Popee the Clown (1999 pilot)

Popee the Clown is an unaired pilot and sample video of Popee the Performer, created by Ryuji Masuda with character-design by his wife, Makako Masuda. It was made in 1999, a year or two before the show was fully produced and aired. The funniest thing about it is that the pilot looks better than the actual show. How embarrassing.
The song "S.O.S. (The Tiger Took My Family)" (holy shit guys my tiger took my family hostage help :-( - bri) by Dr. Bombay, is played in the background.
== Plot ==
The pilot takes place in an empty circus located in the middle of a desert. It starts with Popee, a young clown boy in a bunny suit, sawing Kedamono, an anxious mulberry wolf with a mask, in half while dancing to the music and reading a book that simply shows how to do a magic trick. Kedamono is then seen worried about his body (kedamono shouldve died right then and there), and Popee wishes him good luck while he imagines being the best performing circus clown. (popee you narcissistic fuck, fuck you) However, Kedamono can be seen pouting on Popee's leg because his legs are gone, and the pilot ends.
== Differences between the show and the pilot ==
* Kedamono's fur is slightly lighter in this pilot.
* The animation was much more slower and less robotic compared to the actual show's animation.
* The pilot looked child-friendly (which means it includes no deaths or disturbing content).
* "MAGIC" has scenes recycled from the original pilot, and the part where Popee was dancing was removed in the final version.
* Kedamono also had a much bulkier appearance compared to the actual show.