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.[2]
The series originally ran as 1-minute online shorts on both CBS' KEWLopolis block as well as on The Hub.[3]
The series began airing on TVOKids in Canada on 3 June 2019.[4]
The show features four colourful human-like creatures called The Team Tinpo, who fix problems with creative solutions.
The shorts were produced by American Greetings Entertainment (now Cloudco Entertainment).[3]
The TV series adaptation of the shorts was announced by the successor of American Greetings' entertainment division Cloudco Entertainment (formerly American Greetings Entertainment) when British broadcaster CBeebies and Japanese broadcaster TV Tokyo jointly commissioned a new series based on the Tinpo shorts which was being produced by Cloudco Entertainment in partnership with Japanese entertainment companies Dentsu and Japanese animation studio OLM Digital who will animated the series alongside its American animation partner Sprite Animation Studios.[5]
Lemonsky Studios provided additional outsourced service on the animation.[6]
