At the turn of the century, Malaysia’s animation industry was known chiefly for its service work. Today, it is the largest creator of local content characters in Southeast Asia, according to a recent ...

[JURIST] The government of mainly-Muslim Malaysia has imposed a blanket ban on the controversial caricatures of Muhammad [JURIST news archive], making it an offense to publish, import, produce, ...

Last month, we reported from the virtual edition of Kre8tif!, the annual animation conference normally held in the Malaysian city of Cyberjaya. This is where the latest ideas and projects from ...

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Today the Malaysian political cartoonist known as Zunar is getting on a plane today from England to Malaysia, where he faces 43 years in jail for satirising the government of the day. You and I may ...

Malaysia’s Home Ministry has banned the sale and distribution of books by Turkish author Mustafa Akyol and two Malaysians, Ahmad Farouk Musa and Faisal Tehrani, for being “prejudicial to public order.

When cartoonist Kazimir Lee Iskander learned that 17 Malaysian trans women had been arrested by the Islamic police in June 2014 for the crime of “impersonating women,” he was both riveted by the case ...

Malaysian blogger Mack Zulkifli weighs in on the Danish cartoons controversy: “As far as I can see, in this specific conflict, nobody is coming out the winner. This is not freedom of speech. Don't ...

The agency is tasked to help enhance Cartoon Network’s media outreach as the brand continues to inspire kids and families to engage with the brand. This appointment will see the agency being the ...

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