Tinpo

Tinpo
Also known as	Team Tinpo; TinPo
Written by	Davey Moore; Emma Hogan
Country of origin	United States; Japan; United Kingdom
Original language	English
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
Release
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.[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 June 3, 2019.[3]

Premise

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

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).[2]

The TV series was produced for CBeebies by Cloudco Entertainment in association with Dentsu, Sprite Entertainment, OLM Digital, and TV Tokyo.[4]

Lemonsky Studios provided additional outsourced service on the animation.[5]

References

"CBeebies greenlights American Greetings' Tinpo". Retrieved 2019-05-31.
"Sushi leads the pack of new AG cartoon creations". Crain's Cleveland Business. 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
"Tinpo | TVOKids.com". www.tvokids.com. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
Milligan, Mercedes (2017-10-17). "CBeebies Ties Up with 'Tinpo' with AGE Order". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
"Tinpo". Lemon Sky Studios. Retrieved 2020-04-24.

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[1] "CBeebies greenlights American Greetings' Tinpo". Retrieved 2019-05-31.

[:0-2] "Sushi leads the pack of new AG cartoon creations". Crain's Cleveland Business. 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2019-05-31.

[3] "Tinpo | TVOKids.com". www.tvokids.com. Retrieved 2020-01-13.

[4] Milligan, Mercedes (2017-10-17). "CBeebies Ties Up with 'Tinpo' with AGE Order". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-27.

[5] "Tinpo". Lemon Sky Studios. Retrieved 2020-04-24.