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CBeebies, American Greetings construct toon

MIPJUNIOR: CBeebies in the UK has ordered a CGI animated preschool series from American Greetings Entertainment (AGE), advertising giant Dentsu and Tokyo-based prodco OLM.

Tinpo (78×7′) follows a team of designers and builders as they “think outside the box to come up with the most fun ways possible to solve problems in their unique world,” according to the producers.

Production will take place in the UK, Japan and the US, with the series expected to debut in late 2018 in the UK and elsewhere around the world.

It comes from AGE in conjunction with partners Dentsu and OLM, which worked on the Pokémon series and films, and in association with LA-based animation studio Sprite Entertainment, a subsidiary of OLM Digital.

“Team Tinpo’s approach to problem-solving and construction uses comedic trial-and-error that we’ve never before seen in a preschool series,” said Karen Vermeulen, head of coproductions for AGE.

“As a master of tech, Tinpo has a device that permits his team to interact with virtual projections so that they may work through the folly of his wild ideas until arriving at the right one for the job.”

Jackie Edwards, head of BBC Children’s acquisitions and animation, added: “We love that co-story editors/head-writers Davey Moore (Thomas & Friends) and Emma Hogan (creator of Nelly & Nora) have developed a series in which the winning construction plans are never the most practical but rather the most creative, surprising and fun.”

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