Barrio Sésamo was the Spanish version of the popular U.S. children's program Sesame Street. The show premièred in 1979. It was formed for locally produced segments alternated with a dubbed version of the American program, in which many characters had Spanish names.
Deko Boko Friends is a collection of 30-second Japanese shorts created by a pair of advertising creators, Momoko Maruyama and Ryotaro Kuwamoto to promote acceptance of people of different personalities and appearances. The shorts are focused on 12 different creatures, meant to show certain personalities, likes, dislikes, and quirks.
Deko Boko Friends originated on NHK's oldest running children's programming show, Okaasan to Issho in 2003, superseding previous short cartoon series, Yancharu Moncha.
Deko Boko Friends is distributed in English by Viz Media and was shown in English on Nickelodeon's children's programming block, Nick Jr. and Noggin in the United States. Deko Boko Friends was also shown on Treehouse TV in Canada.
The show ended on March 18, 2011.
Everyone dreams of running away at least once in their lifetime. Toughy, Smarty and Mouse discover an island which seems perfect. Sun, sand, fruit in the trees, fish in the sea. No haircuts. No school dinners. No goodnight kisses. Best of all, no grown-ups. Or so they think.
The Baron and his cronies steal a precious crown and hide in a secret room of an abandoned castle. With the help of their tiny robot Robin, Bassie and Adriaan set out to find the crown and return it to the museum.
Space man Captain Zoom comes to Earth to explore how Earthlings live and dwell in his own unique way. He establishes a special connection with an Earthling, Liselott Blom in Bollunda. Captain Zoom observes that Earthlings live crammed together in large blocks, and that there are pipes in the blocks, and that fire and water flow through the pipes. But how do they get food and clothes? How does the connection between money and work work? Where does the poop go? With the battle cry "Galaxies in my braxes!" Captain Zoom takes on his task and finds out how everything works in our society.