''Clanners'' is a Spanish children's animated short-form series aired on
Televisión Española
Televisión Española (acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in ...
's
Clan channel produced in 2011 and 2012. It debuted on 23 May 2011.
The series focuses on the fictional inhabitants of a
parallel universe which are called Clanners; the first Clanner was created when a human
DNA molecule merged with a quantum of electromagnetic energy inside a computer. This similarly happened with other types of DNA molecules and electronics, thus creating the Clanners and their world. The Clanners have traits of humans, animals or robots, and have a curiosity of the human world. The Clanners are divided into four tribes: Minisapiens, Biotron, Amorfix, and , but are nevertheless together. One of the Clanners, Render, is the only one that can access the human world, and will bring any object to the Clanners world that interests him and for others to learn from.
The band
Maldita Nerea recorded a song titled "Bienvenido a nuestro Clan" for the show.
El Chojin
Domingo Edjang Moreno (born 28 April 1977), better known by his stage name El Chojin (pronounced as in Japanese , not with a Spanish ''J''), is a Spanish rapper and songwriter. He is the current Guinness World Record holder for most syllables ...
and
La Oreja de Van Gogh also contributed to the show's first music album.
India Martínez
Jenifer Yésica Martínez Fernández (Córdoba, Spain, October 13, 1985), known professionally as India Martínez, is a Spanish flamenco and pop singer. Her artistic name was made out by the first manager she had at the age of 17, when she signe ...
sings the song "Mi mejor regalo eres tu" included on the second album ''Suma y sigue''.
The show won the Mejor Personaje Infantil award at the 2012 Festival El Chupete.
Characters
*Render is a yellow minisapien who resembles a robot. He can access the human world. He is able to fly using his propeller, and can communicate using the human language.
*eCocó is a minisapien who resembles a human girl, and wears a pink cat costume. She also speaks the human language, has a talent for music and wants to protect the environment. She's part of a trio with and eCoré.
* is a minisapien who wears a green mouse costume.
*eCoré is a minisapien who wears a violet dog costume.
*Doctor OnOff is a minisapien who is a
mad scientist
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. He has a
power symbol
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adorned on the container of green slime on his head. Also capable of speaking the human language, he builds machines and experiments, and wants to conquer the Clanner world, and the human world as well.
*Perlita is a biotron who resembles a
mollusk
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. She is playful and naughty.
*Fredo is a biotron who resembles a
pig
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with long ears. He is rock-fashioned and rides his own vehicles, the Fredomoto, Fredoneta, and Fredoavión.
*Rey Ceviche is a biotron who is big and blue, and resembles a Mexican
luchador
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, his head and torso are those of a fish. He bears super strength and creates art.
*Capitán Memo is an amorfix who is made of green jelly and wears a red spacesuit. He wants to be a superhero despite lacking superpowers.
*Débora is an amorfix who is teal, and wears a pink barrel hat. Having a voracious appetite, she transforms into a monstrous, eel-like form in order to eat.
*iPé is an who resembles a humanoid robot. Also capable of flying, she is intelligent and can speak the human language.
*Bit, Bip and Bop are three playful who resemble robots. Bit is yellow, Bip is green, and Bop is blue. They can also speak the human language.
References
External links
Website on Clan RTVEClanners on the Selecta-Vision websiteAnother Clanners page on the Selecta-Vision websiteClanners on Ink Apache website
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2010s animated television series
2011 Spanish television series debuts
Spanish children's animated science fiction television series
Computer-animated television series
RTVE shows
Animated television series about robots