Tayo the Little Bus
| Tayo the Little Bus | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children, comedy |
| Written by | Choi, Jong-Il |
| Directed by | Kim, Min-sung |
| Voices of | Robyn Slade - Tayo Nolan Balzer - Rogi Kami Desilets - Lani Kerri Salki - Gani |
| Opening theme | Tayo the Little Bus |
| Ending theme | Vroom, Vroom, Vroom! |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) |
Korean English (Dubbed) |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 15 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Iconix Entertainment |
| Distributor | Educational Broadcasting System |
| Release | |
| Original network | Educational Broadcasting System |
| Original release | 2010 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| Production website | |
Tayo the Little Bus (Hangul: 꼬마버스 타요; RR: Kkoma-beoseu Tayo) is a South Korean computer-animated television series created by Iconix Entertainment and Educational Broadcasting System of Seoul. The show was produced with the help of Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon's administration. 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, though the second season is on Netflix.
The series is available in Korean, English, Spanish, Turkish and Russian on the production company's Tayo YouTube channel.
The series features four main characters.
At a Vietnamese seminar for addressing the struggles of the Vietnamese animation industry, Korean animators named Tayo the Little Bus as a series that has been "dominating" the Korean market. These animators also noted that the series is popular in China, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
In 2014, the Seoul Metropolitan Government commissioned buses designed as the characters Tayo, Gani, Rogi, and Lani, to run around the Gwanghwamun Square area of the city. This was done as part of an initiative to teach children how to use the bus. The initiative was a massive success, drawing crowds of over 40,000 in a single day. People from all across the country came to see the buses. Although the buses were originally set to run from March 26 until Public Transport Day at the end of April, their popularity led to an extension until Children's Day on May 5. The number of buses was also expanded from the original four to 100. In wake of this success, the local governments of other cities in South Korea have considered adopting the campaign. Although officials for the city of Seoul initially opposed this, on copyright grounds, they consented in April to letting other cities use the characters for non-commercial purposes.
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