secret.
~static~
--Aximlli
December 11,00: Thanks to Morphz,we now have the future results for Animorphs. Here's what Morphz said December 1st:
"ANIMORPHS
Though an official announcement has yet to be released by Scholastic, it's time to come to terms with the news. We're going to get right to the point here -- as many people have speculated and dreaded for some time, K.A. has chosen to end Animorphs. As has been suspected, the big story arc that began in #45 The Revelation, and which will take a big, major turn this month with #49 The Diversion, was designed to provide a year of entertaining, surprising books that will lead us to the big finale come May. The final Animorphs will in fact not be Megamorphs #5, as some have suggested, but #54. The final book will be at least partially narrated by all the characters, so don't worry about not getting final input from your favorite.
Why is Animorphs ending? And why with a regular series book and not a Megamorphs? Well, to answer the first question, K.A. simply felt that Animorphs was growing tired. It had its run and was losing steam, she didn't really have anything else to say in the books. Hence all of the big plot twists in the coming months.
K.A. is also very much aware that we as fans have our own ideas how the series should end. As is, there was originally supposed to be a Megamorphs finale, but the release dates didn't work out. The way it's set up now, though, the last six books will work together to form that one big ending we've hoped for, especially the final two books. K.A. set out to create a big, proper finish for Animorphs, one that's true to its philosophy and true its characters, an ending that's not neat and easy for the sake of wrapping things up. But it will definitely be an ending that will be surprising to read and exciting to experience.
There is also the question of what ever happened to the fifth Megamorphs and the fifth Chronicles that K.A. was contracted to write. There was, in actuality, three long-form books left up in the air with ending. One of the books is currently being developed into a commemorative sort of book by K.A. and Scholastic, a book that would show her original series 'bible', as well as detail behind the scenes info and a ton of other interesting things as well. The book be Chronicle-length (think Andalite, not Visser) and will be released sometime around the beginning of the next school year, a special edition for the fans. The other two contracted books will have to be made up by K.A. at some point, though how has yet to be decided.
EVERWORLD
Understandably, some people might now be miffed at K.A.'s other series, thinking that it's the cause of K.A. finishing Animorphs. This is not the case at all -- the decision was based on how the Animorphs series had progressed, not how time consuming it can be to write Everworld.
In fact, unfortunately, it seems like Everworld will probably be ending soon as well.
Lightning usually doesn't strike twice, and that was sort of the case with Everworld. K.A. and Scholastic mutually agreed that the series simply wasn't selling well enough to continue. The books did well, considering the language and sexiness, as well as a group of main characters that many would deem unlikable, but just not well enough.
The next two books are going to be released on a more extended schedule -- #11 in January 2001 and #12 in April 2001. K.A. still developed #12 to be left open-ended like all the other books, however, in case the series does pick up sales and can be continued sometime down the line.
K.A. APPLEGATE
So, with both of her series probably ending come spring, where does that leave K.A.? She stated before that after Animorphs and Everworld she would be done with series writing. So what's next?
There's a well known quote that says, 'Final decisions are often made in a state of mind that doesn't last.' We can not comment on that at all, but feel free to speculate...."
And that's pretty much it. I don't know about you, but I'm feeling kinda down right about now. Oh well, I guess that's that, and I guess it's true of what people say "All good things come to an End.".
Well out of this, you're all probably wondering whats going to happen to this site when Animorphs ends. Well to tell you (And I've thought about this for a while now), this site is going to remain open. Yup, that's right, it's not closing, well at one point it might, but not because Animorphs is ending. I've decided that this site will remain open till I can get every last info of Animorphs on this site. So this site will become a memory place for Animorph fans to look back on. I'm feeling down again... I ... I gotta go... I need time to think about all this... ~walks away all sad~ --Aximlli
November 27,00: Thanks to Morphz,we now have the title for #53! This is very odd because this is one of the first times, we've recieved a title before a summary. Anyway, I wanted to tell you guys I won't be posting this title or any or info above #53 in the Upcoming Books section. Basically I don't want it spoiled, so if you want #53's title, highlight this: #53: The Answer --Aximlli
November 27,00: The Animorphs GameBoy Game is out this Month! unfortunetly, there hasn't been any good reviews for it yet. I think the worst one out there is on IGN.com, but they usually diss everything about Animorphs anyway. If you've played or have the GameBoy game please E-mail me and give me a review it. Thanks. --Aximlli
September 25,00: Thanks to Morphz, AndaYeerk, & Heehawthedonkey for this info. Thanks to them about the new info about the Animorphs Commercial on Radio. Here's the first one by AndaYeerk:
*static*
V/ JAKE (possibly Shawn Ashmore): Hi. My name is Jake. For three years we've
been fighting the Yeerks. But now changes are coming. Big changes. Changes
that could morph your world-*static*
ANNOUNCER: Get the newest Animorphs book, #46 The Deception, wherever books
are sold.
This second is from Heehawthedonkey:
::static::
Brooke Nevin: "Go, Jake!"
Shawn Ashmore: "Okay. My name is Jake. I'm the leader of the Animorphs.
We've been fighting the Yeerks for three years. But now we know we just
aren't strong enough. So we need your help. We need..."
::static::
Deep, Male Voice: "The Animorphs need your help. Catch K.A. Applegate's
latest book, The Deception, in stores near you."
No one knows of which stations these were really on, but if you hear these then please tell me. --Aximlli
September 17,00: When Jeff from The Morphz Zone 91 Message Board, was asked if K.A was stopping Animorphs after #54 because everyone was saying it would be best if it did. Jeff said,
" That's untrue. It IS true that all the books from now until #52 will be partially ghostwritten with, of course, a plot by K.A., as well as rewrites done by her. #53 and #54 will be her. The Ellimist Chronicles and Megamorphs #5 are by her. If she decides to extend past #54, I have no idea what she'll do, but I bet she'll have ghosters for that.
By the way, for EC, #53, #54, and MM5 to be written by K.A., she had to use ghostwriters for Everworld #10 and #12. It's all balance.
As for the series ending, it's ENTIRELY SPECULATION. No matter what anyone tells you, NO ONE -- beyond K.A. and Scholastic -- knows if the series is ending. People are just assuming."
So for those worried Die Heart Fans out there (like me). Don't worry. There's still plenty of Chance of K.A extending her contract to continue Animorphs as a series. --Aximlli
September 10,00: Thanks to Morphz, DO NOT READ THE OFFICIAL SUMMARY FOR ANIMORPHS #49! (e.g. Official Site, Barnes & Nobles) If you don't want to have spoilers in the Story Arc, then DO NOT READ IT!, it'd be a shame to spoil a future book so far away. --Aximlli
September 10,00: Amazing News! This is for those who didn't have a chance to try out the PC Game demo that came with #45. Click Here to Download the demo now! If you have a slow modem (e.g. 28.8k, 33.6k, 56k), then go for a long walk, cause the dowload's 61 MB. Either way, I finally get to try out the Game. Thanks to the visitors of the New Morphz' Message Board Posters! --Aximlli
September 10,00:
Scholastic is holding out Another Animorphs Sweepstakes Contest! This time you can have chance of winning Either the PC Game (Animorphs: Know the Secret), or the Playstation Game (Animorphs: Shattered Reality). Click Here to see more info.
--Aximlli
August 19,00: Morphz just posted that with Animorphs #45: The Revelation, you get a Free Demo For The PC Game! Thanks to Julie who gave Morphz and the rest of us for this great info! Here's what she had to say about the demo:
"Tobias kicks off the demo with a prologue, where he flies overhead and tells you about the Yeerks, Chapman, the Sharing, etc - Along with the familiar 'I guess you're one of those people who look up at the stars at night and wonder what would happen if aliens landed. Well, you can stop wondering. They're here' phrases.
"He guides you through the controls (Arrow keys: Move and turn, CTRL key: Action I, ALT key: Action II, Space key: Action III, Shift: Run, TAB key: Switch character). After finding the character you want to play (I have a preference to Rachel), Tobias tells you to pick up a key behind the barn.
"Then, you go to a silver chest by some trees and unlock it with the key (Tobias tells you the controls to do this). Inside are 2-3 Energy Bars, which will heal you in battle.
"There's a squirrel nearby, and your friendly hawk guide instructs you to acquire its DNA. You practice morphing with the Animorphs' initial morphs right now (Jake: Tiger, Squirrel, Rhino - Rachel: Gorilla, Grizzly, Squirrel - Cassie: Wolf, Squirrel, Ostrich - Marco: Polar Bear, Squirrel, Kangaroo) and then go to the edge of the forest.
"You either morph Tiger or Wolf to get through the forest, and race the clock to run under falling trees, leap over pits and rocks, and dash between tree trunks. This is where the shot of the Siberian Tiger in the bright green environment comes from.
"After this, you go inside Cassie's barn and choose the Animorphs' battle morphs to fight a few hologram Hork-Bajir, going after a skill setting of Easy, Medium, or Difficult. You can't die here right now (it's a Practice mode!!), but when an Animorph's energy bar goes to zero, he or she will sit the battle out and the rest will have to fight on.
"When you win, you get 3 Energy Bars and Tobias tells you to go over to Cassie's house to help them fight the Yeerks (don't ask me how). Right when you get up to her front door, a message flashes up...
"END OF DEMO.
"I am so going to get the full version when it comes out. I'm nearly bursting with ecstacy and excitement at the DEMO ALONE."
Sounds Amazing! I hope my Bookstore gets the Demo!
--Aximlli
August 19,00: Nick.com post this week about a new special for Animorphs Tv. They are showing 1 Hour and a half of "Changes", and Boris (Marco) & Brooke (Rachel) are hosting the show. Here's the pic: June 26,00: I found this out a couple of days ago, but wasn't able to post it, so here it is: In Napster, I'm always downloading songs and music, but one day I was getting bored, so I typed "Animorphs" as a song title, this is the result I got: June 26,00: I was watching Drew Carey Last night, and after the introduction, the commercials came on as usual. Then a movie ad came on, it was called "Bless the Child", it's where a child has some kind of psychic powers and is really dangerous. What's interesting is that the actor who plays Visser Three in Human form in Anitv is playing in this movie. I just heard about this movie last night, so I'm not really sure of what kind of a role he plays. I'll find out more and let you guys know.--Aximlli
June 15,00: From Amazon, Animorphs was listed, so far, the 19th best seller before it's release. Here's the pic: June 10,00: From MAS & Morphz, Animorphs #52 will be totally written by KAA, which is something alot of Animorophs Fans have been asking for lately. #49-51 are most probably going to be Ghost Written while KAA writes EW. And Ellen Geroux everyones fave ghost writer (#33, 41...etc) will stop writing Animorphs at #47, where she'll go off and do her own things. Lastly Megamorphs #5 is most likely to tie with the story Arc. (47-56?)--Aximlli
July 10,00:Another Animorphs sighting! here's the pic: Amazing isn't it? Animorphs is recomended as an example at Marcromedia. If you want a bigger closer look, click on the picture.--Aximlli
June 29,00: From Morphz today an URGENT NOTE. Please DO NOT READ the #45 sample chapter on the official web site! It is the last chapter of the book and if you read it THE ENTIRE BOOK WILL BE SPOILED. Avoid it at all costs! If you want to know what it looks like then please read the sample chapter on this site or on Morphz. --Aximlli
June 29,00: Ziana has finally, after so much pressure from the hacker, has stopped her site. She still updates it, but only the message board and the fan fics. Monster from MAS was nice enough to make a memorial guestbook for her on her site. Please be kind and leave a message for her, for being a friend and in our community for a long time. --Aximlli
June 29,00: A new sighting for Animorphs. I was in msn about to check my e-mail when, this came up: June 10,00: There's a rumor going around, well its really a rumor anymore, more of a fact actually. There's a hacker going about our AniCommunity, and h/she is hacking Anisites and puting in the name of Ziana for their name. There's been five sites hacked already, A&B, Ani-Sites, Unawasemone Ani Page, and the Council of Thirteen. This is a caution message to all webmasters, it is requested that you backup all of your site, just incase anything happens. --Aximlli
June 04,00: Jeff from Morphz says that if K.A extends her contract, it will probably be renewed up to #78. --Aximlli
June 04,00: Ax is a Movie Star! well Paulo anyway. Paulo (Ax) is in the new movie called "Road Trip", Paulo is supposed to a play a serious person in this movie, many Anifans have liked this movie, but it's recommended not to be shown to viewer below the age of 16. --Aximlli
June 04,00: The Offical Site is not updating, and it's got webmasters getting annoyed and left behind. Basically because the OS still hasn't posted the Big picture of #43. --Aximlli
May 22,00: Jeff from Morphz says: 
--Aximlli
click on it for a bigger view. I was amazed by this because I've had Napster for quite a while, and whenever I searched for Animorphs, it didn't have it. I tried again and look what I found:
click on it for a bigger view. Amazing isn't? ~shakes head~ I can't believe no one noticed or mentioned this before!--Aximlli
Amazing, isn't it? Who knows how high it'll get when it actually comes out? --Aximlli
"..Animorphs is NOT just five kids morphing into animals to fight aliens, it's intelligent, witty, philosophical, constantly evolving, stylish, and one of the most thoughtful series out there. Not to mention how it doesn't talk down to it's core audience, allowing people of all ages (including us 17 year-olds here at Morphz) to read and love it!.."
I absoloutely agree with Jeff, people always get the idea that Animorphs is just some dumb book series for kids, it's not. Animorphs is for all ages, there are many parents, teachers and other adults that read and have enjoyed Animorphs every since they have first came out. I'm 16 and I still read them, for those who are worred, don't worry about, it all comes down to if you really like series or not. --Aximlli
May 22,00: I was seeing the news channel the other day and I saw the guy from AniTV who played George Edelman from book #17. He was talking about his career and weird it was for him or something like that. I didn't really get to listen. --Aximlli
May 14,00: Morphz just got a press release from IGN, click here to read and see the screenshots for the Game Boy Game coming out this September. Click here to see two new screenshots for the Playstation Game coming out in August. The Price estimated for the Playstation, PC, and Game Boy games so far are $29.99 U.S each. The only Weird thing in the Game Boy game is that the game looks like the format of Pokémon (A very Popular game in Game Boy). (Thanks to Aninews and Morphz for this info)--Aximlli
May 7,00: Morphz just got the Official Summary for #45 The Revelation. To see spoilers for this book, click here--Aximlli
April 29,00: The Latest info from Morphz about the Ellimist chronicles. Here's what Jeff (From Morphz) has to say:
"The book spans millions of years -- and includes a lot of never before seen species and civilizations. It also spans the life of Ellimist himself, from childhood to how he started his battle of wits -- and pawns -- with Crayak. Not to mention the interesting fact that "Ellimist" is a game name, a screen name, so to speak -- not the actual name of Ellimist OR his species....
The "screen name" is, of course, for the game with Crayak..."
The other Members (David & Rachel) from Morphz also helped explaining a few things too. Here's what they had to say said:
"Think of the ongoing battle between Ellimist and Crayak as a chess game. With the universe as their chess board. The two players, obviously on opposing sides, must make moves to attempt to get an upper hand in the battle -- the game.
"But you've gotta remember, just like chess, there are certain rules that the players must follow. Ellimist and Crayak can't go directly interfering -- but they could, say, make a Time Matrix and leave it out there for the right person to find. The 'game' also involves lots of planning, especially on Ellimist's part as revealed in MM4. It's obviously not coincidence that a born leader, a born fighter, the son of Elfangor, the brother of Elfangor, the song of Visser One's host, and an anomaly (anchor in time) became the Animorphs. Basically, like the Drode said, Ellimist stacked the deck before the game began. Or during it, early on. Something like that ;)
"Overall, it boils down to a cosmic game, with the Animorphs, Howlers, and so on as pawns (or bishops, rooks, queens, or kings) in a greater battle..." --Aximlli
April 24,00: "It seems Scholastic may be having brand new models for the book covers. For example, the Rachel in #37 is not the original Rachel. Jake and Cassie have been the same, but Tobias has also been different. One other big example is the cover of Megamorphs #4. There are no original models used on this cover that have been used on past covers (except maybe Marco or Rachel). We'll have to see if the cover to #49 has a new Cassie model, to make sure." (Thanks to the AniNews Experience for this info)--Aximlli
April 24,00: "Here are the prices and release dates for the Animorphs games! Shattered Reality (Playstation) and Know the Secret (PC), will both come out on August 30, 2000. The Playstation Game will cost (US) $29.99. The PC game cost is unknown at this time. The Game Boy Color game will be out on September 16, 2000 and will also cost (US) $29.99." (Thanks to the AniNews Experience for this info)--Aximlli
April 19,00: The Results for the Kids 2000 Choice Awards were made and Animorphs lost to Harry Potter. In case you didn't know Animorphs was nominated for the Kids 2000 Choice Awards; and we were given a chance to vote for Animorphs online and offline. --Aximlli
April 19,00: Jeff from Morphz says, "...starting with book #45 and spanning to #54, where K.A.'s contract currently ends, there will be a large story arc (a story that goes through many books) that promises many surprises, changes, and maybe a little bit of weirdness. Because of this, many of the summaries for the story arc books will be a bit sparse in terms of detail."
We still don't know if K.A will extend her contract, she has before. This Story arc might be the last of Animorphs or it might lead K.A to another extention. We won't know until next year, so I guess all we can do is wait. --Aximlli
April 04,00:A New Press Release on the Animorphs Playstation and PC Game. Cick here to read the press release and see new screenshots of both games.(Thanks to Morphz for this info.)--Aximlli