Fun Fun Elmo is a Mandarin Chinese-language series, mixing animation and live action segments. Each episode introduces a tone, word and writing-stroke method for a character in the Chinese alphabet. Seen on the show are Elmo and Guy Smiley. Using the same designs as Sesame Street English, the show is essentially the opposite goal, but with a similar format. It airs on SinoVision in the United States, and CCTV and Toonmax in China. Thirteen nine-and-a-half-minute episodes have been produced, with 13 more due to be released in October 2012.