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Nizam Razak dalam perarakan Hari Malaysia 2011

2011-09-27T18:16:00.001+08:00

Salaam,

Pada 16 September lepas, Pengarah Urusan Animonsta Studios yang juga pengarah siri BoBoiBoy, Nizam Razak telah menyertai perarakan sempena sambutan Hari Malaysia di Dataran Merdeka. Pada hari tersebut, Nizam telah dianugerahkan dengan gelaran Tokoh Negara sebagai tanda penghargaan di atas pencapaiannya di dalam industri animasi tempatan, seiring dengan tokoh-tokoh tempatan yang lain termasuk Datuk Lee Chong Wei dan Dato’ Malek Noor.

Nizam berarak bersama maskot BoBoiBoy dan Yaya sambil mengibarkan bendera Malaysia.

Kami di Animonsta Studios mengucapkan terima kasih kepada pihak kerajaan Malaysia di atas penghargaan yang terbaik ini! Tidak lupa juga kepada para penonton atas sokongan anda semua! Tanpa sokongan anda, kami tidak akan berada di sini!

Terbaik!!

Salaam and Good Day!

On the 16th of September 2011, the Managing Director of Animonsta Studios Sdn. Bhd. as well as the Director of BoBoiBoy, Nizam Razak was given the prestigious honour of joining the Hari Malaysia parade. He was named a Tokoh Negara for his contribution in the local animation industry, alongside famous figures such as Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Dato’ Malek Noor, among others.

Nizam marched with BoBoiBoy and Yaya, proudly waving the Malaysian flag at the crowd of patriotic citizens who attended the parade.

We at Animonsta Studios would like to extend our deepest thank you to the Malaysian Government for honouring Nizam to be a part of the parade as a Tokoh Negara. Not to forget, our sincerest thanks goes to you, our awesome viewers for your amazing support! We would not be here without you!

Terbaik!! ;D

BoBoiBoy @ Berita Harian 13/08/11

2011-08-13T15:59:00.000+08:00

Boy Nizam
Oleh Fairuz Zaidan
fairuzaidan@bharian.com.my
2011/08/13

KEGHAIRAHAN Mohd Nizam Abd Razak bercerita mengenai dunia animasi mengagumkan. Petah menyusun kata, terserlah cita-cita besarnya untuk membawa dunia animasi tempatan ke kelas dunia. Sebagaimana buah tangan terbarunya, BoBoiBoy mula mencipta fenomena baru, jom selami resipi kejayaan anak muda kreatif ini...

PADA usia baru 28 tahun, jejaka ini sudah menduduki kerusi Pengarah Urusan Animonsta Studios Sdn Bhd, syarikat animasi yang diwakili kelompok anak muda kreatif tempatan.

Read full article here.

Thank you to Fairuz Zaidan and Berita Harian for the great article

Promo Episod Baru BoBoiBoy!

2011-06-23T11:02:00.003+08:00

Jangan lupa untuk saksikan episod terbaru BoBoiBoy bermula 3 Julai ini! Jadual tayangan adalah seperti berikut:

Episod 5: 3 Julai 2011
Episod 6: 10 Julai 2011
Episod 7: 31 Julai 2011

BoBoiBoy @ New Straits Times 20/06/11

2011-06-20T13:31:00.001+08:00

Tech: Fine-tooning BoBoiBoy

Four colleagues with a passion for comics and creative technology combined their talents to come up with a popular 3-D animation series. SITI SYAMEEN MD KHALILI meets themMUM, dad, don’t worry too much if the kids spend a lot of time watching cartoon shows or reading comic books. For all you know, they might turn out like Anas, Kee, Nizam and Safwan. Still in their early 20s, these four alumni of Multimedia University who have been friends since their teens, make up the core creative force behind the BoBoiBoy TV 3-D animation series.

Read the full article

We'd like to thank Syameen and NST for the great article.

The Voices behind BoBoiBoy and his friends!

2011-06-15T15:04:00.000+08:00

Salaam and Good Day!

Now that BoBoiBoy has been aired for 4 episode on TV3 since March 13 I'm sure some of you have been wondering, who are the voice actors for BoBoiBoy and his friends. So here you have it the pics of the voice actors who have worked hard in bringing life to BoBoiBoy and friends.

BoBoiBoy: Nur Fatihah Diaz (BM) & Wong Wai Kay (ENG)

Yaya: Nur Sarah Alisya Zainal Rashid (BM) & Fairuz Arfa Ariff Syah (ENG)

Ying: Yap Ee Jean (BM) & Chan Su Ling (ENG)

Gopal: Dzubir Mohammed Zakaria (BM & ENG)

If you also pay attention to the credits, you'll notice that some of the Monstas have lent their voices for some extra characters. Try to spot them in the series if you can.

Also BoBoiBoy will begin broadcasting on Disney Channel South East Asia this 18th of June 2011. Don't forget to catch the episodes that have been dubbed in English and Mandarin.

Hiring Graphic & Web Designers

2011-05-23T14:15:00.001+08:00

Heads up! Animonsta is hiring for the position of:

Graphic & Web Designer
Requirements:

Possess a Diploma or Degree in Digital Media or equivalent.
Experienced in using Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator.
Good sense of design & understanding of layers,mask,filters,image blending.
Must be a strong team player and can work independently as well.
Programming knowledge is a big plus.

Send your resume, cover letter and portfolio to info@animonsta.com

Peraduan Terbaik BoBoiBoy dan Soalan Minggu 2 & 3

2011-05-16T12:12:00.000+08:00

Selamat Hari Wesak!

2011-05-03T17:12:00.000+08:00

Ying, BoBoiBoy, Yaya, Gopal dan juga semua krew di Animonsta Studios ingin mengucapkan Selamat Hari Wesak kepada semua yang beragama Buddha.

BoBoiBoy @ Berita Harian 28/04/11

2011-04-28T13:39:00.000+08:00

Boboi Boy untuk semua
Oleh Rozdan Mazalan
rozdan@bharian.com.my
2011/04/28

ANTARA watak menarik animasi Boboi Boy yang disiarkan setiap Ahad, jam 7 malam di TV3.

Kemunculannya bakal merancakkan lagi bidang animasi tempatan

SELEPAS Upin & Ipin melakar fenomena tersendiri dunia penyiaran dan perfileman, sebuah lagi animasi yang mungkin tidak kurang hebatnya kini sedang menunggu masa untuk munculna iaitu Boboi Boy.

Produk pertama keluaran Animonsta Studios (AS) hadir bukan untuk menyaingi mana-mana animasi sedia ada, namun kehadirannya tidak lain adalah untuk memeriahkan industri animasi yang masih dianggap baru ini.

Read the full article here

Thanks to Berita Harian and Rozdan Mazalan for the article

BoBoiBoy @ Gempak May Issue

2011-04-26T19:36:00.000+08:00

http://www.gempakstarz.com/

In May's Issue of Gempak there is a 3 page cover of BoBoiBoy with plentiful pictures and info about the series. Below are scans of the feature but don't forget to grab the latest issue of Gempak now!

We would like to thank Harry, Kyon and the rest of the team at Gempak for the great feature.

Peraduan Terbaik BoBoiBoy dan Soalan Minggu 1

2011-04-25T20:47:00.004+08:00

[UPDATE 26/04/11] Untuk makluman semua Peraduan Terbaik BoBoiBoy telahpun bermula. Di sini kami telah uploadkan promo peraduan tersebut di youtube. Untuk melihat contoh-contoh lukisan sila layari http://www.facebook.com/boboiboy/. Berikut adalah Soalan Minggu pertama.

Soalan Minggu 1: Apakah kuasa elemen yang ada pada BoBoiBoy?

A - Api, Air dan Elektrik
B - Tepung
C - Angin, Petir dan Tanah

Semoga berjaya!

ps - Jangan post jawapan kat comments box sini! ;)

BoBoiBoy Volume 1 DVD!!!

2011-04-22T16:33:00.002+08:00

Great News! We're pleased to announce that BoBoiBoy's Volume 1 DVD will be available this 25th of April 2011 at all video stores and hypermarkets.

[UPDATE 26/04/11] To answer questions, Volume 1 will consist of Episodes 1 - 4 (4 Eps x 12 mins) and will be in widescreen format.

Meet Gopal!

2011-04-19T15:40:00.000+08:00

Here's a big thanks to everyone who has supported us throughout our BoBoiBoy series premiere on TV3! Meet Gopal! is now out on youtube in HD version. Thank you so much for watching the whole 4 Episodes of BoBoiBoy. Stay tuned to our announcement for the BoBoiBoy Terbaik Contest as well as future episodes that will be broadcasted in June.

Episod Ulangan BoBoiBoy

2011-04-12T21:49:00.003+08:00

Kami di Animonsta meminta maaf kepada semua peminat dan penonton BoBoiBoy yang kecewa dengan episod ulangan. Ada kami maklumkan di facebook seminggu sebelum episod ulangan tetapi kesilapan pihak kami ialah kami tidak letak di blog dan maklumkan dengan lebih jelas.

Untuk makluman semua, episod baru BoBoiBoy akan bermula hanya pada Julai sebanyak 4 episod dan baki 5 episod akan bermula pada cuti sekolah hujung tahun ini. Setiap musim hanya ada 13 episod sahaja.

Bagi menjelaskan lagi tentang perlunya episod ulangan, berikut adalah 3 faktor yang perlu ambil kira:

1) Had Kapasiti

Kapasiti produksi BoBoiBoy hanya mampu mengeluarkan 13 episodes setahun. Oleh kerana hanya 13 episodes, jadi memang akan ada episod-episod ulangan bagi memastikan BoBoiBoy dapat berada di kaca TV selama setahun (setahun ada 52 minggu).

Sekarang seramai 27 krew dipertanggungjawabkan untuk menghasilkan BoBoiBoy. Kapasiti ini agak rendah jika dibandingkan dengan bilangan episodes yang kami perlu hasilkan. Secara purata, satu episode setengah jam mengambil masa 6 - 8 minggu untuk dihasilkan.

Semestinya pihak Animonsta akan menambah ramai lagi krew. Asalnya kami mahu menambah krew untuk dapat menyiapkan siri dengan lebih cepat tetapi selepas melihat kepada permintaan orang ramai terhadap BoBoiBoy The Movie, kami membuat keputusan untuk tenaga baru masuk ke team movie.

2) Kepentingan "Pilot" dan "Season Break"

Pada peringkat awal siri BoBoiBoy ini, kami sebenarnya kurang pasti sejauh mana kejayaan BoBoiBoy apabila ditayangkan nanti. Setelah berbincang, kami bersetuju untuk menggunakan formula "pilot" dan "season break". Dengan ini kami dapat melihat reaksi dari penonton. Dari reaksi yang kami terima untuk episod 1 hingga 4, kami dapat menggunakan maklumat tersebut untuk membuat siri yang lebih sesuai untuk penonton.

Sebagai contoh, pada peringkat awal, kami mensasarkan penonton yang berumur 7-12 tahun. Namun selepas tayangan, kami mendapati penonton remaja dan awal dewasa juga meminati BoBoiBoy (lebih dari 50% adalah penonton remaja dan awal dewasa). Maklumat seperti ini membantu kami untuk mencipta episod yang lebih dekat dengan penonton. Selepas ini anda akan dapat lihat siri BoBoiBoy lebih cenderung kepada remaja juga.

Untuk tahun ini BoBoiBoy akan muncul dengan episod baru sebanyak 3 kali iaitu bulan Mac, Julai dan Disember (cuti sekolah). Untuk mengelakkan siaran ulangan yang banyak pada musim ke-2, kami sedang mempertimbangkan untuk memulakan musim ke-2 pada Jun 2012. Bermakna episod-episod baru akan ditayangkan pada bulan Jun dan juga Disember.

3) Siri baru

BoBoiBoy adalah siri animasi baru. Dari minggu ke minggu, semakin ramai yang menonton BoBoiBoy. Namun bagi penonton baru, mereka terlepas episod-episod awal. Siaran BoBoiBoy diulang bagi memastikan untuk penonton baru dapat mengikut jalan cerita BoBoiBoy dari awal lagi. Ini amat penting kerana siri BoBoiBoy berkesinambungan.

Apa pun, kami krew Animonsta menjanjikan hanya yang terbaik. Kami meminta maaf sekali lagi kepada penonton dan peminat yang kecewa dengan siaran ulangan BoBoiBoy. Kami harap peminat faham dengan situasi ini.

p/s: Pihak TV3 dan Animonsta sedang bekerjasama untuk pertandingan "BoBoiBoy Terbaik!!!". Nantikan next entry diblog ini mengenai peraduan ini!

Meet Ying!

2011-03-26T17:57:00.000+08:00

or Meet Popo the Penguin, depending on how you look at it. Many people have asked us why Ying loses her powers when she sneezes and gets them back when she sneezes a second time. We're not sure ourselves so you'll have to keep on watching BoBoiBoy to find out. Hope you guys enjoy it!

BoBoiBoy @ The Star 18/03/11

2011-03-18T10:41:00.000+08:00

BoBoiBoy: New 3D animation series

By SZETO YAN WENG
entertainment@thestar.com.my

Everyone needs a superhero, but some come in the most unlikeliest of guises, like the bunch in the new 3D animation series BoBoiBoy.

FOLLOWING the runaway success of Upin & Ipin, director Mohd Nizam Abdul Razak (better known as Nizam), has exhibited that the best is yet to come. BoBoiBoy, which made its debut on TV3 last week, is a new 3D animation series from part of the team behind Upin & Ipin as well asGeng: The Adventure Begins.

“We realised that Malaysians still do not have a child superhero icon. That’s when we got the idea to introduce BoBoiBoy,” said the director, when asked why he picked a superhero kid concept for his animation. He added that he felt “the concept itself would easily be accepted as long as the storyline is good.”

Nizam explained that each episode would be different, with the heroes – four in total – exploring their individual powers.

Read the full article here

Thanks to The Star and Szeto Yan Weng for the article.

BoBoiBoy @ Utusan Malaysia 15/03/11

2011-03-15T11:43:00.000+08:00

Boboi Boy adiwira hebat

Oleh KHADIJAH IBRAHIM
khadijah.ibrahim.com.my
Gambar SHAHRIL AZMAN ZAIN

TANYA sahaja pada kanak-kanak, siapakah adiwira atau superhero pujaan mereka, pasti ada yang menjawab Ben 10, Shinichi Kudo dalam siri Detective Conan, Ultraman dan sebagainya.
Bukan kanak-kanak sahaja yang meminati siri animasi berkenaan, malah orang dewasa pun turut mengikutinya seperti mana siri kartun Upin & Ipin yang berjaya mencipta fenomena sebelum ini.
Fenomena baru dijangka akan melanda dunia animasi tempatan menerusi siri baru, BoBoiBoy sebanyak 13 episod yang ditayangkan di TV3, pukul 7 malam, Ahad lalu.
BoBoiBoy merupakan adiwira baru terbitan Animonsta Studios Sdn. Bhd., yang dicipta oleh sekumpulan tenaga mahir yang sebelum ini pernah mencipta Upin & Ipin.
Mereka yang bertanggungjawab menghasilkan BoBoiboy adalah Pengarah Urusannya, Mohd. Nizam Abd. Razak, Pengarah Eksekutif, Mohd. Safwan Abd. Karim, Pengarah Kreatif, Muhammad Anas Abd. Aziz dan Pengarah Penerbitan, Kee Yong Pin.

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Read the full article here

Thank you to Khadijah Ibrahim and Utusan Malaysia for the article.

BoBoiBoy @ Murai.com.my 14/03/11

2011-03-15T04:12:00.002+08:00

Produser Nafi Boboiboy Tiru Animasi Jepun, Astroboy

Teks Oleh: zyzamani
Foto Oleh: Mazlan Yunos Photography

KUALA LUMPUR 14 MAC 2011: Siri animasi baru TV3, Boboiboy memaparkan kisah mengenai seorang kanak-kanak yang bernama Boboiboy yang mempunyai kuasa luar biasa yang diperolehinya secara tiba-tiba. Kuasa tersebut digunakan bagi menyelamatkan koko jualan datuknya yang ingin dicuri oleh makhluk asing.
Tidak keseorangan dalam misi menyelamatkan koko tersebut, Boboiboy turut ditemani oleh tiga lagi rakan iaitu Gopal, Yaya dan Ying yang juga mempunyai kuasa adiwira.

Sepanjang peristiwa bergelut dengan makluk asing serta menjalani kehidupan mereka bersama-sama, pelbagai kisah lucu yang mencuit hati turut dipamerkan dalam siri animasi 3D terbaru itu.
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Read the full article here

Thanks to Murai and Zyzamani for the article.

BoBoiBoy @ Harian Metro 15/03/11

2011-03-15T04:04:00.004+08:00

Boboiboy tak saing Upin & Ipin

Oleh Wan Asrudi Wan Hasan
wanasr@hmetro.com.my

SELEPAS sekian lama peminat disogok dengan impak besar menerusi siri animasi popular, Upin & Ipin, kini tiba giliran siri baru, Boboiboy, satu lagi animasi hasil kerja dan kreativiti rakyat tempatan.

Kehadiran siri animasi yang diterbitkan Animonsta Studio Sdn Bhd itu bukan untuk menyaingi siri animasi tempatan sedia ada Upin & Ipin. Sebaliknya memberi pilihan kepada penonton selain membuktikan bidang animasi tempatan semakin berkembang serta mendapat pengiktirafan di peringkat antarabangsa.

Pengarah Urusan Animonsta Studio, Mohd Nizam Abd Razak yang juga bekas pengarah Upin & Ipin berkata, animasi ‘superhero’ itu bukan untuk menyaingi mana-mana pihak sebaliknya fokus utama mereka adalah memberi pilihan kepada peminat siri berkenaan.

Katanya, selain tampil bersama konsep animasi tiga dimensi (3D) ia turut mengetengahkan pelbagai pengajaran serta dapat mendidik penonton khususnya kanak-kanak.
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Read the full article here.

We'd like to thank Wan Asrudi and Harian Metro for the fantastic article.

BoBoiBoy's Premiere and the two songs from the show

2011-03-14T21:34:00.007+08:00

Salaam and Good Day,

After so many months of hard work and preparations, BoBoiBoy has finally premiered on TV3 on the 13th of March 2011. We were extremely grateful to find out that so many of you watched it and got word that the rating for the first episode was 1.05 million viewers. To those who watched, we sincerely hope you enjoyed it and would like to extend our deepest thanks for supporting us. Please share with us of what you think of BoBoiBoy at http://www.facebook.com/boboiboy. We'd love to know what you think about it. We'll also share new information and other goodies on the Fan Page.

On another note the show has finally premiered the ending theme song of BoBoiBoy entitled "Bersedia". Since many of you enjoyed it do not fret, ringtones will be available in the future. Till then we've uploaded the credits on youtube.

Composed by: Hana Abdul Aziz
Produced by: Yuri Wong
Vocals & Guitars: Hana Abdul Aziz

Also Yuri Wong from the Factory Music Studio has made a Making-Of of the Theme Song of BoBoiBoy! Our Hero!

Don't forget to catch the next episode of BoBoiBoy this coming Sunday. What will BoBoiBoy do with his new superpowers and how will Adu Du get back his prized possession? Stay tuned!

BoBoiBoy @ Juice Online!

2011-03-08T11:03:00.000+08:00

Many thanks to Ben Liew for the great article. View the full article!

Boi Wonder

Posted March 7th, 2011 at 9:00 am by Ben Liew

At 27 he has created Malaysia’s 1st internationally successful animated children’s series, with movie and merchandise to boot. Part of the team behind Upin & Ipin, Geng: The Adventures begins and now Boboiboy, JUICEchats with Mohd Safwan on animating for the young.

How was DigiCon6 and Tokyo? What did you get from the whole experience?
DigiCon 6 is a great platform for us to showcase and compare our animations with other Asian countries. We managed to gain some contacts from Japanese broadcasters and animation studios. It’s also a great experience to be able to visit the TBS Studio and Polygon Pictures, and be able to meet with their high-ranking managers and directors to exchange views. I’m very much amazed and thankful for their great hospitality during my stay there.

View the full article!

BoBoiBoy @ Majalah Kawan and Mangga!

2011-02-23T11:10:00.000+08:00

BoBoiBoy is featured the latest issues of Majalah Kawan and Mangga. We'd like to thank Utusan Karya for the great feature write ups.

BoBoiBoy in Harian Metro 16/02/11

2011-02-17T19:50:00.000+08:00

BoBoiBoy has just been featured in Harian Metro's Variasi on the 16th of February 2011. We'd like to thank Afiq from Harian Metro for the great 3 page feature.

Boboiboy telan kos RM2.6 juta
Oleh Afiq Hanif
afiq@hmetro.com.my
Original Article

KERJA KERAS...25 juruanimasi bekerjasama menyiapkan 30 episod Boboiboy.
MASIH ingat animasi pertama yang diterbitkan di negara kita iaitu Hikayat Sang Kancil pada 1978, diikuti dengan Monyet dan Buaya pada 1983?

Sejak itu, industri ini berkembang dengan adanya perkakasan, teknologi dan inovasi dari negara Barat terutama Perancis yang membawa era baru animasi negara dalam animasi empat dimensi, khusus pada pertengahan 1990-an.

Filem animasi tempatan pertama ialah Silat Lagenda dengan kos produksi RM3.5 juta.Filem ini mengambil masa dua tahun untuk disiapkan dan ditayang kepada umum pada 27 Ogos 1998.

Animasi tempatan lain yang ‘meletupkan’ dunia siaran ialah Usop Sontorian (1996-1998), Anak-Anak Sidek (1997-2004), Kluang Man dan sebagainya yang berjaya mendapat tempat di saluran utama televisyen tempatan.

Kini, selepas Upin & Ipin mencipta sejarah terutama selepas menjadi filem animasi tiga dimensi (3D) tempatan yang pertama menjejak ke panggung dan terus memecah panggung, satu lagi animasi baru bakal menemui pengguna bulan depan.

Boboiboy, nama yang diberikan syarikat pembikinnya, Animonsta Studios Sdn Bhd, diterajui Pengarah Urusan, Mohd Nizam Abdul Razak dengan tujuh rakannya yang lain melonjakkan kemampuan bakat muda untuk mencipta hasil setanding produk Amerika Syarikat.

Pembikinan animasi Boboiboy mencecah kos RM2.6 juta untuk 30 episod dengan 25 tenaga pakar dikerah untuk menyiapkan siri BoBoiBoy yang mengambil masa 18 bulan untuk dihasilkan.

“Setakat ini, semua tenaga kerja berumur 30 tahun ke bawah dan kebanyakannya lepasan universiti dan kami bercadang untuk menambah lima lagi juruanimasi menjadikannya jumlah keseluruhan kepada 30 tenaga,” katanya.

Beliau memaklumkan, idea BoBoiboy timbul selepas mendapati bahawa Malaysia belum mempunyai ikon superhero kanak-kanak tempatan.

“Kami mahu membuat animasi yang mampu menambat hati penonton tempatan terutama golongan kanak-kanak berkonsep ‘Superhero Kita’ yang disertakan humor,” katanya.

Katanya, karakter BoBoiboy boleh mengawal elemen seperti angin, tanah dan petir namun sering lupa kaedah memulakan kuasanya.

“Manakala Yaya seorang budak perempuan bertudung yang mempunyai kekuatan seperti Superman, tetapi tidak suka berlawan. Dia akan dipaksa oleh kawannya untuk menyelamatkan keadaan,” kata Nizam.

Sementara karakter Ying mempunyai kuasa berlari laju sepantas kilat, tapi dia akan kehilangan kuasanya apabila bersin dan memperoleh kuasanya semula selepas bersin semula berlainan dengan karakter Gopal yang boleh menukar objek kepada makanan.

Nizam berkata, keghairahan menggunakan teknik 3D dibuat atas dasar daya tarikan yang kuat terhadap golongan kanak-kanak.

“Animasi memberikan pelbagai cabaran seperti perlu mencari keseimbangan antara kreativiti, teknikal dan aspek perniagaan.

“Ketiga-tiga aspek ini adalah ramuan yang paling penting bagi menjayakan sesuatu produk manakala penulisan skrip yang menarik dan bersesuaian dengan animasi juga antara cabaran utama,” katanya.

Menariknya, Animonsta menggunakan teknologi 3D menggunakan perisian Autodesk Maya selain Logic Pro sebagai perisian audio.

“Perisian Adobe Creative Suite pula berupaya mengemaskan tekstur muka dan karakter serta digunakan untuk rekaan di samping komposisi,” tambah Nizam.

Katanya, Autodesk Maya disifatkan perisian yang kompleks lengkap untuk menghasilkan dari proses model, ‘rigging’, animasi, pencahayaan dan ‘rendering’.

“Kami perlu membahagikan tugas berbeza walaupun menggunakan perisian yang sama. Semua proses terbabit dilakukan di alam maya dalam bentuk digital sebelum dizahirkan ke bentuk imej,” katanya.

Katanya, perisian sama kali ini lebih baik berbanding tiga tahun lalu terutama membabitkan tahap kesukarannya sebagai contoh simulasi kain jauh lebih kemas, proses mewarna yang cepat dan lebih berkualiti.

Bukan itu saja, Animonsta memerlukan 25 komputer dan 1 komputer pelayan untuk menyimpan data yang menggunakan perkomputeran medium disediakan MAC3 iaitu prasarana dikhaskan untuk syarikat kreatif.

“Rata-rata komputer kami dilengkapi pemprosesan Intel XEON Dual - Quad Core dengan memori RAM 4G. Jika proses render terlalu kompleks, kami menggunakan MAC3 Rendering Farm yang mempunyai 100 CPU untuk penghasilan imej,” jelas Nizam.

Bercakap mengenai proses rendernya pula, Nizam berkata ia boleh disifatkan seakan proses mewarna dengan meletakkan cahaya digital dalam senario dan kemudian dirender ke beberapa lapisan yang berasingan.

“Pengasingan lapisan dilakukan untuk memudahkan dan mempercepatkan proses render.

“Lapisan yang berasingan ini kemudian dicantumkan semula dalam proses komposisi untuk penghasilan imej yang terakhir,” katanya.

Sementara itu , beliau berpendapat, animasi tempatan sudah mendapat tempat
di hati rakyat Malaysia dan semakin banyak syarikat tempatan mula menceburi bidang ini.

“Ia penting untuk negara kerana animasi boleh mengharumkan nama negara di arena antarabangsa yang mengete ngahkan budaya dan cerita kita pada masyarakat luar di samping menyumbang kepada ekonomi negara,” ujarnya.

Mengulas lanjut, Nizam berkata, Malaysia sudah sampai di taraf antarabangsa atau Hollywood cuma faktor bajet boleh mengehadkan kualiti dan pencapaian teknikal.

“Kita dapat lihat syarikat gergasi di arena antarabangsa mula mencari animasi
di Malaysia kerana pencapaian mutu kandungan dan teknikal kita,” katanya.

Oleh itu, untuk lebih maju ke depan bantuan kewangan dan penerokaan pasaran antarabangsa bagi mendapat pulangan yang lebih tinggi dijadikan modal untuk menghasilkan mutu kerja yang lebih tinggi.

“Kami bernasib baik apabila menerima geran Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) bernilai RM1.96 juta melalui BCi2 Fund,” katanya.

Boboiboy juga kini sudah disunting saluran TV kanak-kanak antarabangsa popular, Disney yang akan memulakan tayangannya Jun nanti menunjukkan Boboiboy bukan calang-calang animasi di pasaran.

“Disney Channel memang menitikberatkan mutu. Apabila mereka memilih untuk menyiarkan Boboiboy menerusi saluran mereka, ia satu peng iktirafan besar buat Malaysia dan industri animasinya yang masih di peringkat permulaan,” katanya.

Sejarah sejak lima tahun kebelakangan ini membuktikan syarikat tempatan berupaya menghasilkan kandungan kreatif bertaraf antarabangsa untuk pasaran global.

Menurut Nizam, cabaran besar yang dihadapi syarikat tempatan ialah menghasilkan animasi bertaraf dunia pada kos penerbitan yang terhad.

“Industri animasi Malaysia kecil. Bajet produksi kita agak terhad berbanding syarikat terkemuka dunia yang menghasil kan sehingga RM1.1 juta bagi animasi tiga dimensi (3D) bagi tayangan selama setengah jam,” katanya.

“Pasaran Malaysia terhad, sebab itu kami meneroka di peringkat dunia. Kami percaya pemasaran animasi tidak dibataskan sempadan dan bahasa sesebuah negara,” tambah Nizam.

“Apa yang membanggakan kualiti animasi yang kita hasilkan menepati piawaian antarabangsa dan ini diakui sendiri pemain industri di peringkat antarabangsa,” katanya.

TV3 menjadi stesen televisyen yang sentiasa memberi sokongan padu terhadap pembangunan dan perkembangan animasi tanah air melalui siri baru Boboiboy yang bakal ditayangkan di slot utama jam 7 malam setiap Ahad.

Ruang yang diberikan stesen TV sebenarnya turut bertanggungjawab kepada perkembangan animasi keluaran tempatan memandangkan tanpa sokongan mereka, memang sukar anak muda yang kreatif dalam animasi dan multimedia mengembangkan bakat dan idea masing-masing.

Apatah lagi, kos penerbitan animasi terutama produk bersiri memang tinggi membabitkan teknologi multimedia canggih dan beberapa kesan khas.

Ditambah pula, proses pembikinannya juga agak leceh kerana memerlukan komitmen serta disiplin yang tinggi.

Oleh itu, kita berupaya menghasilkan sebuah animasi atau kartun yang baik kalau sanggup menyediakan peruntukan besar untuk membeli teknologi canggih seperti komputer berkelajuan tinggi atau mengambil seberapa banyak tenaga muda.

Menerusi kos yang besar itu, memang tidak menguntung kan kalau stesen TV sekadar membeli dan menyiarkan animasi yang panjangnya 10 episod atau 15 episod. Tapi ia dianggap satu pelaburan yang baik kalau stesen TV sanggup memberikan slot sekurang-kurangnya 30 episod bagi sebuah siri animasi.

Animasi menjadi semakin popular dan diterima masyarakat dunia selaras teknologi berkaitan yang berkembang pesat menyaksikan banyak perubahan daripada awal 1900 sehingga kini.

Teknologi dua dimensi (2D) menjadi pembuka tirai animasi sebelum aksi 3D mengubah fenomena menjadi lebih hebat, tetapi bagaimana ia membantu mengembangkannya?

Animasi 2D memerlukan sesuatu karakter disunting dalam komputer menggunakan grafik bitmap dan seterusnya direka menggunakan grafik vektor termasuk teknik animasi tradisional seperti ‘tweening’, ‘morphing’, ‘onion skinning’ dan ‘interpolated rotoscoping’.

3D memerlukan penggunaan komputer membina karakter berdasarkan poligon yang membenarkan pergerakan dalam bentuk digital (sculpture).

Proses ini dinamakan ‘rigging’ menggunakan pelbagai teknik termasuk fungsi matematik (graviti), simulasi serta kesan khas untuk sesuatu seperti pergerakan api dan air.

Perisian yang diperlukan bergantung kepada keperluan membina animasi baik termasuk Maya, ACIS, Animation Master, 3D Modeler, Renderman dan Interactive Scenario Builder.

Superkomputer pula dengan cip pantas mampu memproses empat gigabait data dalam tempoh satu saat selain dapat meningkatkan kelajuan pemprosesan data satu pertiga kali ganda daripada kelajuan yang ada sekarang.

Hasil kerja seperti proses pewarnaan digital dan mattle, mengubah visual, model 3D, animasi 3D dan pergerakan imej dalam filem menjadi kerja paling rumit.

Jangan anggap ‘industri kartun’ remeh hanya kerana ia kartun tapi ia mempunyai potensi pasaran besar tetapi belum diterokai secara bersungguh-sungguh oleh stesen TV tempatan.

Biarpun sekadar kartun, tetapi penontonnya bukan kanak-kanak saja. Orang dewasa juga meminati kartun.

Dari satu aspek, memang animasi sesuatu yang menarik kerana terbukti kualiti Malaysia diiktiraf oleh negara luar. Tapi dalam jangka panjang kita akan terasa kerugian dari segi bakat dan kemahiran kerana mereka menghasilkan kreativiti yang terhad tanpa tahu ke mana ia perlu disalurkan.

Meet Yaya!

2011-02-16T11:20:00.004+08:00

Hi Everyone! Here's another promotional video for BoBoiBoy! This time it's "Meet Yaya!". She's a cute girl who has the ability to fly and super strength.

2 New Promo Videos!

2011-02-11T21:07:00.002+08:00

Hello Everybody! As we're coming closer to BoBoiBoy's March 13th broadcast date, we've released 2 new promotional videos of BoBoiBoy: "BoBoiBoy Promo" and "Meet BoBoiBoy!". Check them out!

NEW! BoBoiBoy Teaser HD

2011-01-21T11:53:00.002+08:00

Here's our new BoBoiBoy Teaser in HD! TV3 has started broadcasting this Teaser recently so here it is on youtube if anyone missed it. BoBoiBoy will be shown on TV3 starting March, every Sunday at 7.00pm.

BoBoiBoy: Superhero Tempatan

2010-11-29T19:56:00.005+08:00

Recently BoBoiBoy has been featured in Utusan Malaysia Hits where the voice actors for BoBoiBoy are being announced for the very first time. We'd like to thank Norliza for the great writeup. You can view the original online article here.

Oleh NORLIZA MOHAMAD ZAKARIA
liza.zakaria@utusan.com.my

WATAK-watak dalam siri animasi memainkan peranan yang cukup penting dalam menghidupkan jalan cerita sesebuah karya. Apa sahaja bentuk animasi yang dihasilkan dari dalam mahupun luar negara, ia cukup dekat dengan jiwa kanak-kanak.

Produk sulung empat anak muda dari Animonsta Studios yang memperjuangkan daya kreatif menghasilkan animasi BoBoiBoy iaitu Mohd Nizam Abd Razak, Mohd. Safwan Ab. Karim, Muhammad Anas Abdul Aziz dan Kee Yong Pin sesungguhnya dinantikan oleh peminat animasi tempatan.

Biarpun ini merupakan buah tangan pertama daripada Animonsta Studios, kebolehan mereka menterjemah daya kreativiti sebelum ini diakui ramai dengan terhasilnya Upin & Ipin sehingga mencipta fenomena tersendiri tidak lama dahulu.

Rantaian 26 episod itu bakal menemui penonton di layar kaca TV3 dengan durasi 11 minit setiap episod bermula Mac tahun depan.

Menariknya, selain ditayangkan di TV3, BoBoiBoy bakal melangkah jauh menjentik emosi rakyat di 16 buah negara.
Ini kerana kini Animonsta Studios dalam proses akhir menandatangani persetujuan bersama sebuah TV stesen berbayar Asia Pasifik dan antarabangsa yang bakal bersiaran sekitar Jun 2011.

Animasi yang dihasilkan dalam dua versi iaitu bahasa Melayu dan Inggeris itu membawa dua pelantun suara, Nurfathiah Diaz, 11, dan Wong Wai Kay, 10, sebagai watak utama BoBoiBoy.

Seperti yang diketahui ramai, suara comel adik NurFathiah atau Fatiah sebelum ini memikat hati rakyat Malaysia apabila menjadi penyumbang suara untuk animasi Upin & Ipin.

“Saya seronok dapat peluang jadi penyumbang suara dalam BoBoiBoy pula.

“Berbanding Upin & Upin, rasanya BoBoiBoy lebih mencabar sebab perlu lakonkan suara untuk tiga karakter yang berbeza.

“Saya terima peluang ini kerana keseronokan yang pernah saya lalui semasa dengan Upin & Ipin,” kata Fathiah berkongsi pengalaman.

BoBoiBoy memaparkan kisah seorang budak lelaki berusia 10 tahun yang berupaya menukar dirinya kepada tiga karakter yang mempunyai tiga kuasa yang berbeza.

BoBoiBoy merupakan penentang keganasan makhluk asing yang turun ke bumi untuk mendapatkan biji koko.
Sebagai superhero, dia berupaya menukar dirinya kepada tiga karakter berbeza iaitu Bo, Boi dan Boy yang masing-masing mempunyai kuasa bumi, angin dan kilat.

Bagi penyumbang suara versi Inggeris pula iaitu Wai Kay, ini suatu pengalaman yang berbeza buatnya sementelah sebelum ini dia lebih condong beraksi untuk komersial.

Memulakan sesi rakaman suara sekitar Ogos lalu, akui Wai Kay, ia memberi cabaran yang berbeza kepadanya.
“Mula-mula rakaman sahaja sudah ambil masa separuh hari dan saya perlu berdiri sehingga tiga jam. Memang penat tetapi saya rasa seronok,” katanya.

Dalam memberi mood, jelas Wai Kay, dia mengikuti latihan agar lakonannya lebih berkesan bersesuaian dengan situasi dan intonasi suara.

Versi bahasa Inggeris BoBoiBoy telah dirakamkan sekitar Ogos lalu manakala versi Melayu pula bakal dirakamkan dalam waktu yang terdekat.

Selain BoBoiBoy, satu lagi watak yang dijangka bakal menarik perhatian ramai ialah Yaya yang dilakonkan oleh Nur Sarah Alisya Zainal Rashid (Alisya) untuk versi Melayu dan Fairuz Arfa Ariff Syah (Fairuz) untuk versi Inggeris.

Keterujaan mereka melakonkan watak tersebut cukup terserlah apabila masing-masing turut menyumbang idea berhubung gaya bahasa yang sering diungkapkan oleh kanak-kanak.

Bagi si cilik yang gemar menari, Nur Sarah Alisya atau Alisya, peluang melakonkan animasi tersebut tidak dipersiakan begitu sahaja.

“Watak Yaya kelakar sebab dia suka masak biskut dan berikan kepada kawan-kawan. Tetapi bila kawan-kawan dia kata tak sedap dia akan marah,” kata pelajar Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Jelutong, Selangor ini lagi.

Tambah Alisya, ketika ini perasaannya berdebar sementelah menunggu masa untuknya beraksi sebagai Yaya.

Tidak suka kepada keganasan dan sikap suka membantu membuatkan Fairuz Arfa, 9, tertarik untuk melakonkan watak Yaya untuk versi Inggeris.

Biarpun ini merupakan kali pertama dia menyumbang suara sebagai pelakon animasi namun segalanya memberikan keseronokan yang tidak mampu digambarkan dengan kata-kata.

“Masa rakamkan suara memang susah sebab ini pertama kali tetapi saya suka sebab kena buat suara yang comel.
“Yaya seorang sangat comel dan tidak suka keganasan. Dia juga suka membantu terutama ketika kawan dia dalam kesusahan,” katanya mengenai karakter yang dilakonkannya.

Yaya merupakan watak sampingan yang tidak kurang hebatnya. Sebagai budak perempuan bertudung yang mempunyai kuasa terbang, karakter berkenaan pasti menjadi tarikan kepada peminatnya kelak.

Antara watak lain yang turut menambah warna kepada siri yang mengangkat kisah superhero pertama kanak-kanak Malaysia itu ialah Ying, Gopal, Adu Du, Ochobot dan Tok Aba.

Happy 1st Birthday Animonsta!

2010-09-15T19:11:00.002+08:00

That's right! Animonsta Studios was formed on the 15th of September 2009 so today is Animonsta's Birthday! Hooray!!! In accordance with our 1st Anniversary, we would also like to thank everyone who has given us tremendous support from the day of our establishment to this very day. We wouldn't have made it this far without you. Also many good things will come in our 2nd year, particularly regarding BoBoiBoy's first television broadcast. That of course, you will just have to wait when we officially announce it.

Three Roars for Animonsta!

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

2010-09-08T17:42:00.001+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri from all of us at Animonsta Studios!

Animonsta in 3D WORLD

2010-07-16T17:37:00.004+08:00

Greetings,

Recently 3D World Magazine has published a special feature in their latest issue regarding the growing Animation Industry in Malaysia where they showcased the top MSC animation companies which includes Animonsta Studios! There's a writeup regarding a round table discussion between the companies on the state of the nation as well as a special one page feature on Animonsta itself.

Scans of 3D world front cover for issue 132 and our article

We would like to thank 3D World Magazine for dropping by our studio and featuring us in their magazine. We would also like to thank MDeC for sponsoring the feature and bringing them over.

So what are you waiting for? Go grab the latest copy of 3D World magazine and check it out.

http://www.3dworldmag.com/

Lyrics for the BoBoiBoy Theme song

2010-06-20T20:30:00.003+08:00

Quick Update!

Following our BoBoiBoy Trailer that we released, lots of people praised the rocking Theme Song for BoBoiBoy featured in the trailer. Well that'd be thanks to Yuri Wong and Jonathan Lee from the Factory Music Studio who is also composing music for the series. We're pretty excited with some of the stuff that's coming out from him but you'll have to wait until we release it on TV to hear them. We're also making a Bahasa Melayu version of the song for our Malaysian release so stay tuned for that.

Before that, we've been getting a lot of requests for the lyrics to the song so here they are.

BoBoiBoy Theme Song

Aliens invading earth for coffee beans,
Prized throughout the galaxy.
They're coming soon,
They're coming fast,
I don't know if we can last.

So we all need a saviour to defend the planet earth,
BoBoiBoy (x3)

Ying,
YaYa,
Gopal,
And our hero,
BoBoiBoy (x3)

The Launching of MaC3 Rendering Facility

2010-06-15T17:52:00.027+08:00

Good Day,

On the 14th of June 2010, MDeC organized an event here in Cyberjaya to launch the MaC3 Rendering Facility, a high performance setup made for public use. This is the same facility animonsta has been using to render our Animation production which the outcome you have witnessed in our recently released BoBoiBoy HD trailer.

Animonsta Studios receiving The BCi2 grant from Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin

This event was officiated by The Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in the presence of the crowds and the mass media. After the launch, Tan Sri was brought to a tour around MaC3 where he had a chance to visit Animonsta Studios. There we screened to him our latest BoBoiBoy trailer and talked a bit more about our product. We were very happy to see that he was pleased with our work.

Nizam explaining more about BoBoiBoy to Tan Sri

As a token of appreciation, we presented a framed caricature of Tan Sri posing along with BoBoiBoy, Ying, YaYa and Gopal. There has been plenty of news coverage of the event which you can view some of them below.

Utusan Malaysia :

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0615&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_02.htm&arc=hive

Utusan Online :

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=theMessenger&y=2010&dt=0615&pub=theMessenger&sec=Home_News&pg=hn_09.htm

Star Online :

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/6/15/nation/6472343&sec=nation

Bernama.com :

http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=505879

BoBoiBoy First Trailer!

2010-06-09T19:11:00.002+08:00

Good Day!

Animonsta Studios proudly presents the first ever BoBoiBoy Trailer in HD! Watch it with a big Widescreen monitor or a big HDTV to fully enjoy it. We also encourage you to "crank it up and listen to it on speakers with a minimum height of six feet for maximum blow-your-head-off-ness" as advised by Yuri, the composer of the theme song from The Factory Music Studio.

Hope you guys will forgive us for being a little quiet lately. The Monstas were hard at work producing the BoBoiBoy episodes and thought it's high time we compile them into a trailer to show everyone. Tell us what you think by dropping a comment ;)

A Monsta Expansion (New recruits)

2010-06-04T11:58:00.006+08:00

Good Day and Good June,

Since we posted about the available positions in Animonsta on our website, we've been getting plentiful applications to enter Animonsta. Here is the latest batch of recruits that has joined the ranks of Monstas. Joining the fray is also Kam, Iman and Rashdan who have all finished their FYP while they were with us as part time so they are now full time staff. On behalf of the the others in Animonsta, I welcome all of you to the team. Now let's get crankin' and boost our BoBoiBoy production! Ruwar!

Aditya, Athirah, Kean Cheok

Kenny, Lili, Ui Cheng

Other than the new permanent staff that has joined, there has been a new batch of recruits that enlisted replacing the old interns who have just finished their time with us. We'd like to thank the ex-interns for being with us for 3 months and wish them best of luck in facing your Final Year Project.

- the writer would like to note that he finds it strange that there hasn't been a new recruit who is an avid Star Wars fan like himself. Where are you guys hiding? I kid.

Muhammad Ammar bin Mohd Safwan

2010-06-03T18:12:00.000+08:00

Good Day All. Just a quick update (a much belated one that is) to share with everyone about our head Monsta Safwan's newborn baby. Baby Ammar was born on the 20th of May 2010 and on that day Safwan was smiling the whole time. All of us from Animonsta would like to congratulate Safwan and his wife Yana for Ammar's birth. CONGRATS!!!

Be a Monsta! Animonsta Studios is Hiring.

2010-05-18T12:41:00.000+08:00

Do you have what it takes to be a Monsta?

Are you creative? Do you love 3D Animation? A strong team player?

Well then you might very well be the Monsta we're looking for. Animonsta Studios is now expanding our team by hiring fresh graduates and experienced individuals to join our team of Monstas to produce the BoBoiBoy 3D Animated TV series. Currently we're looking for 3D Animators, Render Artists, Lead Compositor and Audio Designer. Seats are limited so don't waste time and apply now. Send your portfolio,resume and cover letter at job@animonsta.com

Internship placements are full!

2010-05-18T10:43:00.000+08:00

We would like to announce that we have reached our Internship/Practical/Industrial Training quota and will not be taking any more applications. We would like to thank you all for applying at Animonsta Studios, but due to limited placement we could not take all of you. We wish you luck in your Internship/Practical/Industrial Training programs.

The next Animonsta Internship intake will be on October 2010 onwards.

Thank you!

Congratulations!

2010-05-18T10:35:00.001+08:00

Good day!

Today, Animonsta Studios would like to congratulate Muhammad Akid (one of our internship students) who received the Best Student-Gamma (3rd year) award during the Film & Animation Night 2010 event. Good job Akid! We'll be looking forward to your coming work!

New and improved Animonsta Website!

2010-05-14T17:33:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone! We've just published our newly upgraded website at http://www.animonsta.com. There you can find more information about Animonsta, BoBoiBoy and some info on the positions available in Animonsta.

"What's that? You're hiring?"

Yes we are but more on that later. Anyway, if you're nosy enough to look around the website, you'll notice some screenshots from an upcoming episode of BoBoiBoy. We'll also update the site with any announcements and press releases that we will have from time to time.

Hope you guys like it!

Congratulations!

2010-04-06T11:40:00.002+08:00

Good day!

Today, we are congratulating one of Animonsta's apprentices upon receiving the Best Performing Student for Delta Year in Interface Design for the event Annual Creative Multimedia Awards, Multimedia University!

Congratulations Aina on your achievement! And keep up the good work ! We are really proud of you. :)

The Auditions are completed!

2010-03-31T11:39:00.003+08:00

Last Saturday was our final audition day for the voice of Boboiboy and his friends and what a tremendous and fun experience it was! We would like to send a huge thank you to all of you that came for it. We hope it was enjoyable for you as it was for us. Thank you also to all parents that was so supportive and cheerleading along the way. We really enjoyed auditioning your kids.

After we have sorted through all the auditions, we will contact the shortlisted participants to come for the final audition. For those who did not make it, keep up the spirit and keep trying for other auditions. We're really proud to all of you who stepped out of your comfort zone to come for the audition! Do visit our website and blog regularly for updates.

Thanks again!

3 Days left for BoBoiBoy Audition!

2010-03-12T17:27:00.011+08:00

The New poster for BoBoiBoy!

We are halfway through out voice over auditions therefore we would like to thank all the people who came and brought their kids to audition for the voice of BoBoiBoy and his friends. We hope it was enjoyable for you guys at it was for us. We will contact you once the auditions are finished and when we have decided who best suits for the voice of the characters.

That being said, I would like to announce that we are limiting auditions to only Saturdays so that means there are only 3 Saturdays left (13/03, 20/03 and 27/03). That's right! 3 Days left!!! As the auditions are for appointments only, you guys need to hurry up and email us at diani@animonsta.com or call Diani at 019-4507590 . Don't be shy, bring your kids and have them audition. Who knows? They might actually have a gift in voice acting. See you there!

Contact person:
Diani
diani@animonsta.com
019-4507590.

Available days:
Saturday 13/03/2010, 20/03/2010, 27/03/2010

Address:
B-1-01, SME Technopreneur Centre 2,
Jalan Usahawan, 63000 Cyberjaya
Map to our office:

TechEureka! Open Day

2010-03-12T12:44:00.004+08:00


Date	13 Mar 2010 - 14 Mar 2010
Venue	1 Utama, Studio V
Time	10am - 6pm
The TechEureka! campaign kicks off with TechEureka! Open Day, two fun-filled days where you get to win loads of prizes, play PC/Wii games, attend tech workshops/talks, and most importantly, learn how you can benefit from this campaign as a student, a jobseeker or a technopreneur. For more visit: http://techeureka.my/flyer%20with%20map.pdf For your information, our Managing Director of Animonsta Studios Sdn. Bhd. Mohd Nizam Abd Razak will be there on Sunday giving a talk entitled ‘An Animated Journey Through MSC Malaysia’. Hope to see you guys there

The search for the voice of BoBoiBoy and friends!

2010-02-25T12:07:00.018+08:00

Do you love cartoons and animations? Acting? Do you like to imitate characters from your favourite television shows to entertain your friends?

Well then you (or your little brother/sister/nephew/niece/next door neighbour) may be perfect for voicing BoBoiBoy and his friends. Animonsta Studios is now conducting an open audition to find the voice of BoBoiBoy, Ying, Gopal, YaYa, and others.

We are mainly looking for kids who can act for the characters that are all at the age of 6 -12 years old and can speak English and/or Bahasa Malaysia. The audition is open through appointment basis every Saturday and Sunday from 27/02/10 to 28/03/10 at 10.30am - 5.00pm. The audition will be held at our office at MAC3 Cyberjaya.

Send us an email at diani@animonsta.com or call Diani at 019-4507590 for more info and to arrange for an appointment in the audition. BoBoiBoy is about an adventure of BoBoiBoy and his friends who gains super powers to fight against aliens who invaded earth for coffee. The series will be made in both English and Bahasa Malaysia.

ps - don't be shy. You might be the next big voice actor in this region ;)

pss - the writer would like to note that he has reserved all future cow characters for himself to voice. JK!

Address: B-1-01, SME Technopreneur Centre 2, Jalan Usahawan, 63000 Cyberjaya
Map to our office:

Concept: Neighbourhood

2010-02-04T15:12:00.007+08:00

Hello everyone,

Here's the latest update brought to you by the concept department! Today's special feature is the neighbourhood area in which Boboiboy and his friends reside - including a special area that will play an important role in...*drumroll please* ...well, you'll find that out soon enough! :D

BoBoiBoy's neighbourhood

Bird's eye view of the area

The mysterious Toxic Pond...

That's all for now. Watch this space for more updates from us! :D

Animonsta in Harian Metro

2010-01-31T14:29:00.016+08:00

Salaam and Good Day,

Last Sunday we were featured in Harian Metro, centre spread. This time you guys get to look at big pictures of Eejean, Safwan, Naim and Dzubir so you'll recognize them when you see them in public (but we're shy really). We're very happy with this and would like to thank Harian Metro and Shamran Sarahan for the great writeup. Below is the web version of the article. Original article can be found here.

Boboiboy taruhan terbaru

Oleh SHAMRAN SARAHAN
shamss@hmetro.com.my
2010/01/31

SETAKAT ini Upin & Ipin satu-satunya terbitan siri animasi tempatan yang berjaya dan memberi impak besar dalam penerbitan animasi produksi tempatan di negara ini.

Namun selepas sekian lama asyik disogok dengan siri animasi ini, mungkin ramai juga ternanti-nanti kemunculan satu siri animasi baru sebagai alternatif atau siri tambahan sebagai tontonan umum di rumah.

Lantaran itu, bekas Pengarah Upin & Ipin, Mohd Nizam Abdul Razak, 27, berasakan tiba masanya satu siri animasi yang baru dan segar dihasilkan untuk mencetus variasi dalam dunia animasi negara ini.

Selepas berjaya mencipta fenomena melalui Upin & Ipin, Nizam bersama syarikat baru miliknya, Animonsta Studios (AS) yang diterajuinya dengan tiga rakan kongsi, Mohd Safwan Ab Karim, Kee Yong Pin dan Muhammad Anas Abdul Aziz, mahu muncul dengan produk animasi terbaru yang kini dalam pembikinan, iaitu Boboiboy.

Bezanya kali ini, Boboiboy mengetengahkan animasi tiga dimensi (3D) yang berkonsepkan watak superhero tetapi berwajah tempatan.

Sudah pasti cabaran besar bakal ditempuhi Nizam dan rakan dalam pembikinan siri animasi ini memandangkan populariti Upin & Ipin yang cukup gah ketika ini.

Bagaimanapun bagi Nizam, tiada permulaan yang mudah untuk memulakan sesuatu dan dia percaya penghasilan animasi Boboiboy mampu memeriahkan lagi industri dunia animasi di Malaysia.

"Kalau boleh saya ingin melihat Boboiboy muncul sebagai satu lagi 'ikon' untuk kanak-kanak di negara ini," katanya.

Nizam bersama kira-kira 20 kru AS kini giat menyiapkan episod awal siri berkenaan dengan durasi selama 11 minit bagi setiap episod.

Yang menarik, rata-rata kru yang terbabit dalam pembikinan siri animasi ini masih muda dan berumur lingkungan awal hingga pertengahan 20-an. Mereka akan bersama menyiapkan kira-kira 26 episod untuk siri animasi berkenaan.

Tatkala bertemu Nizam dan Safwan bersama tiga lagi kru penting dalam AS, Dzubir Zakaria, 24; Yap Ee Jean, 25, dan Naim Ahmad, 22; baru-baru ini, masing-masing rancak bercerita mengenai projek animasi itu yang dijangka ditayangkan di televisyen pada pertengahan tahun ini.

INFO
> Boboiboy adalah cerita animasi untuk tontonan kanak-kanak yang diilhamkan oleh barisan animator muda berumur lingkungan 20-an daripada Animonsta Studios (AS) yang berpangkalan di Cyberjaya
> Penggerak utama yang mengendalikan AS adalah Mohd Nizam Abdul Razak, Mohd Safwan Ab Karim, Kee Yong Pin dan Muhammad Anas Abdul Aziz yang pernah menjayakan animasi popular Upin & Ipin
>Boboiboy menelan kos perbelanjaan kira-kira RM2 juta dan mendapat kerjasama daripada agensi Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd yang akan membantu menyalur dana bagi merealisasikan projek terbabit
> Agensi kerajaan, termasuk Pusat Kandungan Kreatif Multimedia Malaysia (MAC3) di bawah Perbadanan Pembangunan Multimedia (MDeC) membekalkan beberapa perisian untuk kemudahan AS menghasilkan Boboiboy
> Boboiboy dijangka ditayangkan pada pertengahan tahun ini membabitkan 26 episod dan setiap satunya dengan durasi 11 minit
> Maklumat lanjut mengenai Boboiboy di laman web www.animonsta.com

SINOPSIS RINGKAS BOBOIBOY
> Boboiboy adalah kisah mengenai watak Boboiboy bersama rakannya Yaya, Ying dan Gopal yang memiliki kuasa luar biasa menentang makhluk asing yang ingin menawan bumi
> Makhluk asing yang turun ke bumi membawa pulang biji kopi ke planet mereka, namun kerana aroma dan rasa kopi sungguh sedap, seluruh kroni makhluk asing itu sanggup turun ke bumi semata-mata untuk mendapatkan kopi berkenaan
> Boboiboy dan rakannya cuba menghalang tindakan makhluk asing terbabit hingga tercetus konflik dan pergolakan sesama mereka

More Monstas!

2010-01-25T16:57:00.004+08:00

Happy Monday!

January is almost at an end and what an exciting start to 2010 it has been. Hope everyone has had some good results from pursuing your new year's resolutions. As you've read before Animonsta was started by 8 Monstas and later grew to 11. Well we are happy to inform everyone that as of 25th January 2010, we have expanded our Monsta team to a strong number of 20. Check out our newly updated Monsta lineup.

So today I'd like to share with you guys our new recruits of Monstas that will become the life and blood of our team (if not already).

From left: Iman, Naim, Zirul

Kam, Rashdan, Akid

Ekeen, Hana, Nina

Tim, Hadziq

Zaim, Khairul

This new lineup includes character modeling, background modeling, storyboard artists and concept artists, further boosting our production team, not to mention our Futsal team as well. The team is hard at work with preparing for our first series of promotional products, a pilot episode and some soon to be announced minisodes. What is pilot about? What are these so-called minisodes? How did BoBoiBoy get his powers? All shall be revealed soon. Stay tuned ;)

ps – The writer would like to point out that he had nothing to do with the glowing effect on his face in the above group picture. Perhaps it is a sign?

Animation inspiration - NST

2010-01-25T09:55:00.004+08:00

Salaam and Good Monday!

I hope you guys picked up a copy of The New Straits Times yesterday (Sunday) because Animonsta had a writeup in it. What's that? You forgot? That's no problem because the NSTP website has already shared it online.

Animation inspiration
BoBoiBoy

All eyes are also on Animonsta Studios, a four-month old company founded by Mohd Nizam Abd Razak, Mohd Safwan Ab Karim, Kee Yong Pin and Muhammad Anas Abdul Aziz.

The four young animators, all in their 20s, were the original group behind Upin and Ipin.

Nizam, Animonsta's managing director, says the team's experience at Les' Copaque gave them a head start in the industry. They are now working on their first project, BoBoiBoy.

"People assume we don't understand the business because of our age. We were the core team behind The Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula movie. We know what it takes to make an animated movie successful."

They also know that animation is a high-cost and high-risk business.

"We started out by borrowing money from our parents and now we have applied for a RM2 million fund from MDeC. It is risky but we have a good product to sell," says Nizam.

To avoid high overheads, Animonsta set up its base in Cyberjaya at MAC3.

MAC3 is the Malaysian Animation Creative Content Centre, a facility to house and offer high-tech animation facilities to start-up companies. It is a part of the government's initiative to develop the industry.

"Being here at MAC3 is a big help. Otherwise we will have to invest a lot on our own."

Nizam says BoBoiBoy has received good reviews from major animation studios such as Electronic Arts, Marvel and DreamWorks who were brought in by MDeC under a mentorship programme.

He says BoBoiBoy tells the story of a 9-year old boy and his friends. They have to fight off aliens who have invaded Earth for coffee. It will be released as a TV series first before heading for the big screen.

The Malay version will be shown in June. Production cost for the series is about RM2.6 million.

"We will roll out the movie both in Bahasa Malaysia and English."

Nizam says penetrating the global market will not be easy as it involves huge costs.

"Although there are no specific funds allocated for marketing and promotions, the government has been very supportive in providing funding for production work, mentorship programmes, incentives and facilities."

However, he says more should be done to develop good scriptwriters.

Animonsta aspires to make BoBoiBoy the next Malaysian super hero for children.

"We don't really have a local super-hero and we believe BoBoiBoy can be that."

The young team behind Animonsta. Third from left is Mohd Nizam Abd Razak, the managing director of Animonsta.

Scans of the newspaper articles.

You can read the full article here . We'd like to thank the New Straits Times and Chandra for the great article.

Happy New Year 2010!

2009-12-31T11:57:00.009+08:00

Animonsta's Happy New Year 2010 card to you!

Salaam and Good Day,

Congratulations! 2009 is almost at an end and what a great year it has been. For us Monstas, though we have been in operation for 3 months, many wonderful things have happened. We have been featured in numerous news papers, grown strong support from the community on our Facebook, Blog and Youtube (thanks to you guys), gained good feedback from the industry such as the Kre8tif! Digital Conference and X Media Labs, and finally we are in the final stage of negotiation on securing deals for BoBoiBoy including television broadcast, sponsorship and licensing. All will be revealed soon when we have secured the deals. All in all we enjoyed our achievements and challenges we faced in 2009.

As the last day of the decade comes to a close, the team behind Animonsta Studios would like to thank everyone who has given us tremendous support and feedback since our incorporation. This includes everyone from government bodies, industry players, the press and media, as well as friends and families. But most importantly we would like to thank YOU! Yes you, the reader, the audience. We thank you for following our blog to this date and hope you will follow us into the new year as we bring BoBoiBoy into reality; BoBoiBoy television broadcast in June 2010. Woohooo I can't wait!

Happy New Year 2010 everyone!

ps- the writer would like to note that to this date he is still awaiting his futuristic flying/hover cars that has been promised to him in the year 2000 by science fiction.

Animonsta in Animation Xpress (23rd December 2009)

2009-12-24T16:39:00.004+08:00

Salaam and Good Day to all,

Animation Xpress just published another article on their coverage of the Kre8tif! Digital Content Conference 2009 particularly about the speakers and what they shared. They've also covered Nizam's talk about Universal Content with Local Touch. Thanks again to Animation Xpress and Amrita Valecha for the great writeup.

Read their full article here

Concept: What's This?

2009-12-21T17:31:00.009+08:00

An update from the Concept department!! The following are a few things that will play big roles in BoBoiBoy. Let's guess what they are, and what's their roles in BoBoiBoy!

p/s: There will be no prizes for those who get them right. :) Sorry!

That's all for now!! We will come out with more soon!

Kre8tif! and X-Media Labs

2009-12-13T23:18:00.004+08:00

Salam and Good Day,

Recently Animonsta Studios participated in the Kre8tif! Digital Content Conference 2009 event organized by MDeC that began from the 7th to the 9th of December. Among the Monstas that participated was Nizam, Yongpin, Safwan, Dzubir and myself.

The event was the first of its kind bringing speakers from the local and international creative industries. It was an invaluable experience as much knowledge was shared by the speakers who gave insights from the business, creative and technical perspectives. Even Nizam was invited by MDeC as a speaker where he gave the talk on our new Animonsta concept; "Universal Content with a Local Touch". We thank all who attended his talk and gave support hoping it was informative for you. Local companies also had exhibition booths setup to share their projects but Animonsta did not participate this year as we are still in the early stages of our production. Perhaps we will do so in the future? Overall it was a very good and informative event and hope it will be continued by MDeC in the coming years. Great job to the MDeC team who organized the event. I know you guys were running around like crazy to make sure it flowed smoothly.

Right after the Kre8tif! event, we participated in the XMedia Labs event on the 10th and 11th of December. The event had around 16 mentors (most of which are from the same Kre8tif! event) who were set up with registered local companies for a one on one mentoring session. Local companies pitched their projects and were given feedbacks on how to improve on the creative and business side. On top of that it allowed companies like Animonsta to create networking and co-production opportunities with international distributors and companies.

With Henry LaBounta - Chief Visual Office, Electronic Arts (San Francisco)

With Tim Brooke-Hunt - Head of Children’s TV at the ABC (Sydney)

Among the many mentors that we met were Pradeep Mittur (Digital Entertainment Consultant, Formerly the Asia Pacific head of Walt Disney Internet Group and Paramount Pictures Digital), Juhaidah Joemin from AI Jazeera Children's Channel, Henry LaBounta from Electronic Arts, Tim Brooke Hunt from ABC Sydney, Sandrine Pechels from Bejuba Entertainment and many more.

Overall they commented that BoBoiBoy has quality, great story and commercial value that can travel internationally. However they also commented that the series's visuals appeared to have a 4 - 8 age group design focus despite the story was targeted for a 6 - 12 group. From the feedbacks we believe we need to upgrade the visuals to make it better suited for a 6 - 12 age group as you will soon see in the coming weeks and months as we share our progress.

We thank the both X Media Labs and MDeC for organizing the event as well as the great mentors for sharing their knowledge and experience. We hope to see everyone again in the future.

Animonsta in The Edge Malaysia - Netv@alue2.0

2009-12-12T17:42:00.000+08:00

Thanks to Doreen Leong for the great writeup and to The Edge. Since the netv@alue 2.0 isn't published online, I have taken the liberty in typing it out in our blog. Enjoy!

Life after Upin & Ipin
There are high expectations of the creators of the local hit television series Upin & Ipin and 3D animated feature film Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula. Many wonder if they will be able to create another successful project since leaving Les' Copaque Production Sdn Bhd, which produced the TV series and the film.

Eight of the Original team at Les' Copaque had left the comapny to set up Animonsta Studios Sdn. Bhd.
"We left Les' Copaque to seek new opportunities," managing director Nizam Razak tells netv@lue2.0. "We bbelieve with the experience and knowledge that we have gained, we will be able to produce fresh animation products that can penetrate the universal market."

However, Nizam stresses, Animonsta was not set up to compete with his former company.

"Our objective is not to compete with Upin & Ipin. We are not fighting in terms of which character is cuter and so on. Our product is for a different and wider market segment. We also want to create more sources of revenue for our product... how to commercialise it. For instance, the main character BoBoiBoy likes to brush his teeth, which means toothpaste companies can advertise their products in the show," he explains.

Animonsta, which is a brand and content developer was set up in September this year and aims to bring new content with good value sfor the universal market. Its first product is BoBoiBoy, which relates an adventure of the main character BoBoiBoy and his friends who gain superpowers to fight aliens who invade Earth for coffee.

BoBoiBoy is a television series comprising 26 episodes of 11 minutes each. It will later be made into a full feature film for release in the cinemas.

Once completed, BoBoiBoy will be Animonsta's first intellectual property which will enable the company to capitalise on the product - if it proves to be a success.

While things appear to be going as planned, creating another successful animation series after the phenomenal success of Upin & Ipin is no easy feat.

"There is definitely pressure to deliver another successful series since audiences would have higher expectations of BoBoiBoy. But thanks to our experience and knowledge from our previous product, we wil lbe able to meet their expectations. The bigger pressure is actually from delivering t othe international audience because BoBoiBoy is designed as universal content with a local touch," Nizam says.

"We have the elements of alien, spaceship and superhero, then we inject a multiracial and diverse culture. We later want to show it to Disney in the US and to the Middle East.

"We want to design our characters in a way that local viewers can relate to while at the same time, overseas viewers will find them new and interesting," he adds.

Indeed being able to penetrate the overseas market will be a huge achievement for BoBoiBoy. But the project is still in its early stages and Nizam hopes to finalise an agreement with a local broadcasting station before targeting the global audience.

"For us it is better to secure a partnership with a local TV station first before going for the global market," he says.

He reckons that the agreement should be inked by early next year at the latest. The television series is slated to be aired on TV3 and TV9 beginning June 2010.

Research and development
In the meantime, Nizam is doing R&D via the Internet, reaching out to people on Facebook and YouTube.

"We put the BoBoiBoy character of Facebook, YouTube and blogs. Although Facebook is more for adults, at least we will get feedback from parents on whether their children like the character," he says.

Nizam explains that R&D is crucial before broadcasting the product.

"We need to understand our target audience before the product is released. We do a lot of promotions, flash games, to create the hype and test the market. Most animation companies complete the characters and then air the series... it will be a huge problem if viewers don't like them.

"We have invested RM100,000 of our own funds and this can last us six months. With that money we ca nput on a show reel. Meanwhile we are applying for funding from Multimedia Development Corp, Cradle and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation."

Nizam stresses that with funding, the company can move along in the next six months. "Right now, we need to secure sales at a local TV station and sponsorship."

"We are doing things differently. We are going for multiple TV channels, pre0promotion... this is why it is taking us some time to get the agreement with the TV station ready," he says.

He adds that companies normally produce a pilot first but even with that it can be difficult to sell. "Some companies have 10 episodes ready but cannot find a buyer."

As for Animonsta, Nizam says the team has put in actual production efforts into BoBoiBoy, such as product modelling, animation and developing the script, so that there is a ready product before the pilot is released.

Suffice it to say, Nizam's feet are planted firmly on the ground and he has no illusions that his next project will be a sure hit. If BoBoiBoy turns out well and achieves success beyond the local and regional markets, it will be a first for the company and the industry.

Animonsta in The Star - In Tech (08/12/2009)

2009-12-08T17:48:00.008+08:00

Monstas on the loose

By JO TIMBUONG

intech@thestar.com.my

After giving Malaysians the adorable duo, Upin and Ipin, the boys from Les Copaque are out to make a name of their own.

HELPING OTHERS: (l-r) Animonsta team members Kee, Anas, Mohd Safwan Ab Karim and Nizam at their new home in MAC3, Cyberjaya.

THEY are known as the creators of the popular Upin dan Ipin series, but the original boys of Les Copaque have since left the outfit to set up one of their own, called Animosta Studios.

Realising that there was a bigger world waiting for them, Animonsta Studios managing director Mohd Nizam Abdul Razak and his team, comprising creative director Muhammad Anas Abdul Aziz, executive director Mohd Safwan Ab Karim and operations director, Kee Yong Pin decided to detach from Les Copaque’s apron strings.

While the immediate thought for the breakaway was a conflict of interest, Nizam said that the decision was mainly driven by business and career interests.

You can read the full article online here. Thank you to The Star and especially to Joanne for the wonderful writeup. Get it now at newsstands wherever!

BoBoiBoy in Animation Xpress

2009-12-01T11:53:00.002+08:00

We've recently been featured in Animation Xpress, featuring BoBoiBoy as the next big IP in Malaysia. We would like to thank Animation Xpress.com and to Amrita Valecha for the wonderful writeup. You can read the original article here

NEW!!! BoBoiBoy Sneak Peek HD

2009-11-23T15:42:00.003+08:00

Salam and Good Day,

The team at Animonsta Studios proudly presents our first ever Sneak Peek for our upcoming 3D Animated Television Series, BoBoiBoy!

Please leave a comment so we can gather more feedbacks on how to improve.

Go go go go Animonstas! Siapkan kerja cepat!!! Ruwar!

MSC Status Monstas!!!

2009-11-18T15:45:00.001+08:00

Salam and Good Day to everyone! We have just received confirmation from MDeC that our MSC Status Application has just been approved making Animonsta Studios an official MSC Status Company. We would like to thank all of the MDeC staff that have helped, guided and supported us through the application process. It really means a lot to us. I would also like to point out that we are now 2 months (and 3 days) old since our incorporation on the 15th September 2009. So happy belated 2 months birthday Monstas!

Utusan Malaysia: BoBoiBoy Kelahiran Sulung Animonsta

2009-11-12T10:18:00.010+08:00

12 Nov 2009 - BoBoiBoy Kelahiran Sulung Animonsta

Oleh KHAIRUNNISA SULAIMAN

SELEPAS kejayaan siri pendek dan filem animasi yang menjadi sebutan ramai - Upin & Ipin, kini pengarahnya Mohd. Nizam Abd Razak bakal muncul dengan produk terbarunya Boboiboy.

Boboiboy merupakan 'anak' sulung Animonsta Studios selepas Nizam serta tujuh lagi membuka syarikat animasi mereka sendiri.

Demi mencari tapak mengembangkan lagi bakat mereka, Mohd. Nizam serta tiga lagi rakannya menubuhkan Animonsta Studios.

Walaupun boleh dikatakan kaya dengan pengalaman tetapi dengan penubuhan syarikat baru mereka perlu bermula dari awal.

Mohd. Nizam yang juga Pengarah Urusan Animonsta Studios berkata, buat masa ini mereka menggunakan segala kemudahan yang ada di bangunan Pusat Animasi dan Kandungan Kreatif (MAC3), Cyberjaya.

"Semua kemudahan tersedia daripada studio, perisian, perkakasan sehinggalah kepada bilik mesyuarat dan kafe yang boleh digunakan.

"Kami di sini juga boleh bertukar-tukar pendapat dengan rakan-rakan lain yang menghasilkan produk-produk kreatif dan inovatif termasuk animasi dan permainan," katanya.

Justeru lebih mudah bagi kru Animonsta menghasilkan Boboiboy di sini dengan segala kelengkapan yang ada.

Siri tersebut bakal disiarkan selama 26 episod di mana setiap satunya dengan durasi selama 11 minit.

"Ketika ini, kami masih dalam peringkat perbincangan.

"Watak-watak yang bakal memainkan peranan penting dalam siri ini sudah ada dan buat masa ini kami sedang menyiapkan kesemua karakter itu," katanya.

Apa yang menarik dalam Boboiboy ialah beberapa daya tarikan terkandung meliputi karakter superhero Bo, Boi dan Boy, nilai-nilai murni, karakter makhluk asing (alien) dan juga unsur futuristik di sekitar ibu kota.

Bercerita mengenai Boboiboy, Mohd. Nizam berkata, ia merupakan ikon perpaduan kaum negara ini yang menghimpunkan karakter utama Boboiboy serta Gopal, Ying dan Yaya.

"Gopal iaitu karakter budak India yang mempunyai kuasa menukar sesuatu barang kepada barang yang lain.

"Ying karakter budak Cina yang mempunyai kuasa yang membolehkannya bergerak pantas berbanding rakan-rakannya yang lain," katanya.

Sementara itu, Yaya pula merupakan karakter kanak-kanak perempuan comel yang bertudung.

Dalam animasi Boboiboy juga diwujudkan ialah karakter makhluk asing yang membawa pulang biji kopi ke planetnya.

Bagaimanapun disebabkan aroma dan keenakan kopi, seluruh kroni makhluk asing itu sanggup turun ke bumi semata-mata untuk mendapatkan kopi tersebut.

Dalam mewujudkan suasana tempatan, datuk Boboiboy mempunyai kedai kopitiam yang menjadi tempat lepak kegemaran makhluk asing yang gemarkan keenakan kopi di sana.

"Alien yang turun ke Bumi gagal menghasilkan ramuan kopi seenak di kedai kopitiam datuk Boboiboy dan di sanalah banyak kisah bermula," katanya.

Menurut Mohd. Nizam lagi, sambutan terhadap animasi Boboiboy amat menggalakkan apabila beberapa stesen penyiaran tempatan dan antarabangsa yang bertanyakan tentang produk tersebut.

Bukan itu sahaja mereka juga mendapat kerjasama daripada sebuah lagi agensi, Cradle Fund Sdn. Bhd., yang membantu menyalur dana bagi merealisasikan projek tersebut.

Kepada yang berminat mengetahui lebih lanjut mengenai Boboiboy dan Animonsta Studios, sila layari laman sesawang, www.animonsta.com.

Peminat juga boleh mendapatkan kisah menarik mengenai Boboiboy dalam laman sosial facebook di http://tinyurl.com/yzmep35

Animonsta & Mac3 in New Straits Times and Utusan Malaysia

2009-11-09T13:19:00.005+08:00

Utusan Malaysia - 9th November 2009

New Straits Times - 9th November 2009

Thanks a lot for those who support us! We at Animonsta would like to say thanks again to Mac3 for providing us such a great place and facilities.

BoBoiBoy Screenshots!

2009-10-31T19:03:00.002+08:00

Here's an update for everyone on what BoBoiBoy has been doing recently in his hometown. BoBoiBoy told me that these pictures are taken by Gopal's phone. Some of you might have already seen it if you've been following his facebook page. He is quite active in facebook so go go poke him or drop a message.

BoBoiBoy having a drink after playing at the nearby playground.

BoBoiBoy likes to hang out at Uncle Ah Pin's "kedai runcit" because there's all sorts of drinks and snacks that kids love. Plus Uncle Ah Pin likes to given an extra sweet or two whenever BoBoiBoy visits.

And here he is trying to find his favourite brand of ice-cream.

Having a drink at Tok Aba's kopitiam

Despite that however his favourite place to hang out after a tiring day of school and games, is his beloved Grandfather's kopitiam. Sometimes though Tok Aba asks BoBoiBoy to help out with the dishes or take customers orders. BoBoiBoy says he never misses an order. Or so he claims to be. We'll be updating on Tok Aba's kopitiam soon.

Baby Monsta

2009-10-24T17:15:00.014+08:00

Good afternoon everybody!
What a GREAT day today! This is a day that has to be
put into the history of Animonsta!
Guess what, we have a new born Baby Monsta here!
A huge applause to our new family member! Clap Clap!

Everyone is waiting in front of the operation theater.

As well as little Ielham.

awaiting...

awaiting..

still awaiting...

Cameras standby once we heard the baby's crying.

And here she is!

See how cute she is..

So, Little Ielham has officially become a Big brother!

Starting today, you have to protect her.

This is just a brief update about the great news.

Congrats to Nizam, Dini and the whole family!

I'm sure daddy of the new born baby has a lot more to share with all of us.

So, just wait till he settle everything, and post more about our Baby Monsta.

Animonsta in The Star: Content developers happy with incentives (2010 Budget)

2009-10-24T07:00:00.011+08:00

by JO TIMBUONG

intech@thestar.com.my

PETALING JAYA: Creative content developers are happy with the incentives the industry received from the Government during the tabling of the 2010 budget.

They said the Government clearly recognises that the creative industry has the potential to be further developed and can contribute much to the nation’s economic growth.

The Prime Minister announced several incentives for the industry, including the formulation of a comprehensive Creative Industry Policy, the establishment of a RM200mil creative industry fund, and a RM3mil welfare fund for artistes and actors.

These incentives are not limited to the performing arts and music, but include design, animation, advertisement and content development.

Those in the digital content industry said the incentives will help drive the industry forward.

Mohd Nizam Abd Razak, managing director of Animonsta Studios, is happy that the Government has plans for the creative industry.

“I believe this will help more people learn about and understand the industry, as well as what is required to develop it,” he told The Star.

The RM200mil fund is a good move, said Nizam who hopes proper procedures will be put in place to ensure the money is efficiently and fairly distributed.

He suggested that part of the fund should be allocated for marketing and promotions activities.

“These activities can be expensive and a lot of industry players fail to market their products because they cannot afford to promote them,” he said.

Digital artist Muid Latiff hopes that the fund will also be used for organising workshops that will expose artists to other forms of art.

“That way everyone can diversify, which will be helpful in the event of difficult financial times,” he said.

BigBeak Pictures managing director Azlan Pa’wan said it is about time the creative content industry is given a boost.

A new player in the global creative content economy, he said Malaysia needs to leap forward to be on par with other countries that are more established in the creative industry.

“With the Government’s support and the recent stimulus announcements, I believe our creative content developers will be able to compete in global markets,” Azlan said.

Article in The Star

Concept: Coffeeliens

2009-10-21T07:05:00.008+08:00

Di sini kami ingin berkongsi concept alien yang datang ke bumi semata-mata kerana biji kopi.

Setelah lama berfikir tentang design alien ini (Anas sampai demam), kami telah membuat keputusan untuk membuat konsep yang mudah. Alien-alien mengikut bentuk asas. Untuk alien yang suka memakan biji kopi (coffeeliens), kami membuatkannya berkepala kotak. Untuk alien yang ganas (musuh kepada coffeeliens), mungkin bentuk asasnya bulat-bulat. Kemudian hari ada kemungkinan alien yang berasaskan segi tiga dan sebagainya.

Berikut merupakan konsep-konsep yang sedia ada :

Sekarang ini kami sedang mengusahakan alien ini dalam bentuk 3D. Biasanya kami akan berbincang untuk mendapatkan persetujuan dari segi design 2D. Kemudian kami akan model 3D dan dari situ kami akan melihat semula anatomy character. Tak semestinya design 2D boleh berguna 100% untuk design 3D. Kadang-kala lukisan dah cantik, tapi bila dimodel ke 3D, ianya mungkin kurang sesuai.

p/s: Semasa proses design character, aspek figurine dan merchandising juga perlu difikirkan.

Animonsta dan BoBoiBoy

2009-10-18T04:18:00.026+08:00

Salam dan hello semua,

Harini Animonsta baru berumur 1 bulan+. Animonsta ditubuhkan pada 15.09.2009. (Mula2 mahu 09.09.09 tapi lambat mendapat ilham utk nama, maka lambat lah register).

model BoBoiBoy yang pertama

Produk sulung kami ialah BoBoiBoy; kisah BoBoiBoy dan kawan-kawan yang mendapat superpower untuk menentang penaklukan makhluk asing yang datang je bumi untuk menguasi bijirin kopi. Kisahnya bermula apabila makhluk asing berkepala kotak menghantar reconnya untuk mengumpul bahan-bahan yang terdapat di bumi. Salah satu bahan yang mereka kumpulkan ialah bijirin kopi yang dibawa semula ke dunia mereka untuk diuji. Di dalam sesi ujian, saintis mahkhluk asing tersebut termakan bijiran kopi dan mendapati ianya sangat enak dan luar biasa. Dia melaporkan apa yang telah didapatinya kepada maharajanya. Selepas merasai sendiri kehebatan bijian kopi itu, maharaja itu menjadi taksub dan segera memerintahkan bahtera angkasa disediakan untuk terus ke bumi bersama seluruh koloninya.

konsep awal bahtera angkasa

Di bumi, Tok Aba iaitu datuk kepada BoBoiBoy merupakan pengusaha Kopitiam yang pakar dalam pembuatan air kopi. Apakah kaitan BoBoiBoy, Tok Aba dan Makhluk asing berkepala kotak? Kita nantikan bila siap demoreel nanti. InsyaAllah.

background: taman permainan dan kawasan perumahan

Pada peringkat ini, kami hanya ada BoBoiBoy dan beberapa set background di dalam bentuk 3D. Selebihnya masih di dalam bentuk konsep atau dalam proses pembuatan 3D. Pada awalnya, kami tidak mahu mengeluarkan apa-apa tetapi atas permintaan kebanyakan pihak, kami keluarkan juga. Kami dapati ianya lebih baik untuk kami berkongsi progress dengan orang ramai untuk mendapat lebih banyak idea. Antara idea-idea dan bernas dan pendapat yang kami telah terima ialah:-

Kurang ciri tempatan.
Sememangnya kami akan mengetengahkan ciri-ciri tempatan. Cuma setakat ini, apa yang kami ada dan dapat tunjuk hanyalah pada persekitaran BoBoiBoy dan watak BoBoiBoy sahaja. Tambahan lagi ianya hanyalah draft yang pertama. Kami akan menambah ciri-ciri khas yang dapat menonjolkan imej tempatan seperti pokok kelapa, pokok rambutan dan tiang-tiang eletrik yang berselirat. Tok Aba juga mempunyai kopitiam yang akan menjadi antara set utama di dalam siri ini.
Buat topi BoBoiBoy boleh berkata-kata.
Sememangnya antara gadget utama ialah topi BoBoiBoy. Topi itu yang membolehkan BoBoiBoy pecah kepada 3 dan mempunyai kuasa untuk mengawal dan mengeluarkan elemen petir, angin dan tanah. Topi itu walaupun kelihatan comel tetapi ianya merupakan senjata yang amat luar biasa. Berbentukan kepala monster, kami rasa ada betulnya jika ianya boleh bersuara. Boleh menambah telatah BoBoiBoy dimana dia selalu berbeza pendapat dengan topinya sendiri.
Jangan biarkan BoBoiBoy hanya untuk kanak-kanak.
Kami sebenarnya memilih famili sebagai target utama. Pada peringkat ini, apa yang kami tunjukkan lebih ke arah minat kanak-kanak. Kami sedang usahakan bahagian lain yang kami khaskan untuk menambat hati orang dewasa. Beberapa watak dewasa akan diketengahkan, tambah pula dengan sikap makhluk asing yang kami percaya dapat menghiburkan banyak pihak.

draft pertama: test rendering

Ada lagi pendapat yang kami terima tetapi tak bolehlah kami letak kesemuanya disini, penat nanti saudara-saudari nak scroll. Terima kasih kepada mereka-mereka yang telah memberikan pendapat dan komen kepada kami. Kami telahpun membuatkan account Facebook untuk BoBoiBoy yang bertujuan khas untuk mendapat lebih pendapat dan membantu kami dalam proses pengumpulan data yang berkenaan. Disitu kami mengkaji penerimaan orang ramai terhadap watak BoBoiBoy dan kawan-kawan.

Add BoBoiBoy sebagai kawan anda dan jadilah peminat BoBoiBoy (Juga boleh klik link disebelah kanan blog) Walaupun belum ditayangkan, kami percaya dengan adanya sokongan orang ramai, kami akan dapat mengetahui lebih banyak tentang citarasa orang ramai dan kami juga dapat mengenal watak BoBoiBoy dengan lebih dekat.

Dari apa yang kami tunjukkan disini, diharap saudara saudari dapat meninggalkan komen-komen yang dapat membantu kami, tak kirakah di blog ini ataupun di Facebook. Terima kasih dari MONSTAS di MAC3.

Sneak Peeks!

2009-10-14T20:31:00.008+08:00

Hello there everyone, here we have rendered some scenes for sneak peaks! ;)

BoBoiBoy!

As you guys may or may not have heard, BoBoiBoy has unique super powers. He can shoot lightning, control earth and manipulate wind. Ultimately he can split into three twins with each powers. Sounds like a great skill as a kid isn't it ?

BoBoiBoy's neighbourhood, the road to his school. Houses in the future look a little different from modern day ones but still retain the same basic shape.

This is the playground where BoBoiBoy comes and plays with his friends. One day however BoBoiBoy found a secret entrance in his playground that leads him into...

BoBoiBoy's secret underground base.It is here where BoBoiBoy found his special orange hat that gives him unique powers.Who built this base and why is it hidden underneath a playground? Stay tuned for more answers.

For more, check out BoBoiBoy's Facebook. Thank you for being his friend at Facebook and Twitter, he is extremely happy in meeting so many new friends in such a short time ;) You guys and gals are such a sport! Thanks again, have a nice dinner ;)

Animonsta in the media

2009-10-14T11:38:00.008+08:00

Boboiboy buah tangan terbaru Nizam

Oleh NORLIZA MOHAMAD ZAKARIA

www.utusan.com.my

SETELAH berjaya mencipta fenomena Upin & Ipin yang sehingga kini menjadi perbualan ramai, pengarahnya, Mohd. Nizam Abdul Razak atau Nizam kini muncul dengan produk animasi terbarunya, Boboiboy.

Jika Upin & Ipin sehingga kini kekal dengan konsep 1Malaysia, Boboiboy pula mengetengahkan animasi tiga dimensi (3D) superhero berwajah tempatan.

Dulu ramai yang terpegun dengan hasil kerja yang dilakukan Nizam dan rakan-rakannya dalam menterjemah animasi Upin & Ipin sehingga berjaya diangkat ke layar perak.

Maka, tidak mustahil jika lebih ramai yang akan teruja menanti buah tangan terbaru mereka yang lebih segar dan menarik itu.

Bezanya kali ini, Boboiboy merupakan produk sulung milik syarikat Animonsta Studios yang diterajui oleh Nizam serta dua rakan kongsinya, Mohd Safwan Ab. Karim (Safwan) dan Muhammad Anas Abdul Aziz (Anas).

Dijangka bakal mencipta satu lagi fenomena terbaru ‘dunia’ interaktif tempatan, produk tersebut tidak mustahil mampu membawa kelainan dalam perkembangan profil dan penghasilan animasi tempatan.

Bertemu Nizam, Safwan dan Anas baru-baru ini, masing-masing rancak bercerita perihal siri projek animasi itu yang dijangka menemui peminat di kaca televisyen pada tahun depan.

Siri tersebut bakal disiarkan selama 26 episod di mana setiap satunya dengan durasi selama 11 minit.

“Ketika ini, kami masih dalam peringkat perbincangan. Watak-watak yang bakal memainkan peranan penting dalam siri ini sudah ada dan minggu ini kami akan cuba menyiapkan kesemua karakter itu.

“Berbanding animasi Upin & Ipin, dalam Boboiboy kami ingin berkongsi banyak pengetahuan. Ditambah dengan pengunaan pelbagai gajet, secara tidak langsung ia dapat menimbulkan pelbagai perasaan kepada yang menontonnya nanti.

“Bagi kami yang penting ialah penyampaian. Kalau boleh kami ingin mencipta satu lagi ‘ikon’ untuk kanak-kanak di negara ini,” kata Nizam mewakili rakan-rakannya.

Apa yang menarik dalam Boboiboy ialah beberapa daya tarikan yang terkandung meliputi karakter superhero Bo, Boi dan Boy, nilai-nilai murni, karakter makhluk asing (alien) dan juga unsur futuristik di sekitar ibu kota.

Ringkasnya mengenai animasi tersebut, ia memaparkan karakter utama iaitu seorang kanak-kanak bernama Boboiboy dan dibantu oleh beberapa karakter tambahan seperti Gopal, Ying, Yaya.

Dalam usaha menyalur bantuan kepada orang ramai, Boboiboy akan terpisah kepada tiga orang iaitu Bo, Boi dan Boy yang mempunyai tiga kuasa berbeza termasuk tanah, angin dan petir.

Turut diwujudkan ialah karakter makhluk asing yang membawa pulang biji kopi ke planetnya, namun kerana aroma dan rasa kopi yang begitu sedap, seluruh kroni makhluk asing itu sanggup turun ke bumi semata-mata untuk mendapatkan kopi tersebut.

Secara ringkasnya juga, Gopal iaitu karakter budak India yang mempunyai kuasa menukar sesuatu barang kepada barang yang lain.

Ying karakter budak Cina yang mempunyai kuasa yang membolehkannya bergerak pantas berbanding rakan-rakannya yang lain. Sementara itu, Yaya pula merupakan karakter kanak-kanak perempuan comel yang bertudung.

Boboiboy bukan saingi Upin & Ipin

Biarpun pernah menyertai Les’ Copaque Productions Sdn. Bhd. (LCPSB) dalam membangunkan animasi Upin & Ipin tetapi kata Nizam, kemunculan animasi Boboiboy bukanlah bertujuan untuk bersaing.

Nizam, Anas, Safwan serta lima lagi kakitangan LCPSB yang lain membuat keputusan keluar daripada syarikat tersebut pada September lalu demi mencari ‘tapak’ dalam mengembangkan lagi bakat mereka dalam dunia animasi tempatan.

Setelah bersengkang mata hampir sebulan akhirnya idea untuk melahirkan Boboiboy hampir menjadi kenyataan.

“Kami tiada sebarang masalah dengan LCPSB. Malah, selama ini haji (Pengarah Urusan LCPSB, Burhanuddin Md. Radzi) telah banyak membantu kami dan memberi tunjuk ajar sepanjang penglibatan kami menghasilkan Upin & Ipin.

“Kami keluar dari LCPSB pun sebab kami ingin mencuba sesuatu yang baru.

“Terus terang, kami memang sayang kepada karakter Upin & Ipin tetapi rasanya tidak salah jika kebolehan yang ada kami pelbagaikan demi memeriahkan lagi industri animasi tempatan sebab pulangannya nanti kepada penonton juga.

“Kita perlu mengikut peredaran masa. Mungkin ini juga rezeki buat kami. Sebab itu kami perlu berani mencuba sebab bagi kami lebih banyak pelopor dalam industri animasi lebih baik untuk industri ini,” kata Nizam yang juga Pengarah Urusan Animonsta Studios.

Menurut Nizam dalam industri kreatif tidak wujud persaingan yang terlalu besar kerana segalanya bergantung kepada penerimaan penonton.

Bagaimanapun, melihat kepada jalan cerita dan pelbagai kelainan yang ada pada Boboiboy, mungkinkah ia bakal ‘menelan’ populariti serta fenomena yang pernah dicetuskan oleh Upin & Ipin?

“Saya tidak rasa kehadiran Boboiboy akan mengganggu perjalanan Upin & Ipin. Ini kerana, jenama Upin & ipin itu sendiri sehingga kini begitu kuat.

“Saya rasa LCPSB pun ada strategi mereka sendiri dan dengan 70 orang kakitangan yang LCPSB ada, saya percaya mereka mampu mengekalkan apa yang Upin & Ipin ada kini untuk masa akan datang,” kata Nizam lagi.

Menurut Nizam lagi, sambutan terhadap Boboiboy menggalakkan apabila terdapat beberapa stesen penyiaran tempatan dan antarabangsa yang bertanyakan tentang produk tersebut.

Malah, beberapa agensi kerajaan termasuk Pusat Kandungan Kreatif Multimedia Malaysia (MAC3) di bawah Perbadanan Pembangunan Multimedia (MDeC), membekalkan beberapa perisian untuk kemudahan mereka menghasilkan Boboiboy.

Bukan itu sahaja mereka juga mendapat kerjasama daripada sebuah lagi agensi, Cradle Fund Sdn. Bhd., yang membantu menyalur dana bagi merealisasikan projek tersebut.

Kepada yang berminat mengetahui lebih lanjut mengenai Boboiboy dan Animonsta Studios, sila layari laman sesawang,www.animonsta.com.

Animonsta in Utusan!

2009-10-13T16:24:00.005+08:00

LCPSB tidak bersaing dengan Animonsta

Oleh ABD. AZIZ ITAR
aziz.itar@utusan.com.my

LES' Copaque Productions Sdn. Bhd. mempunyai ramai animator pelapis bagi menerbitkan animasi mereka yang seterusnya pada masa depan.

LES' Copaque Production Sdn. Bhd. (LCPSB) penerbit filem animasi Geng Pengembaraan Bermula (Geng) merupakan syarikat produksi tempatan yang aktif termasuklah menerbitkan siri animasi Upin & Ipin untuk siaran saluran televisyen (TV) di TV9.

Syarikat produksi yang diterajui oleh Pengarah Urusannya, Burhanuddin Md. Radzi berkata, penubuhan LCPSB bertujuan memenuhi permintaan bagi menerbitkan filem-filem animasi tempatan yang amat sedikit sekali bilangannya.

Justeru, beliau tidak menganggap penubuhan satu lagi syarikat penerbitan animasi tempatan, Animonsta Studios sebagai pesaing LCPSB kerana bidang animasi di negara ini mempunyai prospek yang luas untuk diterokai.

"Saya terbitkan filem animasi atau siri TV bukannya untuk bersaing dengan sesiapa. Ini kerana kalau produk yang kita hasilkan itu bagus orang akan tonton juga. Setakat ini pun kita masih lagi kekurangan filem-filem animasi.

"Lagi ramai orang terbitkan filem animasi lagi bagus kerana daripada situ akan terhasil produk-produk yang berkualiti. Penerbit filem bukan macam kontraktor yang terpaksa bersaing untuk mendapatkan projek atau tender.

"Sesiapa juga boleh buat filem animasi. Tidak timbul soal persaingan kerana setiap orang ada cara mereka masing-masing. Sebabnya, banyak lagi pasaran filem animasi yang kita boleh terokai bersama-sama pada masa depan" katanya kepada Hits baru-baru ini.

Burhanuddin menyangkal telahan sesetengah pihak mengatakan LCPSB kini bersaing dengan Animonsta Studios di mana tenaga kerjanya merupakan bekas tonggak penting yang pernah menghasilkan Geng dan Upin & Ipin.

Beliau tidak menafikan pada peringkat awal operasi LCPSB sedikit terjejas apabila lapan bekas kakitangannya seperti Mohd. Nizam Abd. Razak, Mohd. Safwan Ab. Karim dan Muhammad Anas Abdul Aziz menarik diri dan menubuhkan syarikat produksi tersebut.

"Pada peringkat awal operasi produksi LCPSB terjejas tetapi selepas seminggu ia kembali normal. Di LCPSB kami tidak bergantung pada seseorang sahaja tetapi kalau ada apa-apa berlaku, kita ada orang lain untuk ambil alih.

"Selain itu, pada masa sama kita juga akan melatih muka-muka baru dan mewujudkan pasukan-pasukan yang berbeza untuk menerbitkan produk-produk kita yang lain pada masa depan.

"Apatah lagi dengan hampir 80 kakitangan yang ada di LCPSB kami yakin operasi penerbitan animasi di syarikat ini akan tetap berjalan seperti biasa.

"Contohnya kami ada dua penulis skrip yang baru. Salah seorang daripada mereka ialah Ida Azhar yang pernah meminjamkan suaranya untuk watak Ros dalam filem Geng," ujarnya.

Difahamkan Mohd. Nizam yang merupakan bekas pengarah Geng bersama rakan-rakannya yang lain telah keluar daripada LCPSB baru-baru ini dan menubuhkan Animonsta Studios di mana ketika ini mereka sedang menyiapkan animasi berjudul Boboiboy.

Jelas Burhanuddin, buat masa ini LCPSB sedang menyiapkan siri TV Upin & Ipin musim ketiga yang mempunyai 42 episod untuk ditayangkan di TV9 di mana ia dijangka akan dapat disiapkan selewat-lewatnya pada penghujung Disember ini.

Di samping itu, katanya siri Upin & Ipin yang kini sedang ditayangkan di stesen TV TPI di Indonesia pula telah meraih jumlah penonton yang sangat memberangsangkan sejak ia ditayangkan di sana Februari lalu.

"Setakat ini sudah hampir 30 episod siri TV Upin & Ipin ditayangkan di stesen TPI. Saya difahamkan hampir 10.5 juta penonton menontonnya setiap kali ia ditayangkan di sana. Menariknya, Upin & Ipin masih mengekalkan bahasa Melayu dalam dialog-dialognya.

"Cuma pihak stesen TPI telah menggunakan sarikata dalam bahasa Indonesia bagi memudahkan para penonton memahami dialog dan jalan cerita siri TV tersebut," katanya.

Bagi menarik lebih ramai penonton menyaksikan Upin & Ipin di Indonesia, LCPSB juga katanya akan mewujudkan satu watak baru bernama Susanti menerusi siri TV itu yang bukan setakat diminati kanak-kanak tetapi juga golongan dewasa.

Tambahnya, watak kanak-kanak wanita Indonesia itu diharap akan menguatkan lagi jalan cerita Upin & Upin selain mampu mendekatkan para penonton di Indonesia dengan watak seperti Susanti yang ada kaitan dengan persekitaran di sana.

"Ini salah satu strategi kami untuk mendekatkan lagi siri Upin & Ipin kepada para penonton di sana. Walaupun watak Susanti menggunakan dialog dalam bahasa Indonesia tetapi watak-watak lain akan terus bertutur dalam bahasa Malaysia," ujarnya lagi.

Here's the link!
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&dt=1015&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Hiburan&pg=hi_03.htm

"BoBoiBoy challenger of Upin & Ipin?"

2009-10-12T17:01:00.003+08:00

The proud parents of Animonsta (m.i.a - Yong pin)
BoBoiBoy challenger of Upin & Ipin?

That was the headline of our BoBoiBoy today, for more do visit Utusan Malaysia (Hits column). One thing for sure, BoboiBoy and his friends are excited to been introduced to the world!

The Managing Director of Animonsta Studios

Discussing excitingly on the future of BoBoiBoy!

Thank you to the supportive fans whom is already updating their blogs and facebook on us, especially to Utusan Malaysia for their coverage and support on our new venture.

It's official!!!

2009-10-12T16:41:00.004+08:00

It's official! Animonsta's shiny new blog is now live! We welcome friends, fans, industry players and everyone top our blog and follow as we share our journey in bringing new animations to the local and global market.

The team behind Animonsta are actually the same initial team that created Upin & Ipin and Geng : Pengembaraan Bermula. We have now setup our own company with the intention of discovering new opportunities and bringing animation to the creative industry.

Apart from that,we are thrilled to announce that we are now at Mac3, our latest workstation. Mac3 is also the MSC Malaysia Creative Content Centre,which is an infrastructure built in Cyberjaya to house and offer high tech animation facilities.

The workstation

Yong Pin and Kam discussing

This will definitely accelerate the competency and capability of the monstas in Animonsta Studios Sdn Bhd.

Everyone on the get-set-go mode instantly!

A huge note of thank you to the Multimedia Development Corporation(MDeC), caretaker of the nation's MSC Malaysia initiative for their support.

The Animonsta family (m.i.a - Hilman & Iman)

You are always welcomed to visit our blog from time to time as we will share the roller coaster ride, updates that we have of our company and of our upcoming entertaining animations!

p/s: credit of pics goes to one of our own monsta, ejean :)

The Official Blog Of Animonsta Studios

Nizam Razak dalam perarakan Hari Malaysia 2011

BoBoiBoy @ Berita Harian 13/08/11

Boy NizamOleh Fairuz Zaidan fairuzaidan@bharian.com.my2011/08/13

Promo Episod Baru BoBoiBoy!

BoBoiBoy @ New Straits Times 20/06/11

Tech: Fine-tooning BoBoiBoy

The Voices behind BoBoiBoy and his friends!

Hiring Graphic & Web Designers

Peraduan Terbaik BoBoiBoy dan Soalan Minggu 2 & 3

Selamat Hari Wesak!

BoBoiBoy @ Berita Harian 28/04/11

Boboi Boy untuk semuaOleh Rozdan Mazalanrozdan@bharian.com.my2011/04/28

BoBoiBoy @ Gempak May Issue

Peraduan Terbaik BoBoiBoy dan Soalan Minggu 1

BoBoiBoy Volume 1 DVD!!!

Meet Gopal!

Episod Ulangan BoBoiBoy

Meet Ying!

BoBoiBoy @ The Star 18/03/11

BoBoiBoy: New 3D animation series

By SZETO YAN WENGentertainment@thestar.com.my

BoBoiBoy @ Utusan Malaysia 15/03/11

Boboi Boy adiwira hebat

BoBoiBoy @ Murai.com.my 14/03/11

Produser Nafi Boboiboy Tiru Animasi Jepun, Astroboy

BoBoiBoy @ Harian Metro 15/03/11

BoBoiBoy's Premiere and the two songs from the show

BoBoiBoy @ Juice Online!

Boi Wonder

BoBoiBoy @ Majalah Kawan and Mangga!

BoBoiBoy in Harian Metro 16/02/11

Meet Yaya!

2 New Promo Videos!

NEW! BoBoiBoy Teaser HD

BoBoiBoy: Superhero Tempatan

Happy 1st Birthday Animonsta!

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

Animonsta in 3D WORLD

Lyrics for the BoBoiBoy Theme song

The Launching of MaC3 Rendering Facility

BoBoiBoy First Trailer!

A Monsta Expansion (New recruits)

Muhammad Ammar bin Mohd Safwan

Be a Monsta! Animonsta Studios is Hiring.

Internship placements are full!

Congratulations!

New and improved Animonsta Website!

Congratulations!

The Auditions are completed!

3 Days left for BoBoiBoy Audition!

TechEureka! Open Day

The search for the voice of BoBoiBoy and friends!

Concept: Neighbourhood

Animonsta in Harian Metro

More Monstas!

Animation inspiration - NST

Happy New Year 2010!

Animonsta in Animation Xpress (23rd December 2009)

Concept: What's This?

Kre8tif! and X-Media Labs

Animonsta in The Edge Malaysia - Netv@alue2.0

Animonsta in The Star - In Tech (08/12/2009)

Monstas on the loose

By JO TIMBUONG

BoBoiBoy in Animation Xpress

NEW!!! BoBoiBoy Sneak Peek HD

MSC Status Monstas!!!

Utusan Malaysia: BoBoiBoy Kelahiran Sulung Animonsta

Oleh KHAIRUNNISA SULAIMAN

Animonsta & Mac3 in New Straits Times and Utusan Malaysia

BoBoiBoy Screenshots!

Baby Monsta

Animonsta in The Star: Content developers happy with incentives (2010 Budget)

Concept: Coffeeliens

Animonsta dan BoBoiBoy

Sneak Peeks!

Animonsta in the media

Boboiboy buah tangan terbaru Nizam

Animonsta in Utusan!

Boy Nizam
Oleh Fairuz Zaidan
fairuzaidan@bharian.com.my
2011/08/13

Boboi Boy untuk semua
Oleh Rozdan Mazalan
rozdan@bharian.com.my
2011/04/28

By SZETO YAN WENG
entertainment@thestar.com.my