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Studio background, current releases, and downloadable stills with captions and credits written to be used as they are. Anything not here, ask — the studio answers press directly.
Last updated October 10, 2026
The studio
BrainSprout Studios is an original narrative IP studio in Naples, Florida, founded by Bruce Barone Jr. It develops and releases original story worlds — films, books, characters, music, and collectibles — led by the Timechain Universe: The Chronicles of Satoshi, the Cathedral of Time, and the Guardians of the Timechain.
Separate studio properties include ARCHANGELS, Bullet McCaw, Tesla — The Electric Man, and Henry the Monster Hunter. Films are released on the studio's own YouTube channel, with studio notes in The Dispatch.
Founder
Bruce Barone Jr. — Founder, BrainSprout Studios. Based in Naples, Florida. He spoke on the Genesis Stage panel Transmuting AI Slop to AI Signal at Bitcoin 2026 alongside Michael Sullivan, Brian Hirschfield, Mike Oshins, and Julian Figueroa, and was interviewed by Bitcoin Magazine on creative literacy in the age of Bitcoin.
An extended biography and approved founder photography are supplied on request rather than posted here.
Conference and exhibition
The Cathedral of Time opened at The Venetian, Las Vegas during Bitcoin 2026 (April 27–29) through the Bitcoin 2026 Art Gallery, and the studio appeared on the Genesis Stage panel noted above.
Current releases
Public films on the studio channel, newest first, with exact runtimes. Use these titles and runtimes as written.
| Title | Property | Released | Runtime | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHANGELS: The Lord Rebuke You — Michael Battles the Dragon | ARCHANGELS | 2026-10-08 | 3:17 | YouTube ↗ |
| Break the Shadow Throne | ARCHANGELS | 2026-10-04 | 1:07 | YouTube ↗ |
| Tesla — The Electric Man: Welcome to the Static | Tesla — The Electric Man | 2026-10-02 | 4:33 | YouTube ↗ |
| Bullet McCaw — Stand Your Ground | Bullet McCaw | 2026-09-24 | 3:45 | YouTube ↗ |
| Why Did Satoshi Vanish After Creating Bitcoin? | The Chronicles of Satoshi | 2026-07-14 | 10:22 | YouTube ↗ |
Work not listed above is in production and carries no release date. A production target is not a release commitment — please do not report one as a date.
Film stills
High-resolution stills cleared for editorial use. Each carries the caption and credit to publish with it.
Tesla — Welcome to the Static
Nikola Tesla grounds the mechanical arm as current floods the laboratory floor, from Tesla — The Electric Man: Welcome to the Static.
© BrainSprout Studios · JPEG · 1600×900 · 253 KB
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ARCHANGELS — Michael Battles the Dragon
Michael stands over the burning nave with the flaming sword drawn, from ARCHANGELS: The Lord Rebuke You.
© BrainSprout Studios · JPEG · 1280×720 · 129 KB
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ARCHANGELS — Break the Shadow Throne
The four archangels close on the shadow throne, from ARCHANGELS: Break the Shadow Throne.
© BrainSprout Studios · JPEG · 1280×720 · 227 KB
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Bullet McCaw — Stand Your Ground
Bullet McCaw draws both revolvers on the mechanical frontier. His natural ice-blue eye reads viewer-left and his amber-gold mechanical optic reads viewer-right — the canonical orientation.
© BrainSprout Studios · JPEG · 1280×720 · 234 KB
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The Cathedral of Time
The Cathedral of Time at golden hour, from The Chronicles of Satoshi.
© BrainSprout Studios · JPEG · 1280×480 · 124 KB
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Tesla — The Electric Man (key art)
Tesla raises a hand beneath the wireframe dome — the Architect of Energy in the Timechain Universe.
© BrainSprout Studios · JPEG · 1600×900 · 504 KB
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ARCHANGELS (key art)
Key art for the ARCHANGELS music-and-motion cycle.
© BrainSprout Studios · JPEG · 1600×900 · 203 KB
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Bullet McCaw (key art)
Key art for Bullet McCaw — the Inferno Rail saga.
© BrainSprout Studios · JPEG · 1536×768 · 335 KB
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Henry the Monster Hunter (key art)
Key art for Henry the Monster Hunter.
© BrainSprout Studios · JPEG · 988×556 · 145 KB
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BrainSprout Studios logo — horizontal
BrainSprout Studios horizontal logo lockup.
© BrainSprout Studios · PNG · 1100×337 · 77 KB
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BrainSprout Studios logo — mark
BrainSprout Studios standalone mark.
© BrainSprout Studios · PNG · 682×760 · 55 KB
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