Hasnul, who has played a pivotal role in the local animation industry, is well respected by Malaysian animators with many considering him an 'uncle'. 'What weвЂ™ve seen in the past 10 years is that weвЂ™ve allowed our children to grow up with our own heroes, our own cultures,' Hasnul Hadi Samsudin, the Vice President of Digital Creative Content, at the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) says to Mashable Southeast Asia. While there were no other animations afterwards, the Hikayat Sang Kancil shorts sparked the possibility that Malaysians were capable of producing their own animated heroes. The subsequent years saw five more Sang Kancil titles produced between 1983 to 1986. The short was completed in 1978 but it was only screened five years later. serving as the director while Anandam Xavier planned the story, animated the film, and created the background with the help of his assistant, Goh Meng Huat. The 12-minute animated film was released by The National Film Department of Malaysia with Rahman B. Till this date, Malaysians who grew during that era can still recollect the time when they had watched Sang Kancil, Kerbau dan Buaya (The Mouse Deer, Buffalo and the Crocodile) on their television screens. For many of these children who were used to watching Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Dungeons & Dragon, and more, bringing to life the icon of Malaysian intelligence on screen would prove to be a defining moment in their life.

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