Yoko (TV series)
Yoko is a Russian-Spanish 3D animated television series. The show currently airs in 60 countries across the world. The target audience is preschool. The first season contains 52 episodes.
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Created by | P.Kevin Strader, Edorta Barruetabeña. |
Directed by | Juanjo Elordi, Jalil Rizvanov, Rishat Gilmetdinov. |
Creative director(s) | Thatcher Scott Dyer Mines |
Composer(s) | Michael Richard Plowman |
Country of origin | Russia, Spain |
Original language(s) | English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Yuri Moskvin, Elordi Juanjo |
Producer(s) | Alexander Mirgorodskiy |
Production company(s) |
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Distributor | Jetpack Distribution [1] |
Release | |
Original release | 2015 |
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Website |
Plot
The story follows the adventures of Mai, Oto and Vik and a magical creature named Yoko. Yoko has been developed as a truly international property focused on outdoor play patterns with a social curriculum that mixes friendship, nature, and imagination.
Characters
Yoko - A magical being living in the park.
Vik - 6 years old. The smartest and most erudite boy among the friends. He has brown hair, brown eyes and tan skin. He wears an orange sweatshirt with a golden top and white accents, purple pants, and matching sneakers.
Mai - 4 years old. The only female in the company of kids. She really loves nature and everything that is part of it, but most of all she loves Yoko. She has hot pink hair, green eyes and fair skin. She wears a yellow T-shirt with white accents, a light green skirt, matching sneakers, and white socks.
Oto - 5 years old. The most perky, naughty and active among the friends. Oto likes everything connected with sports, rivalry and active rest. He has blue hair, blue eyes and fair-reddish skin. He wears a red shirt with white accents and matching collar, blue pants, and matching sneakers.
Ranger Loops - A park ranger, the main woman in the park.
TV Channels and Online platforms
Channel | Country |
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CTC | Russia |
O! | |
Carousel | |
TLUM | |
Mult | |
BBC Kids | Canada |
Clan TV | Spain |
Canal Panda | Portugal |
Nick Jr. | Italy |
Netflix | Italy, Spain, Portugal, UK, US, Russia, Canada and the Indian Subcontinent |
Huashi TV | China |
Sun TV | India |
Nat Geo Kids | Latin America and the Caribbean |
Baraem | Qatar |
ETV | Estonia |
MiniMini+ | Poland |
VTM Kids Jr. | Belgium |
Anione | South Korea |
Anibox | |
Champ TV | |
Minika Çocuk | Turkey |
YLE TV2 | Finland |
Pixel TV | Ukraine |
Kiwi TV | Hungary |
Ketnet | Belgium |
Nick Jr. Too | United Kingdom |
eToonz | South Africa |
Episodes
1 | Rocket to the Moon | 27 | Yoko’s Computer Game |
2 | Vik Saves the day | 28 | Hello Nature |
3 | The Monster of Lake Wawa | 29 | Storybook Ending |
4 | The Treasure of Yoko Park | 30 | The Rainy Day Adventure |
5 | Yoko 500 | 31 | The Robot |
6 | Patty Loops | 32 | Hiding in Plain Sight |
7 | Small Safari | 33 | What’s that smell? |
8 | Camp Out! | 34 | First Day |
9 | All for One, and One For All | 35 | Circus, Circus |
10 | It’s Mai Castle | 36 | Cowboys in Yoko Park |
11 | Winner Wonderland | 37 | Vik on Ice |
12 | All Together Now | 38 | Outer Space Rocks |
13 | A Big Fat Mistery | 39 | Roll with it |
14 | Grownups | 40 | Castaway |
15 | Red Litter Day | 41 | Happy Birthday, Yoko |
16 | The Perfect Pet | 42 | The Yoko Workout |
17 | Tree of Life | 43 | Mai’s Wagon |
18 | Cloudy Day | 44 | Broken |
19 | Don’t Touch | 45 | Big Dress Up |
20 | Paper Planes | 46 | The Little Things |
21 | The Best Dinosaur | 47 | Happy Next Birthday! |
22 | The Cool Spies | 48 | The Biggest Kite |
23 | Doppelgangers | 49 | Vik Plays with Others |
24 | My Craft | 50 | A Perfect Picnic |
25 | The Colours | 51 | Snowball |
26 | The Pyramid Adventure | 52 | An A-mazing Winter Adventure |
Festivals and Awards
- YOKO series was recognized as Animated series with highest international potential at XX Suzdal Animation Festival (Russia) in 2015. The award was received from Reem MIDEM, a global leader in the organization of international television, audiovisual and digital content markets such as MIPTV, MIPCOM, MIPJunior, MIPFormats, MIPDoc, and Expocontent, an official representative of MIPJunior in Russia, Ukraine and CIS.[2] Yuri Moskvin, YOKO’s producer (Wizart Animation): “We are very happy to receive this award from Reed MIDEM and we expect that broadcasters will also appreciate YOKO’s potential for international markets.
References
- Kozlov, Vladimir (7 February 2018). "Netflix Picks Up Russian Cartoon Series 'Yoko'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- 20 ОРФАК Суздаль-2015