TV SERIES · 2015– · TURKEY
İbi
17 archived facts 1 topic 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
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- #001
İbi holds the distinction of being the first production made in Turkey with Toon Boom Harmony software and broadcast on television, making it a technical milestone in the history of Turkish animation.
- #002
The series was produced by a team of 15 at Kelebek Animasyon Stüdyosu, part of Koza Yayın AŞ, and was designed to target children aged 6 to 8.
- #003
Director Sinan Ölmez devised the series' story, its characters and the fictional fairy-tale universe of Baldiyar, and also served as project designer.
- #004
The script was written by Ayça Çağlayan, Sinan Ölmez and Özgün Karaca, meaning Ölmez was involved in both the design and the writing processes of the production.
- #005
The series' music, effects and final mixes were done by Burak Çağlar Özdemir.
- #006
Filmed in Ankara, the series achieved great success in the ratings after its first episode aired on 15 June 2015.
- #007
Baldiyar, where the story is set, is a fictional universe designed by Sinan Ölmez; it contains many different locations, such as Kava Ormanı, the machine city of Robon, Zaman Adası and the cloud city of Gökada.
- #008
Some locations in Baldiyar are directly linked to the characters: İbi was born in Kava Ormanı, Tosi in Maku Bahçeleri, and Hoppa and Pumba in the machine city of Robon; Maku Bahçeleri is always in the spring season.
- #009
When Tosi eats pat pat yemişleri, she turns into a giant flying turtle; this transformation is one of the character's distinctive traits used throughout the journey.
- #010
The series was broadcast in Albanian in Albania on Tring's Tring and Tring Kids channels, which mostly air Turkish series, with permission obtained from TRT.
- #011
İbi is the first production made in Turkey with Toon Boom Harmony software and shown on television.
- #012
The series was produced by a team of 15 at Kelebek Animasyon Stüdyosu, owned by Koza Yayın AŞ, and was designed for children aged 6 to 8.
- #013
The story, the characters and the fictional fairy-tale universe of Baldiyar were designed by director Sinan Ölmez, and the script was written by Ayça Çağlayan, Sinan Ölmez and Özgün Karaca.
- #014
Filmed in Ankara, the production achieved success in the ratings from 15 June 2015, when its first episode aired.
- #015
İbi was broadcast in Albanian in Albania on Tring's Tring and Tring Kids channels with permission obtained from TRT.
- #016
When Tosi eats pat pat yemişleri, she turns into a giant flying turtle.
- #017
Tosi's grandfather Tidebo prepared the Resimli Baldiyar Atlası over years of exploratory journeys.
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