Storyline
Discover the story behind the screen.
Popee, an apprentice clown, and his assistant, Kedamono, attempt various circus acts and go about their daily lives as performers. Things have a way of going wrong, however—whether it's a blinding rage, burning jealousy, or even something as simple as hunger, and their mentor, Papi, is little help to the chaos they tend to find themselves in.
Popee, an apprentice clown, and his assistant, Kedamono, attempt various circus acts and go about their daily lives as performers. Things have a way of going wrong, however—whether it's a blinding rage, burning jealousy, or even something as simple as hunger, and their mentor, Papi, is little help to the…
Episodes
Episode 1 · MAGIC
Popee attempts to practice the sawing-in-half trick on an unwilling Kedamono. Surprisingly, it's successful. At least, until Popee tries to put him back together...
Episode 2 · LIMBO
Popee tries to limbo. After becoming frustrated with his lack of success, he has Kedamono give it a go, who is very good at it. Jealous, Popee increases the difficulty.
Episode 3 · ACROBATICS
While performing acrobatics on a barrel, Popee becomes stuck inside. Kedamono tries to help as things get worse.
Episode 4 · KNIFE THROWER
After catching Kedamono sneaking around to practice knife throwing, Popee forces him to practice...as his target.
Episode 5 · FIRE BREATHER
Popee, while performing fire-breathing for Kedamono, accidentally causes a UFO to crash. Alien's first appearance.
Episode 6 · PANTOMIME
Popee becomes irate after Kedamono's ability to pantomime nearly runs him over.
Episode 7 · KARATE SHOW
Popee demonstrates his karate skills and attempts to rescue Kedamono's birthday cake from a Frog. Frog's first appearance.
Episode 8 · FIRE RING
Popee tries to get Kedamono to jump through a ring of fire.
Episode 9 · MIMIC
Popee puts on a gorilla mask made by Kedamono. Kedamono is horrified as Popee starts acting like an actual gorilla and must stop him from getting further out of control.
Episode 10 · GUNMAN
While practicing trick shots with a shotgun, Kedamono and Popee must stop a stray bullet.
Episode 11 · SWALLOWER
Popee demonstrates his talent for sword swallowing and becomes over-zealous, resulting in disaster.
Episode 12 · ESCAPE SHOW
Popee tries an escape act.
Episode 13 · DANCE
After an accident while dancing, Popee's eyes fall out and Kedamono accidentally breaks them. After Popee can't find his eyes, Kedamono tries to help him find a replacement.
