Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (found pitch pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2003)

The pilot's logo.

Status: Found

Date found: 05 Apr 2018

Found by: Lincar Rox

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi was a Cartoon Network series that ran from 2004 to 2006 and was about the adventures of two rockstars named Ami and Yumi who have misadventures around the world.

After Sam Register (the creator) pitched the idea of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi having their own cartoon series on Cartoon Network, the animation studio Renegade Animation created a test pilot, in the hopes of swaying Cartoon Network to green-light the show's production.

The pilot was sent to Cartoon Network and they accepted it and it was to air in late 2003, but for unknown reasons, the pilot was reworked and later premiered on November 19th, 2004. The series premiere was successful and was even at the time one of the highest rated shows to premiere on Cartoon Network.

A preview of this pilot was shown on Cartoon Network DVDs and VHS tapes in the early 2000s. On April 5th, 2018, a user named Lincar Rox uploaded the full pilot on Vimeo. Lincar apparently received the pilot from the series' director, Darrell Van Citters, at request. In late April 2020, Lincar Rox deleted his Vimeo account, however, the pilot can still be viewed on Archive.org.

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A promo for the pilot.

A full pilot.

See Also

• The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (partially found "Wedgies pilot" of Cartoon Network animated series; 2007)
• Nikki (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2000)
• Captain Sturdy (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)
• IMP, Inc. (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)
• Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe (partially lost pilots from animation studio; 2008-2011)
• Jeffrey Cat: Claw and Order (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2002)
• Major Flake in "Soggy Sales" (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)
• The Powerpuff Girls (lost pilot of Cartoon Network animated series reboot; 2016)
• Uncle Gus (partially found original English audio of Cartoon Network animated pilots; 2000-2001)
• Regular Show (partially found Flash pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; late 2000s-2010)
• Mess O' Blues (partially found prototype short of "Johnny Bravo" Cartoon Network animated series; 1993)
• Billy and Mandy in Trepanation of the Skull and You (found prototype short of "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" Cartoon Network animated series; 1995)
• A Kitty Bobo Show (found storyboard of cancelled second animated pilot for Cartoon Network; 2002)
• Camp Lazlo "Monkey See, Camping Doo" (lost test pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2004)

External Links

• Renegade Animation's Wikipedia page.
• Wikipedia page on episode listings for Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.
• Lincar Rox's Vimeo page.
• The full pilot on the Internet Archive.