Kampung Boy

Kampung Boy

Loosely based on a series of graphics novels drawn by cartoonist Lat, "Kampung Boy" was a Malaysian animated television series.
Originally broadcast in the late-90s on Astro Ria, the series followed the adventures of a young boy, Mat, and his family who lived in a traditional 'kampung' (village). The show was animated in the Philippines with the scripts handled by a team in Los Angeles, under the strict supervision of Lat, and voice recording done in Kuala Lumpur by local actors in English. The series reruns regularly on Astro Ceria, however it is not available on DVD.

Season 1 started off with less 'refined' character designs and the animation felt looser. By the time of "Oh Tok' (the episode which won an Annecy Award in 1999), the overall design of the show became more standardized. Recurring themes in this season included the positive and negative intrusions of modernization on the traditional rural way of life.

Kampung Boy S1


Kampung Boy S2