Turtle Taido in Osun and Kogi States
Adventures of Turtle Taido is a Nigerian TV series about a bubbly, magic turtle on an adventure across Nigeria. In this 12-minute short, he visits Osogbo, capital city of Osun State and tours a cocoa farm with his friend Abiodun. Taido then travels to River Niger and River Benue in Kogi State, where he and his friend Usman meet friendly manatees. This is a 2018 4K (UHD) director's cut by Artie Romero, with more characters and better animation. The series aired on NTA, the largest network in Africa, and is now showing on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S.
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Artie RomeroDirectorJohnny Mnemonic, Lost, Hittin' the Road
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Muyiwa KayodeWriterTurtle Taido and the Story of the Elephant
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Artie RomeroProducerLear's Nonsense, How Cartoons Are Made
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Adanma KayodeKey Cast"Turtle Taido"Turtle Taido and the Story of the Elephant
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Muyiwa KayodeKey Cast"Baba Agbe"Adventures of Turtle Taido, Taiwo & Kenny
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Francis OnwocheiKey Cast"Medicine man"Turtle Taido and the Story of the Elephant
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Omololu KayodeArt DepartmentTurtle Taido and the Story of the Elephant
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Victor DarioArt DepartmentTurtle Taido and the Story of the Elephant
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Mike AsukwoArt DepartmentAdventures of Turtle Taido
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Atinuke Kemi OyebadeAnimationLear's Nonsense, Gorgeous Knight, Adventures of Turtle Taido
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Brett AckleyAnimation
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Matthew A. RebelAnimationHow Cartoons Are Made, Turtle Taido: First Trailer Feat Taiwo & Kenny, Adventures of Turtle Taido
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John Peter MeiringAnimationOlder Than Ireland, Holidays, Adventures of Turtle Taido
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Gretchen M. PiperAnimationHow to Escape an Arranged Marriage in High Heels, Mission Totally Possible: An IT spy parody, Mile Hi Distilling
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Henry Andrews-JonesAnimationAdventures of Turtle Taido
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Project Type:Animation, Short, Television
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Runtime:12 minutes 14 seconds
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Completion Date:October 2, 2018
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Production Budget:10,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital, UHD, 4K
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Children's Day International Film FestivalDenver, Colorado
United States
November 10, 2018
World Premiere
Official Selection -
The Buddha International Film Festival
June 9, 2019
Winner: Best TV Series -
Virgin Spring Cinefest, 2020
August 1, 2020
Silver Award: Best Family/Children Film -
Cult Critic Movie Awards
July 25, 2020
Outstanding Achievement Award: Animated Film -
Independent Shorts Awards
July 26, 2019
Winner, Best Children's Short -
International Independent Film Awards - Fall Session
December 29, 2018
Diamond Winner, Animated Characters
ARG! Cartoon Animation Studio was founded by Artie Romero, who has worked in comic books and animation since the 1970s. He has screen credits on four movies, six TV series and one PBS TV movie. Before entering the animation industry as a director, Artie worked as a comic book artist, editor and publisher.
While studying art at Missouri State University, Artie edited and published Realm, an acclaimed comics and science fiction fanzine. In 1973 he moved to Colorado Springs and co-founded Everyman Studios, an artists' collective that published alternative newspapers and underground comix. In 1981, Artie moved the studio into commercial animation production, including movie titles and effects, music videos, TV commercials, video games and software. The studio converted to digital production in 1991 and was renamed ARG! Cartoon Animation in 1994.
Artie.com was launched in July, 1996, and quickly became one of the most popular animation sites on the Web. In 2005-2006, the site got one billion hits in a period of just 20 months. The ARG! studio has created more than 40,000 original digital animations for its 700+ clients. He has one Emmy award nomination, and in 2016, a Turtle Taido animated short was screened on Animation Day at Cannes.
Artie continues to work full-time as the top producer and director at ARG! In 2018, the studio sold the Artie.com domain name and relocated their official site to www.ArtieStick.com.
"Good animation is not produced by machines or software. It is created by people who have studied life drawing for years, and understand how things look and how they move."