''The Cobi Troupe'' is a Spanish animated television series produced by the Olympic Organizing Committee Barcelona'92 and

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. With creative and artistic direction by

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, screenplay by Tricicle and music by Xavier Capellas, it recounts the adventures of Cobi, the official mascot of the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

, his friend

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, the official mascot of the

1992 Summer Paralympics The 1992 Summer Paralympics (; ) were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In addition, the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap were held immediately after the regular Paralymp ...

, and their group of friends.

Premise

Cobi resides in the

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at Tibidabo hill in

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, together with his friend

and their group of friends they live great adventures before and during the

and

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, where they confront the plans of the villain Doctor Normal and his assistant Tamino.

Production

''The Cobi Troupe'' was created with the aim of promoting the Games to be held in Barcelona in 1992. Produced by the Olympic Organizing Committee Barcelona'92 (COOB'92) and

, it had a budget of 350 million pesetas. The drawings and animation were made by BRB Internacional itself in Madrid, with the exception of some episodes which were animated by the Jade Animation studio in China, under the creative and artistic direction of

himself, the actual designer of the official mascots. His studio had design responsibility for all the characters and control over the making of the animation. The series, with 26 half-hour episodes with three short stories each, focused on a children's audience between five and twelve years old, has a simple plot that uses

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to encourage children's imagination written by the members of the theater company Tricicle.

Broadcast

The series, which was originally scheduled to be broadcast in Spain on

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(TVE), was broadcast on the different regional broadcasters that were part of the Federation of Regional Organizations of Radio and Television (FORTA) in their respective territories, dubbed into the corresponding language, between the end of 1991 and 1992. The broadcasting rights were later bought by twenty-four television channels around the world, including TVE.

Comic albums

Together with the television series, a series of six comic albums was released, merging the plot of several different television episodes together to create a long and continuous story. They were published by Plaza & Janés in Spain in Spanish and Catalan.

References

External links

BRB Internacional website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobi Troupe, The 1992 Summer Olympics 1992 Summer Paralympics 1991 Spanish television series debuts Spanish children's animated adventure television series Television series set in 1992 Television shows set in Barcelona Works about the Summer Olympics