Yoko and His Friends

Yoko and His Friends (2015)

Yoko y sus amigos

This is the third time that Vik and his family have moved to a different city. Vik is a shy child who finds it hard to make new friends, and whenever he finally does start to open up to someone, his father's job inevitably causes the family to up sticks and relocate to a different part of the country, and Vik has to start all over again. Luckily for him, this time he soon meets Mai and Oto in the city park.

Date of release
2015-11-13
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Director
Juanjo Elordi, Rishat Gilmetdinov
Collection
Yoko

Casting

Interesting facts

Yoko and His Friends is a 2015 animated children's film based on the TV series Yoko. The film is directed by Juanjo Elordi, Rishat Gilmetdinov and Iñigo Berasategui with a script of Edorta Barruetabeña. Animation studios Yokoren Kluba, Spain's Somuga and Dibulitoon Studio and Russia's Wizart Animation produced the film. Distributed by Barton Films in Spain, the film was intended as a children's movie for the ages 4–8 years. The original was dubbed in Basque and it premiered on 13 November 2015 in 52 theaters.

Production

A movie based on the TV series was launched in 2015 titled Yoko and Friends (Yoko y sus amigos). The Basque title was Yoko eta lagunak. The film also had a Russian version. Ever since 2011 director Juanjo Elordi who was in charge of children's programming for Euskal Telebisa detected a void in children's production aimed for the years 4–8.

The idea was sprouted as early as 2011 when the materials were prepared. Elordi wanted to fill the gap of children's programming that major companies previously never thought of venturing. Initial ideas were about how children play in cities. The main character would be conceptualized thereafter - Yoko who is described as a mysterious forest yellow giant invisible to humans but visible as a playful being to children.

The film is dedicated to the Basque Country, Spain and Russia. The film is derived to get the best out of education. The characters are depicted as naturally playful due to the character Yoko only talking in one word, "Yoko" or Basque for game.

From Russia, Rishat Gilmetdinov wrote the screenplay with Edorta Barruetabeña who is known for the film Durangko. Ricardo Ramón was production designer who received the El Festival El Chupete Special Award for the film. The film is stitched together using different small stories and is intended to make the children realize outdoor play is a safe space, that when utilized is critical for the development of emotional, social and physical developmen…

Eva Ojanguren, Jaione Intxausti and Arantxa Moñux were in charge of giving voice to the protagonists while, H.D. Quinn, a voice actor from the Pokémon series voiced the character Yoko for all the versions of the film.

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