Clay Kids

Clay Kids is a British, Spanish, American stop motion animated TV series for children created by Javier Tostado.[1] The series narrates the adventures of seven misfit kids. Season 1 and 2 each contain 26 episodes, making a total of 52 episodes. It was produced by Cake Entertainment. Gloob held a preview for the series in Brazil on 29 June 2013 (Saturday), and the series officially premiered on 5 July 2013. In Spain, Clay Kids got aired on Clan on September 13, 2013. In the UK, Clay Kids aired on Pop and on CBBC. On 1 June 2015, Clay Kids moved to its sister channel, Pop Max. Reruns continued to air on Kix until late 2017.

Clay Kids
GenreStop motion animated children's comedy
Created byJavier Tostado
Directed byJavier Tostado
Voices ofMichael Derry Karen Strassman

David Markus MJ Lallo Mark Allen Jr Quinn Kitmitto David Marcus Natalie Mitchell

Susan Haight
Opening theme"Clay Kids Opening Theme", performed by Kokane
Ending themeAsteroid Rush VIP by Guillermo Tostado
Composers
  • B. Blaya
  • Guillermo Tostado
Country of originUnited Kingdom, United States, Spain
Original languagesEnglish
Spanish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • María Lara Roca
  • Francesca Nicoll
ProducerRaquel Hernández
Camera setup1080p HD
Running time11 minutes
Production companies
  • Clay Animation
  • Clay Angels
  • TVE
Release
Original networkGloob, Pop and Pop Max CBBC Clan
Picture format1080p
Audio formatStereo
Original release5 July 2013 (2013-07-05) –
14 August 2015 (2015-08-14)

The dolls' mouths are moved to mimic English speech, since according to the producers the Spanish audience is already used to dubbed TV shows, and unlike an English audience would not be bothered by a lack of synchronization between mouth and speech.[2]

Plot

Some kids brought together by chance get into wacky situations in their magical clay town.

Trivia

The show aired on Pop and Kix and CBBC in the United Kingdom Clan in Spain YLE in Finland Biggs and RTP2 and Canal Panda in Portugal Canal 22 and Clic Clac in Mexico Oromar Television in Ecuador Zuku Kids in Africa and Universal Kids in the United States.

Reception

Clay Kids received positive reviews. In 2013 it won the Silver Telly Award.

Episode list
  • Series 1 First aired 5 July 2013 Last aired 8 July 2014

Big Mean Steve Summary: Flippy and Robbie try to record Jessi's skateboarding skills. Boy Band Summary: Naomi can chat to JB through her webcam. Social Network Summary: Flippy accidentally adds his mom on Claybook. Big in Japan Summary: Flippy and Motor create a parody of the Japanese boy dance Grounded Summary: Naomi is confined to her room without communication devices. Flying Saucer Summary: Robbie and Naomi are kidnapped by inquisitive aliens. Thinking Out Loud Wizard School Albert in Love In Your Dreams Operation Sneeze Paparazzi Console of the Future Trapped In Time Ghost Flippy's Shoes Heart Hacked Ms. Henderson's Boyfriend The Clone Wardrobe Zombied Sick Attention Please Three Versions Bugged Flower Power Embiggenator

  • Series 2 First aired July 8, 2014 Last aired 14 August 2015

Piranha Puppy Catchy Tune Dance Baby Dance Make a Wish A Day in the Jessi Motor is Missing Mind Mess Danger Albert is Loose Depixelator Love at First Bite Professor Flippy Naomi's Birthday Invisibility Game Over Gone Viral Cousin The Odor Skates 4 Skates Be in My Video Albert The Great Detective Drones Time Freeze The It Kid Zalder Dreaming Countdown

Characters
  • Flippy (voiced by Michael Derry)
  • Motor (voiced by Mark Allen Jr)
  • Carol (voiced by Karen Strassman)
  • Robbie (voiced by David Markus)
  • Naomi (voiced by Natalie Mitchell)
  • Jessi (voiced by Quinn Kitmitto)
  • Albert (voiced by M.J Lallo)
  • Frank (voiced by Michael Derry) is Carol's father
  • Ms. Henderson (voiced by Susan Haight) is the teacher
  • Principal (voiced by Mark Allen Jr) is the school principal
  • Doctor Ed (voiced by David Marcus) is the doctor

References
  1. Pastor, Estefania (4 August 2012). "Clay Animation, una empresa valenciana de animación que triunfa antes de empezar". Valenciaplaza.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  2. Perez, Maria Jose (22 July 2013). "El Stop Motion se mueve". Nonada (in Spanish).
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