Sparx

Sparx can refer to:

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Sparx Animation Studios

Sparx Animation Studios is a visual effects/animation company that creates feature films, TV shows and game cinematics. Sparx is owned by Virtuos, and has production teams in Shanghai, Chengdu and Saigon, and offices in Paris, Vancouver and Tokyo.

Sparx was founded in 1995 by Jean-Christophe Bernard, Guillaume Hellouin and Fabrice Giger, and became well known for co-producing Rolie Polie Olie with Nelvana and Disney Channel. The company produced the fully computer-animated movie Igor, starring John Cusack and Molly Shannon which was released on September 19, 2008.

Sparx had temporarily closed its French office in 2008, and American and Vietnamese offices in 2010. In September 2011, Sparx' assets and core team were acquired and reopened by Virtuos, a digital entertainment production company. Virtuos has more than 1000 employees under the Virtuos and Sparx* brands.

Filmography

Spyro (series)

Spyro is a series of platform games which primarily features the protagonist Spyro the Dragon and his friend, Sparx the Dragonfly. Since its introduction in 1998, there has been a complete reboot to the series called The Legend of Spyro trilogy, making it a total of ten Spyro games and three Legend of Spyro games. The Spyro series has sold more than 20 million units worldwide. After The Legend of Spyro series concluded, a spin-off franchise under the name of Skylanders was made where Spyro and other related characters were included in.

Games

Spyro the Dragon

Spyro the Dragon was first released in North America on 11 September 1998, for the PlayStation. It was released in Europe on 23 October 1998, In Australia on 15 November 1998 and in Japan on 1 April 1999. It is a platform game that placed the player as Spyro, a small, purple dragon set with the task of freeing his fellow dragons from crystal prisons, which are scattered around their world. Each level is accessed through 'portals' from a main world. The game concludes with a fight between Spyro and the primary antagonist, Gnasty Gnorc. The game sold well, most critics giving it favorable reviews. It also received acclaim for its musical score by Stewart Copeland.

Puls

Puls may refer to:

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Puls (band)

Puls stylised as PULS (Danish pronunciation: [puls]) are a Danish musical band specializing in pop, dance and club music made up of Micky (full name Micky Skeel Hansen) and Niel (full name Niels Kristian Baarsby) and are signed to PhatPhase label.

Micky (born 23 December 1988 in Køge) and Neil (born in Høje Taastrup) met through online music network www.mymusic.dk where they had posted their own materials. Mickey Skeel Hansen was already an active Danish actor who had appeared on Snurre Snups Søndagsklub on Danish TV 2 channel in 2005. He had also appeared in a number of films including Familien Gregersen, Af banen and Dommeren (in 2004-2005), in TV series Sommer in 2008 and in Remix, a film about music industry's relationship to child stars.

Mickey and Neil invested in studio equipment, and loaded more than 80 songs. The first commercial release was "Superstar", produced by Jacob "J.R." Simonsen also known as Lil'Jay of Apollon accompanied by a music video of the song by Blue Sky Music. It did quite well in dancing circuits with Simonsen becoming PULS' producer.

Puls, Steinburg

Puls is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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