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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 FORM 10-QSB/A

[X]  Quarterly Report Under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act  
of 1934                                                               

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2001

[ ]  Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities        
Exchange Act of 1934                                                  

For the transition period from __________________ to ______________________.

Commission file number 0-21637

 BRILLIANT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
 (Exact Name of Small Business Issuer as Specified in its Charter)

    DELAWARE                                  95-4592204
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer   
Incorporation or Organization)                  Identification No.) 

 TOPANGA CANYON BOULEVARD, SUITE 120
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA 91367
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(818) 615-1500
(Issuer's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 Check whether the issuer: (1) filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such  
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)  
has been subject to such filing requirements for past 90 days.                  

  Yes  X    No ___

   State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common equity, as of the latest practicable date: Common Stock, par value       
$0.001, 16,453,660 shares issued and outstanding as of August 6, 2001.          

  Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes__   No  X

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EXPLANATORY NOTE                                                                

   On August 14, 2001, Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. filed its
Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2001    
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The purpose of this amendment is to
provide further disclosure regarding the acquisition by Brilliant of an         
additional 25% of the business of Digital Hip Hop, Inc.                         

PART I

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS 
OF OPERATIONS                                                   

      The following discussion and analysis should be read together with our
consolidated financial statements and the notes to the consolidated financial   
statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-QSB.                              

THIS DISCUSSION SUMMARIZES THE SIGNIFICANT FACTORS AFFECTING THE
CONSOLIDATED OPERATING RESULTS, FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY AND CASH FLOWS
OF BRILLIANT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND   
JUNE 30, 2001. EXCEPT FOR HISTORICAL INFORMATION, THE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THIS 
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF      
OPERATIONS ARE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT INVOLVE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES  
AND ARE BASED UPON JUDGMENTS CONCERNING VARIOUS FACTORS THAT ARE BEYOND OUR     
CONTROL. ACTUAL RESULTS COULD DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE PROJECTED IN THE     
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE FACTORS      
DESCRIBED BELOW UNDER THE CAPTION "CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTORS."     

OVERVIEW                                                                        

Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. (AMEX: BDE) is a leading  
entertainment content producer, technology developer and provider of rich media 
b3d software tools for 3D animation on the World Wide Web. We have established a
library of episodic serial content created in our proprietary format. Our rich  
media technologies include proprietary authoring tools used to create, author   
and serve content for the World Wide Web. We market the technology used to view 
content created using our tools by syndicating and otherwise distributing our   
b3d-produced content to third party web sites. The content is seamlessly        
associated with our Digital Projector, the technology required to playback      
b3d-produced content. We are commercializing the technology in various ways,    
including through our syndication relationships where we enable web sites to    
serve Brilliant Banners, a proprietary Rich Media ad format for the World Wide  
Web. We also license our b3d authoring tools to production studios and our      
Brilliant Banner advertising server technologies to the web based advertising   
industry. Through our subsidiary, The Auctionchannel, Inc., we also have        
provided services to auction houses that enabled participants to watch auction  
events in real time on television, and over the Internet, and to bid using their
telephone or the Internet. We discontinued operations at The Auction Channel in 
December 2000 and sold substantially all of its assets on April 30, 2001.       

    We are a Delaware corporation that was incorporated in July 1996. We
were formed through the combination of two businesses: Brilliant Interactive    
Ideas, Pty. Ltd., an entertainment software developer and producer, and Sega    
Australia New Developments, a research and development operation for leading    
edge software tools. Our executive offices are located at 6355 Topanga Canyon   
Boulevard, Suite 120, Woodland Hills, California 91367, and our telephone       

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number is (818) 615-1500. Information on our web sites, www.brilliantdigital.com
and www.b3d.com, does not constitute part of this Form 10-QSB.                  

B3D SOFTWARE TOOLS                                                              

 In July 2000, we made our b3d software tools available to parties
interested in participating in the beta test phase of the product. Our b3d      
Studio tool was made available to these participants in a downloadable version  
on the Internet. b3d Studio is designed to work as a plug-in with Discreet's 3D 
Studio Max, and a beta version supporting Alias|Wavefront Maya animation        
software was released in July, 2001. Final release versions of b3d Studio and   
b3d Studio Pro were made available at the end of the first quarter of 2001.     
These tools provide individual artists, animators and studios with the          
capability to create their own multipath movies and b3d content for commercial  
distribution on the Internet, and should ultimately provide a wide and varied   
base of b3d content to enrich the consumer web experience. Animation content    
generated using our b3d software tools can be of any type. The tools are not    
limited to the production of entertainment content. The tools can be applied to 
the production of artistic renderings, education, architecture, engineering,    
e-commerce and other solutions that require animation. In addition, we released 
a limited version of the b3d Digital Projector for the Apple Macintosh in July  
2001. We believe that this will further broaden the market for our b3d software 
tools.                                                                          

  We have launched our rich media 3D advertising banners - Brilliant
Banners - into the market to offer advertisers and web sites an alternative to  
the current GIF banners that are prevalent on web sites today. With the decline 
of industry wide banner advertising revenues and click through rates, we believe
that our animated 3D banner advertisements will reinvigorate online advertising 
campaigns. We are introducing the Brilliant Banner to our syndication partners, 
making the technologies available for them to commence selling and serving this 
new rich media ad format.                                                       

CONTENT DISTRIBUTION                                                            

  We have licensed some of the world's best known characters for the
production and web distribution of episodic animations, called MultipathTM      
Movies, that include SUPERMAN, XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS, KISS, and ACE VENTURA,   
and have produced animated music videos of top selling artists including Ja     
Rule, Ludacris, Sum 41 and Redman/Lady Luck. These full-screen productions,     
developed using our proprietary suite of b3d software tools, have small files   
for faster download. Our content is distributed broadly through Internet        
syndication partners including Yahoo, Warner Bros. Online, Roadrunner and       
VH1.com. Additionally, agreements to host our content have been reached with    
third-party sites such as Lycos, Vidnet, and StreamSearch, thus enabling even   
more consumer reach in the near term. Revenue is split with the distribution    
partner according to various deal structures, many of which are traffic         
dependent.                                                                      

At this time, we have five MultipathTM Movie animated series in 
syndicated distribution on the Internet: SUPERMAN, XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS, KISS:
IMMORTALS, CHOOSE YOUR OWN NIGHTMARE, ACE VENTURA and the online film festival  
property, SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE. Each of the series differs in the scale 
of distribution, with some enjoying wider distribution than others depending on 
a number of factors including demographics and content type. In addition, we    
have four animated music videos in distribution on the Internet: Ja Rule's (an  
Island Def Jam artist) 6 FEET UNDERGROUND, Ludacris' (an Island Def Jam artist) 
HO song, Sum 41 (an Island Def Jam artist) FAT LIP and the Long Beach Dub All   
Stars (a DreamWorks artist) SAWRED.                                             

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We announced in July, 2001 that Warner Bros. Online ordered an  
additional 30 webisodes of The Multipath Adventures of Superman. The new series,
which is expected to debut in the fourth quarter of 2001, brings the total      
number of SUPERMAN webisodes ordered by Warner Bros Online to 75. In addition,  
Warner Bros. Online will offer selected animated music videos on their site     
starting in the third quarter of 2001.                                          

DIGITAL HIP HOP                                                                 

      We entered into an agreement with Russell Simmons and Stan Lathan that
provided for the formation of Los Angeles-based Digital Hip Hop, Inc., a joint  
venture production studio headed by Stan Lathan. Digital Hip Hop produces and   
distributes full screen animated music videos and other content primarily for   
Internet and broadband distribution. To date, four music videos have been       
commercially released on the Internet. The joint venture was initially funded   
50% by us and 50% by Messrs. Lathan and Simmons. On May 15, 2001 we assumed     
operating control of Digital Hip Hop, agreed to fund all future operations of   
the company and acquired an additional 25% of the business. We issued 200,000   
shares of our common stock to each of Messrs. Lathan and Simmons as             
consideration for the additional 25% of the business. Messrs. Lathan and Simmons
have each retained 12.5% of Digital Hip Hop.                                    

       Digital Hip Hop received from our wholly-owned subsidiary, B3D, Inc., a
5-year exclusive Alpha level license to our b3d production tool suite for the   
production of hip-hop content for non-Asian markets. Digital Hip Hop has agreed 
to pay B3D, Inc. a fee of $1,500,000 for this license payable in installments   
over the first three years of the license, $1,450,000 of which is contingent on 
the raising of capital by Digital Hip Hop.                                      

DVD MARKET                                                                      

      We began a limited release of selected MultipathTM Movie titles to the
DVD market in the fourth quarter of 2000 pursuant to a March 1999 agreement with
SlingShot, Inc., a special purpose DVD publisher and distributor. Additional    
titles are expected to be released into the market in the fourth quarter of     
2001, pursuant to our agreement with SlingShot, Inc.                            

THE AUCTION CHANNEL                                                             

      In July 1999, we acquired Trojan Television Limited. Trojan Television
Limited was a London-based company doing business as The Auction Channel.       
Founded in 1996, The Auction Channel integrated live satellite, cable TV and Web
broadcasts of auction events conducted by auction houses, allowing participants 
to watch events on television and the Internet, and use the Internet or their   
telephone to bid simultaneously with people actually present at the auction     
house. During the first quarter of 2000, we transferred our ownership interest  
in Trojan Television Limited to our subsidiary, The Auctionchannel, Inc.        

 In late 2000, we decided to sell The Auction Channel. The Auction
Channel has been accounted for as a discontinued operation in fiscal 2001       
pursuant to Management's formal adoption on December 31, 2000 of a plan to      
dissolve the business unit. Net liabilities to be disposed of, at their expected
realizable values, have been separately classified in the accompanying balance  
sheet at June 30, 2001. On April 30, 2001, we sold substantially all of the     
assets of The Auction Channel to Metro Channels, LLC and closed The Auction     
Channel's New York and London offices.                                          

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS                                                           

    REVENUES. Development fees are paid by customers in exchange for our
development of animated content and/or software packages in accordance with     
customer specifications. The development agreements generally specify certain   
"milestones" which must be achieved throughout the development process. As these
milestones are achieved, we recognize the portion of the development fee        
allocated to each milestone.                                                    

     Revenues, which are earned from the sale or licensing of our software
tools, are recognized when the sales or licensing agreements are entered into.  
If the agreement covers a period in excess of one year, the revenue associated  
with this agreement is recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the 
agreement.                                                                      

       Advertising revenues, which are earned revenues from the placing of our
content on third party web sites, are recognized when the third party accounts  
to us.                                                                          

       Revenues increased from $436,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2000
to $1,042,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2001. For the six months ended  
June 30, 2001, e-New Media represented 44% of the revenues with distribution and
licensing rights ($458,000). Island Def Jam contributed 22% ($226,000) of the   
revenues, while Warner Bros. Online contributed revenues of 13% ($136,000) and  
Infogrames contributed 10% ($100,000) of the revenues. For the six months ended 
June 30, 2000, e-New Media, and SlingShot, Inc. accounted for 35% ($153,000) and
25% ($107,000), while Entertaindom, a Time Warner website, and GT Interactive   
accounted for 10% ($45,000) and 7% ($32,000) of our revenues, respectively. The 
increase in revenues is partially due to a full six months of e-New Media       
revenues, the addition of Digital Hip Hop revenues, and the advertising         
revenues.                                                                       

     COST OF REVENUES. Cost of revenues consists primarily of direct costs
attributable to the production of animated music videos and royalties to third  
parties for licensing rights. Cost of revenues increased from $205,000 for the  
six months ended June 30, 2000 to $417,000 for the six months ended June 30,    
2001. This represents an increase of $212,000. The primary reason for the       
increase is that during the second quarter of 2001, we increased our ownership  
of Digital Hip Hop from 50% to 75% and, as a consequence, began to consolidate  
Digital Hip Hop into our financial statements. The costs attributable to Digital
Hip Hop pertain primarily to the production costs of animated music videos.     

        SALES AND MARKETING. Sales and marketing expenses increased $95,000 from
$425,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2000 to $520,000 for the six months  
ended June 30, 2001. Although consulting, advertising and tradeshow costs were  
reduced in 2001 by $180,000, we incurred $426,000 in distribution expense for   
warrants issued in connection with our agreement with Yahoo!, while only        
incurring $54,000 warrant expense for the six months ended June 30, 2000. The   
increase in warrant expense was partially offset by a decrease in Australian    
marketing costs of $72,000 and overseas travel costs of $25,000.                

       GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE. General and administrative expenses include
primarily salaries and benefits of management and administrative personnel,     
consultants, rent, insurance costs and professional fees. General and           
administrative expenses increased from $2,148,000 for the six months ended June 
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reason for the increase is the addition of Digital Hip Hop to the consolidated  
financial statements with $234,000 in general and administrative costs. The     
Australian and United States offices of Brilliant Digital Entertainment         
contributed a net increase of $41,000, which is primarily attributable to an    
increase in salaries of $282,000, insurance costs of $125,000 and warrant       
expense of $60,000, offset by a decrease in investor costs of $153,000,         
amortization expense of $61,000, professional fees of $56,000, trademarks of    
$36,000, computer supplies of $26,000, Australian expenses of $40,000 plus other
offsets of $54,000.                                                             

   RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Research and development expenses include
salaries and benefits of personnel conducting research and development of       
software products. Research and development costs also include costs associated 
with creating our software tools used to develop MultipathTM Movies and other 3D
animated content. The costs decreased from $1,676,000 for the six months ended  
June 30, 2000 to $909,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2001 primarily due  
to personnel layoffs and a decrease in production in our Australian company of  
$767,000. Web development costs decreased by $38,000 from $125,000 for the six  
months ended June 30, 2000 to $87,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2001 due
to the reduction of work for the Company's web site.                            

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION. Depreciation expense relates to  
depreciation of fixed assets such as computer equipment and cabling, furniture  
and fixtures and leasehold improvements. These fixed assets are depreciated over
their estimated useful lives (up to five years) using the straight-line method. 
Depreciation expense increased from $147,000 for the six months ended June 30,  
2000 to $178,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2001. The increase is        
attributable to an increase in depreciable assets, primarily computer equipment 
purchased in the second and third quarters of 2000.                             

    OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSE. Other income and expense includes interest
income and interest expense, gains and losses on foreign exchange transactions  
and export development grants paid to our subsidiary, Brilliant Interactive     
Ideas Pty. Ltd., by the Australian Trade Commission for its participation in    
certain export activities. Other income and expense decreased from income of    
$220,000 in the first six months of 2000 to income of $115,000 in the first six 
months of 2001. The decrease is primarily due to a reduction of $89,000 for the 
export grant and a reduction in interest income due to lower cash balances,     
offset by a gain on the sale of assets.                                         

 NET LOSS ON DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS. The Auction Channel has been
accounted for as a discontinued operation in fiscal 2001 pursuant to            
Management's formal adoption on December 31, 2000 of a plan to dissolve the     
business unit. Net liabilities to be disposed of are recorded at their expected 
realizable values, and have been separately classified in the accompanying      
balance sheet at June 30, 2001.                                                 

       Operating results of this discontinued operation, a gain of $23,000 for
the six months ended June 30, 2001, are shown separately in the accompanying    
income statement. Losses in the first quarter of 2001 were offset in the second 
quarter by the gain on the sale of substantially all of the assets of The       
Auction Channel to Metro Channels, LLC. The income statement for the six months 
ended June 30, 2000 has been restated to conform to the current year's          
presentation. Included in the loss of the discontinued operation is an          
amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2000 comprised of        
amortization of goodwill of $584,000, software technology of $40,000 and        
customer database of $16,000, all attributable to the purchase of Trojan        
Television Limited in July 1999. Due to an impairment of goodwill, the amount   
was written down by $4,189,000 at December                                      

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31, 2000, reducing the balance to zero. We sold substantially all of the assets 
of The Auction Channel on April 30, 2001 and the New York and London offices    
ceased to operate.                                                              

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES                                                 

        As of June 30, 2001, our principal source of liquidity was approximately
$2,140,000 in cash, which we primarily raised through the sale of Secured       
Convertible Promissory Notes and related Common Stock Purchase Warrants. See    
Note 6 to the Financial Statements.                                             

      Net cash used in operating activities during the six months ended June
30, 2001 was primarily attributable to a net loss from continuing operations of 
$3,366,000, with a net gain due to discontinued operations of $23,000 pertaining
principally to the sale of the net assets of The Auction Channel. Net cash of   
$21,000 used in investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2001  
was due primarily to the purchase of computer equipment. Cash used in financing 
activities for the year was for the repayment of notes for the financing of     
office furniture and computer equipment.                                        

       We are required as of June 30, 2001 to make minimum payments of $37,000
under various licensing agreements. At June 30, 2001, we had rental commitments 
for our offices and production facilities of $469,000 and two promissory notes  
for the financing of fixed assets in the amount of $112,000 payable over the    
next 3 years.                                                                   

    Our operations generated a negative cash flow during the years ended
December 31, 1999 and 2000 and the six months ended June 30, 2001. We expect a  
significant use of cash during the coming months of 2001 as we continue to      
develop our software tools and continue our marketing efforts for our tools and 
3D animated content. We will require additional equity or debt financing during 
2001, the amount and timing of which depend in large part on our spending       
program. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of equity          
securities, our stockholders may experience significant dilution. Furthermore,  
there can be no assurance that additional financing will be available when      
needed or that if available, such financing will include terms favorable to our 
stockholders or us. If such financing is not available when required or is not  
available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to develop or enhance our       
products and services, take advantage of business opportunities or respond to   
competitive pressures, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our 
business, financial condition and results of operations. Please see "Cautionary 
Statements and Risk Factors - If we are unable to raise additional funds, we may
be required to delay implementation of our business plan and reduce overhead    
significantly."                                                                 

ACCOUNTING TREATMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND RESEARCH EXPENDITURES            

The Company's accounting policy follows Statement of Financial  
Accounting Standards No. 86 ("SFAS No. 86"), which provides for the             
capitalization of software development costs once technological feasibility is  
established. The capitalized costs are then amortized beginning on the date the 
product is made available for sale either on a straight-line basis over the     
estimated product life or on a ratio of current revenues to total projected     
product revenues, whichever results in the greater amortization amount. Prior to
reaching technological feasibility, the Company expenses all costs related to   
the development of both its software tools and MultipathTM Movie titles. The    
Company achieved technological feasibility of its original Digital Projector    
during the third quarter of 1997. Since the date of achieving technological     
feasibility, the costs of developing MultipathTM Movies intended to be viewed on
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SFAS No. 86. The Company continues to develop new Digital Projectors with       
enhanced functionality such as improved compression technology. Costs incurred  
in the development of new Digital Projectors are expensed until technological   
feasibility is reached. MultipathTM Movies that are developed for new Digital   
Projectors that have not yet reached technological feasibility are capitalized  
in accordance with SFAS No. 86 to the extent that they are compatible with an   
existing Digital Projector. Amounts incurred for MultipathTM Movies that are    
developed for new Digital Projectors that are not compatible with an existing   
projector and would require substantial revision in order to achieve            
compatibility are expensed as incurred.                                         

ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE FOR REVENUE RECOGNITION FOR SOFTWARE TRANSACTIONS           

     Software sales entered into prior to December 15, 1997 were accounted
for in accordance with AICPA Statement of Position ("SOP") 91-1, "Software      
Revenue Recognition." For transactions entered into after December 15, 1997 the 
Company recognizes revenue from the sale of software in accordance with SOP     
97-2, "Software Revenue Recognition". SOP 97-2 provides guidance on when revenue
should be recognized and in what amounts for licensing, selling, leasing, or    
otherwise marketing computer software.                                          

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS                                                   

In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
released Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in     
Financial Statements," which provides guidance on the recognition, presentation 
and disclosure of revenue in financial statements filed with the SEC.           
Subsequently, the SEC released SAB 101B, which delayed the implementation date  
of SAB 101 for registrants with fiscal years that begin between December 16,    
1999 and March 15, 2000. We were required to be in conformity with the          
provisions of SAB 101, as amended by SAB 101B, no later than October 1, 2000.   
The adoption of SAB 101, as amended by SAB 101B, has not had a material adverse 
effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.          

    In October 2000, we adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board
SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities."   
This statement establishes accounting and reporting standards requiring that    
every derivative instrument, including certain derivative instruments embedded  
in other contracts, be recorded in the balance sheet as either an asset or      
liability measured at its fair value. The statement also requires that changes  
in the derivative's fair value be recognized in earnings unless specific hedge  
accounting criteria are met. The adoption of SFAS No. 133 has not had a material
effect on our financial statements.                                             

     In March 2000, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 44, "Accounting for
Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation, and Interpretation of APB    
Opinion No. 25" (FIN. 44). The Interpretation is intended to clarify certain    
problems that have arisen in practice since the issuance of APB No. 25,         
"Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees." The effective date of the           
interpretation was July 1, 2000. The provisions of the interpretation apply     
prospectively, but they will also cover certain events occurring after December 
15, 1998 and after January 12, 2000. The adoption of FIN. 44 has not had a      
material adverse effect on our current or historical consolidated financial     
statements, but may affect future accounting regarding stock option             
transactions.                                                                   

        In March 2000, EITF 00-2 "Accounting for Web Site Development Costs" was
released. EITF 00-2 provides guidance on how an entity should account for costs 
involved in such areas as                                                       

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planning, developing software to operate the web site, graphics, content, and   
operating expenses. EITF 00-2 is effective for web site development costs       
incurred for fiscal quarters beginning after June 30, 2000. The Company adopted 
EITF 00-2 during the year ending December 31, 2000, and all amounts associated  
with our web sites were expensed in accordance with EITF 00-2.                  

CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTORS                                          

Several of the matters discussed in this document contain       
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Factors        
associated with the forward-looking statements that could cause actual results  
to differ from those projected or forecast are included in the statements below.
In addition to other information contained in this report, readers should       
carefully consider the following cautionary statements and risk factors.        

       IF WE ARE UNABLE TO RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, WE MAY BE REQUIRED TO DELAY
IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR BUSINESS PLAN AND REDUCE OVERHEAD SIGNIFICANTLY. We have a
limited operating history and have not attained profitability. Since inception, 
we have incurred significant losses and negative cash flow, and as of June 30,  
2001 we had an accumulated deficit of $51.8 million. We have not achieved       
profitability and expect to continue to incur operating losses for the          
foreseeable future as we fund operating and capital expenditures in the areas of
tool development, brand promotion, content development, sales and marketing, and
operating infrastructure. Our business model assumes that consumers will be     
attracted to our MultipathTM Movies, animated music videos and Brilliant        
Banners, and that animators will use our b3d tools and technology in the        
development of other b3d-produced content. This business model is not yet proven
and we cannot assure you that we will ever achieve or sustain profitability or  
that our operating losses will not increase in the future or be inconsistent    
with the expectations of the public market.                                     

     WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPETE EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHER COMPANIES THAT
OFFER TOOLS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SIMILAR TO OURS. The markets for our tools    
products are highly competitive and characterized by pressure to incorporate new
features and accelerate the release of new and enhanced products. A number of   
companies currently offer content development products and services that compete
directly or indirectly with one or more of our tools sets. These competitors    
include, among others, Macromedia, Inc., Adobe Systems, Inc. as well as Pulse   
and Viewpoint Corporation. As we compete with larger competitors such as        
Macromedia across a broader range of product lines and different platforms, we  
may face increasing competition from such companies.                            

      WE MAY BE UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPETE WITH MICROSOFT, REAL NETWORKS
AND OTHER COMPANIES IN THE MEDIA DELIVERY MARKET. The market for software and   
services for the delivery of media over the Internet is constantly changing and 
highly competitive. Companies such as Microsoft Corporation and Real Networks   
have substantial penetration in the media delivery market, and significantly    
greater resources than us to continue to grow their business in this area. More 
companies are entering the market for, and expending increasing resources to    
develop, media delivery software and services. We expect that competition will  
continue to intensify. The other components of our business, such as our music  
videos, Brilliant Banners and MultipathTM Movies, as well as the demand by      
animators for our b3d tools in their production of 3D animated content, depends 
in large part on a substantial user base of our Digital Projector, which is the 
media player that must be used to view b3d enabled content. If we do not achieve
a widespread distribution of our media player, there will not be substantial    
demand for b3d-produced content.                                                

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        IF WE DO NOT IMPROVE OUR SOFTWARE TOOLS TO PRODUCE NEW, MORE ENHANCED 3D
ANIMATED CONTENT, OUR REVENUES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. The software tools   
that enable us to create MultipathTM Movies, animated music videos and other 3D 
animated content have been developed over the past five years. Additional       
refinement of these tools is necessary to continue to enhance the b3d format. If
we cannot develop improvements to these software tools, our MultipathTM Movies, 
animated music videos and Brilliant Banners and all other b3d-produced content  
may not obtain or maintain market acceptance and our revenues will be adversely 
affected.                                                                       

        ERRORS OR DEFECTS IN OUR SOFTWARE TOOLS AND PRODUCTS MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF
MARKET ACCEPTANCE AND RESULT IN FEWER SALES OF OUR PRODUCTS. Our products are   
complex and may contain undetected errors or defects when first introduced or as
new versions are released. In the past, we have discovered software errors in   
some of our new products and enhancements after their introduction into the     
market. Because our products are complex, we anticipate that software errors and
defects will be present in new products or releases in the future. While to date
these errors have not been material, future errors and defects could result in  
adverse product reviews and a loss of, or delay in, market acceptance of our    
products.                                                                       

   TO DEVELOP PRODUCTS THAT CONSUMERS DESIRE, WE MUST MAKE SUBSTANTIAL
INVESTMENTS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO KEEP UP WITH THE RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL 
DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE TYPICAL IN OUR INDUSTRY. The entertainment software market
and the PC industry are subject to rapid technological developments. To develop 
products that consumers desire, we must continually improve and enhance our     
existing products and technologies and develop new products and technologies    
that incorporate these technological developments. We cannot be certain that we 
will have the financial and technical resources available to make these         
improvements. We must make these improvements while remaining competitive in    
terms of performance and price. This will require us to make substantial        
investments in research and development, often times well in advance of the     
widespread release of the products in the market and any revenues these products
may generate.                                                                   

  OUR FAILURE TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH
SYNDICATION AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS MAY HARM OUR ANIMATED CONTENT     
BUSINESS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF B3D AS AN INTERNET STANDARD FOR 3D ANIMATION. 
We depend on establishing and maintaining strategic relationships for the       
co-creation of our b3d-produced content and for the distribution of that content
on third-party web sites. Additionally, we rely on our syndication relationships
to increase the installed base of our Digital Projector, which is necessary to  
view b3d-produced content, including our Brilliant Banners. Our business,       
results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely     
affected if we do not establish additional, and maintain existing, strategic    
relationships on commercially reasonable terms or if any of our strategic       
relationships do not result in an increase in the demand for b3d-produced       
content and the use of our Digital Projector.                                   

       OUR STOCK PRICE AND TRADING VOLUME FLUCTUATE WIDELY AND MAY CONTINUE TO
DO SO IN THE FUTURE. AS A RESULT, WE MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN OUR 
STOCK PRICE. The market price and trading volume of our common stock, which     
trades on the American Stock Exchange, has been subject to substantial          
volatility, which is likely to continue. This volatility may result in          
significant declines in the price of our common stock. Factors that may cause   
these fluctuations include:                                                     

o    variations in quarterly operating results;             

o    the gain or loss of significant contracts;             

o    changes in management;                                 

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         o    announcements of technological innovations or new products by us
or our competitors;                               

o    recommendations by securities industry analysts;       

         o    dilution to existing stockholders resulting from the issuance of
additional shares of common stock; and            

o    short sales and hedging of our common stock.           

        Additionally, the stock market has experienced extreme price and trading
volume fluctuations that have affected the market price of securities of many   
technology companies. These fluctuations have, at times, been unrelated to the  
operating performances of the specific companies whose stock is affected. The   
market price and trading volume of our stock may be subject to these            
fluctuations.                                                                   

        IF OUR STOCK DOES NOT SUSTAIN A SIGNIFICANT TRADING VOLUME, STOCKHOLDERS
MAY BE UNABLE TO SELL LARGE POSITIONS IN OUR COMMON STOCK. In the past, our     
common stock has not experienced significant trading volume on a consistent     
basis and has not been actively followed by stock market analysts. The average  
trading volume in our common stock may not increase or sustain its current      
levels. As a result, we cannot be certain that an adequate trading market will  
exist to permit stockholders to sell large positions in our common stock.       

        FLUCTUATIONS IN OPERATING RESULTS MAY RESULT IN UNEXPECTED REDUCTIONS IN
REVENUE AND STOCK PRICE VOLATILITY. We operate in an industry that is subject to
significant fluctuations in operating results from quarter to quarter, which may
lead to unexpected reductions in revenues and stock price volatility. Factors   
that may influence our quarterly operating results include:                     

 o    the introduction or enhancement of software products and
technology by us and our competitors;             

    o    the use by animators of our toolsets to create b3d-produced
content;                                          

o    the market's acceptance of our 3D Brilliant Banner     
advertisements;                                   

    o    our ability to create appealing content which will generate
advertising revenue; and                          

      o    our ability to enter into revenue share agreements with third
party web sites.                                  

  Additionally, a majority of the unit sales for a product typically
occurs in the quarter in which the product is introduced. As a result, our      
revenues may increase significantly in a quarter in which a major product       
introduction occurs and may decline in following quarters.                      

        DECREASES IN THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK COULD INCREASE SHORT SALES OF
OUR COMMON STOCK BY THIRD PARTIES, WHICH COULD RESULT IN FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN  
THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK. Our sales of common stock at a discount to the   
market price of our common stock, which may be necessary to raise additional    
capital to fund operations, could result in reductions in the market price of   
our common stock. Downward pressure on the price of our common stock could      
encourage short sales of the stock by third parties. Material amounts of short  
selling could place further downward pressure on the market price of the common 
stock. A short sale is a sale of stock that is not owned by the seller. The     
seller borrows the stock for delivery at the time of the short sale, and buys   
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it is necessary to return the borrowed shares. If the price of the common stock 
declines between the time the seller sells the stock and the time the seller    
subsequently repurchases the common stock, then the seller sold the shares for a
higher price than he purchased the shares and may realize a profit.             

      WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GENERATE REVENUES IF OUR MULTIPATHTM MOVIES AND
B3D TOOLSET DO NOT ACHIEVE MARKET ACCEPTANCE. Each MultipathTM Movie is an      
individual artistic work, and its ability to generate revenues primarily will be
determined by consumer reaction, which is unpredictable. To generate revenues,  
we must develop stories and characters that capture the attention and           
imagination of consumers and license recognized characters and properties from  
third parties for use in our MultipathTM Movies. We cannot be certain that we   
will be able to do so. Additionally, our b3d toolset may have programming       
errors, may be incompatible with other software or hardware products in the     
market, may face slow adoption in the marketplace and may face competition from 
other toolmakers. Other factors that influence our ability to generate revenues 
from our MultipathTM Movies and the b3d toolset include:                        

         o    consumer reluctance to initiate time consuming downloads of data
necessary to view our products;                   

o    our marketing strategies;                              

o    the quality of our products and competing products;    

      o    our ability to enter into revenue share agreements with third
party web sites;                                  

o    critical reviews;                                      

   o    the availability of alternative forms of entertainment and
leisure time activities;                          

          o    our ability to sell advertising and sponsorships for the content;

        o    our b3d toolset may contain features, functionality or workflow
       conventions that may not be widely accepted by our target
audience;                                         

    o    our ability to continue to develop, enhance and deliver the
    toolset in accordance with established milestones; and

o    the marketplace's reluctance to adopt a new toolset.   

  WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GENERATE SIGNIFICANT DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS
VIEWED ON THE INTERNET UNLESS THERE IS A REDUCTION IN THE TIME IT TAKES TO      
DOWNLOAD THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA NECESSARY TO VIEW OUR PRODUCTS ON THE        
INTERNET. Our revenue growth depends in part on our ability to distribute our   
products for viewing on the Internet. We believe that without reductions in the 
time to download animated content over the Internet, our MultipathTM Movies and 
other b3d-produced content may be unable to gain consumer acceptance. This      
reduction in download time depends in part upon advances in compression         
technology. We have previously experienced delays in the development of         
compression technologies, which, we believe, materially and adversely affected  
our online sales and results of operations. We believe that large,              
time-consuming downloads have previously deterred potential users of our        
products and have reduced the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns at that  
time. The development of these technologies continues to be a significant       
component of our business strategy and a primary focus of our research and      
development efforts.                                                            

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     THIRD PARTY WEB SITES AND THE LICENSORS FROM WHOM WE OBTAIN RIGHTS TO
OUR STORIES AND CHARACTERS MAY CAUSE THE DELAY OF THE RELEASE OF OUR PRODUCTS,  
WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOWER REVENUES THAN ANTICIPATED. Our distribution           
relationships with third party web sites and our licensing arrangements with    
companies that own the stories or characters used in many of our MultipathTM    
Movies, contain potentially burdensome provisions. These provisions may affect  
our ability to release our products, which would adversely affect our revenues, 
for a number of reasons, such as:                                               

          o    A software distributor or a licensor of a story or character may,
         in the exercise of its product approval rights, arbitrarily
           require expensive and time consuming changes to our products,
         which may cause a delay in the release of the products; and

        o    A third party web site could delay the inclusion of our content
     on the site, and thereby cause a delay in distribution.

   WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LICENSE STORIES AND CHARACTERS THAT APPEAL TO
CONSUMERS FOR USE IN OUR MULTIPATHTM MOVIES, WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR OUR         
MULTIPATHTM MOVIES TO HAVE APPEAL IN THE MARKET. We use stories and characters  
developed by third parties in our MultipathTM Movies. If we cannot license      
stories and characters that appeal to consumers at prices or upon terms or      
conditions that we consider acceptable, we may not be able to develop           
MultipathTM Movies that consumers will watch. To have access to appealing       
stories and characters for use in our MultipathTM Movies, we will need to       
continue to develop new relationships and maintain existing relationships with  
the licensors of these stories and characters. Many licensors are reluctant to  
grant broad licenses covering multiple formats, like the Internet and           
television, to companies without a proven track record in the particular        
industry. When rights are available, there is often significant competition for 
licenses.                                                                       

OUR PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY MAY NOT BE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED FROM 
UNAUTHORIZED USE BY OTHERS, WHICH COULD INCREASE OUR LITIGATION COSTS AND       
ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR SALES. Our ability to compete with other entertainment     
software companies depends in part upon our proprietary technology. Unauthorized
use by others of our proprietary technology could result in an increase in      
competing products and a reduction in our sales. We rely on trademark, patent,  
trade secret and copyright laws to protect our technology, and require all      
employees and third-party developers to sign nondisclosure agreements. We cannot
be certain, however, that these precautions will provide meaningful protection  
from unauthorized use by others. We do not copy-protect our software, so it may 
be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy our products or to reverse   
engineer or otherwise obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. 
Our customers may take inadequate precautions to protect our proprietary        
information. If we must pursue litigation in the future to enforce our          
intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets or to determine the  
validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others, we may not prevail and  
will likely make substantial expenditures and divert valuable resources. In     
addition, many foreign countries' laws may not protect us from improper use of  
our proprietary technologies overseas. We may not have adequate remedies if our 
proprietary rights are breached or our trade secrets are disclosed.             

        IF OUR PRODUCTS INFRINGE ANY PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF OTHERS, A LAWSUIT MAY
BE BROUGHT AGAINST US THAT COULD REQUIRE US TO PAY LARGE LEGAL EXPENSES AND     
JUDGMENTS AND REDESIGN OR DISCONTINUE SELLING OUR PRODUCT. We believe that our  
products, including our software tools, do not infringe any valid existing      
proprietary rights of third parties. Any infringement claims, however, whether  
or not meritorious, could result in costly litigation or require us to enter    
into royalty or licensing agreements. If we are found to have infringed the     
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products or discontinue their sale. Any of these outcomes, individually or      
collectively, could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial
condition.                                                                      

       WE HAVE ADOPTED A NUMBER OF ANTI-TAKEOVER MEASURES THAT MAY DEPRESS THE
PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK. Our adoption of a stockholders' rights plan, our     
ability to issue up to 700,000 shares of preferred stock and some provisions of 
our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and of Delaware law could make it   
more difficult for a third party to make an unsolicited takeover attempt of us. 
These anti-takeover measures may depress the price of our common stock by making
third parties less able to acquire us by offering to purchase shares of our     
stock at a premium to its market price. Our board of directors can issue up to  
700,000 shares of preferred stock and determine the price, rights, preferences, 
privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, of those shares without   
any further vote or action by our stockholders. Our board of directors could    
issue the preferred stock with voting, liquidation, dividend and other rights   
superior to the rights of our common stock. The rights of holders of our common 
stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of       
holders of the share purchase rights and of any preferred stock that may be     
issued in the future. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing desirable
flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate        
purposes, could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority  
of our outstanding voting stock.                                                

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.                    

                           BRILLIANT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

Date: September 5, 2001               /S/ ROBERT CHMIEL                         
                              ----------------------------------------
         By:   Robert Chmiel
                             Its:  Chief Operating Officer and Chief
                                        Financial Officer (Principal Financial
                         and Accounting Officer)

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