About project

• Genre: Edutainment animated series for toddlers
• Format: 3D CGI + video (mixed technique), flash animation
• Number of episodes: 120
• Episode's length: 5 min
• Audience: ages 0 – 3 (core ages 1,5 – 2,5)
• Authors: Ilya Popov, Maria Bolshakova
• General producer: Ilya Popov
• Art director: Elena Chernova
• Production: Petersburg animation studio

BabyRiki is the first animation project to provide entertainment and education for children in the youngest age-range, from 0 to 3.

BabyRiki is an animated programme with content that covers all aspects of a child’s life. From physical wellbeing to cognitive and soft skills, the musical stories are based around age-appropriate experiences with educational concepts introduced in familiar surroundings and context for infants.


Each BabyRiki character has a famous Kikoriki character prototype and possesses its own unique characteristic features and temper.

Synopsis

Each BabyRiki episode is a simple story, based on a situation familiar to small children with rhythmic and comfortable for a child narrative, interactive elements and, most importantly charming and very touching characters, which look so much alike toys came to life. BabyRiki world is a world of children’s games shown at its climax, when a game is not separable from reality. BabyRiki is a child’s fantasy, toys came to life, who live in an apartment together with a family with kids. The characters feel themselves absolutely at home, they live and sleep anywhere they want, just like kids, who can fall asleep on the floor. However, they do not meet or interact with the kids.