In 2011, Virtuos purchased the company and reopened in Ho Chi Minh City the same year.
Sparx* Animation Studios was founded in 1995 and opened in 2002, by Jean-Christophe Bernard, Guillaume Hellouin and Fabrice Giger.
They worked on Rolie Polie Olie with Nelvana and 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, to mixed reviews and commercial success.
In 2011, Virtuos acquired the company and reopened the Ho Chi Minh City offices the same year.