The Malaysian animation industry is celebrating its latest success with the announcement that 3D animated series Origanimals
has nabbed the Best Planning Award at the Seoul Promotion Plan 2012
Project Competition, which is held in conjunction with the Seoul Int’l
Cartoon and Animation Festival. The project stood out from 109 entries
from 19 countries and was one of 20 features, series and shorts selected
as finalists for the final pitch sessions.Origanimals is being developed by Giggle Garage Sdn Bhd, an
MSC Malaysia Status Company. The 52 x 11 3D HD series aimed at kids 4-8
follows four Origanimal (origami + animal) friends known as the Awesome
Four as they go on adventures and help other Origanimals in trouble. The
show is currently in pre-production with the first 26-episode season
scheduled to be ready for broadcast in December 2013. An interactive
version for the web is in planning.The winner announcement was made by head judge Linda Simensky (VP of
Children’s Programming, PBS Kids, USA). The other finalist pitching
judges at SPP 2012 were Orion Ross (VP – Original Series, Disney
Channels EMEA, UK), Nils Stokke (Head of NRK Children’s, NRK Super,
Norway), Min Park (Exec Producer, EBS Korea) and Dong-woo Lee (CEO, ROI
VISUAL, Korea).
Giggle Garage Sdn Bhd website : http://gigglegarage.com/
The Giggle Garage team with Linda Simensky
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