Tinpo

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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

The show features four colourful human-like creatures called The Team Tinpo, who fix problems with creative solutions.^[2]

Characters

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

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

^ "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.

[1] "CBeebies greenlights American Greetings' Tinpo". kidscreen.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

[:0-2] "Sushi leads the pack of new AG cartoon creations". Crain's Cleveland Business. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

[3] "Tinpo | TVOKids.com". www.tvokids.com. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

[4] Milligan, Mercedes (17 October 2017). "CBeebies Ties Up with 'Tinpo' with AGE Order". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

[5] "Tinpo". Lemon Sky Studios. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

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