Sparx Animation Studios
Established in 1995, Sparx* is a French-Vietnamese 3D Art, VFX and Animation studio, with around 400 full-time Artists, Animators and Technical Experts. French office closed in 2008. And American and Vietnamese offices closed in 2010.
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Animation & Digital Entertainment |
| Founded |
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| Founder | Jean Christophe Bernard Guillaume Hellouin Fabrice Giger Didier Montarou |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | General Manager: Samuel Stevenin |
| Owner | Virtuos Holdings Pte. Ltd. |
Number of employees | 400+ |
| Website | www.sparx.com |
Since 2011, Sparx* has been a member of Virtuos Group - one of the world's largest game developers. Reopened in Ho Chi Minh City.
For over two decades, the studio based in Ho Chi Minh City has been working with different digital entertainment publishers in the movie and game industries, and has also contributed to AAA video games, Hollywood movies, and TV series across the globe.
History
Sparx* was previously known as Sparx* Animation Studios.
Founded in 1995 and opened in 2002, by Jean-Christophe Bernard, Guillaume Hellouin and Fabrice Giger, Sparx* first made its mark co-producing TV series that were aired in multiple countries across five continents, and became well known for co-producing Rolie Polie Olie with Nelvana and Disney Channel which won a Daytime Emmy Award and another Gemini Award for ‘Outstanding Special Class Animated Program’.
The company produced the fully computer-animated movie Igor, starring John Cusack and Molly Shannon which was released on September 19, 2008. Their Animation Department reached new milestones years later by taking part in the full-episode production for the last 3 seasons of Star Wars Rebels - the award-winning TV series from Lucasfilm.
Sparx* temporarily closed its French office in 2008, and American and Vietnamese offices in 2010. In September 2011, assets and core team of Sparx* in Vietnam were acquired and reopened by Virtuos Holdings Pte. Ltd., one of the largest digital entertainment contents production company headquartered in Singapore with studios in Shanghai, Chengdu, Xian, Paris, Dublin, Montreal, and Los Angeles, and offices in Montréal, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Vancouver and Tokyo.
As of 2019, Sparx* is engaged in providing services across the full pipeline for video game companies globally. The studio has also contributed to some of Hollywood's cinematic franchises.
Film Contributions
| Title | Type | Release Date | Publisher |
| Sparx* The Sparx* Pixii | Shorts and Music Videos | 1995- | Sparx* |
| Bob & Scott | TV Series | 1996 | - |
| Dragon Flyz | Shorts and Music Videos | 1997-2005 | Xilam Animation |
| My Life in Pink | Feature Film | 1997 | La Sept Cinéma |
| Space Goofs | Shorts and Music Videos | 1997-2008 | Xilam Animation |
| Blue | Shorts and Music Videos | 1998 | - |
| Rolie Polie Olie | TV Series | 1998 | Nelvana |
| Oggy and the Cockroaches | Shorts and Music Videos | 1998- | Xilam Animation |
| Sky Dancers | Shorts and Music Videos | 1998–2005 | - |
| The Magician | Shorts and Music Videos | 1998-2006 | - |
| Teletoon Advance | TV Series | 1999-2000 | - |
| Rapido | Shorts and Music Videos | 1999-2003 | - |
| À deux sur la comète | TV Series | 2000 | - |
| One and One | Animated Feature Film | 2000 | - |
| Bella ciao | - | 2001 | - |
| Changing Faces: The Best of Louise | - | 2001 | - |
| Grégoire Moulin contre l'humanité | Feature Film | 2001 | Centre Européen Cinématographique Rhône-Alpes |
| Jerry | Shorts and Music Videos | 2001 | - |
| Le nouveau big bang | Short Film | 2001 | - |
| Molly, Star-Racer | TV Series | 2001 | Sav! The World Productions |
| Purgatoire | TV Series | 2001 | - |
| R. Mertonensis | TV Series | 2001 | C.R.R.A.V |
| Thomas in Love | Feature Film | 2001 | JBA Production |
| Cartouche | Shorts and Music Videos | 2001-2007 | - |
| The New Adventures of Lucky Luke | Shorts and Music Videos | 2001-2007 | Xilam Animation |
| Basile la taupe | Shorts and Music Videos | 2002 | - |
| Les filles, l'âne et les boeufs | TV Series | 2002 | Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée |
| Robota | Shorts and Music Videos | 2002 | - |
| Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun | TV Series | 2002 | Nelvana |
| TO3 | Shorts and Music Videos | 2002 | - |
| The World of Piwi (2002-2003) | TV Series | 2002-2003 | - |
| Wolfgang | Shorts and Music Videos | 2002 | - |
| Youri, the Spaceman | Shorts and Music Videos | 2002 | Sparkling |
| Dragon Hunters | Shorts and Music Videos | 2003 | - |
| Draw with Piwi | TV Series | 2003 | - |
| Summer in the Golden Valley | Feature Film | 2003 | - |
| Save Ferris | Shorts and Music Videos | 2003-2006 | - |
| Ratz | Shorts and Music Videos | 2003-2007 | Xilam Animation |
| Cartoonikon Fantix | TV Series | 2003–2013 | - |
| Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot | DTV Productions | 2004 | Nelvana |
| Kosmic Stripz | TV Series | 2004 | - |
| Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas | DTV Productions | 2004 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Move and Play with Piwi | TV Series | 2004 | - |
| Move with Mimik | TV Series | 2004 | - |
| Photograbber | Short Film | 2004 | - |
| Storytime | Animated Feature Film | 2004 | - |
| The Lion King 1½ | DTV Productions | 2004 | DisneyToon Studios |
| Travel with Piwi | TV Series | 2004 | - |
| Zoé Kezako | TV Series | 2004 | Sparkling |
| Flatmania | Shorts and Music Videos | 2004-2007 | Method Films |
| Tupu | Shorts and Music Videos | 2004-2007 | Xilam Animation |
| Cdd/i | Feature Film | 2005 | - |
| Grand Odyssey | Shorts and Music Videos | 2005 | - |
| Bratz | Animated Feature Film | 2005-2009 | - |
| Argai | Shorts and Music Videos | 2006 | - |
| Bedtime Stories | Shorts and Music Videos | 2006 | - |
| A Kind Of Magic | Shorts and Music Videos | 2006- | - |
| Pop Secret | Shorts and Music Videos | 2006-2007 | Method Films |
| Rahan | Shorts and Music Videos | 2006-2007 | - |
| Rantanplan | Shorts and Music Videos | 2006-2007 | - |
| Shuriken School | Shorts and Music Videos | 2006-2007 | Xilam Animation |
| Gazoon | TV Series | 2007 | Sparkling |
| Igor | Animated Feature Film | 2008 | Exodus Productions |
| Kelbo Rhymes with Elbo | DTV Productions | 2009 | - |
| Mr. Baby | Shorts and Music Videos | 2009-2010 | Xilam Animation |
| The Daltons | Shorts and Music Videos | 2010-2015 | Xilam Animation |
| Zig and Sharko | Shorts and Music Videos | 2010-2015 | Xilam Animation |
| Hurvinek | Shorts and Music Videos | 2011 | - |
| Elashtiepou | TV Series | 2011–2012 | - |
| FloopaLoo, Where Are You? | Shorts and Music Videos | 2011-2016 | Xilam Animation |
| Hubert and Takako | Shorts and Music Videos | 2012 | Xilam Animation |
| The Avengers | Feature Film | 2012 | Marvel Studios |
| Too Much Birthday | DTV Productions | 2012 | - |
| Run for Fun | DTV Productions | 2014 | - |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Feature Film | 2014 | Paramount Pictures |
| Zorro: The Chronicles | TV Series | 2014 | Cyber Group Studios |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | Feature Film | 2015 | Marvel Studios |
| Jurassic World | Feature Film | 2015 | Universal Pictures |
| Star Wars: The Force Awaken | Feature Film | 2015 | Lucasfilm |
| Star Wars: Rebels (Starting from Season 2) | TV Series | 2015–2018 | Lucasfilm Animation |
| Captain America: Civil War | Feature Film | 2016 | Marvel Studios |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Feature Film | 2016 | Lucasfilm |
| Rolling with the Ronks! | Shorts and Music Videos | 2016 | Xilam Animation |
| Warcraft | Feature Film | 2016 | Universal Pictures |
| Kong: Skull Island | Feature Film | 2017 | Warner Bros. Picture |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Feature Film | 2017 | Lucasfilm |
| Transformers: The Last Knight | Feature Film | 2017 | Paramount Pictures |
| Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets | Feature Film | 2017 | STXfilms |
| Aquaman | Feature Film | 2018 | Warner Bros. Picture |
| Avengers: Infinity War | Feature Film | 2018 | Marvel Studios |
| Black Panther | Feature Film | 2018 | Marvel Studios |
| Bumblebee | Feature Film | 2018 | Paramount Picture |
| Paprika | Shorts and Music Videos | 2018 | - |
| Ready Player One | Feature Film | 2018 | Warner Bros. Picture |
| Solo: A Star Wars Story | Feature Film | 2018 | Lucasfilm |
| The SimSims (Season 40) | TV Series | 2018- | - |
| Aladdin | Feature Film | 2019 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Captain Marvel | Feature Film | 2019 | Marvel Studios |
| Mini Minny | DTV Productions | 2019 | - |
| Mr. Magoo | Shorts and Music Videos | 2019 | - |
| Regret | Animated Feature Film | 2019 | - |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Feature Film | 2019 | Lucasfilm |
| Vic & The Magic Sword | Animated Feature Film | 2019 | Studio 100 |
| Mandalorian (Season 1 & 2) | TV Series | 2019-2020 | ILM |
| Alien Worlds | TV Series | 2020 | Framestore |
| Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous | TV Series | 2020 | Netflix |
| Puppy Dog Pals | TV Series | 2020 | Rainbow CGI |
Game Contributions
| Title | Platform(s) | Release Date | Developer |
| League of Legends | PC | - | Riot Games |
| SMITE | PC | - | Hi-rez Studio |
| Fallout 4 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2015 | Bethesda |
| Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2016 | Eidos Montreal |
| Farming Simulator | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2016 | GIANTS Software |
| Killer Instinct 3 | Xbox One, PC | 2016 | - |
| Forza 7 | Xbox One, PC | 2017 | Turn 10 |
| NBA 2K18 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2017 | 2K |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2018 | Treyarch |
| Detroit: Become Human | PlayStation 4, PC | 2018 | Quantic Dream |
| The Elder Scroll Online: Summerset | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2018 | Bethesda |
| Age of Empires: Forgotten Empires (Definitive Edition) | PC | 2019 | Microsoft |
| Borderlands 3 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2019 | 2K |
| Planet Zoo | PC | 2019 | Frontier |
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2019 | Respawn Entertainment |
| The Outer Worlds | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch | 2019 | Obsidian Entertainment |
| Vader Immortal | Oculus Quest, Microsoft Windows | 2019 | ILMxLab |
| Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2020 | Supermassive Games |
| Demons’ Souls Remake | PlayStation 5 | 2020 | SIE (Sony Japan) |
| Grounded | Xbox, PC | 2020 | Respawn Entertainment |
| Legends of Runeterra | PC, Apple Store, Google Store | 2020 | Riot Games |
| Marvel’s Avengers | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2020 | Crystal Dynamics |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator | PC | 2020 | Asobo Studio |
| Ride 4 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2020 | Milestone |
| Rocket Arena | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2020 | Final Strike Games |
| Star Shaman | Oculus Rift | 2020 | Ikimasho |
| Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge | Oculus Quest | 2020 | ILMxLab |
| Tell Me Why | Xbox, PC | 2020 | DONTNOD Entertainment |
| Valorant | PC | 2020 | Riot Games |
Commercials
| Brand | Product Name | Year |
| TF! | Soccer ID | 1997 |
| France 5 | Les Zouzous | 1999 |
| Eurosport | Euro 2000 | 2000 |
| Télétoon | Télétoon Advance | 2000 |
| 13th Street | Reface | 2001 |
| France 3 | T O 3 | 2002 |
| Piwi | Les Vacances de Piwi | 2003 |
| Pepsi | Rapido In the hit TV Show, RATZ | 2005 |
| Pepto Bismol | Eating Much Sweets | 2007 |
| Mountain Dew | Baja Blast | 2009 |
| 7-Up | Razmo In the Hit TV Show, RATZ | 2010 |
| Snuggie | Being Bored | 2017 |
