Tayo the Little Bus

Tayo the Little Bus
English logo
GenreAnimation
Children's series
Comedy
Educational
Preschool
Written byChoi Jong-il
Directed byKim Min-sung
Presented byRar Sae-Ha
StarringMeara
Voices ofEnglish:
  • Robyn Slade
  • Nolan Balzer
  • Kami Desilets
  • Tea Wagner
  • Kerri Salki
  • Jolie L'Esperance
Narrated byHeather Madill
Opening theme"Tayo The Little Bus Theme Song"
Ending theme"Vroom, Vroom, Vroom!"
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languagesKorean
English
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes182
Production
Running time10-11 minutes per episodes
Production companiesIconix Entertainment
Educational Broadcasting System
Seoul Metropolitan Government
Original release
NetworkEBS
Disney Junior (Asia)
Release23 August 2010 (2010-08-23) 
2024 (2024)
Related
Titipo Titipo

Tayo the Little Bus (Korean: 꼬마버스 타요; RR: Kkoma-beoseu Tayo) is a South Korean animated television series. The series is produced by Iconix Entertainment for the Educational Broadcasting System in collaboration with the Metropolitan Government of Seoul. The show was produced with the help of Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon's administration. It began airing in South Korea on EBS in 2010 and an English-dubbed version of the series began airing on Disney Junior (Asia) in 2012, with Disney Junior (Australia and New Zealand) following in 2013. In the United States and Canada, Hulu is the exclusive distributor of the series, though the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons are on Netflix. In Indonesia, the series is distributed by RTV, Indosiar, and Mentari TV.

The series is about four buses in a city, based in Seoul, South Korea, populated with anthropomorphic vehicles: Tayo (Bus 120), Rogi (Bus 1000), Lani (Bus 02), and Gani (Bus 1339).

Each episode in the start, middle, and end features a brief narration, and it has seven seasons. A spin-off series of Tayo, known as Titipo Titipo, premiered between the main series’ fourth season and fifth season. Titipo focuses on the titular character named Titipo, a young passenger train the show is named after along with all his friends, who are also trains. After the end of Titipo's first season, Tayo's fifth season premiered for English-speaking audiences on October 22, 2018. Titipo Titipo was greenlit for a second season. Titipo's second season premiered for English-speaking audiences starting November 19, 2020. In late 2020, Tayo the Little Bus' 10th anniversary spinoff Tayo and Little Wizards (마법버스 타요) was released. This spinoff premiered on Netflix on September 17, 2021. The sixth season aired on September 1, 2021.

The series is available in Korean, English, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, German, Bulgarian, and Russian on the production company's official YouTube channel for the series.