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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 21, 2018</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 4.75in; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333 -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B></P>

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its charter)</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>20-4118216</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>131 S. Rodeo Drive, Suite 250<BR> Beverly Hills, CA 90212<BR> (310) 273-4222</B></P>

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number, including area code,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">of registrant&rsquo;s principal executive
offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Genius Brands International, Inc. 2015 Incentive
Plan, as amended</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>Andy
Heyward</B></FONT><B><BR>
<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Chief Executive Officer</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Genius Brands International, Inc. </FONT><BR>
131 S. Rodeo Drive, Suite 250<BR>
Beverly Hills, CA 90212<BR>
(310) 273-4222</B></P>

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telephone number, including area</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kenneth R. Koch,&nbsp;Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Jeffrey P. Schultz,&nbsp;Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and
Popeo P.C.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Chrysler Center, 666 Third Avenue</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">New York, NY 10017</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Tel: (212) 935-3000</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.3in 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo;
and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer </FONT>&#9744;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer </FONT>&#9744;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Smaller reporting company &#9746;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging
Growth Company </FONT>&#9744;</TD></TR>
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indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised
financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. </FONT>&#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount to be</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1,666,667 shares</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$2.16 - $8.05</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$10,887,167</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$1,355.45</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD>The number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), of Genius Brands International,
Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;), stated above consists of the aggregate number of shares which may be sold (i) upon the exercise
of options which have not been previously registered that may be issued and sold pursuant to awards that may be hereafter granted
under the Genius Brands International, Inc. 2015 Incentive Plan, as amended (the &ldquo;2015 Plan&rdquo;), and (ii) upon the exercise
of options or issuance of stock based awards which may hereafter be granted under the 2015 Plan. The maximum number of shares which
may be sold upon the exercise of such options or issuance of other stock-based awards granted under the 2015 Plan is subject to
adjustment in accordance with certain anti-dilution and other provisions of the 2015 Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 416 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement covers, in addition to the
number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which may be subject to grant or otherwise issuable after the
operation of any such anti-dilution and other provisions.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD>This calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to the provisions of Rule 457(c)
and (h) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price (i) for outstanding options granted
under the 2015 Plan are based upon the weighted average exercise price of such outstanding options, and (ii) for shares reserved
for future grant or issuance under the 2015 Plan are based upon the average of the high and low sale prices per share of the Common
Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Select Market as of a date (September 18, 2018) within five business days prior to filing
this Registration Statement. The chart below details the calculations of the registration fee:</TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 59%; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Securities</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Number of</B></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Shares</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Offering Price Per Share (2)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Aggregate Offering Price</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options granted under the 2015 Plan</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1,237,210</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$8.05 (2)(i)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$9,959,540.50</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shares reserved for future grant under the 2015 Plan</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">429,457</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$2.16 (2)(ii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$927,627.12</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$10,887,167.62</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration Fee</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$1,355.45</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In accordance with the instructional Note to Part I of Form
S-8 as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;), the information specified by Part
I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for offers of Common Stock pursuant to the 2015 Plan.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the 2015 Plan covered by
this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents filed by the Registrant
with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(a)</TD><TD>The Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the SEC on April 2, 2018;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(b)</TD><TD>The Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2018,
and for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2018;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(c)</TD><TD>The Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on January 8, 2018, June 13, 2018, June 20, 2018
and August 17, 2018 (other than any portions thereof deemed furnished and not filed); and</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(d)</TD><TD>The description of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(File No. 001-37590) filed on November 18, 2016, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All reports and other
documents filed by the Registrant after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">(other than Current Reports furnished
under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items)</FONT>, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of
such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4. Description of Securities.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The
Registrant is a Nevada corporation and is generally governed by the Nevada Revised Statutes, or NRS.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The
Registrant&rsquo;s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to
be made a party to or is otherwise involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of the Registrant&rsquo;s
directors or officers or is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether the basis of such action, suit or proceeding is alleged action in an official
capacity as a director, officer or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or trustee, shall be indemnified
and held harmless by us to the fullest extent authorized by NRS against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys&rsquo;
fees and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">NRS
78.7502 permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo;
fees) and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought
by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, if such person (i) is not liable pursuant
to NRS 78.138 and (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct
was unlawful. In a derivative action (i.e., one brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be provided only
for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or settlement of such an
action or the suit if such person (i) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 and (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner which he
or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall
be provided if such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court
in which the action or suit was brought or some other court of competent jurisdiction determines that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The
Registrant&rsquo;s amended and restated Articles of incorporation provide that the liability of its directors and officers shall
be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS. NRS 78.138(7) provides that, subject to limited statutory
exceptions and unless the articles of incorporation or an amendment thereto (in each case filed on or after October 1, 2003) provide
for greater individual liability, a director or officer is not individually liable to a corporation or its stockholders or creditors
for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his or her capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that:
(i) the act or failure to act constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer and (ii) the breach
of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain officers, in addition to the indemnification
provided for in the NRS, its amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws and intend to enter
into indemnification agreements with any new directors and officers in the future. The Registrant has purchased and intends to
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer against any loss arising from any claim asserted
against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The
foregoing discussion of the Registrant&rsquo;s amended and restated articles of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws, indemnification
agreements and Nevada law is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such amended and restated articles
of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws, indemnification agreements or law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">A list of exhibits included as part
of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9. Undertakings.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement:</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(i)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(ii)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective Registration Statement.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(iii)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>Provided, however</I>,
that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the registration statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in City of Beverly Hills, State of California, on September 21, 2018.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL,&nbsp;INC</B>.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 51%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Andy Heyward</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Name: Andy Heyward</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Authorized Officer and
        Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Robert L. Denton and Michael Jaffa, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Genius Brands International, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to the attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in or about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
the attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of each of them or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Signature</U></B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Title</U></B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Date</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Andy
        Heyward</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Andy Heyward</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 21, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Robert
        L. Denton</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Robert L Denton</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer (Principal Financing Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 21, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Bernard
        Cahill</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Bernard Cahill</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 21, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Joseph
        &ldquo;Gray&rdquo; Davis</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Joseph &ldquo;Gray&rdquo; Davis</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 21, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Patrick
        Clark Hallren</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Patrick Clark Hallren</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 21, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Anthony
        Thomopoulos</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Anthony Thomopoulos</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 21, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Margaret
        Loesch</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 21, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Margaret Loesch</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Lynne
        Segall</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Lynne Segall</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 21, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Amy
        Moynihan Heyward</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Amy Moynihan Heyward</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">September 21, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS FILED WITH</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT>&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 9%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Exhibit No.</U></B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify; width: 89%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Description</U></B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316818000874/genius_10k-ex0301.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Articles of Incorporation, as amended (Incorporated by reference to the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 2, 2018)</A></FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316818000874/genius_10k-ex0302.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Bylaws, as amended (Incorporated by reference to the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 2, 2018)</A></FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000149315211000120/ex4_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form of Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference from Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)</A></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="genius_s8-ex0501.htm">Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.</A> </FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="genius_s8-ex2301.htm">Consent of Squar Milner LLP</A></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="genius_s8-ex0501.htm">Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (Included in Exhibit 5.1)</A></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Powers of Attorney (Incorporated by reference to the signature page hereto)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="genius_s8-ex9901.htm">Genius Brands International, Inc.&rsquo;s 2015 Incentive Plan, as amended, and forms of award agreements thereunder</A></FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 21, 2018
Registration No. 333 -
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
20-4118216
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
131 S. Rodeo Drive, Suite 250
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 273-4222
(Address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive
offices)
Genius Brands International, Inc. 2015 Incentive
Plan, as amended
(Full title of the plans)
Andy
Heyward
Chief Executive Officer
Genius Brands International, Inc.
131 S. Rodeo Drive, Suite 250
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 273-4222
(Name, address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Kenneth R. Koch, Esq.
Jeffrey P. Schultz, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and
Popeo P.C.
Chrysler Center, 666 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 935-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company,"
and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company ☒
Emerging
Growth Company
☐
If an emerging growth company,
indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised
financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
1,666,667 shares
$2.16 - $8.05
$10,887,167
$1,355.45
(1)
The number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), of Genius Brands International,
Inc. (the "Registrant"), stated above consists of the aggregate number of shares which may be sold (i) upon the exercise
of options which have not been previously registered that may be issued and sold pursuant to awards that may be hereafter granted
under the Genius Brands International, Inc. 2015 Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2015 Plan"), and (ii) upon the exercise
of options or issuance of stock based awards which may hereafter be granted under the 2015 Plan. The maximum number of shares which
may be sold upon the exercise of such options or issuance of other stock-based awards granted under the 2015 Plan is subject to
adjustment in accordance with certain anti-dilution and other provisions of the 2015 Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 416 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement covers, in addition to the
number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which may be subject to grant or otherwise issuable after the
operation of any such anti-dilution and other provisions.
(2)
This calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to the provisions of Rule 457(c)
and (h) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price (i) for outstanding options granted
under the 2015 Plan are based upon the weighted average exercise price of such outstanding options, and (ii) for shares reserved
for future grant or issuance under the 2015 Plan are based upon the average of the high and low sale prices per share of the Common
Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Select Market as of a date (September 18, 2018) within five business days prior to filing
this Registration Statement. The chart below details the calculations of the registration fee:
Securities
Number of
Shares
Offering Price Per Share (2)
Aggregate Offering Price
Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options granted under the 2015 Plan
1,237,210
$8.05 (2)(i)
$9,959,540.50
Shares reserved for future grant under the 2015 Plan
429,457
$2.16 (2)(ii)
$927,627.12
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
$10,887,167.62
Registration Fee
$1,355.45
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In accordance with the instructional Note to Part I of Form
S-8 as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), the information specified by Part
I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for offers of Common Stock pursuant to the 2015 Plan.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the 2015 Plan covered by
this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
3
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant
with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the SEC on April 2, 2018;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2018,
and for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2018;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on January 8, 2018, June 13, 2018, June 20, 2018
and August 17, 2018 (other than any portions thereof deemed furnished and not filed); and
(d)
The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(File No. 001-37590) filed on November 18, 2016, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other
documents filed by the Registrant after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
(other than Current Reports furnished
under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items)
, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of
such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
The
Registrant is a Nevada corporation and is generally governed by the Nevada Revised Statutes, or NRS.
The
Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to
be made a party to or is otherwise involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of the Registrant's
directors or officers or is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether the basis of such action, suit or proceeding is alleged action in an official
capacity as a director, officer or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or trustee, shall be indemnified
and held harmless by us to the fullest extent authorized by NRS against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys'
fees and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such.
4
NRS
78.7502 permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought
by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, if such person (i) is not liable pursuant
to NRS 78.138 and (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct
was unlawful. In a derivative action (i.e., one brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be provided only
for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or settlement of such an
action or the suit if such person (i) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 and (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner which he
or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall
be provided if such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court
in which the action or suit was brought or some other court of competent jurisdiction determines that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.
The
Registrant's amended and restated Articles of incorporation provide that the liability of its directors and officers shall
be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS. NRS 78.138(7) provides that, subject to limited statutory
exceptions and unless the articles of incorporation or an amendment thereto (in each case filed on or after October 1, 2003) provide
for greater individual liability, a director or officer is not individually liable to a corporation or its stockholders or creditors
for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his or her capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that:
(i) the act or failure to act constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer and (ii) the breach
of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.
The
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain officers, in addition to the indemnification
provided for in the NRS, its amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws and intend to enter
into indemnification agreements with any new directors and officers in the future. The Registrant has purchased and intends to
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer against any loss arising from any claim asserted
against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.
The
foregoing discussion of the Registrant's amended and restated articles of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws, indemnification
agreements and Nevada law is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such amended and restated articles
of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws, indemnification agreements or law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
A list of exhibits included as part
of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement.
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
,
that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)       The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c)       Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in City of Beverly Hills, State of California, on September 21, 2018.
GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC
.
By
/s/ Andy Heyward
Name: Andy Heyward
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Authorized Officer and
        Principal Executive Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Robert L. Denton and Michael Jaffa, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Genius Brands International, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to the attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in or about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
the attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of each of them or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Andy
        Heyward
Andy Heyward
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
September 21, 2018
/s/ Robert
        L. Denton
Robert L Denton
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer (Principal Financing Officer)
September 21, 2018
/s/ Bernard
        Cahill
Bernard Cahill
Director
September 21, 2018
/s/ Joseph
        "Gray" Davis
Joseph "Gray" Davis
Director
September 21, 2018
/s/ Patrick
        Clark Hallren
Patrick Clark Hallren
Director
September 21, 2018
/s/ Anthony
        Thomopoulos
Anthony Thomopoulos
Director
September 21, 2018
/s/ Margaret
        Loesch
Director
September 21, 2018
Margaret Loesch
/s/ Lynne
        Segall
Lynne Segall
Director
September 21, 2018
/s/ Amy
        Moynihan Heyward
Amy Moynihan Heyward
Director
September 21, 2018
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Genius Brands International, Inc.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS FILED WITH
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Articles of Incorporation, as amended (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 2, 2018)
4.2
Bylaws, as amended (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 2, 2018)
4.3
Form of Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference from Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC on May 4, 2011)
5.1*
Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
23.1*
Consent of Squar Milner LLP
23.2*
Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (Included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (Incorporated by reference to the signature page hereto)
99.1*
Genius Brands International, Inc.'s 2015 Incentive Plan, as amended, and forms of award agreements thereunder
* Filed herewith.
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