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.
Visual Effects | Kelsey Wagner | Animation Coordinator |
Lighting | Paul McGregor | Rigging Grip |
Visual Effects | A.J. Conrad | Animation Coordinator |
Art | Patricia Atchison | Art Direction |
Directing | Joey Largo | Layout |
Visual Effects | Francis Bezooyen | Animation |
Directing | Dan Laczkowski | Layout |
Lighting | Devan Mussato | Rigging Supervisor |
Art | Matthew Baldwin | Art Direction |
Visual Effects | Jason Cheng | Modelling Supervisor |
Directing | Darryll Pfeil | Layout |
Visual Effects | Edmond Mai | Modelling Supervisor |
Visual Effects | Ryan Cumming | Character Modelling Supervisor |
Art | Kimberly Cairns | Prop Designer |
Directing | Sean Metcalfe | Layout |
Directing | Agnes Wiguna | Layout |
Art | John Hill | Location Scout |
Lighting | Anim Babaeipanah | Rigging Grip |
Production | Aaron Smyth | Production Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Frank Riley | Animation |
Directing | Patrick O'Keefe | Layout |
Visual Effects | Cameron Widen | Layout Supervisor |
Art | Tim Yang | Art Designer |
Visual Effects | Samantha Palomino | Layout Supervisor |
Lighting | Carolyn Wong | Rigging Grip |
Visual Effects | Grace Verhagen | Animation Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Sean King | Animation Coordinator |
Production | Tony Power | Line Producer |
Visual Effects | Adam Chaput | Animation |
Sound | Ricardo Fernandez | Music |
Visual Effects | Gary Ellis | Animation |
Visual Effects | Navene Papan | Animation |
Visual Effects | Tommy Cheng | Animation |
Visual Effects | Andres Asperin | Animation |
Visual Effects | Ben Staples | Animation Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Desiree Ferdinandi | Animation |
Directing | Victor Marchetti | Layout |
Production | Rene Toye | Production Coordinator |
Visual Effects | Rob Lodermeier | Animation Coordinator |
Sound | Dan Stein | Music |
Sound | Matt McGuire | Music |
Writing | Matthew Drdek | Staff Writer |
Sound | Michael Brady | Music |
Sound | Sue Shufro | Music |
Sound | Ralph Schuckett | Music |
Production | Delna Bhesania | Executive Producer |
Production | Lemon Krasny | Associate Producer |
Sound | John Siegler | Music |
Crew | Barry Poon | CGI Supervisor |
Sound | Lou Cortelezzi | Music |
Production | Barry Ward | Executive Producer |
Production | Norman J. Grossfeld | Executive Producer |
Sound | Freddy Sheinfeld | Music |
Sound | Russell Velazquez | Music |
Production | Alfred R. Kahn | Executive Producer |
Sound | Elik Alvarez | Music |
Sound | Peter Lurye | Music |
Production | Carole Weitzman | Supervising Producer |
Production | Rose-Anne Tisserand | Supervising Producer |