Nigeria’s
most popular animation series, Adventures of Turtle Taido has picked up one
award and two nominations at the Top Indie Film Awards, Tokyo, TIFA 2020.
These are
the award for Best Message, and Nominations for Best Animated Short and Best
Original Idea.
Says Muyiwa
Kayode, Creator and Executive Producer of Turtle Taido, “The Best Message Award
means a lot to us because the essence of Turtle Taido is to promote diversity
and mutual understanding as a way of fostering unity in our nation, in Africa
and the world. The main character travels to different cities and in so doing,
he makes new friends, learns about other cultures and uses his special powers
to help those in trouble”.
Earlier this
year, Turtle Taido won the award for Best Children Short at the Independent
Short Awards, Los Angeles 2020, for the second year running.
Other awards
previously won by Turtle Taido include Best TV Series at the Buddha International
Film Festival, India 2019, while it was an Official Selection at the 4th
International Short Film Festival, Pune India and Genre Celebration Festival,
2019.
Adventures
of Turtle Taido was premiered in 2015, and has since gained local and
international recognition. The series is watched in at least 25 African
countries, as well as in the United Kingdom, on SKY TV. In 2017, the series was
made into a TV Game Show for Primary School Children and has become quite
popular with the kids.
Early this
year, Turtle Taido officially unveiled its initial merchandize, the Turtle
Taido Tops, which went on sale on the nation’s two leading online retailers,
Jumia and Konga.
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