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Visional Pop will handle audience content strategy as well as consumer products designed for the regional market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNiko Studio has created a character with incredible charm and cultural resonance in <em>Bichi Mao<\/em>,\u201d said Benjamin Grubbs, director of Visional Pop. \u201cWe see tremendous opportunity to introduce this unique IP to North America and grow a passionate new fan community. This collaboration exemplifies our mission to support creator-driven properties and scale them into global franchises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to partner with Visional Pop to share <em>Bichi Mao<\/em> with fans in North America,\u201d added Wee Lim, co-founder of Niko Studio. \u201cTheir deep expertise in developing creator-led IP and understanding international markets makes them the perfect partner. Bringing <em>Bichi Mao<\/em> to a global audience has always been our dream, and this partnership brings us one step closer to making that dream a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visional Pop and Malaysia\u2019s Niko Studio have partnered to launch the animated series Bichi Mao in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7389,"featured_media":30441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[10957,11433,11434,10959,11435],"class_list":["post-30435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-benjamin-grubbs","tag-bichi-mao","tag-niko-studio","tag-visional-pop","tag-wee-lim","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Visional Pop &amp; Niko Studio to Launch Bichi Mao in North America - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-niko-studio-to-launch-bichi-mao-in-north-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Visional Pop &amp; Niko Studio to Launch Bichi Mao in North America - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Visional Pop and Malaysia\u2019s Niko Studio have partnered to launch the animated series Bichi Mao in North America.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-niko-studio-to-launch-bichi-mao-in-north-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-12T13:43:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-12T15:40:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/2025-09-12-1-Bichi-Mao-925.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kloudia Sakowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kloudia Sakowski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-niko-studio-to-launch-bichi-mao-in-north-america\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-niko-studio-to-launch-bichi-mao-in-north-america\/\",\"name\":\"Visional Pop & Niko Studio to Launch Bichi Mao in North America - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-12T13:43:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-12T15:40:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0c0fb596604e018568d0e01fe463109b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-niko-studio-to-launch-bichi-mao-in-north-america\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-niko-studio-to-launch-bichi-mao-in-north-america\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-niko-studio-to-launch-bichi-mao-in-north-america\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Visional Pop &#038; Niko Studio to Launch Bichi Mao in North America\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0c0fb596604e018568d0e01fe463109b\",\"name\":\"Kloudia Sakowski\",\"description\":\"Kloudia Sakowski is the associate editor of World Screen. 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