BoBoiBoy

BoBoiBoy
Genre
Created byNizam Razak
Written by
  • Abdul Razak
  • Anas Abdul Aziz
Directed by
  • Nizam Razak (S1, S3)
  • Yap Ee Jean, Dzubir Mohammed Zakaria (S2–S3)
Voices of
  • Nur Fathiah Diaz
  • Yap Ee Jean
  • Nur Sarah Alisya Zainal Rashid
  • Dzubir Mohammed Zakaria
  • Anas Abdul Aziz
  • Muhammad Fathi Diaz
  • Nizam Razak
  • Yvonne Chong Shin Vun
  • Wong Wai Kay
Theme music composerYuri Wong, Jonathan Lee
Opening theme
  • "BoBoiBoy"
  • (S1E1–S3E18, S3E20–S3E26)
  • "Jagalah Bumi"
  • (S3E19)
Ending theme
  • "Bersedia"
  • (S1E1–S3E19)
  • "Jagalah Bumi"
  • (S3E20–S3E26)
Country of originMalaysia
Original languageMalay
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time20 minutes
Production companyAnimonsta Studios
Original release
NetworkTV3
Release13 March 2011 (2011-03-13) –
11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)
Related
BoBoiBoy Galaxy
Mechamato

BoBoiBoy is a Malaysian animated television series and franchise produced by Animonsta Studios. The story follows BoBoiBoy, a boy with elemental superpowers who can split into three separate versions of himself. Together with his friends Hanna (Malay: Yaya), Ying, Gopal, and Fang, the team fights to protect the Earth from alien threats, particularly Adu Du and Probe, who aim to conquer the planet.

It consists of three seasons which aired from March 2011 to June 2016. A theatrical film, BoBoiBoy The Movie, was released on 3 March 2016, and a sequel series, BoBoiBoy Galaxy, premiered in November 2016.

Plot

Season 1

The series begins with BoBoiBoy traveling to his grandfather Tok Aba's home in Pulau Rintis for the school holidays. At the same time, Adu Du, an alien from the planet Ata Ta Tiga, arrived on Earth to search for energy resources. He discovered cocoa, a powerful energy source that became extinct on his planet about 30,000 years ago. Eager to conquer all the cocoa for himself and become a hero on his planet, Adu Du enlisted the help of the "Power Sphere" named Ochobot. However, a series of mishaps led to BoBoiBoy obtaining Ochobot instead, who then granted BoBoiBoy and his new friends — Ying, Hanna/Yaya, and Gopal — superpowers via special wrist-watch devices known as "Power Bands".

Season 2

In this season, BoBoiBoy moves to Pulau Rintis to reunite with Tok Aba Bin Abah Kau, Gopal, Ying and Yaya. The story in this season mainly centres on BoBoiBoy and his friends' lives at Pulau Rintis Primary School. BoBoiBoy also encountered a new challenger, Fang at his new school. In the season 2 finale, BoBoiBoy's friends along with Fang fought a powerful alien named Ejo Jo who planned to steal all their Power Bands.

Season 3

In this season, BoBoiBoy defeated Ejo Jo, and Adu Du becomes BoBoiBoy's friend. Their friendship however, did not last throughout the season. Boboiboy also got his new Fire and Water Elemental powers. At the end of season BoBoiBoy and his friends fought Captain Kaizo, however he forfeited the fight and ask BoBoiBoy to join his team to find lost Power Spheres but BoBoiBoy declined the offer.

Characters

Production

BoBoiBoy is the first release of Animonsta Studios Sdn. Bhd., an animation company founded by Nizam Razak with three other partners: Safwan Abdul Karim, Anas Abdul Aziz, and Kee Yong Pin after they left Les' Copaque Production in 2009.

The original concept of the story centres on a coffee-addict alien named Adu Du who has made his way to Earth. A minor change was made later, where instead of coffee, the alien is now in search of cocoa. The change, according to its Facebook fan page, was due to the fact that coffee is a bitter-tasting drink, and does not appeal to children.

The series was released simultaneously in two languages: Malay and English, for the local and international market respectively. Both versions fully utilise different voice actors. In the Malay version, Nur Fathiah Diaz, was chosen to voice the main character, BoBoiBoy. The series ended after three seasons and was taken up by its sequel, BoBoiBoy Galaxy, starting on 25 November 2016.

Media

Animated series

The first season consists of 13 episodes and two extended episodes. It started airing on Sunday, 13 March 2011 on TV3. It was shown on Disney Channel Asia starting 11 June 2011. Every episode is 22-minutes long and consists of part 1 and 2, each last for 11 minutes. Due to the cartoon's popularity, Animonsta Studios agreed to re-air the final episode with an "Extended Finale" on 1 January 2012.

The second season consists of 13 episodes, it was aired on Sunday, 27 May 2012 on TV3.

The third season consists of 23 episodes, originally airing from January 2014 to June 2016. This is the first season that uploaded new episodes onto YouTube before airing on TV. It is also the first season to change the theme song, switching out "BoBoiBoy Superhero Kita" (transl. BoBoiBoy, Our Superhero!) with "Jagalah Bumi" by Kotak.

Movie

The first film of the series BoBoiBoy: The Movie was released on 3 March 2016 in Malaysia, 18 March 2016 in Singapore and 13 April 2016 in Indonesia. Taking place after the events of season 3, the movie brings BoBoiBoy and his friends on an adventure to a mysterious island that houses an ancient Power Sphere older than Ochobot with untold powers. Ochobot has been taken by a new group of enemies called the Tengkotak, led by Bora Ra who attempts to seek out an ancient Power Sphere called Klamkabot. With a budget of RM5 million, it received positive reviews and is a box office success, grossing around RM20 million.

Comics

IssuesOfficial title
1 BoBoiBoy: Pertarungan Terakhir
Comic adaptation of last three episodes of season 3.
2 BoBoiBoy: Sfera Kuasa
Comic adaptation of BoBoiBoy: The Movie.

Awards

Anugerah Karyawan Animasi

International broadcasts

CountryChannelAirdates
 IndonesiaRTV 16 December 2020
MNCTV 20 October 2014
Global TV 1 July 2012
 ThailandMONO29

Cartoon Club[citation needed]

19 August 2018
 India Hungama TV 12 June 2017
Marvel HQ 5 June 2019
 VietnamPops Kids (YouTube channel) March 2018
 ChinaTencent VideoDecember 2017

Reception

In public discussion

In Vietnam, BoBoiBoy is often mentioned by Vietnamese animators, animation studio creators, animation industry associations and Vietnamese media alongside with other Malaysian animation IPs: Upin & Ipin, Ejen Ali and Mechamato as the prime examples for the rapid development of Malaysian animation industry during public discussion about the solution for the growth of Vietnam's national animation industry (vi).

Notes

  1. ↑ English: "BoBoiBoy, Our Superhero!"
  2. ↑ English: "Hang on Tight"

References

  1. ↑ Mohd Nizam Abdul Razak, director; Ee Jean Yap, BoboiBoy, OCLC 988732441
  2. 1 2 "BoBoiBoy I S1 I Episode 1 English Dub". Power Sphera Universe - Monsta. Event occurs at 8:00-8:04 – via YouTube. Mimi? I'm Hanna! - From a YouTube verified channel.
  3. ↑ Oleh Mohd. Haikal Isa (16 October 2022). "Pencipta BoBoiBoy dedah negara Islam tolak watak Yaya bertudung". Kosmo! (in Malay). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "About Us Archived 5 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine" Animonsta Studios. Retrieved on 10 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Animonsta in The Edge Malaysia - Netv@alue2.0" Animonsta Studios' Official Blog. 12 December 2009. Retrieved on 28 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "BoBoiBoy Sneak Peek HD" YouTube. 22 November 2009. Retrieved on 28 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Konsep awal Adu Du, yang dulu dikenali sebagai cofeeliens (alien yang mahukan kopi - sebelum ditukar kepada alien yang mahukan koko)" Facebook. 29 December 2014. Retrieved on 28 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Adu Du taknak takluk bumi sebab kopi.... pahit... tukar kepada koko!!!" Facebook. 10 November 2010. Retrieved on 28 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "BoBoiBoy: Superhero Tempatan" Animonsta Studios' Official Blog. 29 November 2010. Retrieved on 28 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Tonton 3 Episod Terakhir BoBoiBoy di TV3 sempena Cuti Sekolah ini!!" Facebook. 26 May 2016. Retrieved on 10 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "BoBoiBoy: The Movie Official Website" Retrieved on 2 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Boboiboy Galaxy PERTARUNGAN TERAKHIR | Lazada". www.lazada.com.my. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  13. 1 2 ""BoBoiBoy Galaxy : Kembara Ke Angkasa" Comic Book, Now Available! – Monsta News". news.monsta.com. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
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  15. ↑ "Majlis Penganugerahan Karyawan Animasi Malaysia Yang Pertama" FINAS. 28 June 2011. Retrieved on 10 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "BoBoiBoy on Hungama TV". Disney India. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "头条文章". card.weibo.com.
  18. ↑ Quang, Nhật (3 December 2022). "Malaysia - cường quốc mới của phim hoạt hình" [Malaysia - New animation powerhouse)]. Hà Nội Mới Newspaper (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  19. ↑ Bảo Lam (15 October 2023). "Hoạt hình Malaysia phát triển mạnh (lit.: Malaysian animation industry grows strongly)". Cần Thơ Newspaper, Cần Thơ Newspaper & Television - Radio Station (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  20. ↑ Thegioidienanh.vn (15 August 2025). "Hiệp hội kỹ xảo điện ảnh và hoạt hình Việt Nam (VAVA) lần đầu tiên công bố 'Cuộc thi sáng tạo IP hoạt hình' (lit. meaning: Vietnam Association of Visual Effects and Animation introducing the first "Vietnam Animation IP Contest")". Thế giới điện ảnh (Cinema World Magazine Vietnam) (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  21. ↑ Thái Minh (8 March 2023). "Hoạt hình tư nhân Việt Nam - hành trình đơn độc (lit.: Private Vietnamese animation sector: A lonely growing path)". Báo Đại biểu Nhân dân (People's Representative Newspaper) (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  22. ↑ Gia Hoàng (19 October 2022). "Làm thế nào để hoạt hình Việt Nam phát triển? (lit.: What can we do to grow Vietnamese's animation industry?)". Thế giới điện ảnh (Cinema World Vietnam) Magazine (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 12 August 2026.