Tinpo
| Tinpo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Also known as | Team Tinpo TinPo |
| Written by | Davey Moore Emma Hogan |
| Country of origin | United States Japan United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| 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 | October 3, 2007 (shorts) December 10, 2018 (TV series) |
Tinpo (Japanese: ポータウンのなかまたち) is an American-British-Japanese children's animated television series. The series is produced by Cloudco Entertainment, Dentsu, Sprite Animation Studios, OLM Digital and TV Tokyo 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 June 3, 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.
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". Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ a b c "Sushi leads the pack of new AG cartoon creations". Crain's Cleveland Business. 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ "Tinpo | TVOKids.com". www.tvokids.com. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2017-10-17). "CBeebies Ties Up with 'Tinpo' with AGE Order". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Tinpo". Lemon Sky Studios. Retrieved 2020-04-24.