| Sparx* Studios | |
| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Animation Digital entertainment |
| Location City: | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Owner: | Virtuos Holdings Pte. Ltd. |
| Num Employees: | 400+ |
| Homepage: | www.sparx.com |
| Founder: | Jean Christophe Bernard Guillaume Hellouin Fabrice Giger Didier Montarou |
| Key People: | Renaud Biscarrat (Chief Executive Officer/President) Samuel Stevenin (General Manager) |
Sparx* Studios (stylized as SPARX*) is a French-Vietnamese 3D art, VFX and animation studio, with around 400 artists, animators and technical experts. The French offices closed in 2008, while the American and Vietnamese offices closed in 2010.
Since 2011, Sparx* has been a member of Virtuos Group - one of the world's largest game developers. It was reopened in Ho Chi Minh City in 2011.
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.
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,[1] 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* has been providing services for video game companies globally. The studio has also contributed to some of Hollywood's cinematic franchises.
| Type | Release Date | Publisher | |||
| Pierre et le loup | Shorts and Music Videos | 1995 | Canal+ | ||
| Bob & Scott | TV series | 1996 | - | ||
| My Life in Pink | Feature Film | 1997 | La Sept Cinéma | ||
| Rolie Polie Olie (Seasons 1–5) | TV series | 1998 | Nelvana | ||
| Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom | TV series | 2009 | Astley Baker Davies | - | |
| Smart Planet Advance | TV series | 1999-2000 | TPS Animation Studios | - | |
| À deux sur la comète | TV series | 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 | Short Film | 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 | - | |
| Robota | Short Film | 2019 | - | ||
| Les filles, l'âne et les boeufs | TV series | 2002 | Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée | - | |
| Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun | TV series | 2002 | Nelvana | - | |
| The World of Happy Planet | TV series | 2002-03 | EnSky Studios | - | |
| Youri, the Spaceman | Shorts | 2002 | Sparkling | ||
| Dragon Hunters | Short Film | 2003 | - | ||
| Drawing Time with Happy Planet | Video series | 2003 | EnSky Studios | ||
| Summer in the Golden Valley | Feature Film | 2003 | - | ||
| Move with Mimik | Video series | 2003-04 | EnSky Studios | ||
| Around The World with Happy Planet | Video series | 2003-04 | EnSky Studios | ||
| Move and Learn with Happy Planet | Video series | 2003-04 | EnSky Studios | ||
| DTV Productions | 2004 | Nelvana | |||
| - | |||||
| Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas | DTV Productions | 2004 | Walt Disney Pictures | - | |
| Grand Odyssey | Short Film | 2005 | - | ||
| Zoé Kezako | TV series | 2006-2014 | Sparkling | ||
| Argai | Short Film | 2006 | - | ||
| Bedtime Stories | Short Film | 2006 | - | ||
| Gazoon | TV series | 2007 | Sparkling | ||
| Igor | Animated Feature Film | 2008 | Exodus Productions | - | |
| The Avengers | Feature Film | 2012 | Marvel Studios | - | |
| Elmo's Alphabet Challenge | DTV Productions | 2012 | Sesame Workshop | ||
| Fanboy & Chum Chum | TV series | 2013-2014 | Frederator Studios and Sony Pictures Television | for the third season, "Sleepless in West Apetown", "Snowy Mart" "Escape from Camp Catastrophe", "Not So Levitation", and "Conjurer in the Rough" | - |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Feature Film | 2014 | Paramount Pictures | ||
| Zorro: The Chronicles | TV series | 2014 | Cyber Group Studios | ||
| Feature Film | 2015 | Marvel Studios | |||
| Jurassic World | Feature Film | 2015 | Universal Pictures | ||
| Feature Film | 2015 | Lucasfilm | |||
| (Starting from Season 2) | TV series | 2015–18 | Lucasfilm Animation | ||
| Feature Film | 2016 | Marvel Studios | |||
| Feature Film | 2016 | Lucasfilm | |||
| Warcraft | Feature Film | 2016 | Universal Pictures | ||
| Feature Film | 2017 | Warner Bros. Pictures | |||
| Feature Film | 2017 | Lucasfilm | |||
| Feature Film | 2017 | Paramount Pictures | |||
| Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Feature Film | 2017 | STXfilms | ||
| Aquaman | Feature Film | 2018 | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| Feature Film | 2018 | Marvel Studios | |||
| Black Panther | Feature Film | 2018 | Marvel Studios | ||
| Bumblebee | Feature Film | 2018 | Paramount Pictures | - | |
| Ready Player One | Feature Film | 2018 | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| Feature Film | 2018 | Lucasfilm | - | ||
| Aladdin | Feature Film | 2019 | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
| Captain Marvel | Feature Film | 2019 | Marvel Studios | - | |
| The Addams Family | Animated Feature Film | 2019 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
| Feature Film | 2019 | Lucasfilm | |||
| Vic & The Magic Sword | Animated Feature Film | 2019 | Studio 100 Animation | ||
| The Mandalorian (Season 1 & 2) | TV series | 2019-20 | Industrial Light & Magic | ||
| Alien Worlds | TV series | 2020 | Framestore | ||
| Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | TV series | 2020 | Netflix | ||
| Puppy Dog Pals | TV series | 2020 | Rainbow CGI | ||
| Feature Film | 2021 | Warner Bros. Pictures | |||
| The Addams Family 2 | Animated Feature Film | 2021 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
| Rumble | Animated Feature Film | 2021 | Paramount Animation | ||
| Sing 2 | Animated Feature Film | 2021 | Universal Pictures | ||
| Animated Feature Film | 2022 | Universal Pictures |
| Title | Platform(s) | Release Date | Developer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League of Legends | PC | - | Riot Games | |
| Smite | PC | - | Hi-Rez Studios | |
| Fallout 4 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2015 | Bethesda Softworks | |
| PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2016 | Eidos-Montréal | ||
| Farming Simulator | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2016 | Giants Software | |
| Killer Instinct 3 | Xbox One, PC | 2016 | - | |
| Forza Motorsport 7 | Xbox One, PC | 2017 | Turn 10 Studios | |
| NBA 2K18 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2017 | 2K | |
| PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2018 | Treyarch | ||
| PlayStation 4, PC | 2018 | Quantic Dream | ||
| The Elder Scroll Online: Summerset | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2018 | Bethesda Softworks | |
| PC | 2019 | Microsoft | ||
| Borderlands 3 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2019 | 2K | |
| Planet Zoo | PC | 2019 | Frontier Developments | |
| PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2019 | Respawn Entertainment | ||
| The Outer Worlds | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch | 2019 | Obsidian Entertainment | |
| Oculus Quest, Microsoft Windows | 2019 | ILMxLab | ||
| PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC | 2020 | Supermassive Games | ||
| Demon's Souls | PlayStation 5 | 2020 | Japan Studio | |
| Grounded | Xbox, PC | 2020 | Obsidian 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 | |
| Oculus Quest | 2020 | ILMxLab | ||
| Tell Me Why | Xbox, PC | 2020 | Dontnod Entertainment | |
| Valorant | PC | 2020 | Riot Games | |
| Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One | 2023 | Purple Lamp |
| 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 |