[[CCSpriteFrameCache sharedSpriteFrameCache] addSpriteFramesWithFile:@"zriel-sprite-sheet.plist"]; // Sprite Sheet files name ( png and plist )

CCSprite *player1 = [CCSprite  spriteWithSpriteFrameName: @"zriel-animation1-first-frame.png"]; // Add Character with first frame
        
player1.position = ccp(screenSize.width / 2,screenSize.height /2); // put in centre of screen
// player1.rotation = 180;
// player1.scale = 2;
// player1.opacity = .25;
// player1.visible = NO;
player1.tag=1; // Assign a number so you can reference during runtime
[self addChild:player1]; // Add player1 to Sceene


NSDictionary *dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"zriel-animation1" ofType:@"plist"]]; // NSDictionary subset of entire sprite sheet 
NSMutableArray *frames = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];  // create array to hold frames
for(int i=1; i<10;i++) { 
   NSLog(@"key=%d value=%@", i, [dict objectForKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",i]]); // Log Results
  [frames addObject:[[CCSpriteFrameCache sharedSpriteFrameCache] spriteFrameByName:[dict objectForKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",i]]]]; // Add frames from plist to frames array
}
CCAnimation *animation1 = [CCAnimation animationWithSpriteFrames:frames delay:1.0f/9.0f]; // create animation with speed of 1/9 of a second

 [player1 runAction:[CCSequence actions:
         [CCAnimate actionWithAnimation: animation1],
         [CCAnimate actionWithAnimation: animation1],
         [CCAnimate actionWithAnimation: animation1],
                                         nil]]; // Run animation1, 3 times