Aplaplac is an independent Chilean production company, created in 2001 by Álvaro Díaz,

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, and Juan Manuel Egaña. It produced the Chilean children's puppet show ''

31 Minutos ''31 minutos'' (English: ''31 minutes'') is a Chilean comedy television series and a children's music virtual band created by the production company Aplaplac (owned by Álvaro Díaz, Pedro Peirano and Juan Manuel Egaña) that began to be trans ...

''.

History

Before founding Aplaplac, Díaz and Peirano had worked on shows such as '' Plan Z'', ''Gato por liebre'', and ''El factor humano''. The company was founded in 2001, being named after "''Instituto Aplaplac''" (lit: Aplaplac Institute), the name of one of their sketches on Plan Z. Some of their earliest works include ''Sangre, sudor y lágrimas'' (2001) and ''Mira Tú'' (2002). The company produced children's puppet show ''

31 minutos ''31 minutos'' (English: ''31 minutes'') is a Chilean comedy television series and a children's music virtual band created by the production company Aplaplac (owned by Álvaro Díaz, Pedro Peirano and Juan Manuel Egaña) that began to be trans ...

'', which was originally broadcast by

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, although it would also be broadcast by

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and

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later on. The first three seasons were originally transmitted between 2003 and 2005. Their first movie, ''

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'', was released in 2004. It consists of a mockumentary about infants' skulls being found on the island of Chiloé, and the investigation that follows. Aplaplac also helped produce a theatrical movie based on ''31 minutos'', under the name "''

31 minutos, la película ''31 minutos, la película'' is an 2008 Chiliean puppet film based on the Chilean puppet television show ''31 minutos'', directed by Álvaro Díaz and Pedro Peirano. The film premiere for the public had been scheduled since late 2006, but was de ...

"''. During 2009, Aplaplac created a spinoff of ''31 minutos'', ''Las Vacaciones de Tulio, Patana, y el Pequeño Tim''. Later that year, the company produced a music video for Chilean band Los Bunker's single, ''Una nube cuelga sobre mí''. They also created several music videos for Chilean musician Pedropiedra between 2011 and 2015. In 2012, Aplaplac announced that ''31 minutos'' would get a fourth season and a second movie, although the fourth season wouldn't arrive until 2014, and there wouldn't be a second movie at all. The fourth season would arrive to

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in 2020.{{Cite web, last=HB, first=Kat, date=7 January 2020, title=31 minutos, el noticiero más importante del mundo llega a Netflix, url=http://naciongrita.com.mx/31-minutos-el-noticiero-llega-a-netflix, url-status=live, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120131334/http://naciongrita.com.mx:80/31-minutos-el-noticiero-llega-a-netflix , archive-date=20 January 2020 , access-date=27 August 2020, website=Nacion Grita, language=es A spinoff of ''31 Minutos'' called ''Segurito'' was released by Aplaplac on YouTube in 2017.

References

External links

Official website (in Spanish)

Aplaplac's official YouTube channel
Television production companies Mass media companies of Chile Companies based in Santiago 2001 establishments in Chile Companies established in 2001