Lil Critter Workshope secured rights to Lawak Kampus

Lawak Kampus comic since its release in 2003 has taken the region by storm, available in Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin and English with a readership of 150,000 in Malaysia. With audiences in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and China, recognised as a breakthrough for Malaysia’s comic landscape. It follows three best friends and their school mates as they learn to navigate essential life skills at school. The anime TV series will be targeting kids and families in the Asia Pacific territories, in ten-minute laugh out loud episodes. The series aims to explore the themes of relationships, inclusion, self-acceptance during one’s school years.

'We thank Kadokawa Gempak Starz for trusting us to develop these four-panel Malaysian comic treasure. The opportunity to introduce new audiences to this world is a dream come true for our team. We will have lots of fun developing this truly Malaysian collection of colourful and crazy characters into animated life', said Walid Omar, Executive Producer of Lil Critter Workshop. 'The folks are highly anticipating the production of Lawak Kampus. We have full faith in their creatives when it comes to transforming our legendary comic for TV audiences', added Chris Yew, CEO of Kadokawa Gempak Starz.

With over 6.5 million copies sold in Malaysia alone, Lawak Kampus is a welcoming challenge to the team at the studio (it boasts a portfolio of seven IPs on its slate in just six years), which also provides animation services to the USA and the UK. Hogie The Globehopper, Outlaw Dark and Buck+Buddy are some of its notable productions; the studio has produced over 447 episodes of animation. Given the demand for anime in the current market and the existing fanbase of the comic, the anime TV series is expected to attract a large-scale audience of not just children but adults as well in the Asia Pacific region and beyond.