Nubo & Iko
Nubo, a round, furry lavender alien girl with big eyes and a camera, floating inside the station
Iko, a white robot with an orange cap, an orange bow tie and a glowing smile on its face screen, floating beside her

Animated series · ages 5 to 10动画剧集,适合5到10岁儿童

Fun space adventures where everything is based on facts. Nubo guesses, Iko tests, and every episode has real pictures or video from space.趣味十足的太空冒险,一切皆有科学依据。Nubo来猜,Iko来测,每一集都包含来自太空的真实照片或视频。

In production制作中 10 episodes in learning order10集内容循序渐进 Finnish and English芬兰语与英语

Scroll to fly out of the window向下滑动,飞出窗外

The series opening剧集片头

A ride through the Solar System, with real pictures漫游太阳系,配有真实画面

Nubo and Iko fly from the real Sun past the Earth, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, and home through the aurora. The Sun, the Earth, the Moon and the planets are real photos and video from NASA, each with the year it was taken.Nubo和Iko从真实的太阳出发,飞过地球、月球、火星、木星和土星,穿过极光回到家。太阳、地球、月球和行星都是来自NASA的真实照片和视频,每一处都标注了拍摄年份。

The idea核心构想

Every fact is true每一个事实都是真的

Nubo & Iko is full of jokes, chases and rescues. Only one thing is made up: their little ship Kuppi gets anywhere fast. Everything they see and learn on the way is real, and Iko always tells how long the trip would really take.Nubo & Iko 充满了笑话、追逐和救援。只有一件事是虚构的:他们的小飞船 Kuppi 去哪里都飞快。一路上他们看到和学到的一切都是真实的,Iko 总会说明,这趟旅程在现实中究竟需要多长时间。

A message takes minutes传一条消息要花几分钟

Light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes to reach us, and a radio call is no faster. So in the story nobody chats live with someone near the Sun.太阳光大约需要8分钟才能到达我们这里,无线电通话也不会更快。所以在故事里,没有人能和太阳附近的人实时聊天。

In the series剧集中In episode 1, light, a rocket and a plane race to the Sun. Light is there in about 8 minutes. The rocket would need more than half a year, from the summer holidays to Christmas, and the plane about 19 years.在第1集里,光线、火箭和飞机展开了一场飞往太阳的竞赛。光大约8分钟就到了。火箭则需要大半年,从暑假一直飞到圣诞节,而飞机大约需要19年。

Space is silent太空是寂静的

Sound needs something to travel through, like air, water or glass. Space is empty, so fireworks outside the window open without a bang.声音需要介质来传播,比如空气、水或玻璃。太空是空无一物的,所以窗外绽放的烟花没有一点声响。

In the series剧集中Iko knew it all along and says a polite “Boom.” for every explosion.Iko早就知道这一点,每次爆炸发生时,Iko都会礼貌地配上一声“砰。”。

Floating is falling漂浮其实就是下坠

The station falls toward the Earth all the time, but it also moves sideways so fast that it keeps missing. Everything inside falls with it, so everything floats.空间站一直在向地球下坠,但它的横向移动速度极快,以至于总是与地球擦肩而过。空间站里的一切都在随之下坠,所以一切都漂浮了起来。

In the series剧集中At the Welcome Station everyone floats from episode 1. Episode 5 explains why.在欢迎空间站,大家从第1集起就一直漂浮着。第5集解释了其中的原因。

Without air, a feather falls like a stone没有空气,羽毛下落得和石头一样快

At home the air slows the feather down. On the Moon there is hardly any air, so a feather and a stone dropped together land together.在地球上,空气阻力让羽毛慢了下来。月球上几乎没有空气,所以同时丢下的羽毛和石头会同时着地。

In the series剧集中Episode 4 tests it on the Moon, again and again, with bigger and bigger things.第4集在月球上一遍又一遍地测试了这个现象,用到的物体也越来越大。

Down points to the middle“下”其实指向地心

Gravity pulls everything toward the middle of the Earth. That is why people on the other side of the planet don’t fall off.引力把一切都吸引向地心。正因如此,地球另一端的人才不会掉下去。

In the series剧集中In episode 5 Nubo finds out that gravity pulls toward the middle of the Earth even up at the station.在第5集里,Nubo发现即使在空间站上,引力也同样指向地心。

Real photo: a green apple floating by a window of the space station, with the Sun and the thin blue edge of the Earth outsideReal photo真实照片 · NASA · 6 Feb 20142014年2月6日

Real pictures carry a date真实图像都带有日期

Every episode has real photos or video from NASA. Each has a small camera badge and the date it was taken, so children learn to tell a drawing from a photograph. In episode 1 the real space station crosses the Sun and films the aurora.每一集都包含来自NASA的真实照片或视频。每张图像都带有小相机图标和拍摄日期,让孩子们学会分辨图画与照片。在第1集中,真实的国际空间站掠过太阳表面,并拍摄下了极光。

In the picture画面解读An apple floating on the real space station. It falls around the Earth too.一个漂浮在真实空间站里的苹果。它也同样在绕着地球下坠。

The characters角色介绍

Friends at the Welcome Station欢迎空间站的好朋友

Nubo guesses, Iko tests, Taffi squeaks. Their home base is a small station in low orbit, and the real space station floats past the window now and then.Nubo来猜,Iko来测,Taffi吱吱叫。他们的基地是一座位于近地轨道的小型空间站,真实的国际空间站不时会从窗外飘过。

Nubo

A curious, cloud-soft alien girl from a faraway planet. She travels with her camera and wants a picture of everything for her family at home.一个充满好奇心、像云朵般柔软的外星女孩,来自遥远的星球。她带着相机旅行,想把遇到的一切都拍下来带给家人们看。

She talks, laughs and guesses first爱说话,爱笑,总是第一个给出猜想

She guesses boldly and is often wrong, the same way real children are. So the viewer always keeps up with her.她大胆猜想,也常常猜错,就像真实生活中的孩子一样。这样小观众就能始终跟上她的步伐。

When a guess fails, her antenna dims for a moment. Then she shouts: “Again!”当猜想落空时,她的触角会暗淡一下。紧接着她就会喊道:“再来一次!”

Nubo, a round lavender alien with big eyes, an antenna, a camera and a teal belt bag
Iko, a white capsule robot with an orange cap, an orange bow tie and a dark face screen, floating on a soft cyan glow

Iko

The tour guide robot of the Welcome Station: polite, careful and proud of its job. Iko checks every guess, never with a lecture, always with a test: “Good guess. Let’s test it!”欢迎空间站的导游机器人:礼貌、细心,并且以自己的工作为荣。Iko会检验每一个猜想,从不长篇说教,而是直接动手测试:“猜得真棒。我们来测测看!”

When Iko gets nervous, it polishes something. Its face is a screen of light, and it is the only one who talks to the viewer.每当紧张时,Iko就会找东西擦一擦。Iko的面部是一块发光屏幕,也是唯一一个直接与观众对话的角色。

Gender-neutral无性别设定Speaks to the viewer与观众对话

Move your pointer. Iko is watching.移动光标。Iko正在注视着。

Taffi

A tardigrade, small and tough like the real ones. Taffi lives in a sealed moss terrarium at the station and comes along in a little travel box.一只水熊虫,和现实中的同类一样小巧而顽强。Taffi住在空间站密封的苔藓生态缸里,外出时会呆在专属的旅行小盒子里。

Taffi never speaks. A squeak and a look are enough.Taffi从不开口说话。吱的一声和一个眼神就足够表达心意了。

When something startles Taffi, it curls into a ball, breathes in and out, and comes back out.受惊吓时,Taffi会蜷缩成一个小球,呼吸几下,然后重新钻出来。

Squeaks only只会吱吱叫Works in every language跨越所有语言
Taffi, a tiny peach-coloured plush tardigrade, sitting on a folded towel on moss inside a glass box

Kuppi Cup in English中文里的杯子

Nubo’s furry little saucer. Every saucer needs a cup, Nubo says. When the engine stops, everything inside floats, snacks included.Nubo毛茸茸的小飞碟。飞碟总得配个杯子,Nubo说。引擎一停,里面的一切都会漂浮起来,连零食也不例外。

The Welcome Station欢迎空间站

A small, cosy station in low orbit, about as high up as the real space station. Inside, everything floats: cups have lids, pictures stay up with magnets and Taffi’s moss is sealed in.一座位于近地轨道的小巧温馨的空间站,高度与真实的国际空间站差不多。在里面,一切都漂浮着:杯子带盖,画片靠磁铁固定,Taffi的苔藓也是密封保存的。

Real photo of the International Space Station above a sea of clouds, taken from a departing spacecraftReal photo真实照片 · NASA · 7 Mar 20112011年3月7日

The neighbour邻居

The International Space Station, the real one, glides past the window now and then. Iko greets it like a colleague: “Have a good orbit, neighbour!” Nubo calls it the Dragonfly and keeps trying to get a photo.真实的国际空间站不时会滑过窗前。Iko像对待同事一样向它打招呼:“邻居,祝你绕行愉快!”Nubo叫它“蜻蜓”,总想抓拍一张它的照片。

People have lived there every day for more than 25 years.25年多以来,每天都有人在上面生活。

Look closely仔细看

Can you spot the neighbour?你能找到这位邻居吗?

A real photo taken from the ground. The tiny dark shape in front of the Moon is the space station. Tap the picture to look closer.从地面拍摄的真实照片。月亮前那个微小的暗影就是空间站。点击图片可以看仔细些。

Season one第一季

Ten episodes, one journey十集内容,一段探索之旅

Each episode only needs ideas from the ones before it, so nothing comes out of nowhere. Children start with what they can see in the sky, then what they feel in their own bodies, and the two hardest ideas, the seasons and the distance to the stars, come last.每一集都只建立在前几集的认知基础之上,绝不会没头没脑地抛出新概念。孩子们先从天空中肉眼可见的现象开始,接着理解身体能切身感受到的规律,而四季变化与恒星距离这两个最难的概念则放在最后。

Every episode ends with a question the next one answers每一集结尾提出的问题,都会在下一集揭晓Working titles暂定剧名

Your own sky: the Sun, night, the Moon头顶的天空:太阳、黑夜与月亮

Your own body: falling, floating, sound自身的感知:下落、漂浮与声音

Faraway worlds: Mars and the giants遥远的世界:火星与气态巨行星

Seasons and stars四季与群星

1

Episode 1 · in production第1集,制作中

The Nearest Star最近的恒星

Question问题
What is the Sun, really?太阳到底是什么?
Nubo guessesNubo猜想
Stars are tiny sparkles. The Sun is big and yellow, so it can’t be a star.星星都是闪闪发光的小点点。太阳又大又黄,所以肯定不是星星。
We find out揭晓答案
The Sun is a star, our nearest star. The stars at night are suns too, so far away that they look like dots. The Sun’s light reaches us in about 8 minutes.太阳就是一颗恒星,而且是离我们最近的恒星。夜空中的星星也都是太阳,只是距离太远,看起来才像小点。太阳光大约需要8分钟才能照到我们这里。
2

Episode 2第2集

The Sun’s Bedroom太阳的卧室

Question问题
Where does the Sun go at night?太阳到了晚上去哪儿了?
Nubo guessesNubo猜想
It goes to sleep behind a mountain.它躲到大山后面睡觉去了。
We find out揭晓答案
The Earth spins. Night is the side facing away from the Sun.地球在自转。背对太阳的那一面就是黑夜。
3

Episode 3第3集

Who Eats the Moon?谁把月亮咬了一口?

Question问题
Why does the Moon change shape?月亮为什么会变样?
Nubo guessesNubo猜想
Someone takes a bite out of it every night.有人每晚都偷偷咬了它一口。
We find out揭晓答案
The Moon doesn’t shine by itself. The Sun always lights half of it, and we see a different amount of that half.月亮本身并不发光。太阳始终照亮它的一半,而我们看到的这一半面积总在变化。
4

Episode 4第4集

The Feather and the Stone羽毛和石头

Question问题
Do heavy things fall faster than light ones?重的东西比轻的东西下落得快吗?
Nubo guessesNubo猜想
Heavy things fall faster.重的东西下落得更快。
We find out揭晓答案
Without air, heavy and light fall equally fast. Air slows the feather down.如果没有空气,重物和轻物下落得一样快。是空气阻力让羽毛慢了下来。
5

Episode 5第5集

Floating Day漂浮日

Question问题
Why does everything float at the station?为什么空间站里的一切都会漂浮起来?
Nubo guessesNubo猜想
There is no gravity up here.太空中没有引力。
We find out揭晓答案
Floating is falling together. The station falls around the Earth.漂浮其实就是一起下坠。空间站一直在绕着地球下坠。
Boom.砰。
6

Episode 6第6集

The Silent Fireworks无声的烟花

Question问题
Why are there no sounds in space?太空中为什么没有任何声音?
Nubo guessesNubo猜想
The thick window swallowed the bang. Outside you would hear it.厚厚的窗户吸收了爆炸声。在窗外就能听见。
We find out揭晓答案
Sound travels through air, water and glass, but not through empty space. Light does.声音可以在空气、水和玻璃中传播,但无法穿过空无一物的太空。光却可以。
7

Episode 7第7集

The Sound of Mars火星的声音

Question问题
Can you hear sounds on Mars?在火星上能听到声音吗?
Nubo guessesNubo猜想
No, because Mars is in space.听不到,因为火星在太空中。
We find out揭晓答案
Mars has thin air and quiet sounds. Its red colour is rust.火星的大气很稀薄,声音也很微弱。它的红色其实是铁锈的颜色。
8

Episode 8第8集

Giants巨行星

Question问题
Can you land on Jupiter?能在木星上着陆吗?
Nubo guessesNubo猜想
Yes, every planet has a surface to land on.能,每颗行星都有可以着陆的表面。
We find out揭晓答案
Jupiter and Saturn are gas giants with no surface to land on. More than a thousand Earths would fit inside Jupiter. Saturn’s rings are mostly ice, with a little rock.木星和土星都是气态巨行星,没有可以着陆的表面。木星的肚子里能装下1000多个地球。土星环主要由冰块组成,夹杂着少量岩石。
9

Episode 9第9集

Tilted倾斜的地球

Question问题
Why is it cold in winter?为什么冬天这么冷?
Nubo guessesNubo猜想
In winter the Earth is farther from the Sun.冬天地球离太阳更远。
We find out揭晓答案
The Earth is tilted. It is closest to the Sun in January.地球是倾斜的。实际上,地球在1月离太阳最近。
10

Episode 10 · season finale第10集,本季终

Faraway Suns遥远的太阳

Question问题
What are the stars, really?星星到底是什么?
Nubo guessesNubo猜想
Small lamps on the ceiling of the sky.天空天花板上的小灯。
We find out揭晓答案
Stars are faraway suns, and their light has travelled for years.恒星是遥远的太阳,它们的光芒已经旅行了许多年。

Season two, ideas第二季构想

Comets, Pluto, the asteroid belt and planets around other stars.彗星、冥王星、小行星带,以及环绕其他恒星的行星。

First stop, up close第一站,近距离接触

The Nearest Star最近的恒星

Nubo arrives at the Welcome Station in beach gear: she wants to sunbathe right next to the Sun. A star? Not a chance: “Stars are tiny sparkles. The Sun is big and yellow, it’s no star!” Iko has never left the station, but a good guide never lets a guest go alone, so it squeezes into Nubo’s little Cup.Nubo穿着沙滩装来到欢迎空间站:她想就在太阳旁边晒日光浴。恒星?绝不可能:“恒星都是闪烁的小光点。太阳又大又黄,根本不是恒星!” Iko从没离开过空间站,但优秀的导游绝不会让客人独自出行,于是Iko挤进了Nubo的小杯子。

Iko tries to polish the sunspots away, but they are real. Nubo’s chocolate melts into floating balls. In a real NASA photo their neighbour, the International Space Station, crosses the Sun as a tiny dark shape. Nubo finds out that the Sun is a star after all, our nearest star, and that the stars at night are suns so far away that they look like dots. Back at the station Nubo gets her beach anyway: a patch of sunlight that left the Sun about eight minutes ago. At the end, real video filmed on the space station shows the aurora.Iko试着把太阳黑子擦掉,但黑子是真实存在的。Nubo的巧克力融化成了漂浮的圆球。在NASA的一张真实照片中,邻居国际空间站化作一个小小的黑影掠过太阳表面。Nubo终于发现,太阳终究是一颗恒星,是离我们最近的恒星,而夜空中的繁星其实是极其遥远的太阳,远到看上去只是一个个小点。回到空间站,Nubo依然享受到了她的沙滩:一片大约八分钟前离开太阳的阳光。片尾,在空间站拍摄的真实视频展现了极光。

Coming soon即将推出

The Snack Ball零食球

A 25-second moment from episode 4, on the way to the Moon. Nubo has taught her snack ball to sit. It doesn’t stay.第4集中时长25秒的片段,发生在前往月球的途中。Nubo教她的零食球乖乖坐好。零食球可坐不住。

How children learn孩子们如何学习

Guess, look, explain猜想、观察、解释

Every episode turns one child’s question into a test the viewer can follow. Nobody lectures. The answer comes out of the story.每一集都把一个孩子提出的问题变成观众可以跟随的实验。没有人说教。答案自然在故事中呈现。

01

Guess猜想

Nubo up close, eyes wide, in the middle of a sentenceHeavy things fall faster!重的东西落得更快!

Nubo guesses first and gets it wrong, the way real children do: most of her guesses are ideas researchers have heard from children.Nubo先做猜想,而且猜错了,就像现实中的孩子一样:她的大多数猜想都来自研究人员从孩子们那里听到的想法。

02

Look观察

The test happens on screen and the result shows right away. On the Moon the feather and the stone hit the ground at the same moment, without a sound.实验在屏幕上展开,结果立刻显现。在月球上,羽毛和石头在同一瞬间落地,悄无声息。

03

Explain解释

Without air, a feather and a stone fall equally fast.没有空气时,羽毛和石头落得一样快。

One short sentence a child can repeat. The key fact gets the golden stamp, and every stamped fact has a NASA source.一句孩子能随口重复的简短话语。核心事实会获得金色事实印章,每一条盖章事实都有NASA来源作为依据。

Two layers in every episode每一集的两个认知层次

The youngest take home what they saw年龄较小的孩子记住亲眼所见

“On the Moon the feather and the stone landed together.”“在月球上,羽毛和石头是一起落地的。”

Older children take home the reason年龄稍大的孩子理解背后原因

“At home the air slows the feather down. Without air they fall equally fast.”“在家里,空气让羽毛慢了下来。要是没有空气,它们落得一样快。”

In every episode每一集都包含

  • Nubo’s wrong guessNubo错误的猜想
  • Tests with results right away立刻揭晓结果的实验
  • The golden fact stamp金色事实印章
  • Real NASA pictures or video, with their dates标明日期的NASA真实图片或视频
  • A postcard home寄回家的一张明信片
  • A home experiment, with an adult大人陪伴下的家庭小实验
  • Tomorrow’s question明天的问题

Built on research into how children learn science. Safety rules always come with their reason, and nobody ever looks straight at the Sun.基于儿童科学学习方式的研究成果。安全规则始终伴有原理解释,而且绝不会有人直视太阳。

Drawn or real?手绘还是真实?

Real pictures prove it真实画面见证事实

Our Sun, Earth and planets are built in 3D from NASA maps and data. Then the real picture takes over, with a camera badge and the date it was recorded.剧中的太阳、地球和各大行星均基于NASA的地图与数据以3D建模构建。随后真实的画面接替呈现,并附有相机徽标和记录日期。

A drawing is never passed off as a real picture. Children learn to tell the two apart, and to ask when a picture was taken.手绘绝不会冒充真实图像。孩子们学会辨别两者的区别,并懂得询问图像的拍摄时间。

Our 3D Sun, white, with small dark sunspots
Our 3D Sun我们的3D太阳built from NASA SDO data基于NASA SDO数据构建
Real footage真实视频
NASA SDO · 9 May 2016NASA SDO · 2016年5月9日
Our 3D Earth, Africa and Europe in daylight
Real photo of the whole sunlit Earth from NASA's EPIC camera, 6 July 2015
Our 3D Earth我们的3D地球built from NASA maps基于NASA地图构建
Real photo真实照片
NASA DSCOVR EPIC · 6 July 2015NASA DSCOVR EPIC · 2015年7月6日

Format节目格式

One show, many languages一部动画,多种语言

9 to 119到11min分钟

Episodes run about 9 to 11 minutes.每集时长约9到11分钟。

5 to 105到10

Ages 5 to 10, and the adults watching with them.适宜5到10岁儿童,以及陪伴观看的成人。

10episodes集

Season one: ten episodes in learning order, one question each.第一季:十集内容按认知顺序编排,每集解决一个问题。

New language, new voices新的语言,新的配音

Finnish first, then English and other languages. Each language version records Iko and Nubo again. Taffi’s squeaks, the effects and the music are shared.先推出芬兰语版,随后是英语与其他语言版本。每种语言版本都会重新录制Iko和Nubo的配音。Taffi的吱吱叫声、音效与配乐则为通用资产。

Neutral for every market适合所有市场的中立呈现

No flags, borders, brands or religious symbols. No letters inside the picture: on-screen text is our own layer, made for each language.没有国旗、边界、品牌或宗教符号。画面内不含文字:屏幕文字采用独立图层,专为各语言定制。

Delivery交付物料

1920 × 1080 · 25 fps
EBU R128 · −23 LUFS
Full mix, M&E and stems完整混音、M&E音轨及分轨
Subtitles: SRT, WebVTT, SDH字幕:SRT、WebVTT、SDH

Companion game配套游戏

Space Passport, a browser game prototype: children guess, test and collect fact stamps in their passport, with Iko guiding them by voice. No ads, no purchases, no reading needed.《太空护照》,网页游戏原型:孩子们在Iko的语音引导下进行猜想、实验,并在护照中收集事实印章。无广告,无内购,无需识字阅读。

Nubo laughing with her eyes closed and both arms up

Contact联系我们

Get in touch联系我们

We are looking for broadcasters, co-producers and funders. Ask for the finished pilot minutes, the scripts and the season plan.我们正在寻找播出机构、联合制片方与投资方。欢迎索取已制作完成的样片片段、剧本及整季规划。

Joonas Palkonen

Producer制片人

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