HUBRIS / Slate 002 In Development Ichi · Ni · San · Shi

1,2,3,4 Go! Go! Go!

Four women. Four motorcycles. One band. Ichi, Ni, San, and Shi don't need permission, approval, advice, or a boss — just a count-off. Turn it up. They're going their own way.

Format
Punk-Pop · Song + Skit
Episodes
8 × ~8 min
Status
In Development
Audience
All-Ages · Loud
01Proof of Concept
Trailer · Coming Soon
1,2,3,4 / Pilot Tease

Pilot tease & series bible available on request

02The Pitch

Four women. Four motorcycles. Nobody's permission.

Count us off. Turn it up. We're going our own way.

Ichi. Ni. San. Shi. One, two, three, four — four women, four motorcycles, one band. Their song "Ichi Ni San Shi Go! Go! Go!" is the whole project's manifesto compressed into a count-off: we don't need an introduction, we need a downbeat. This is their world — the gigs, the rides, the schemes, the noise — lived entirely on their own terms.

At its core the show is about independence, individuality, friendship, and having fun on nobody's schedule but your own. The attitude is punk — but not angry, and never preachy. They aren't making a grand political statement. They aren't trying to prove anything to anyone. They just don't need permission, approval, advice, or some boss telling them how to live.

The tone is a collision: Puffy AmiYumi crashed into The 5.6.7.8's, Pizzicato Five sharing a lane with Björk, 1980s-90s Japanese punk-pop, motorcycles, Speed Racer energy, and hyper-stylized Japanese pop culture all in the same frame. Colorful, fast, playful, a little chaotic — and cool without ever trying to be.

Each of the four has her own distinct personality, her own look, her own motorcycle, and her own role in the group. Apart, they're four very different women. Together, they become something bigger — an exuberant force that turns every gig, every ride, and every bad idea into an event.

And here's the key: it's not really about rebellion against anything. There's no villainous system, no oppressive establishment they're fighting. The rules simply never mattered to them.

It's not rebellion against something. It's the joy of not giving a shit about the rules in the first place.

03Visual Treatment

Colorful. Fast. Cool without trying.

Hyper-stylized Japanese pop, turned all the way up. Candy color against wet asphalt. Speed lines that mean it. The bikes are characters — four machines as distinct as the women who ride them — and when the band rides in formation the frame goes full Speed Racer: horizon tilted, color screaming, nobody blinking.

Performance is the visual centerpiece. When the count-off hits, the show shifts gears — music-video logic takes over, the palette saturates, and the world bends around the song. Every episode earns at least one number that could stand alone as a single.

The rule of the look: it never winks at the camera. The chaos is composed, the color is deliberate, and the style is worn like a leather jacket — theirs, lived-in, and not for sale. Playful, a little unhinged, and effortlessly cool because nobody on screen is trying to be.

04Episodes · Season One · A Song and a Skit

Eight gigs. Zero apologies.

Sample season · subject to change

101
Ichi Ni San Shi Go! Go! Go!
Four women, four bikes, one borrowed PA. The count-off that starts everything.
102
No Manager
A man in a very good suit explains how he's going to make them huge. They let him pay for dinner. The answer was no before he sat down.
103
Parking Lot Superstars
The Battle of the Bands won't book them. Fine. They play the parking lot and take the entire crowd with them.
104
Shi's Tuesday
Nobody knows where Shi goes on Tuesdays. The other three follow her. It goes places none of them expected — including Shi.
105
200 km/h Lullaby
One fan, one sunrise show, four hundred kilometers away. An all-night ride to play for a single person who needs it.
106
The Permission Slip
The venue needs a form, a stamp, a sponsor, and an apology. The band needs an extension cord. Only one of these problems gets solved tonight.
107
Ni vs. The Amp
Ni's amp dies the night before a show. A quest through the back alleys of Akihabara, where every repairman has a theory and a past.
108
Turn It Up
The big label finally comes calling, offering everything they never asked for. The season ends the way it started: 1, 2, 3, 4 —
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Pilot script, series bible, and the 1,2,3,4 songbook available on request.

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