Tinpo
Tinpo | |
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Also known as | Team Tinpo TinPo |
Written by | Davey Moore Emma Hogan |
Country of origin | United States Japan (TV series) United Kingdom (TV series) |
Original languages | English Japanese Welsh |
No. of seasons | 2 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Karen Vermeulen |
Running time | 1 minute (shorts) 7 minutes (TV series) |
Production companies | Shorts American Greetings TV series Cloudco Entertainment Dentsu Sprite Animation Studios OLM Digital |
Original release | |
Network | Shorts CBS (KEWLopolis) TV series CBeebies (UK) TV Tokyo (Japan) |
Release | 3 October 2007 10 December 2018 (TV series) | (shorts)
Tinpo (Japanese: ポータウンのなかまたち), (Welsh: Tîmpo) is a children's animated television series produced by Cloudco Entertainment, Dentsu, Sprite Animation Studios, OLM Digital, TV Tokyo, and the British Broadcasting Corporation for CBeebies.[1]
The series originally ran as 1-minute online shorts on both CBS' KEWLopolis block as well as on The Hub.[2]
The series began airing on TVOKids in Canada on 3 June 2019.[3]
Premise
The show features four colourful human-like creatures called The Team Tinpo, who fix problems with creative solutions.[2]
Characters
- Tinpo: a blue member of Team Tinpo. He’s the leader. A dreamer and a doer. He is voiced by Ross Grant.
- Dougpo: a yellow member of Team Tinpo. She boldly acts on gut and instinct. She is voiced by Lizzie Waterworth-Santo.
- Logipo: a reddish-orange member of Team Tinpo. He’s cautious and by the book. He is voiced by Keith Wickham.
- Hackpo: a purple member of Team Tinpo. She heads up communication and invents gadgets. She is voiced by Joanna Ruiz.
- Herman: the pet hamster of Tinpo. He has his own hamster ball and bag.
- Finn: the pet fish of Logipo. She has her own fish ball.
other in 2007
- Frek: a blueish po. He has a number one on his back. who has ideas. He can fix thing and make things.
- Duxx: a orange po. She has a number two on her back. who is up to something and she is such a genius.
- Sync: a blackish po. He is a child-like. He has a number three on his back and he is not a boss.
- Seeb: a greenish po. He has a number four on his back and he is a elf-like and he is clumsy.
- Trey: a red po. She has a number five on her back and she don't have a mouth and she cannot talk.
Production
The shorts were produced by American Greetings Entertainment (now Cloudco Entertainment).[2]
The TV series was produced for CBeebies by Cloudco Entertainment in association with Dentsu, Sprite Entertainment, OLM Digital, and TV Tokyo.[4]
Lemonsky Studios provided additional outsourced service on the animation.[5]
References
- ^ "CBeebies greenlights American Greetings' Tinpo". kidscreen.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Sushi leads the pack of new AG cartoon creations". Crain's Cleveland Business. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Tinpo | TVOKids.com". www.tvokids.com. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (17 October 2017). "CBeebies Ties Up with 'Tinpo' with AGE Order". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Tinpo". Lemon Sky Studios. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- 2007 British television series debuts
- 2018 British television series debuts
- British children's animated adventure television series
- British preschool education television series
- CBeebies
- Animated preschool education television series
- 2000s preschool education television series
- 2010s preschool education television series