Sparky Animation

Sparky Animation commenced operations in 2006 in Singapore, where the government provided subsidies for the entertainment industry.{{cite web |first=Ramin |last=Zahed |date=December 11, 2008 |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/singapore-plans-new-vfx-studio/ |title=Singapore Plans New VFX Studio |website=Animation Magazine }} The television series Dinosaur Train was co-produced with The Jim Henson Company.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/technology/15iht-animate.html?_r=0 |title=Animation Industry Finds a Home in Singapore |newspaper=New York Times |first=Sonia |last=Kolesnikov-Jessop |date=November 14, 2010 }}

In 2014, the company had about 120 employees. It had a subsidiary company in Subang Jaya, Malaysia.{{cite press release |date=March 22, 2014 |title=Sparky Animation opens its doors in Malaysia |publisher=Sparky Animation |url=http://sparkyanim.com/sparky-animation-opens-its-doors-in-malaysia/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127215752/http://sparkyanim.com/sparky-animation-opens-its-doors-in-malaysia/ }} and production facilities in India.{{cite web |first=Patrick |last=Frater |date=November 30, 2015 |title=ATF: Sparky Animation Finds New 'Rhythm' |website=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/asia/sparky-animation-finds-new-rhythm-1201649897/ }}

• 3-2-1 Penguins! Season 2-3 (2007-2008)
• VeggieTales: Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue (2008)
• Dinosaur Train (2009-2020){{cite book|author=Rebecca A. Fannin|title=Startup Asia: Top Strategies for Cashing in on Asia's Innovation Boom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mAfQBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA157|date=25 October 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-82990-5|pages=157–}}{{cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Aaron |date=September 30, 2014 |title=Dinosaur Train leaves big CP footprint in Europe and Russia |url=http://kidscreen.com/2014/09/30/dinosaur-train-leaves-big-cp-footprint-in-europe-and-russia/ |website=Kidscreen}}
• Mr Moon (2010)[http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/british-animator-rockets-to-disney-success/5014471.article "British animator rockets to Disney success"]. Broadcast Now 28 May 2010
• Jack (2011-2014)
• Fleabag Monkeyface (2011)
• One Stormy Night (2012)[http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/drawiz-extends-hand-to-singapore "Drawiz extends hand to Singapore"]. FilmBiz Asia{{cite web |last=Sherman |first=Jennifer |date=October 4, 2011 |title=Shiki's Amino Remakes Arashi no Yoru ni/One Stormy Night |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-10-04/shiki-amino-remakes-arashi-no-yoru-ni/one-stormy-night |website=Anime News Network}}
• The Disrespectoids (2011, Jammy)
• The Fog of Courage (2014)
• Ruff Ruff, Tweet and Dave (2015)
• Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island (2021)

Dinosaur Train, a coproduction between The Jim Henson Company and Sparky Animation, received the highest viewership in PBS' history.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} It has also been selected by Hollywood's People Magazine as the Top Kids' Show.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} The toys developed from Dinosaur Train were nominated under the 'Toy of the Year' award category by the Toy Industry Association, in 2010.{{cite web |first=Wendy |last=Goldman Getzler |date=November 23, 2010 |title=TIA reveals Toy of the Year nominees, consumer voting website |website=Kidscreen |url=http://kidscreen.com/2010/11/23/toyindustry-20101123/ }} At the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, Dinosaur Train was nominated for Outstanding Children's Animated Program.{{cite press release |url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/_pdf/day_1011_nominations.pdf |title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Award Nominations |page=11 |accessdate=2011-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516013231/http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/_pdf/day_1011_nominations.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-16 }}

Jack, a co-production with Groupe PVP Canada was nominated in the Best Animated Series category at the 27th Prix Gémeaux 2012. In May 2013, Jack won the Award of Excellence for the Best Animated Television Program (Ages 6 to 8) at the Youth Media Alliance in Canada.{{Cite web |url=http://www.animatorsinsingapore.com/2013/06/01/jack-sparky-animation-clinches-prestigious-canadian-award#.WGD0bFxvGUk |title="Jack" by Sparky Animation clinches prestigious Canadian Award | Animators in Singapore |access-date=2016-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226221057/http://www.animatorsinsingapore.com/2013/06/01/jack-sparky-animation-clinches-prestigious-canadian-award#.WGD0bFxvGUk |archive-date=2016-12-26 |url-status=dead }}

One Stormy Night was nominated for the Best 3D Animated Programme award at the 2012 Asian Television Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://tva.onscreenasia.com/2012/12/the-17th-asian-television-awards/|title=The 17th Asian Television Awards|date=December 2012}}

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• MDA Animation Brochure, [https://archive.today/20141012192905/http://www.mda.gov.sg/Documents/Ebrochures/animation/files/assets/basic-html/page10.html]

• {{Official website|https://sparkyanim.com/}}

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