Pingu in the City facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pingu in the City |
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| Genre | Comedy computer-animated |
| Based on | Pingu by Ötmar Gutmann |
| Written by | Shigenori Tanabe Kimeno Ueno |
| Directed by | Naomi Iwata |
| Voices of | Fumiya Tanaka Ryota Iwasaki |
| Composer(s) | Ken Arai |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Polygon Pictures Sony Creative Products Mattel Creations |
| Distributor | Sony Creative Products (Most regions) Sony Music Entertainment España (Europe, Latin America) Mattel Creations (China) |
| Release | |
| Original network | NHK |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | October 7, 2017 – March 30, 2019 |
Pingu in the City (Japanese: ピングー in ザ・シティ, Hepburn: Pingū in za Shiti) is a fun computer-animated TV show from Japan. It was made by companies like Sony Creative Products, Polygon Pictures, and Dandelion Animation Studios. They worked with Mattel Creations to create it.
This series is a new version of the classic Pingu show. The original Pingu was a stop-motion animation. Pingu in the City first aired in Japan on NHK channels. It ran from October 2017 to March 2018.
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Meet Pingu in the City
This TV show is based on the famous Pingu series. The original Pingu was created in 1986 by Otmar Gutmann. In Pingu in the City, Pingu and his family leave their home in the Antarctic. They move to a big, busy city.
The city is full of all sorts of different people. Pingu is a very curious and sometimes mischievous penguin. He loves to try and help the city's residents with their jobs. But sometimes, his helpful actions lead to funny mistakes!
How Pingu in the City Was Made
The show was produced by Polygon Pictures. They used computer animation to make it. This style made the new show look very similar to the original stop-motion series.
Naomi Iwata directed the series. The stories were written by Kimiko Ueno and Shigenori Tanabe. Ken Arai created the music for the show. The voices for the characters were done by Ryota Iwasaki and Fumiya Tanaka. Their voice style was like the original voice actors, Carlo Bonomi, David Sant, and Marcello Magni.
Pingu's Global Adventures
Pingu in the City was first shown outside Japan at an event in Cannes in 2017. Sony Creative helps share the show in North America. Mattel helps share it in China.
- In Australia, the show started on June 4, 2018, on ABC Kids. This was Pingu's return to Australian TV!
- In the United States, the show was shown at the Chicago International Television Festival. It also appeared at the 2018 Animation Block Party.
- A second season of the show began on October 6, 2018. It finished airing on March 30, 2019.
- In the United Kingdom, the show premiered on February 25, 2019. It aired on ITVBe's LittleBe block for young children.
- Brazilian viewers could watch the show from April 2019 on Gloobinho.
- In Israel, the show came to Hop! Channel in the summer of 2019.
Pingu in the City: Episode Guide
There are 52 episodes of Pingu in the City in total. Here are some examples from each season:
Season 1 Episodes
| No. | Title | Original airdate |
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| 1 | "Pingu Cooks Up a Treat!" Transliteration: "Pingū, Sutāshefu ni Naru" (Japanese: ピングー、スターシェフになる) |
October 7, 2017 |
| 2 | "Watch Your Step, Pingu!" Transliteration: "Tadaima Kōji-chū!" (Japanese: ただいま工事中！) |
October 14, 2017 |
| 3 | "Pingu's Rules of Babysitting" Transliteration: "Komori wa Tsurai yo" (Japanese: 子守はつらいよ) |
October 21, 2017 |
| 12 | "Pingu Saves Christmas" Transliteration: "Santa Kurōsu no Otoshimono!?" (Japanese: サンタクロースの落とし物！？) |
December 23, 2017 |
| 26 | "Growing Pains" Transliteration: "Hana o Sakaseyou!" (Japanese: 花を咲かせよう！) |
March 31, 2018 |
Season 2 Episodes
| No. | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | "Fire Fighter Training is Tough" |
October 6, 2018 |
| 31 | "A Mysterious Creature Appears" |
November 3, 2018 |
| 39 | "Pingu Makes the Movie" |
December 29, 2018 |
| 40 | "Pingu is a Rock Star" |
January 5, 2019 |
| 52 | "Pingu the Conductor" |
March 30, 2019 |
