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.

Yoko
Genre
Created byP.Kevin Strader, Edorta Barruetabeña.
Directed byJuanjo Elordi, Jalil Rizvanov, Rishat Gilmetdinov.
Creative director(s)Thatcher Scott Dyer Mines
Composer(s)Michael Richard Plowman
Country of originRussia, Spain
Original language(s)English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producer(s)Yuri Moskvin, Elordi Juanjo
Producer(s)Alexander Mirgorodskiy
Production company(s)
DistributorJetpack Distribution [1]
Release
Original release2015
External links
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
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

  1. Kozlov, Vladimir (7 February 2018). "Netflix Picks Up Russian Cartoon Series 'Yoko'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. 20 ОРФАК Суздаль-2015
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