Lisa Sankar-Zhu
At a Kidscreen Summit in Asia, in 2014, I was trying to interest a senior representative from Nickelodeon in one of my animation series, which was in development. But my pitch didn't sell, because my IP did not fit into the profile of new programs the Channel was looking for. However, the representative from Nick did ask me a question, which my mind latched on to.
The question was whether I had anything for preschoolers involving two characters (it could be kids or anthropomorphic animals) as unlikely friends. I didn't. But I did not dismiss the question.
After months of dwelling upon that question, the concept for Harvey Hippo and his unlikely best friend (that best friend will be revealed only in the third book) was born. And, I chose to present Harvey to kids in picture-book form before working on the TV animation series, which I'll be doing in the future.
The question was whether I had anything for preschoolers involving two characters (it could be kids or anthropomorphic animals) as unlikely friends. I didn't. But I did not dismiss the question.
After months of dwelling upon that question, the concept for Harvey Hippo and his unlikely best friend (that best friend will be revealed only in the third book) was born. And, I chose to present Harvey to kids in picture-book form before working on the TV animation series, which I'll be doing in the future.
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