Tinpo
| Tinpo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 TMS Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | 3 October 2007 |
| Network | CBeebies (UK) TV Tokyo (Japan) |
| Release | 10 December 2018 – 19 November 2019 |
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, TMS Entertainment, TV Tokyo, and the BBC 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
[edit]The show features four colourful human-like creatures called The Team Tinpo, who fix problems with creative solutions.[2]
Characters
[edit]- Tinpo (Ross Grant): a blue member and the leader of Team Tinpo. He is a dreamer and a doer.
- Dougpo (Lizzie Waterworth-Santo): a yellow member of Team Tinpo. She boldly acts on gut and instinct.
- Logipo (Kevin Wickham): a reddish-orange member of Team Tinpo. He's cautious and by the book.
- Hackpo (Joanna Ruiz): a purple member of Team Tinpo. She heads up communication and invents deads gadgets.
- 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.
- Frek: a blueish po. He has a number one on his back and 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 clumsy.
- Trey: a red po. She has a number five on her back and she does not have a mouth and cannot talk.
Production
[edit]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, TV Tokyo, and TMS Entertainment.[4]
Lemonsky Studios provided additional outsourced service on the animation.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "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