Thanks to the series director, this long lost pilot was found and can now be viewed on KZfaq! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nq1gp7h4ntTdqqc.html

It's amazing how few people even know about kappa mikey at all. It's almost like it never existed.

Kappa Mikey's art looks like it was taken from a how to draw manga book

I KNEW IT! I knew this existed! I saw this a few years ago, thought I was seeing things.

I love how much care you put into each pre-production of your videos. While it's informative in all of its glory, be careful about how high your music is in decibels. The audio peaks around -6 dB so most film experts just set background music to -20 dB. This episode was such a trip and I can't wait for your next video.

Kaiko here. What I said in my post there is true, but yeah this pilot is pretty much lost. BTW, the Beat Crusaders tune you play underneath the video was used as the 4th OP to the Bleach anime, and as you know, the band also composed and performed the Kappa Mikey theme song. But they disbanded in 2010. More and more assets from this show are getting sunk into the sea of obscurity.

Mikey from the mtv pilot looks like fry from Futurama.

I hear persona 3 dorm music in the background. Nice.

That guy on the top right in the MTV version is wearing a shameless ripoff of the saiyan armor from DBZ. Pretty funny considering the guy who does his voice in the Nickelodeon version of the show also plays Goku in the English dub of DBZ

I'd imagine an MTV Kappa Mikey would feel like the Persona games

I thought I lost this show forever, or thought it was just something I imagined. I loved kappa mikey when I was a kid. Thank you so much for letting me regain apart of my childhood that's been lost for 11 years

So... does that mean Oozu really did cancel Lily-Mu at one point?

i miss kappa mikey lmao haven't watched it in years

Since it was for MTV, I'm guessing it was pretty much the same as a regular episode but with more hentai jokes.

Hmm... This seems really interesting...

did you talk to andrewful? i think he did worked on kappa Mikey.

I don't remember much of the actual NickToon Kappa Mikey, but I do remember there was this one episode where Fish-sticks hypnotized people... I never ate a Fish-stick again.

I'm so glad the internet remembers Kapa Mikey. It was one of my favorite shows as a kid for its blatant anime parody style.

Sadly the website to Handmade Films isn't up anymore. Really wanted to contact them to get Kappa Mikey on Netflix or both seasons on DVD. The nostalgia train is strong and with anime more popular than ever it's worth a good shot.

It's a shame Kappa Mikey is so forgotten it's definitely a hidden gem and I'm happy I got the chance to watch it on Nicktoons

How is kappa Mikey obscure? I remember everyone in my school would talk about it

Kappa Mikey was my favorite show as a kid.

Kappa Mikey looks like a show you’d find in gta 5

YES ! Finally 50,000 views ! I love this video congrats LsupersonicQ

Hopefully it can be discovered one day if this video gets enough recognition! Great work & keep at it!

Love your channel. Love mysteries of lost things. (Video Games, Movies, Cartoons, ETC.) They always interest me.

I had no idea there was a previous version of this series. I just watched your video, in 2024, and I was one of the storyboard artists on the first two seasons of the Nicktoons series, including the aired “lost pilot. “ episode. I guess I’m going to go watch the original MTV version just out of curiosity now-lol. Thanks for making the video!

Your video was recommended to watch and I saw this video. I am a fan of Kappa Mikey and wish that it would be brought back because it was so cool! After I watched this video I subscribed.

this is actually a pretty good channel you just earned yourself a sub keep up the good work 👍

amazing! I love how much effort you put into these mysteries, if you ever need help researching and contacting people, I'd be honoured to help

Thank you for talking about this! I saw this show as a kid and whenever I mentioned it people would say "Hm, never heard of it.."

Funny how the show used the name "Kappa" when a kappa is a mythical turtle-like creature with a bowl-shaped hole full of water on their heads, though I suppose that was the point if naming it that here.

[ listening to the background music ] Whoa, hold up. Beat Crusaders did the Kappa Mikey opening theme? Mind blown.

HandMade Films was Beatle George Harrison's film company.

I ain't no weeb but as a kid I loved this show

This is the show I've remembered all my life but no one else did.

Oh my God- THIS is the show That's been on my mind for so long! I remembered watching this show when my mom did daycare, and this was on Nickelodeon pretty often.

Hi LSuperSonic Q, I love your videos and I am a fan of your work. I wanted to know if can do an episode on The Boondocks, and talk about/find their unaired 6 minute pilot that was shown to FOX executives in 2004, a year before the show was pitched to Adult Swim. If you don't know what the Boondocks is, it's a comic strip that was written and illustrated by comic strip artist, Aaron McGruder that ran from 19999 to 2006. An animated adaption of the Boondocks, written and animated by McGruder himself, and his animation crew ran on Adult Swim from 2005 to 2014. In 2004 McGruder pitched an animated pilot that was never seen by any of the fans. Last year in 2016, someone posted a clip of pilot on KZfaq, showing a nice moment between two of the main characters, Jasmine Dubois, and Huey Freeman, with of course, his brother Riley popping up at the last minute. Here's a link to the video:kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7JgpZicuLO6fHk.html And here's a clip from one of the second season episodes:kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iL12e6qi3N3ck5s.html I think this would be a good mysterious pilot to research on, and if anyone can do it well, it's you. Please consider doing an episode on this. It would be awesome if we could see the full pilot for once!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THIS SHOW FOR FIVE YEARS THANK YOU

Thank god we have the spongebob pilot

GOD THIS SHOW WAS FUCKING AWFUL BUT I LOVE IT FOR THE NOSTALGIA VALUE. And because of such, this is a pretty cool video.

man, this show was awesome. hope the pilot gets found!

Jesus, the Nick Mikey was already shitty quality but the MTV one somehow looks worse. How is that possible?

Absolutely loved this show.

came for kappa mikey, stayed for the dank persona music

Enjoyed the vid. Can you do one about Doraemon 1973?

Kappa Mikey was one of my favorites when it was airing, I barely got to watch it but I always loved watching the few episodes I saw. The theme song has always been one of my favorite theme songs. I wish this show could’ve gotten more love, it probably would’ve done a lot better now. Especially because anime and Japanese culture has had a resurgence of interest.

I find it funny how 10 years ago, when the series premiered, weebs hated the shit out of it calling it a disgrace, but now most anime fans love it. It's mostly due to how they slowly had the realization that kappa mikey, rather than a mocking of their favorite animes, was an homage to them.

I grew up with this show so I would love to see this pilot

(I accidentally deleted my earlier comment) Seriously dude, bless you for bringing back all these memories. I'm assuming the format of your videos are simplistic and intentional, it does remind me of the old-ish websites back in the day. I stumbled upon a yokai handbook and I saw the monster Kappa and it was like, my favourite yokai ever. Part of me thinks that may be because of this show(minds work in mysterious ways), but nonetheless I was surprised to see this. I didn't recognise it at first based on the thumbnail, but when I finally got around to watching it, the designs and song and name finally made sense.Again, bless you for bringing back all these old shows and sorry for the comment spam. I saw the purple monster guy and I remember the episode where he got his head stuck in a microwave, correct me if I'm wrong since I'm guessing a lot of cartoons have that joke. It's just something very prominent that I'm confident I remember.

Uniquely animated? That's a laugh as it was Flash-animated. I can only imagine how much better Kappa Mikey would have been if it was an MTV show instead of a Nick show.

Man that's so sad, piece of art lost :[

no no f****** way I just got done watching top 10 best flash animations and this was one of them and now a couple of minutes or later this video pops up

I hope we can find this pilot, if it wasn't for Kappa Mikey, I would've never joined KZfaq.

I seriously love this series:)

I REMEMBERED THIS! I remembered it was a show that parodied what I would later know as anime. I couldn't remember the name.

omg I love you for this thank you for kappa Mickey thank God

MY GOD, I have been trying to find this show for years and then forgot about it.

Wow, I completely forgot about this show. I remember watching it but I couldn't tell you anything that happened in it

i Love this Show and i was Sad when they Ended it but i liked that they Shown Mikeys Dad in one of the Episodes

You should totally do an episode on the Recess pilot. I can't find it anywhere, and the only clips of it I can find are in a preview from it in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNZ5jc6p2svFgmQ.html

i miss this show

The background music is the dorm music from persona 3.

Dont you see the name, its Kappa Mikey. I loved this show so much, watched it every single time it was on

F.Y.I the song that plays for the first half of the video is Iwatodi Dorm from Persona 3 Just in case anyone was wondering...

I've seen this a long time ago I just forgot the name thanx for reminding me

Did anyone else notice that the soundtrack used was from the Dorm Area in Persona 3?

The show was incredibly underrated. I knew a lot of folks that didn't quite get the point of the show as a parody.

Wow, I remember this show! I thought it was something I dreamed when I was a kid, but I guess not.

This was my shit.... I would stay up at night and watch this when I was 4-6 along with classic 90s cartoons.

I hear a bleach opening, lovely. You make good videos, thank you.

The song is - iwatodai dorm theme

I miss Kappa Mikey

Sweared that this show was a fever dream 😩 I remember waking up at 2 am at my grandma's with the theme song blasting

I loved this show

Woke up with yawn it's dawning, I'm still alive...

I never knew about this. Sad face its lost in time.

My gosh.... I remember this show :|.....

What is the song that plays in the background around half way in the video? It reminds me of Green Day

oh snap! I forgot about this show!

So glad I wasn't the only one who remembers this show, everyone I ask about it just seem dumbfounded lol

what is that music in the background? I dont remember it from the show @ around 3:14

wow! I actually remember watching that short clip on A.C. when I was a kid along with farm family at my grandparents with dial-up internet XD it was the coolest thing ever and I always wished it was a show but when it did it was nothing like it. (you must use kung fu, :why do I use kung fu, what's my character's relationship with the Kung Fu) that was a quote in it from what I can remember may not be 100% word for word but it use to take over a hour for that video to load and buffer. oh the good old days.

I remember watching this quite often when it aired on Teletoon back in the day; you could say this was, technically, my introduction to anime :3, though i don't remember the animation looking that cheap. Shame it's become obscure.

I remember watching this a kid. I watched the Spanish dub in Mexico. Who would've thought it became so obscure

never watched this show before but damn this video really makes me wanna check it out should I?

I remember watching the show

I loved this show. It’s not even that easy to find the episodes from Nick

this show could work as a teen show it's an interesting concept

I think one day we'll find it. I mean we found The Electric Piper and that was lost for 15 years!

Hell I'd just be happy with the current show getting a complete release on DVD. XD

Tbh kappa mickey feels like a fever dream

THIS WAS MY FAV CARTOON OH MY GOD

The creator of that show was the same guy that did Rumpus Toys, right? If so, anyone know where I can watch all the shorts after the site shut down in 2001?

What about asking one of the voice actors? Maybe they remember a few lines of their recording, or part of the plot. Seeing as the ending was absolutely bizarre, maybe it sticks out to them. Carrie Keranen (credited Evelyn Lanto), the voice of Mitsuki, says she's very attached to this character and she and the crew got very close from the recording seasons, and that they really got into it. It's possible that they might remember that episode in particular because of how different their characters and the formula was from what grew on them. Maybe she or any of the others may provide some more info, even if spaced up, and it'll give more pieces to the puzzle.

kappa mikey looks like ceda (even through last one appeared years later)

the persona 3 dorm music was NOICE

MY CHILDHOOD! T~T

I forgot this show even existed

I'm digging the Iwatodai Dorms music :p