Viva Piñata is a Canadian-American animated television series seen around the world. It is based upon the Xbox 360 video game of the same name. It is produced by an American company, 4Kids Productions and a Canadian company Bardel Entertainment, a children's animation company in Canada. It aired to high ratings as part of the 4Kids TV programming block and later moved to The CW4Kids before being removed from the schedule on October 25, 2008. It is aired on YTV in Canada, Nicktoons Network and CITV in the UK, TV Tokyo in Japan and on Nickelodeon in Australia.
Viva Pinata was executive produced by Lloyd Goldfine at 4Kids in New York and Paul Griffin at Bardel in Vancouver. The stories are edited by Mike deSeve, leading a team that includes the award-winning Daria head-writer Anne Bernstein and Courage the Cowardly Dog story editor David Steven Cohen.
Production | Tony Power | Line Producer |
Directing | Victor Marchetti | Layout |
Directing | Sean Metcalfe | Layout |
Directing | Darryll Pfeil | Layout |
Directing | Agnes Wiguna | Layout |
Production | Aaron Smyth | Production Coordinator |
Production | Rene Toye | Production Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Ryan Cumming | Character Modelling Supervisor |
Art | Tim Yang | Art Designer |
Art | Matthew Baldwin | Art Direction |
Visual Effects | Jason Cheng | Modelling Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Edmond Mai | Modelling Supervisor |
Lighting | Devan Mussato | Rigging Supervisor |
Lighting | Anim Babaeipanah | Rigging Grip |
Lighting | Paul McGregor | Rigging Grip |
Lighting | Carolyn Wong | Rigging Grip |
Visual Effects | Grace Verhagen | Animation Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Navene Papan | Animation |
Visual Effects | Francis Bezooyen | Animation |
Visual Effects | Frank Riley | Animation |
Visual Effects | A.J. Conrad | Animation Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Sean King | Animation Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Rob Lodermeier | Animation Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Ben Staples | Animation Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Kelsey Wagner | Animation Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Andres Asperin | Animation |
Visual Effects | Adam Chaput | Animation |
Visual Effects | Tommy Cheng | Animation |
Visual Effects | Gary Ellis | Animation |
Visual Effects | Desiree Ferdinandi | Animation |
Sound | Ricardo Fernandez | Music |
Art | Patricia Atchison | Art Direction |
Art | Kimberly Cairns | Prop Designer |
Art | John Hill | Location Scout |
Visual Effects | Cameron Widen | Layout Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Samantha Palomino | Layout Supervisor |
Directing | Patrick O'Keefe | Layout |
Directing | Joey Largo | Layout |
Directing | Dan Laczkowski | Layout |
Production | Barry Ward | Executive Producer |
Production | Delna Bhesania | Executive Producer |
Production | Norman J. Grossfeld | Executive Producer |
Production | Alfred R. Kahn | Executive Producer |
Production | Rose-Anne Tisserand | Supervising Producer |
Production | Carole Weitzman | Supervising Producer |
Production | Lemon Krasny | Associate Producer |
Writing | Matthew Drdek | Staff Writer |
Sound | John Siegler | Music |
Sound | Sue Shufro | Music |
Sound | Michael Brady | Music |
Sound | Lou Cortelezzi | Music |
Sound | Elik Alvarez | Music |
Sound | Peter Lurye | Music |
Sound | Matt McGuire | Music |
Sound | Ralph Schuckett | Music |
Sound | Freddy Sheinfeld | Music |
Sound | Dan Stein | Music |
Sound | Russell Velazquez | Music |
Crew | Barry Poon | CGI Supervisor |