The series is based on a series of children's picture books by Naomi Iwata. It was first aired on Teletoon in Canada on September 3, 2001, with the final episode being aired on September 18, 2002. In Japan, the show aired on TV Tokyo, and in the U.S., it aired on Cartoon Network in 2003.
Cube Town is a small, isolated coastal village which contains an art museum, a beach, a lighthouse and a canal. Pecola is an orphaned penguin who lives with Pecolius, his grandfather.