Rio2016:

Vinicius 

Tom

History

Vinicius is the mix of all Brazilian fauna and has the amazing power to stretch himself to Olympic proportions. Tom is the mix of Brazilian fauna and can produce any object from inside his leafy hairdo. Their mission is to spread the Olympic and Paralympic values while breaking all the records of fun.

For the Rio2016 Mascots, sports are all about having a great time and they will find a way to transform everything into a sport competition, from cooking dinner to dancing samba.

Funny By Nature was the #1 most watched show on Cartoon Network Brazil in 2016 and helped make Vinicius and Tom the greatest record breakers of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, generating triple the licensing revenues of London 2012 and double of Beijing 2008.

Created and Produced by Birdo for Cartoon Network.

Designs

Storybook

Credits

Directed by

Luciana Eguti
Paulo Muppet

Co-Directors

Fernando Finamore
Beto Gomez

Executive Producers

Luciana Eguti
Paulo Muppet

Script

Luciana Eguti
Paulo Muppet
Pedro Eboli

Storyboard Artists

Mika Takahashi
Pablo Max
Pedro Mendes
Perin
PJ
Rafael Schmidt
Rosaria Moreira
Tiago Kogi

Animatic

Beto Gomez
Gabriel Franklin
Makoto Matsumura
Marcelo Perin
Mika Takahashi
Pablo Max
Paola Hiroki
Paulo Muppet
Rafael Gallardo
Zé Vaamonde

Art Director

Thiago Soares

Background Design

Allan Costa
Daniel Caetano
Leon Silva
Maykeon Salvatierra
Pedro Mendes
Tiago Kogi
Will Fernandes

Characters Design

Birdo

Additional Character and Props Design

Camila Bremer

Producer

Raquel Fukuda

Line Producer

Chris Parentoni

Opening Credits

Birdo

Casting, Production and Original Voice Recording

Ultrassom Music Ideas

Casting and Voice Director

Melissa Garcia

Original Voices

Bruno Mello - Tom
Hugo Picchi - Vinícius
Mariana Zink - irmã carioca
Simone Evans - irmã carioca

Animation Director

Beto Gomez
Fernando Finamore

Animators

Allan Sanchez
Anderson Lister
Antonio Linhares
Beto Gomez
Camila Bremer
Daniel Caetano da Silva
Fernando Finamore
Gabriel Franklin
Gabriel Gomes
Ivanildo Soares
José Vaamonde
Maikeon Salvatierra
Makoto Matsumura
Pablo Max
Paola Hiroki
Pedro Mendes
PJ
Rafa Rosa
Rodrigo Estravini
William Fernandes
Yuri "Golfinho" Custodio

EFX Animation

Camila Bremer
Paola Hiroki

Soundtrack and Mixing

Ultrassom Music Ideas

Post-Productioon

Luciana Eguti
Paola Hiroki

Realization

Birdo