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
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	3 October 2007 (2007-10-03)
Network	CBeebies (UK) TV Tokyo (Japan)
Release	10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) – 19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

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 and OLM Digital 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

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