XML KL: Animation & Games
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It’s our great honour to partner with MDeC and present X|Media|Lab as part of the Kre8tif! Festival. Malaysia is exemplary in its ability to maintain such a rich national identity and cultural heritage, and also to reach inwards and outwards to so many other cultures.
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The rapidly emerging creative industries in Malaysia are uniquely positioned to create not only content for the local market, but also content aimed at the International, Western, Indian, Chinese, Arabic, and Islamic markets. These are great opportunities! We work with government agencies across the world and are particularly pleased to be working with MDeC on Kre8tif! – growing this festival to be the premier creative industries event for regional and international players to meet, learn from each other, and do business together. Over these two days you will have the opportunity to do just that! Everyone in the Lab is here to help you succeed – we encourage you to make use of the world-class expertise in the room, build your international networks and make friends with some truly outstanding people!
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Malaysia is one of the world’s emergent creative industries hot spots, and we are proud to partner with X|Media|Lab to bring you XML KL: Animation & Games.
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gain its reputation for creative and technical innovation and excellence.
ZAREH NALBANDIAN Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Producer, Animal Logic (Sydney)
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In 1991, Zareh co‐founded Animal Logic with the vision to build a creative environment allowing artists and technicians to harness the opportunities offered by digital technologies for visual effects and animation. With Zareh’s acute business skills, energy and vision he has steered Animal Logic to continually innovate and to become one of the world’s most respected digital production companies. From the outset, Zareh has been a passionate advocate of emerging digital production processes and technologies and it is this vision that has helped Animal Logic
Since its inception, Animal Logic has produced award winning digital animation and visual effects for international television commercials, film and television visual effects, and animated features. Its credits include Matrix, Matrix: Reloaded, Babe, Moulin Rouge, Harry Potter Goblet of Fire, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, 300, Australia, Knowing, Happy Feet, Legend of the Guardians and Sucker Punch. Zareh served as Executive Producer on Academy Award wining Happy Feet, and this year as the Producer for the 3D animated feature adventure film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole directed by Zack Snyder. animallogic.com
RALPH SIMON Founder of the modern mobile entertainment industry (London)
Ralph Simon is the founder of the modern mobile entertainment industry. Over the last decade he has been a global trailblazer and innovator, spearheading the growth of the mobile entertainment and content industries. Hailed as the ‘father of the ring tone’, Simon’s team created the first ring tones in the USA, Europe, Africa and Australia in 1998. In the 1970s, Simon co-founded the Zomba group of music companies and Jive Records, building them into the music industry’s leading independent music company. He became the Executive Vice President of Capitol Records and Blue Note Records in Hollywood, where he started EMI Music’s global New Media division in the mid-‘90s. In the late ‘90s he founded the Mobile Entertainment Forum – Americas (MEF) and serves as Chairman Emeritus.
Simon has been the mobile producer of many worldwide events including: the Live 8 global concerts with Sir Bob Geldof, Bono and Live Aid (2005); the Al Gore/Live Earth global event (2007); the World Cup “Celebration” music event (2010). Simon was voted amongst the world’sTop 50 executives in Mobile Entertainment in 2005, 2006 and 2008. In 2007 he received their special award, for his Outstanding Contribution to the Global Mobile Entertainment Industry. In 2009 Simon became the mobile strategy advisor to Irish rockers, U2. Simon heads the London-based Mobilium Advisory Group and serves on the Advisory Board of the Wireless Life Sciences Alliance. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Commerce & Manufacture in the UK and a member of the Academy of Recorded Arts & Sciences in the USA. mobilium.com / m-e-f.org
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A.K. MADHAVAN (Madmax)
LOW HUOI SEONG
Chief Executive Officer, Crest Animation Studios (Mumbai)
CEO, Vision New Media; COO, Redberry (Kuala Lumpur)
A.K. Madhavan, the Chief Executive Officer of Crest Animation Studios Ltd., is credited with opening the doors for Indian Animation in the intensely competitive and demanding global CGI market. Madhavan joined Crest in 1999 as Vice President New Business Development, when the animation industry was unrecognized locally and India’s animation competence unacknowledged. As the Chief Architect of Crest’s Vision and Sales & Marketing strategy, he is the key driver of the company’s growth, consistently generating more revenues from the international CGI market than any of his contemporaries in the Indian animation space.
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Madhavan’s leadership, sales and marketing competence,
business insights and complete understanding of the global CGI market are key factors in establishing Crest and India on the global CGI map. With his merits and belief in the creative and technological prowess of his talented team, he got the first CGI television series to India from the US even when the country had nothing to show to the world. Madhavan is committed to ensuring that India is considered as a ‘high on value’ destination for CGI products and services in the global CGI space. He leads the Indian Animation Industry in all government forums including NASSCOM, FICCI etc. An exemplary leader, a people person and a communicator par excellence – he is the most sought after spokesperson for the Indian Animation Industry. crestindia.com
well as digital/mobile interactive services to the group, transforming it into a well-integrated new media entity. His latest additions to the group are companies at the leading edge of new media: Vision Interactive Broadband Services, the interactive services company that is set to be the leading provider of interactive, content-based, marketing solutions to Asia’s broadcasters, platform operators and service providers on convergent networks. Codemasters Studios, a jointventure art and animation studio dedicated to high-end, 3rd generation, console-game projects.
Low Huoi Seong has over 25 years of experience in the content industry, having started Vision Entertainment with his partner in 1985 as a TV programme distribution company. A few years later, the group ventured downstream into licensing & merchandising, and in 1995 he established a production division. Since then, he has added programme production, production facilities, 2D and 3D animation, console games as
New Vision Partners, a technology joint venture, developing and deploying a universal applications player that will work on all Javaenabled mobile phones. With these additions, the Vision Group is expecting to help set the new media agenda for Asia. Low Huoi Seong is a member of the Local Advisory Panel of MSC Malaysia and is sought after consultant to the Malaysian digital content industries. visionnewmedia.net
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ALEX LAURANT Senior Art Director, Visual Designer and Concept Artist (Los Angeles)
Alex Laurant‘s career spans nearly two decades of entertainment media: primarily feature films and games; also including TV commercials, motion graphics, interactive multimedia, theatrical scenic design, print illustration and graphic design.
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Alex has worked with some of the industry’s most prominent creative directors, visual effects supervisors and game development teams providing visual design leadership from conceptual development through all phases of production. As a veteran senior visual effects art director and concept designer
at Industrial Light & Magic he worked on numerous features including The Empire Strikes Back – Special Edition, Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, The Mummy, Mission to Mars, Peter Pan, and The Day After Tomorrow. Alex was co-nominated for Best Visual Effects Art Direction by the Visual Effects Society for his work on Minority Report. On the interactive side he worked for Electronic Arts on the Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire console game, for Germany’s Crytek on their award-winning Crysis and for LucasArts developing an original, new franchise. Now consulting under his company StudioLXL in Northern California, he recently provided conceptual design for Warner Brothers’ 2011 blockbuster, Green Lantern, VFX art direction for Robert Redford’s upcoming drama The Conspirator, and many more unannounced projects. Alex is a world-wide sought after speaker and is a member of the A.D.G. (Art Directors Guild), V.E.S. (Visual Effects Society), A.I.A.S. (Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences), and advisory committee of 5D Immersive Design Conference. alexlaurant.com
LEAH HOYER Levity Entertainment Group; Former Director of Development, Walt Disney Co. (Los Angeles)
A creative executive who has overseen more than 200 hours of programming for Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and Disney XD networks worldwide. Over a decade of experience developing ideas for television series, online content, video games and interactive theme park attractions. A respected leader with the ability to assemble and guide multifunctional teams. A seasoned business manager with proven success in marketing, profit growth, deal negotiation and developing new products and services to meet consumer demand and increase revenue. levityentertainmentgroup.com 11
ANDREW OOI
DAVID FREEMAN
Founder and Director, Inspidea (Kuala Lumpur)
Internationally renowned teacher of “Beyond Structure” (Los Angeles)
Andrew Ooi is the Founder and Director of Inspidea where he is responsible for developing the company’s animation properties, including all aspects of production. His previous producer credits include Johan the Young Scientist, three seasons of Mustang Mama, Mat Kacau and Boo & Me. All these programmes have been accepted by international agencies and networks including Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Al Jazeera Children’s Channel, the BBC, Astro etc. Currently he is producing a new animated comedy series for the BBC, Boo & Me season 2, and Johnny Bravo Goes to Bollywood for Cartoon Network.
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Andrew Ooi graduated with a BSc in Housing, Building and Planning from Universiti Sains
Malaysia and immediately pursued his Masters in Planning before joining an architectural and town planning consulting firm. He then began exploring the IT industry and became a software specialist for an engineering software company and later, started a company called Tourific. insipidea.com
David Freeman works as a writer in films and videogames, and is an acclaimed international speaker and teacher. As a screenwriter, David has sold scripts to Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, MGM, and others. He teaches “Beyond Structure”, the largest screenwriting class in Los Angeles, New York and London. Many top screenwriters, directors, and Hollywood
executives have been his students, along with numerous senior game designers and executives. He has contributed to many high-profile games such as Crysis 2 (upcoming), Tron: Evolution (upcoming), Prey, Need for Speed: Carbon, Terminator: Redemption, Marc Ecko’s Getting Up, Enter the Matrix, and many others. He has worked on games for Activision, Sony, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Take 2 Interactive, Disney Interactive, 3D Realms, Atari, and others. David is the author of the influential book, Creating Emotion in Games, which is used as a textbook at Carnegie Mellon and other universities. He is a sought after international speaker, teaching at film, animation, and videogame conferences around the world, at game publishers across North America and Europe, at film and television companies like Pixar, Disney, Aardman Animations, and others. beyondstructure.com freemangames.com
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that provides a high level of customer engagement involving all manner of stakeholders.
PATCH KHAN Business Development Director of Digital Media, Asia Pacific & Japan, Hewlett Packard (Singapore)
Patch Khan is a broadcast industry veteran with over 20 years of international experience in broadcast operations and media management having held senior operational and technical positions with SONY Pictures Entertainment, TNT & Cartoon Network, Chrysalis TV (MTV Europe), Showtime/ Gulf DTH, and more recently as Vice President of Operations for Discovery Networks Asia Pacific. hp.com
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Patch Khan is the Business Development Director of Digital Media, Asia Pacific & Japan for Hewlett Packard with overall responsibility for building HP’s market presence and go to market strategy including establishing regional partnerships, building the brand and portfolio awareness of the digital media domain, product & solutions development, managing industry/customer relationships and ensuring field execution. HP has leveraged its business and IT consulting services along with its deep storage management expertise to create a unique structure
STEN SELANDER Business Development Director, Nordic Game Program (MalmĂś)
Sten has a background in entrepreneurship, business and application development of new media and new cultural expressions, media production and product development, design and manufacturing.
infrastructure for the digital media industries and new cultural expressions, as well as forging connections between industry and research. These projects are specifically aimed towards new innovative games development.
With over 32 years of experience within media, art and design fields, and the last 10 years within games and interactive media, Selander stands on firm ground when it comes to developing strategic policies for the creative industries. Selander also has a background in leading start-ups and fast growing companies – previously he was COO of Unity Technologies, the company behind the very successful Unity game engine.
Selander is on the board of two vocational Games Education Institutions and serves as an advisor or board member to multiple games related businesses.
He is currently leading several projects in partnership with the Swedish Knowledge Foundation concerning innovation and
Selander co-founded the Swedish Games Industry association, which organizes over 40 Swedish games companies and continues to be a Senior Advisor and strategic analyst to the board. He was instrumental in putting the Nordic Game Program into place, which convinced the government to provide $15 million over 4 years to Nordic Game companies. nordicgame.com
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DIN ALTIT
JOHNCHILL LEE (Li Zhong Qiu)
Producing Partner at Scorpio Studios (Los Angeles)
Secretary General of ASIFA China; Executive Director, Deputy Secretary General of China Animation Association (Beijing)
An Institut Louis Lumière alumni, Din Altit’s professional career in film and television spans over a decade in creative and executive capacity. Din Altit began his career as an editor of MTV flag shows such as Real World and MTV’s Burned, and in 1998 was nominated for an Emmy for Best Feature story editing for his work on NBC/ Telemundo.
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Din shifted his career to the cinematic medium as a creative in 2000 as producer/editor and worked on such notable movie campaigns as 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Rundown, and Hellboy. With a wealth of knowledge and experience Din Altit’s career peaked at the executive level and in 2005 he joined Sony Columbia Pictures, where he worked on blockbuster films such as Casino Royal,
Ghost Rider, and The Fog. He also was instrumental in the implementation of numerous digital initiatives for the studio. In 2008 Din joined UFA Media group as Head of International Creative Services and led creative teams across 23 various channels to ensure direct to core demographic promotions across all media. Most recently Din served as Vice President of Production and Development for Mirage Holdings group. In 2010 Din formed Scorpio Studios with producing partner Kevin Summerfield where he is currently developing and producing a slate of high concept commercial films for the international market. scorpiostudios.com
Johnchill Lee is China’s most networked Animation professional. He is the Executive Director and Deputy Secretary General of China Animation Association; the Secretary General of ASIFA China; President of ZhongGuanCun Digital Content Association; the President of Golden Bridge Animation Studio; and the President of Dison Computer Graphics & Image Co. Ltd.
Frequently sought after to consult and advise the China Central Government, Johnchill serves as an Expert of Development of the Animation Industries to the State Council and an Expert of State Press and Public Administration. He is a guest professor at JiLin Animation College and JiangNan University. Johnchill has served as a jury member for animation festivals all over the world, including: Korea’s “Star Project” (2008) and PISAF (2003); and Italy’s “I Castelli Animati” International Animated Film Festival (2006). He has served as Jury President of Xiamen International Animation Festival (2008) and on the Chief Jury Committee of CICAF (2004, 2005). Since 2003 Johnchill has been researching Pan animation and interactive media, as well as animation technology and education. His applied research aims at ensuring that academic programmes meet commercial requirements. Johnchill is frequently invited to present his research and overviews of China’s animation industries at conferences and forums all over the world. chinanim.com asifa.net
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ANAND GURNANI Co Founder, CEO & Managing Editor of AnimationXpress.com (Mumbai)
AnimationXpress.com is the internationally acclaimed Animation, VFX, Gaming information portal and Business2Business company. Anand is thoroughly networked with a 1000+ studios across India, China and the Asia Pacific and with an equal number of content buyers, distributors and outsourcing studios from the US & Western Europe. He also loves writing and traveling and is currently developing four children focused Intellectual Properties that will reach children across the globe in 2011.
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animationxpress.com axapac.com
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KATERINA MORJANOFF
to her earning renown amongst these circles as Australia’s first ‘business muse’.
Director of Business Development, X|Media|Lab (Sydney)
Kat has spent time with some of the world’s most inspirational and influential people, even being intriguingly branded a “Breakthrough Genius” by Siimon Reynolds, one of the world’s foremost authorities on advertising and creativity. By age 15 Katerina was representing Australia in international ice-skating championships across Europe against competitors many years her senior and applying the intense lessons learnt from the sporting arena to wider canvasses of life.
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As Director of Business Development for X|Media|Lab, Katerina thinks big and commercially, across platforms, cultures, and multiple countries and projects. In a world drowning in distraction and boredom, the most valuable currency is engagement. Katerina’s capacity to increase productivity at individual and organizational levels has led to her insights on 3D engagement being sought by politicians, advertising agencies and successful entrepreneurs, and
A vivid advocate of data driven decisions, Kat won’t prophesize anything unless the numbers stack up. And they do. She expands your mind and profits with an uncompromising style that goes deep beyond the traditional realm of commerce. An engagement marketing specialist, Katerina recently hit Amazon.com’s Best-Seller List with the new book she coauthored, The Relationship Age, climbing to #1 in three Amazon. com categories. facebook.com/KatMorjanoff xmedialab.com
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JESSICA FAN General Manager, X|Media|Lab China (Beijing)
As General Manager, XML China, Jessica spearheads X|Media|Lab’s activities across the country, including: XML Beijing: Immersive Media, China Animation Market, China Creative Industries Exchange, and the XML China Masterclass Series. Jessica is using her acute business acumen and communication skills to connect people from different industries and combine them together to create new business opportunities within the X|Media|Lab China platform.
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Jessica has over ten years experience in the film, television,
animation and computer games industries. Most recently she was General Manager of Emdigo Inc. and Deputy General Manager at Emdigo China, responsible for the local operations of the China team and delivering world class games projects to the US based company. Prior to this she was a Creative Director with Emdigo and was responsible for the project design and production of SuperGirl 2005 and 2006 for the China Mobile and Nokia portals in China. SuperGirl was China’s most popular tv show at the time, attracting audiences of up to 280 million each episode and voting via their mobile phones. Jessica began her career at China’s leading media firms: Beijing TV and CCTV where she worked as an Editor, Assistant Producer and Producer. AT CCTV Jessica was the Marketing Manager for some of CCTV’s most popular programmes and brands. Jessica holds a Bachelor degree from Communications University China. xmedialab.com xmedialab.cn
QUEE SHIAO YEE Project Director, X|Media|Lab Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
Shiao Yee drives X|Media|Lab’s activities in Malaysia: XML KL, Masterclasses, and the XML partnership with MDeC and Kre8tif! to establish Kre8tif! as the premier creative industries event for regional and international professionals to meet, learn from each other, and do business together. Shiao Yee has a decade of experience working with entrepreneurs, large companies and government across the creative and information industries. Prior to XML, Shiao Yee was the Manager, CEO’s Office for Vision New Media where she assisted the Group CEO in providing strategic leadership for Vision Interactive Broadband Services and Vision Animation. Complementary to this she also managed the day-to-day business
operations and played a strong business development role. Shiao Yee was previously a Senior Executive with the Technopreneur Development Division with MDeC, where she assisted the Vice President in managing and executing special programmes and projects; and provided business and development guidance to budding technopreneurs. Shiao Yee speaks English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka and Indonesian. She holds an MBA (with Commendation), a MSc Information System, and BSc (Honours) in Computing (Networks) from the University of Hertfordshire. xmedialab.com
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Adamant Productions The Adamant Odyssey The Adamant Odyssey is a 3D animated feature film. It is a sci-fi adventure targeted for boys and girls between ages 8 to 13 with a spillover to ages 15. This is entertainment the whole family can also enjoy. It details a coming-of age journey for four young friends who are on a quest to save their galaxy’s sun from being destroyed. The primary distribution plan at this stage will cover domestic theatrical release followed by domestic network and/or cable television with an eventual distribution to international markets. We are also targeting other channels for distribution, such as international television and DVD sales, merchandising, spin-off series and cross-platform promotional activities.
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TEAM Angelia Ong Producer/Lead Writer Angelia Ong’s experience extends to story/content development for a variety of genres, including comic books as well as indie creative projects and managing those projects as well. angelia@bansheecreative.com Sheldon Goh Artistic Director/Concept Artist Sheldon Goh is an accomplished comic book, storyboard and concept artist with experience drawing comic books for GI Joe licensees in the United States and small press publishers in the United Kingdom. He has also created storyboards for animated TV series and TV commercials. sheldon@bansheecreative.com Mussadique Suleiman Technical Director/Business Development Mussadique Suleiman is one half of the Suleiman Brothers directing duo for
the short film Rojak. Rojak was a part of a series of a filmmakers’ showcase sponsored by P1 known as ‘15 Malaysia’. Rojak proved to be extremely successful and was seen as a unique employment of treatment and style and also made its way into many international film festivals as an official selection to competitions. He is also the Technical Director for The Adamant Odyssey with years of experience with open source 3D software. mussadique@gmail.com Jordan Suleiman Creative Director Jordan is the other half of the Suleiman Brothers directing duo for the short film Rojak. Rojak was a part of a series of a filmmakers’ showcase sponsored by P1 known as ‘15 Malaysia’. Rojak proved to be extremely successful and was seen as a unique employment of treatment and style and also made its way into many international film festivals as an official selection to competitions. jordan.suleiman@gmail.com
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Addeen Multimedia SDN BHD Addeen Multimedia is an animation and SFX company, set up in 2009. Although a new set up, Addeen is a group of experienced individuals in the whole chain of production activities. Currently, they are developing a 3D animated TV series, targeted at children between 8 -12 years old. TEAM
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Azman Azahar Managing Director, Producer Azman decided to start his own animation business in 2008, and set up the company in 2009. His full 8 years in MDeC’s Creative Multimedia Department has given him valuable experience in content industry locally and abroad. fenrizian@gmail.com
Roy Writer Fairul Nizam Ablah started off writing comics captions for Gempak. After an illustrious career in Malaysia’s comic industry, Roy began writing scripts for TV drama and animation studios, including the highly acclaimed Bola Kampung, Bio-Nik, Belalang and Arjuna.
Fythullah Hamzah Creative Director, Director Fythullah is the creator of the animated series Eicak. Formerly a concept artist for MDeC’s Saladin, he decided to team up with Azman to develop their very first own IP, Eicak. Fythullah is quite a well-known figure in the local creative scene. phytocomplex@yahoo.com
Deansham Co-director Ahmad Sharifuddin Shamsuddin a.k.a Dean Sham is an avid offbeat short filmmaker. He aspires to change the course of the Malaysian film industry and make films that change the mentality of cinema audiences. deansham@gmail.com
Sam Lei Wong Head, SFX and 3D Jurassic Park was the turning point for Sam to become a SFX artist. He then pursued his study and career in Canada. He was the Mentor for MDeC’s IPCC (Animation Category) in 2008 and 2009. His latest projects include the animated series, Ibn Batutta (as Head of 3D and SFX cum Producer) and the feature film Merong Mahawangsa (as the SFX artist). sam.eicak@gmail.com
Kamal Production Manager After a career as a 3D animator, Kamal joined the Saladin team as a Project Manager in the licensing and merchandising department. He aims to bring Eicak to international audiences. malscript@yahoo.com
Avant Garde Studios SDN BHD NINJA CAT ICHI, NI, SAN This 2D-animated HDTV series is an action packed mystery and crime solving cartoon with wacky and wholesome fun that is suitable for all ages. Ninja Cat is based in a high crime city where he as a crime-fighting detective, solving puzzling crime scenes with his intellectual sidekick Oliver, whose mannerisms resemble that of an intellectual Englishman. He works in a Japanese restaurant in a city where crime and karaoke bars never sleep. He is very dedicated and possesses a unique three-step crime solving method, which is his character’s main signature.Throughout the series, Ninja Cat will be facing multiple villains ranging from petty criminals, ninja accomplices, a rival crime-fighter who wants Ninja Cat’s limelight, right through to his arch nemesis Maikel, an intellectual and evil Orang Utan who’s bent on world domination. We believe that this program, targeted at children aged 6 - 12 will be able to penetrate the global content market as the series is designed around the addictive concept of superheroes and nature.To bring this animatedTV series into being, we are in co-production with Cyberchicken Animation Ltd, a leading 2D animation house based in South Korea, with years of experience handling Hollywood clients such as Warner Bros. and Nickelodeon.
TEAM Syed Hezri Syed Hisham Managing Director hezri@agstudios.com.my Keeta Brennan Creative Director keeta@agstudios.com.my
Adrian J. Williams Animation Director adrian@agstudios.com.my
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BACKBONE ENTERTAINMENT SDN BHD JINGGO
EDEN STUDIOS SDN BHD CANDY COATED BOUNTY HUNTERS
Backbone Entertainment entered the realm of computer graphics in 1994. She grew as the industry proliferated and earned herself a solid reputation within the animation and visual effect communities. From content development to animation productions, our vast portfolio to date includes 2D/3D animated TV series, visual effects and TV commercials.
Starting in 2007, EDEN Studios was founded as a platform to showcase the best and brightest of local animation, and dealt mostly in outsourced works from foreign companies.
Backbone Entertainment rocks the world with refreshing ideas and churn ideas into reality.
Synopsis: Jinggo is the main protagonist of the animation series. He is a sharp shooter from the country’s Special Force Team. Often clueless and stumbling through any case he is given. Gadgets created by the so-called “Genius” inventor, Dr. No, frequently turn out to be pieces of unless tools rather than being useful. His hot-headed attitude and insufferably clumsy mistakes pertaining to his surroundings and current environment always leads him into danger, but he always gets out of trouble through either Dr. No’s gadgets (well, sometime the gadgets work in an unconventional way), his assistants (Joned and Kido), or pure luck.... Many cases await our three detectives / super hunters, but will they succeed? Or will they face more troubles and failures like they always do? Stay Tuned!!
In recent years however, EDEN Studios has come to recognize the creative potential trapped behind the local industry and the growing interest in locally produced works. For this, we felt we had a duty to diversify our efforts, and have been gradually expanding to match up with this growing market. We have since become an award-winning team of animators and developers of creative content, and are now working towards becoming the one platform for anyone, both talents and investors, interested in finding a niche in the international ACG industry.
Synopsis: Based in an alternate future where pollution has forced the emergence of sugar-powered engines and fantasy-like life forms, Candy Coated Bounty Hunter is projected as a 13-episode action-packed comedy that tells the tale of a pair of orphaned siblings, Nano and Jaclyn Windfall, who traverse the skies in their pan-shaped flying home in search of their world’s ultimate bounty. Zany and fun-filled, the show carries a soft environmental undertone that sends a clear message without losing the audience’s interest. TEAM
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Arnold Animation Director
Luay Concept Designer Kai Head of Animation Akira Compositor
Ken Yuen Previously a creative director/studio manager of Toona Animation (M) Freelance Comic Artist for HK Storm Riders comic book Art Director for severals TV Ads at VHQ Post (M) Ink & Paint artist for 2d animations Characters Designer for online game (China) Storyboard artist for 3d short featured film at Intense Studio (SG)
Nerv Lim Local Comic artist Layout artist at Toona Animation (M) Freelance comic artist Creator of Candy Coated Bounty Hunter Part time lecturer at Dasein Academy
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BIGBEAK PICTURES SDN BHD CHUMMY & CHAMP
E-ONE STUDIO SDN BHD HIDDEN DAWN
BigBeak Pictures is an animation and live-action production house. Knowledge R&D continues to be at the forefront of our new intellectual property developments. Our first product was a puppet show called Chummy & Champ™, born after 3 years of R&D and psychological testing.
Hidden Dawn is a 3D action adventure game.
Our vision is to be a social enterprise – one that is profitable but at the same time, grows and develops our stakeholders as well as the communities around us.
Story driven, with quicktime events, platforming, puzzle solving and combat.
Synopsis: Spanning the ages, events long past had inexorably caught up to the present life of a young woman.
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She shall know fear and death.
The world of Chummy & Champ™ focuses on the most pertinent issue of today – the environment. Our young viewers ages 3-6 years will learn the importance of being kind to their environment in a fun and entertaining way.
But she will also know dignity and honour ... in places far beyond her humble village.
Chummy & Champ™ is on a GREEN MISSION. The ECO ICONS - Chummy™ (sun bear), Champ™ (orangutan), Big Beak™ (hornbill) – and The Captain™ (leatherback turtle) will entertain children, while championing green issues and encourage children to love and care for our animals and environment. In the future – REEMAU™ (tiger), TINY (Pygmy elephant) and QI QI (pronounced Chi Chi) will be added. Chummy & Champ™ is unique – it is possibly the FIRST TRANSMEDIA PRESCHOOL ESTATE that is comprehensive and focused on sharing with preschoolers about the animals and environment that we live in. Chummy & Champ™ is now in the next phase of development and we are working on the games, interactive content, bedtime story books, iBook, and many other exciting edutainment content for children including mobile content.
While enemies from the darkest shadows hunt her... allies from the strangest places will aid her. Setting out to heal her sick father, Heru had embarked on a journey of self discovery. Yet she stumbled across an an ancient crisis spanning far beyond her imaginings. A crisis that endangers not only her family, but the very fabric of her homeworld. Heru’s journey soon becomes the sole hope for an entire web of life Could the fate of one bring freedom to all?
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Azlan Pa’wan Managing Director azlan.pawan@bigbeakpictures.com
Rizalmie Senior Visual Illusionist rizalmie@bigbeakpictures.com
Yu Han Matrix Manipulator yu.han@bigbeakpictures.com
Edo Visual Illusionist edo@bigbeakpictures.com
TEAM Amir Irwan Executive Producer amir@e-onestudio.com Erkan Sabanovic Chief Architect
Fawaz Nejdi Producer Hafizan Sukaini & 25 others Artists
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ED-ONLINE TECHNOLOGIES SDN BHD RED, YELLOW & BLUE
LC GAMES DEVELOPMENT INC. LAKSAMANA UPIN & IPIN MOBILE & PC GAME
Ed-Online incorporated in 2001, provides multimedia development and content solution services in the areas of LEARNING, COMMUNICATIONS and ENTERTAINMENT.
LC Games Development (LCGDI) was incorporated in April 2010 to be the game development arm for Les’ Copaque Production Sdn. Bhd. We specialise in developing games on the PC and mobile.
We started out as the producer and manufacturer of interactive multimedia learning CD series based on the Malaysian school syllabus. Since then, we expanded our business to provide multimedia development services and have been constantly involved in the development of multimedia courseware for Malaysia Education curriculum. We have also successfully completed a number of corporate e-learning projects that have been deployed at local banks and telecommunication service provider.
Our main goal and vision is to be to the games industry what Les’ Copaque is to the Malaysian animation industry: to be one of the top game development companies in Malaysia, and create games that showcases our local talents and Malaysian culture.
Our animation studio is developing original intellectual property for the global entertainment market. Ed-Online has just released Ivan’s Thoughts, a 22’ x 13 episode TV animated series. Red, Yellow & Blue is the next property to be developed with co-producers from UK and Singapore.
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Format: 52 episodes x 11 minutes
Genre: Preschool educational adventure
Target Age: 4 - 6 years old
Synopsis: Watch out!The evil Mr Dull is sucking colours out of all kinds of things with his Gloomatic Machine. But fear not!The Colour Squad is here to help. Johnny Red, SunnyYellow and Billy Blue will repaint all those who have lost their colours. Join the Colour Squad as they travel across the different worlds in Hue Zealand, meet all kinds of characters, solve all kinds of problems and have lots of fun! TEAM
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Tan Chiang Loong Producer cltan@ed-online.com.my
Jeremy Song Wai Jin Writer Jeremy_swj@hotmail.com
Lee Chuen Loong Business Development Director cllee@ed-online.com.my
Allan Chan Wai Lon Head of Development seanlon@gmail.com
Laksamana Upin & Ipin is an upcoming game due to be released in conjunction with the Laksamana Upin & Ipin 3D animated feature film.
Ehsan Azharuddin Manager & GDI Master Before coming into LC Games Development Inc., Ehsan studied at Multimedia University Cyberjaya and got his degree in Digital Media. He then put his knowledge gained from the three years at University in good use by not using it at all in applying to be a screenwriter in Les’ Copaque. It’s a Zen thing. He then dabbled in audio design and as Le Copaque’s International Sales & Marketing Manager. Ehsan now manages LC Games Development Inc as the GDI Master. He enjoys writing, drawing, and generally being the Devil’s advocate, much to the chagrin of his friends. ehsan@lcgdi.com Syed Nurfaiz Khalid. Game Developer & Awesome Friend Known as Faizu among his colleagues, he is a graduate of UniKL MIIT. Faizu joined Les Copaque Production to pursue his career in the animation industry. There he became an animator, render artist, trainer, rigger and finally the Head of Modeling. He has continued his journey in LC games as a game developer. Faizu enjoys playing TF2 (Pwning his colleagues while he’s at it btw). He is also known for his crazy behavior if he drinks coffee. faizu@lcgdi.com
Hakim Sabri Game Developer and Sith Juggernaut Before joining LC Games, Hakim attended Liverpool’s John Moores University where he earned a degree in making games. Upon graduating, he landed a job at the University in conjunction with the BBC on a project called Homura Game Engine. His role was to create characters, animate them in games, make websites, and eat ice creams. During his spare time, he trained in a local Jedi Academy to learn the ways of the Force. He was expelled shortly after a lightning incident. 2 years passed, Hakim was called upon by the Malaysian Sith Council to bring his leetness home. Back in Malaysia, he had a short stint at Animasia-Studio as keyframe animator until he moved to Les’ Copaque as a Web Developer. He still gets to eat lots of ice creams. hakim@lcgdi.com Hizral Ashraq Game Developer and Company Ninja Hizral leaves his house every morning to pursue a career in game development at LCGDI as employee number 4. Over here at LCGDI he creates demos that we use to show the team’s potential of making great games. He also has this obsession about Telletubbies. hizral@lcgdi.com
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TRIPOD ENTERTAINMENT SDN BHD ZOOROCCO
TERATO SDN BHD QALVINIUS
Zoorocco was conceived as an animated TV series, 22mins x 26 eps, with potential for a three to four season story arc.
Terato Tech Sdn. Bhd. is a company focusing on mobile applications development across the Apple iPad and iPhone, Google Android, the Palm Pre and Symbian. They are a multi-award winning MSC status company.
Produced in a hybrid traditional 2D and 3D CG animation style, the Pilot episode is complete and Tripod is seeking co-production and network interest to develop the rest of the series. Tripod is also planning for both standard and stereoscopic 3D versions of Zoorocco.
Qalvinius is a full featured RPG on the iPhone which is amongst the Top 100 iPhone Games in France, Japan, Philippines, Macau, Hong Kong, China & many other markets.
Synopsis: Ralph, an ordinary teenage boy, is caught in an alien trap and accidentally transported to Zoorocco, a giant zoo planet a million light years from Earth. Zoorocco was once the greatest tourist attraction in the galaxy, with aliens from a thousand cultures held captive on towering Habitats high above the planet surface, for the amusement of Zoorocco’s masters, the Keepers. When Ralph turns up, the zoo planet had been abandoned for nearly 50 years by its Keepers, with the multitude of alien captives now loose and building an exotic new world. Ralph crash-lands on Zoorocco, and is saved from cannibal pygmies by the cute but crazy Dara Buka, a “hoomin” girl and Captain of the Windship “Maggie Mead”. She’s a smart explorer, tough trader, resilient diplomat and all-teenage girl, but personal safety isn’t at the top of her list. Although they don’t get along at first, Dara and Ralph must trust each other if they are to find a way back home to Earth. This is the start of a beautiful relationship! TEAM Leon Tan Producer leon@tripod-ent.com
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Michael Bloemendal Associate Producer/Audio Director mike@tripod-ent.com
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Jazzlyn Loh Audio Producer/Line Producer jazzlyn@tripod-ent.com
Trouble ensues on the Island of Qalvinius, when the extinct eponymous volcano suddenly shows signs of life. To make matters worse, monsters have begun attacking the peaceful islanders of Qalvinius. The only answer lies within a mysterious stone missing known only as the Aida Stone. Embark on a quest that spans across the Qalvinius Island and right the wrongs of a troubled world, and find out what set off the unfortunate chain of events Features: Open-ended RPG gives you time to fully explore Qalvinius Island. Includes puzzles and minigames
TEAM Reza Fahmi Razali Founder reza@terato.com Muhamad Salih Md Soot Creative Director Nor Amin Creative Designer Henzman Kumpul Multimedia Specialist
Ahmad Ashraf Azman Engineer Helmi Hasan Engineer Hijazi Bahaman Engineer
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SYMPHONIC PICTURES LANDS OF WAR
OSCAR HALLMARK SDN BHD KE ZOO
In 2008, Ian Abercromby united his 25 years of experience in production across a wide range of media with Zaalen Tallis who has almost 15 years of experience in music composition, writing scripts and making films to create the innovative Australian film production company Symphonic Pictures.
Oscar Hallmark is a Malaysian cartoon animation company providing animation, 2D Flash animation, illustration, character design and animation production services to the Malaysian and international animation, publishing and character licensing industries.
Symphonic Pictures is focused on producing imaginative and exciting animated content for a global audience. Its initial strategies aim to entice audiences via net based interactions: The production of feature length animated films and associated gaming opportunities will seize this momentum to form a valuable thematic platform. Their first major project Lands of War is currently underway with a second project ready and waiting.
Ke Zoo is a 23 minute x 13 episode animated TV series based on morality and friendship between animals at our local zoo. These are stories about how they overcome everything together – how they stand tall even when they are facing big problems.
Symphonic Pictures has done extensive investigations into both Australian and foreign creative companies and believes that possible collaborations with teams from other cultural backgrounds could produce a formidable creative force. Symphonic Pictures is excited about the prospect of engaging in an open dialogue with potential collaborators and looks forward to discussing the possibility of future alliances with other creative companies.
TEAM Aziz Bin Mohamad Zaman Executive Director oscarhallmark@yahoo.com Nor Rizal Bin Ngah Art Director Azhar Bin Yusof Studio Director/Editor Anuar Bin Shariff Animation Director/Storyboard
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Ian Abercromby Company Director ianabercromby@symphonicpictures.com.au
Zaalen Tallis Company Director zaalentallis@symphonicpictures.com.au
Noor Azizam Bin Mohamed Bashri Animator Mas Johan Bin Hanafi Animator
Rashidah Binti Abd Rahman Animator Azhar Bin Mohamed Animator Mas’od Bin Maseri Animator Arnaz Dinoza Bin Adnan Animator Jefry Bin Osman Animator Mathadir Bin Pauji Background Artist 37
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