GUYS, KEEP SPREADING THE WORD‼️‼️‼️ KEEP SPREADING, KEEP SPREADING IT, I BEG OF YOU‼️‼️‼️‼️🗣️🗣️😭😭😭

The other day, Nicolaï Chauvet aka Méko, original creator of Bunny Maloney/Pinpin le Lapin emailed me! Our email exchange unearthed a lot of interesting behind-the-scenes information about the show and the original flash pilot. I'll post the whole exchange and the photos he sent under the cut, but here's a quick summary.

He's been away from the internet for a while due to a back injury and is currently making a living designing collector's edition DVD box sets.

Bunny Maloney in its final form was intended to be a show for teens and up; he thought that was made clear, but Moonscoop and Kabillion clearly had other plans. He had no idea that the show was ever distributed for younger kids overseas. He received no royalties for the overseas distribution, either.

Pinpin le Lapin was not originally intended as a TV pilot, but after winning an award for it, he decided to alter the tone and presentation into something more workable as a TV program, the initial conception of which is shown in the images below.

He would like to continue the show, but since Moonscoop was dissolved, he's not sure who currently owns the IP and what they plan to do with it, if anything.

"Pinpin le Lapin" became "Bunny Maloney" due to the meddling of, quote, an "army of 40 year old Parisian mothers" who represented Moonscoop's executive board at the time. The name "Bunny Maloney" was chosen because they believed it would be more marketable to an American/English speaking audience. This "Mother's Mafia" is the entire reason that Bunny Maloney was watered down for a younger audience in the first place (although it certainly kept some of its edge).

And then he sent a bunch of pictures from the show's original pitch bible, which I believe has never been made public before!

First email + new Charlotte illustration

Follow up email:

+ unexpected twist that Charlotte was meant to be a sheep all along!

this is a logo that I made for my brother! Keeping it hidden until he uses it though 😔

John Galliano//Dior spring 1998

I made a pendant for my moms birthday but idk where it is and didn’t take any pictures of it so I technically fulfilled the challenge but I don’t have any proof whoops

My 3 predictions for the rest of the year:

Americans will pretend to be Jamaican for some reason

Floral print will be popular in spring

A prominent figure in the anime community will be struck by truck

THE FACT WE GOT TO THE POINT OF REACHING THE DIRECTOR OF BUNNY MALONEY IS AMAZING…

BUNNY MALONEY NEVER DIES!! 🔥🙏🏾

it's gotten to the point of winter where the notion of summertime feels like a distant dream. "you will be warm, not just cold-and-also-sweaty, AND it doesnt cost any money to get warm. and all you have to do is wait". sure, and after we die we go to the land of gumdrops and honeydew. tell me somehting more plausible. i know i will be cold forever

who are THESE guys.

And done! A mock up poster for each ep. Of the Devil's Playhouse (extra attention given to 303. Partly because of the major tonal shift and partly because. I like 303)

Finally finished on a more technical level 😌