MoonScoop Group
The MoonScoop Group is a French animation and production company that creates and publishes animated television series. Its corporate headquarters are located in Paris, France, along with offices in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was established in 2003. It is most famously known for Code Lyoko and its sequel series, Code Lyoko Evolution.
History
One of MoonScoop's predecessors was France Animation, founded in 1984. France Animation went on to become the original producers of Les Mondes Engloutis ("Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea"). By the early 2000s, it bought Antefilms Production—an outfit created by Christophe Di Sabatino and Benoît Di Sabatino in 1990—to form the present day MoonScoop. MoonScoop's holdings also include Funbag Animation Studios.
Acquisition of MoonScoop
As of February 4, 2014, MoonScoop had been 100% acquired by Mike and Liz Young of Ellipsanime whom has purchased all of Moonscoop's assets for $820,518 as well as retaining the remaining 27 Employees including the executive producer, Nicolas Atlan. MoonScoop is now re-branded as Splash Entertainment.