Somewhere in 2005 - Before we officially looked for investors, we decided to produce a mock episode of Katakune to test out the concept.

The result is something called ‘My Pumky Bank’.

Looking back at it now, it wasn’t great, but we don’t think that it was too shabby either.

We wanted to position Katakune as a preschooler cartoon series that taught preschoolers all sorts of EQ and IQ based knowledge in short and sweet 2 minute ‘bite-sized’ animations. So in the first few episode we decided to pick ‘doing chores for pocket money’ and ‘money-saving’ as the main themes of the episode.

Unfortunately when we officially began production and the process became mature, it became clear that ‘My Pumky Bank’ was not suitable for the new format. However, it does bring back many fond memories and mean a lot to the people who believed in Katakune from the very start.

More importantly, this was one of the episodes that convinced a team of investors and finally the Media Development Authority to support us.

Please tell us what you think of it

Last Modified : August 2nd, 2008 Filed under : Concept & Development Navigate : Previous post / Next post