Pingu in the City

is a Japanese computer-animated television series produced by Polygon Pictures and Dandelion Animation Studios in collaboration with Mattel Creations. It is based on the stop-motion television series Pingu by HIT Entertainment and The Pygos Group. The series first aired on all NHK stations in Japan from October 2017 to March 30, 2019.

Premise 
The series is adapted from the famous British-Swiss animated series Pingu created in 1986 by Otmar Gutmann. In the series, Pingu and his family move from their home in the Antarctic to a large city, where the inhabitants are all very different. The mischievous and curious Pingu makes a big effort to help the citizens with their jobs, but often messes up.

Production 
The series was produced by Polygon Pictures in the same style of the original stop-motion series through computer animation. It was directed by Naomi Iwata and written by both Kimiko Ueno and Shigenori Tanabe, with music by Ken Arai. It features voices by Ryota Iwasaki and Fumiya Tanaka, in a similar style to Carlo Bonomi, David Sant and Marcello Magni, who voiced characters in the original series.

International airings 
The series was first  screened outside of Japan at the MIPJunior 2017 event at Cannes. The series will be distributed by Sony Creative in North America and Mattel in China. In Australia, the show premiered on June 4, 2018 on ABC Kids, making that date Pingu's return to Australian television. In the United States, the show was first screened at the Chicago International Television Festival and the 2018 Animation Block Party. A second season premiered from October 6, 2018 (which was before the 1st anniversary of the show) to March 30, 2019. In the United Kingdom, the show premiered on February 25, 2019 on ITVBe's preschool block LittleBe. In Brazil the show premiered in April 2019 through the preschool channel Gloobinho. in 2020, Pingu in the City on Germany Premiere on ARD 1 in Check 1, Super RTL in Toggolino, Pro7 Maxx, Junior, and KIKA, BR, Hr, Rbb, MDR, NDR, WDR, SWR, SR, ARD-alpha and One.

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Category:Japanese animated television series
Category:Japanese television series
Category:Pingu
Category:Polygon Pictures
Category:NHK shows
Category:Animated television series about penguins