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| Developed by | Andy Yerkes |
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| Theme music composer | Daniel Heredero |
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| No. of series | 5 (+ Specials) |
| No. of episodes | 295 |
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| Editor | Catherine Williams |
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| Release | 10 May 2005 – 27 November 2010 |
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| Release | 28 October 2016 – present |
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Pocoyo (Pocoyó in Spanish and stylised as POCOYO) is an animated interactive preschool comedy television series created by David Cantolla, Luis Gallego, and Guillermo García Carsí, and is produced by the Spanish animation company Zinkia Entertainment, with the first two series were co-productions with Granada Kids, and the first series was a co-production of Cosgrove Hall Films, both in the United Kingdom. In 2019, Pocoyo was a co-production of Koyi Talent.
Four series have been produced, each consisting of 52 seven-minute episodes[a] along with 60 specials produced for YouTube.[3] The show is currently in its fifth series. English actor and comedian Stephen Fry narrates the English-language version[4] of the first two series of the show, while Stephen Hughes began narrating starting the third series, titled Let's Go Pocoyo. José María del Río narrates the Castilian Spanish version of the show. A half-hour special film titled Pocoyo & the Space Circus premiered on 23 November 2008 at Cine Capitol. On 21 December 2008, a one-hour special titled El Show de Pocoyo (Pocoyo's Show in English) premiered on La 1 to promote the release of The Space Circus. On 27 August 2009, another musical one-hour special titled Pocoyo's Big Party was released on CD, with a linear premiere on Clan on 31 December 2015. From 2014 to 2016, multiple half-hour specials based on various holidays were released on YouTube and Netflix. A second film titled Pocoyo in Cinemas: Your First Movie[b] which featured the short film, Pocoyo and the League of Extraordinary Super Friends released in cinemas on 11 May 2018 in Mexico, with a Spain release on 23 June 2018.
The fifth series was released on 22 July 2024 with the first 13 episodes on Max (formerly known as HBO Max) for Latin America and aired on Cartoonito in that region.
In 2023, the franchise was acquired by Animaj.[5] With the use of AI tools, a new series will release every 12 to 18 months for traditional television and premium streaming services.
As of 2024, it has been confirmed that a sixth series is set to release in 2026, a third feature film will release in 2028, and a seventh series will release between 2029 and 2030.[6]
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- ^ "Umbrella!". pocoyo.com. Zinkia Entertainment, S.A. 25 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ Bharanidharan, Sadhana (20 September 2023). "Animaj acquires preschool franchise Pocoyo". Kidscreen. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "ANIMAJ Picture This!". Vimeo.
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