Pingu

Pingu is a Swiss claymation - animated series for children. The focus will be the main actors of the series: the young cheeky penguin Pingu and his friend, Robby the seal. In many episodes the rest of Pingus family plays an important role. Pingu's father is a mailman and toy makers. Often the little sister Pinga plays with.

A total episodes were produced from 1986 104, directed by Otmar Gutmann. Each episode lasted five minutes. Outstanding episodes have been released on several DVDs.

Pingu was known internationally mainly because of its dialogues that are spoken in a fantasy language. Speaker was Carlo Bonomi. 1994 Pingu was awarded the Prix Walo.

2004 bought the production company Hit Entertainment, the UK rights for the series, including the 104 original episodes. In addition, 52 more episodes were produced. These sequences were filmed with the new speakers Marcello Magni and David Sant, as Bonomi was considered too old. In addition, a new Pingu DVD was released in 2004.

Based on the cartoon series, a now familiar in Switzerland Pingu radio drama series produced in Swiss German since the early 1990s. There were also pictures books and numerous Pingu merchandising products. Meanwhile, new episodes in Germany and Finland are shown.