| Tayo the Little Bus | |
|---|---|
 English logo | |
| Genre | Animation Children's series Comedy Educational Preschool |
| Written by | Choi Jong-il |
| Directed by | Kim Min-sung |
| Presented by | Rar Sae-Ha |
| Starring | Meara |
| Voices of | English:
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| Narrated by | Heather Madill |
| Opening theme | "Hey Tayo" by Enhypen |
| Ending theme | "Vroom, Vroom, Vroom!" |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original languages | Korean English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 10-11 minutes per episodes |
| Production companies | Iconix Entertainment Educational Broadcasting System Seoul Metropolitan Government |
| Original release | |
| Network | EBS Disney Junior (Asia) |
| Release | 23 August 2010 – present |
| Related | |
| Titipo Titipo | |
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Tayo the Little Bus (Korean: 꼬마버스 타요; RR: Kkoma-beoseu Tayo) is a South Korean 3D computer-animated television series. The series is produced by Iconix Entertainment for the Educational Broadcasting System in collaboration with the Metropolitan Government of Seoul.[1] The show was produced with the help of Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon's administration.[2] It began airing in South Korea on EBS in 2010 and an English-dubbed version of the series began airing on Disney Junior (Asia) in 2012, with Disney Junior (Australia and New Zealand) following in 2013. In the United States and Canada, Hulu is the exclusive distributor of the series,[3] though the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons are on Netflix. In Indonesia, the series is distributed by RTV, Indosiar, and Mentari TV.[4]
The series is about four buses in a city, based in Seoul, South Korea, populated with anthropomorphic vehicles: Tayo (Bus 120), Rogi (Bus 1000), Lani (Bus 02), and Gani (Bus 1339).[5]
Each episode in the start, middle, and end features a brief narration, and it has six seasons. A spin-off series of Tayo, known as Titipo Titipo, premiered between the main series’ fourth season and fifth season. Titipo focuses on the titular character named Titipo, a young passenger train the show is named after along with all his friends, who are also trains. After the end of Titipo's first season, Tayo's fifth season premiered for English-speaking audiences on October 22, 2018. Titipo Titipo was greenlit for a second season. Titipo's second season premiered for English-speaking audiences starting November 19, 2020. In late 2020, Tayo the Little Bus' 10th anniversary spinoff Tayo and Little Wizards (마법버스 타요) was released.[6] This spinoff premiered on Netflix on September 17, 2021.[7] The sixth season aired on September 1, 2021.[8][9]
The series is available in Korean, English, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, German, and Russian on the production company's official YouTube channel for the series.[10]
- ^ "TAYO the Little Bus".
- ^ Jaeyon Woo (11 April 2004). "All Aboard the Election Express". Korea Real Time. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 3 November 2004.
- ^ "Watch Tayo the Little Bus online | Free | Hulu". Hulu. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013.
- ^ Anggraeni, Meli (28 September 2021). "Jadwal Acara RTV Hari ini, Selasa 28 September 2021: Ada Tayo The Little Bus, Go Go Bus hingga Sinema Ceria". mantrapandeglang.pikiran-rakyat.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 308. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ "꼬마버스 타요 (꼬마버스 타요(Hd))".
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Tayo and the Little Wizards Official Trailer #1 l Meet first at Netflix! l Tayo the Little Bus". YouTube.
- ^ "'꼬마버스 타요' 시즌6 다음 달 1일 첫 방송". 17 August 2021.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "꼬마버스 타요 6기 최초공개 l 새로워진 차고지와 멋진 새 친구들도 함께 만나요! l 9월1일 EBS에서 만나요!". YouTube.
- ^ "Tayo the Little Bus - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 30 March 2024.