PUTRAJAYA, June 11 The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has helped eight animation companies and one game company generate about RM42 million in commercial opportunities and sales at the recent Virtual Kidscreen Summit 2021. The agency led the nine creative companies through top.
Lil Critter, Scribble land Epic MegaGrant
The Malaysian studios will channel the financial support into co-developing a new CG-animated series using Epic Games real-time video game engine.
February 23, 2021
Two more animation studios have joined the growing list of companies that have snagged funding from Epic Games’ US$100-million MegaGrants program.
The latest recipients Malaysia’s Lil Critter Workshop (
Hogie the Globehopper) and Scribble Studios will use the grant to co-develop a new CG-animated series called
Billy Fei and the Cloud Trials using Epic’s real-time rendering platform, Unreal Engine. Lil Critter and Scribble have not disclosed the value of their MegaGrant funding.
Kadokawa Gempak Starz,
Lawak Kampus is about to be turned into an animated TV series. According to a joint announcement earlier today, local studio
Lil Critter Workshop will be responsible to bring the comic series to life.
Crafted by Chong Kah Hwee or known as Keith to fans and readers, Lawak Kampus made its debut back in 2003. Featuring secondary school life as its background, the comic not only managed to amass a large following in Malaysia with more than 6.5 million copies being sold so far, but has also made its way to Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and China.
Even though the upcoming Lawak Kampus animated TV series is a Malaysian-made production, it will be developed to cater to audiences throughout the Asia Pacific region especially kids and families. The announcement today revealed that each episode within the series will be 10 minutes long although there was no mention of an estimated release date as well as the broadcaster.