Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Unaired Pilot (2003)

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.

The series was highly popular for Cartoon Network at the time and even has a fanbase on the Internet (Although very small nowadays)

What most fans don't know, is that the series had a pilot created for cartoon network in 2003 that never aired.

How it happened.
After Sam Register (The Creator), Pitched the idea of Puffy AmiYumi having a Cartoon series on Cartoon Network, the Animation studio Renegade animation did a test pilot for the series to see if cartoon network would actually start the Production of it.

Not much is known about the original pilot, rather than a few pictures and a short video of it and it was quite different than what the series would become,for example, Ami and Yumi looked very different than what they did in the series. Ami in some shots had ponytails rather than buns, and Yumi had a more Grunge look to her and even having a fang stick out of her mouth, The Animation was also very jerky at times.

The pilot was sent to Cartoon Network and they accepted it and it was to air on late 2003, but for unknown reasons, the pilot was reworked and later Premired on November 19, 2004.

The series Premire was sucsessful and was even at the time one of the highest rated shows to premire on cartoon network.

Status of the Pilot.
A preview of this pilot was shown on cartoon network dvds and vhs tapes in the early 2000's. It is unknown who has a copy of this pilot,although it is possible that the creator may have a copy but until something shows up of the pilot, it is a mystery what the series what would have been like in it's early stages.