Tinpo facts for kids
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| Written by | Davey Moore Emma Hogan |
| Country of origin | United States Japan United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Karen Vermeulen |
| Running time | 1 minute (shorts) 7 minutes (TV series) |
| Production company(s) | Shorts American Greetings TV series Cloudco Entertainment Dentsu Sprite Animation Studios OLM Digital |
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| Original network | Shorts CBS (KEWLopolis) TV series CBeebies (UK) TV Tokyo (Japan) |
| Original 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.
The series originally ran as 1-minute online shorts on both CBS' KEWLopolis block as well as on The Hub.
The series began airing on TVOKids in Canada on June 3, 2019.
Premise
The show features four colourful human-like creatures called The Team Tinpo, who fix problems with creative solutions.
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).
The TV series was produced for CBeebies by Cloudco Entertainment in association with Dentsu, Sprite Entertainment, OLM Digital, and TV Tokyo.
Lemonsky Studios provided additional outsourced service on the animation.
