Tashi (TV series)

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Tashi
	Title card
Genre	Animated
Based on	Tashi; by Anna Fienberg and Barbara Fienberg
Directed by	Marc Wasik
Voices of	James Buckingham; Leon Williams; Jacqueline Marriott
Theme music composer	Caitlin Yeo; Jonathan Dower
Opening theme	Tashi's World
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producers	Jim Ballantine; Chris Rose
Producer	Barbara Stephen
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Flying Bark Productions; Studio 100 Animation
Original release
Network	7TWO
Release	November 27, 2014 –; January 8, 2015

Tashi is an Australian animated television series based on a series of Tashi books by mother and daughter Anna Fienberg and Barbara Fienberg and illustrated by Kim Gamble.^[1] It first screened on 7TWO in 2015 and was repeated on the ABC.^[2]

Plot

Tashi's distant cousin Jack has been sent to stay with him. With the help of creature-whisperer Lotus Blossom, they encounter wild adventures filled with giants, ghosts, witches, bandits, demons and dragons.^[3]

Characters

Tashi (voiced by James Buckingham)
Jack (voiced by Leon Williams)
Lotus Blossom (voiced by Jacqueline Marriott)

International

Tashi has also screened in Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, UK and Ireland.

Awards

Nominated for "Most Outstanding Children's Program" at the 2015 Logie Awards (Australia)
Nominated for "Best Children's Television Program" at the SPA Awards (Australia)
Nominated for "Tricks For Kids" category at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (Germany)
Nominated for "Best Animation Series" at the AEAF Awards (Australia)

Notes

References

^ Taffel, Jacqui (21 February 2016). "Kim Gamble, Tashi creator, dies at 63". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ Knox, David (24 December 2017). "Networks turn to animation to fulfill Children's quotas". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ "Tashi". Flying Bark Productions. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

External links

[1] Taffel, Jacqui (21 February 2016). "Kim Gamble, Tashi creator, dies at 63". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[tvtonight-2] Knox, David (24 December 2017). "Networks turn to animation to fulfill Children's quotas". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[3] "Tashi". Flying Bark Productions. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

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