Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
BALABAN LARRY
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Genius Brands International, Inc. [GNUS] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Creative Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC., 3111 CAMINO DEL RIO NORTH, SUITE 400		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/15/2013
(Street)

SAN DIEGO, CA 92108		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Options $ 0.44 01/20/2009   D   2,000,000     (1) 01/20/2014 Common Stock 2,000,000 (1) 1,200,000 D  
Options $ 0.2 05/15/2013   A   750,000   05/15/2013 05/15/2018 Common Stock 750,000 (2) 1,950,000 (3) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
BALABAN LARRY
C/O GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
3111 CAMINO DEL RIO NORTH, SUITE 400
SAN DIEGO, CA 92108		   X   X   Chief Creative Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Larry Balaban   06/21/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The Reporting Person agreed to cancel 2,000,000 options, 1,250,000 of which vested on 1/20/2009 and 750,000 of which vested on 12/31/2009.
(2) Issued directly to reporting person from issuer pursuant to Issuer's Stock Option Plan on May 15, 2013.
(3) Represents, in addition to those options that are the subject of this report: (i) 1,000,000 options at an exercise price of $0.44, granted on 4/11/2011, with 250,000 of such options vesting on the grant date and 250,000 vesting upon each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, (ii) 100,000 options exercisable on 12/31/2011 and expiring on 12/31/2016 at an exercise price of $0.22, and (iii) 100,000 options exercisable on 12/31/2012 and expiring on 12/31/2017 at an exercise price of $0.20.

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