Clay Kids

Clay Kids is a Spanish stop motion animated series created by Javier Tostado. The series narrates the adventures of seven misfit kids. It was produced by Clay Animation and was distributed by Cake Entertainment and was aired from 5 July 2013 to 14 August 2015.

Plot
Some kids brought together by chance get into wacky situations in their magical clay town.

Main characters

 * Flippy (voiced by Michael Derry) in the English version and (Ignasi Diaz) in the Spanish version is a troublemaker who hates studying and loves to rap. He thinks of himself as popular, attractive and funny. He is good friends with Robbie.
 * Motor (voiced by Mark Allen Jr) in the English version and (Jose Garcia) in the Spanish version is a gamer and amateur DJ. He doesn't have good manners or etiquette and he's often rude to others unintentionally. Motor is left side paralyzed and moves around in a motorized wheelchair.
 * Carol (voiced by Karen Strassman) in the English version and (Julia Sorli) in the Spanish version is very intelligent and determined to save the planet. She's a good and responsible student, but she is not popular with her classmates. She is good friends with Albert.
 * Robbie (voiced by David Markus) in the English version and (Ximo Solano) in the Spanish version is a bully. He is repeating the grade for the third time and is therefore the oldest in his class. He enjoys to doing graffiti and often bullies his classmates. He is good friends with Flippy.
 * Naomi (voiced by Natalie Mitchell) in the English version and (Marina Vinals) in the Spanish version a rich girl who is materialistic and quite judgmental. She enjoys texting and shopping. She wants to be a part of the 'popular' crowd, but she is excluded from their clique.
 * Jessi (voiced by Quinn Kitmitto) in the English version and (Vero Andres) in the Spanish version is a 13-year-old girl who is naive and child-like. She is very kind to others and loves skateboarding. She is good friends with everyone.
 * Albert (voiced by M.J Lallo) in the English version and (Cristina Soler) in the Spanish version is the shortest. He is smart and enjoys art, science, astronomy and reading poetry. He falls in love very easily and quickly. Albert has many allergies and is also asthmatic.

Secondary characters

 * Frank (voiced by Michael Derry) in the English version and (Jose Manuel Casany) in the Spanish version is Carol's father and manager of the Cyber Cafe and likes computer games.
 * Ms. Henderson (voiced by Susan Haight) in the English version and (Julia Sorli) in the Spanish version is the teacher.
 * Principal (voiced by Mark Allen Jr) in the English version and (Jose Manuel Casany) in the Spanish version is the school principal who appears in some episodes.
 * Doctor Ed (voiced by David Marcus) in the English version and (Jose Manuel Casany) in the Spanish version is the doctor. He appears in some episodes.

Episodes
Season 1 and 2 each contain 26 episodes, making a total of 52 episodes.

DVD releases

 * No DVD releases were released as Clay Kids was never released on DVD since most episodes are lost.

Development

 * Clay Kids began development in somewhere around 2012 where production of the series were slated for a 2013 broadcast on July 5.

App game
A mobile app game titled Talking Clay Kids was released for iOS and for Android between September and November 2013. The game was made by My Talking Toys

Broadcast
Gloob held a preview for the series in Brazil on 29 June 2013 and the series officially premiered on 5 July 2013.

In Spain, Clay Kids aired on Clan on September 13, 2013. In Finland it aired on YLE. In Africa the show was aired on Zuku Kids. In Portugal it aired on Canal Panda and Biggs. In Mexico it has aired on Canal 22 and Clic Clac. In Ecuador it aired on Oromar Televisión.

In the UK, Clay Kids aired on Pop and on CBBC. On 1 June 2015, Clay Kids moved to its sister channel, Pop Max. Reruns continued to air on Kix until late 2017. The series' final airing was on August 14, 2015. Reruns are no longer shown on Pop Max as the last time it aired was on August 28, 2017.

The characters' mouths are moved to mimic the English speech, since according to the producers, the Spanish audience is already used to dubbed TV shows, and unlike an English audience would not be bothered by a lack of synchronization between mouth and speech.