Yoko (TV series)

Yoko
Йоко
Genre	Adventure Comedy Short film Children education
Created by	Juanjo Elordi Edorta Barruetabeña Rishat Gilmetdinov P. Kevin Strader Andy Yerkes
Written by	Andy Yerkes Evgenia Golubeva Edorta Barruetabeña P. Kevin Strader Juanjo Elordi Cristina Broquetas Stanislav Dobrovski Daniiar Iambushev Leo Murzenko
Voices of	Tyler Bunch Eileen Stevens Ramya Ravi Jaione Intxausti Arantxa Moñux(eu) Vladimir Voityuk Vasilisa Eldarova Archipp Lebedev Svetlana Permyakova (ru)
Opening theme	"Playing with my Friends" Lyrics by Edorta Barruetabeña
Composers	Michael Richard Plowman Vasily Filatov (ru)
Country of origin	Russia Spain
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	156 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Juanjo Elordi Yuri Moskvin Ricardo Ramón Ana Ruiz Aguilera Jone Landaluze Vladimir Nikolaev (ru) Xavi Viza
Producers	Elena Gozalo Alexander Mirgorodskiy Iurre Tellería Benat Beitia Daniiar Iambushev Thatcher Scott Dyer Mines
Editors	Alexandria Aleksashina Alatzne Portu Andrey Galat Maialen Sarasua Oliden
Running time	12
Production companies	Dibulitoon Studio [es] (More Language) Somuga (More Language) Wizart Animation (More Language) Animiturri (English version) RTVE (More Language) EITB (More Language & Russian, season 2) Yoko Dibulitoon (More Language, 2 Season)
Original release
Network	Carousel (Russia) Clan/ETB 3 (Spain)
Release	November 13, 2015 (2015-11-13)
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Yoko is a 3D animated adventure children's education television series that released in 2015. The target audience is preschool. The first season contains 52 episodes. Spanish companies Somuga based in Andoain and Dibulitoon Studio [es] based in Irún with RTVE along with Wizart Animation from Russia were the animation studios who produced the animated series. Yoko is the first Russian-Spanish animated co-production in the history of animation. The story is written by Juanjo Elordi, Edorta Barruetabeña, P. Kevin Strader and Andy Yerkes. Yoko features a multilingual adaptation of the magical adventures of the character Yoko (translated from Basque – "spirit of the game"). Juanjo Elordi and Rishat Gilmetdinov directed the episodes. The idea was conceptualized by Juanjo Elordi from the Basque Country.

The series is intended for children from 4–6 years old (12 minutes and 52 episodes per season) with educational content for the preschool social curriculum. Originally produced in the languages of Spanish, Russian, English and Basque; the first season aired on 13 November 2015 within the primary regions of Russia and Spain. During 2017 and 2018, Jetpack Distributions began a series of distribution agreements across the markets of Europe. Currently the series reruns are broadcast in TV platforms such as Clan, Tlum [ru], CTC and RTVE.

The series follows three children who unexpectedly meet the spirit of the game, Yoko. Together they revive the game and opens incredible world of childhood. Yoko adds magic to children's games and turns fantasy into reality. With the help of Yoko; Oto, Vik, Mai, and Ranger Loops pass difficult and entertaining tests that are featured in landscapes such as space, the raging sea, the fairy forest, and ancient cities. The series facilitates engagement with the outside world emphasizing ways children can play outside. Reed MIDEM, a MIP organizer has twice awarded the TV series with the title, "Animated Series with Highest International Potential."