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  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 1996

                                                   Registration No.
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-A

              FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                       ZANART ENTERTAINMENT INCORPORATED
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


           FLORIDA                                                59-2716063 
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  (State of Incorporation                                     (I.R.S. Employer 
     or Organization)                                        Identification No.)


7641 BURNET AVENUE, VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA                              91405
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           (Zip Code)


If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1) please check the
following box. ____

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General
Instruction A(c)(2) please check the following. ____ 


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

         TITLE OF EACH CLASS                    NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH
         TO BE SO REGISTERED                    EACH CLASS IS TO BE REGISTERED
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COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.0001 PER SHARE            AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE
Series A Warrants

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                     NONE
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ITEM 1.    DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.
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           A description of the Series A Warrants and Common Stock is contained
in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2, SEC file No. 33-88580,
as amended (the "Registration Statement"), under the caption "Description of
Securities." Such information is incorporated herein by reference to such
section of the Registration Statement.

ITEM 2.    EXHIBITS.
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           None
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                                   SIGNATURE


         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly 
authorized.


September 4, 1996                       ZANART ENTERTAINMENT INCORPORATED

                 
                                        By:  /s/ Tom Zotos
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                                             Tom Zotos, President