BoBoiBoy
BoBoiBoy is a Malaysian animated series and franchise produced by Animonsta Studios. In this story, a teenage boy has superpowers that is based on elementals. He has the ability to separate into three. With his friends, Ying, Hannah/Yaya, Gopal and Fang, they form a team and fight to protect the Earth from alien threats who aim to conquer the Earth.[1]
| BoBoiBoy | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Nizam Razak |
| Developed by | Animonsta Studios Sdn. Bhd. |
| 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 |
| Theme music composer | Yuri Wong, Jonathan Lee |
| Opening theme | BoBoiBoy, Superhero Kita! (English: BoBoiBoy, Our Superhero!) (S1E1-S3E18, S3E20-) Jagalah Bumi (S3E19) |
| Ending theme | Bersedia (English: Hang on Tight) (S1E1-S3E19) Jagalah Bumi (S3E20-) |
| Country of origin | Malaysia |
| Original languages | Malay English Cantonese Chinese Mandarin Chinese |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 20mins/episode (S1) 21mins/episode (S2) 21mins/episode (S3) |
| Production company | Animonsta Studios |
| Distributor | Media Prima MVM Entertainment Rusa Music |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV3 |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital |
| Original release | 13 March 2011 – 11 June 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | BoBoiBoy Galaxy |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The original series, titled BoBoiBoy, consists of three seasons, was aired from March 2011 to June 2016. A theatrical first film, BoBoiBoy: The Movie (2016) was released on 3 March 2016.
A new series titled BoBoiBoy Galaxy, serves as a sequel to the original series and the film, began airing its first season from November 2016 to July 2018. After the first season of BoBoiBoy Galaxy, a second film, BoBoiBoy Movie 2 (2019) was released on 8 August 2019. Following the second flim, BoBoiBoy Galaxy has adapted a second season in comic form for now, due to the production of MechAmato Movie and MechAmato Show. The franchise has also announced a third film at Krea8if Conference, which is the sequel to BoBoiBoy Movie 2. The third film, BoBoiBoy Movie 3 was said to be developed and scheduled to release in 2021 but it was postponed to 2022.
Production
BoBoiBoy is the first product of Animonsta Studios Sdn. Bhd., an animation company established by Nizam Razak with three other partners: Safwan Abdul Karim, Anas Abdul Aziz, and Kee Yong Pin.[2][3]
The original concept of the story centres on a coffee-addict alien named Adu Du who has made his way to Earth.[4] A minor change was made later, where instead of coffee, the alien is now in search of cocoa.[5] 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.[6]
The series was released simultaneously in two languages: Malay version and the English version, for the local and international market respectively. Both versions fully utilise different voice actors. In the Malay version, the original voice actor for Upin & Ipin, Nur Fathiah Diaz, was chosen to voice the main character, BoBoiBoy.[7] The series ended after three seasons and was taken up by its sequel, BoBoiBoy Galaxy, starting on 25 November 2016.
Chronology
Season 1 (2011–12) (13 episodes)
The first season of consists of 13 episodes and one special extended finale episode. It started airing on Sunday, 13 March 2011 at 7:00 pm on TV3. It was shown on Disney Channel Asia starting 11 June 2011, and on NTV7 starting 24 May 2014.
The episode starts with the main character, BoBoiBoy on a trip 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 of Ata Ta Tiga heads to Earth, to search for energy resources. He finds out that there is cocoa, a powerful energy source, which had extinct from his planet about 30,000 years ago. Adu Du wanted to conquer all the cocoa for himself so that he could be a hero for his planet. To make sure his plan succeeded, he sought help from the Power Sphere (Ochobot). However, a series of mishaps occur and BoBoiBoy obtains Ochobot instead. Ochobot then gives some superpowers to BoBoiBoy and his new friends, Ying, Yaya and Gopal.
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.
Season 2 (2012–13) (13 episodes)
The second season consists of 13 episodes, it was aired on Sunday, 27 May 2012 at 7:00 pm on TV3.
In this season, BoBoiBoy begins a new chapter of his life as he 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' life at Pulau Rintis Primary School. BoBoiBoy also encounters a new challenger, Fang at his new school.
Fang or Mystery Boy was first introduced in Season 1 on Extended Finale episode. In Season 2 finale BoBoiBoy's friends along with Fang fight a super-powerful alien named Ejo Jo who takes all the power watches except for Fang and Boboiboy, and to defeat him, Fang uses his full power.
Season 3 (2014–16) (26 episodes)
The third season consists of 26 episodes, originally airing from August 2013 to June 2016.
In this season, BoBoiBoy defeats Ejo Jo, and Adu Du bin Abu Seman becomes BoBoiBoy's friend but he turns evil back again because of his mother. Boboiboy also gets his new Fire and Water Elemental powers.
This is the first season that new episodes would be uploaded onto YouTube before its first airing on TV. It is also the first season to change the theme song, switching out "BoBoiBoy Superhero Kita" (English: BoBoiBoy, Our Superhero!) with "Jagalah Bumi" by Kotak.[8]
BoBoiBoy: The Movie (2016)
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.[9] Taking place after the events of Season 3, the movie brings BoBoiBoy and his friends on an adventure on 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.
BoBoiBoy Galaxy Season 1 (2016–2018) (24 episodes)
BoBoiBoy Galaxy is a rebranding of BoBoiBoy, its first season started airing from 25 November 2016 to June 21, 2018.[10] The settings for the series take place after BoBoiBoy TV series and BoBoiBoy: The Movie. It focuses more on an adventure-based storyline, is more episodic have a total of 24 episodes.[11]
Due to the reboot or rebranding, BoBoiBoy is at first limited to his first-tier powers and must master all 7 of them (Lightning, Wind, Earth, Fire, Water, Leaf, Light) before unlocking his second-tier ones. As the series progresses he will also be able to split into more copies of himself, specifically 5 and 7 respectively, an ability is first seen in the first film.
BoBoiBoy Movie 2 (2019)
After BoBoiBoy: The Movie, Animonsta Studios has the plans to make another two BoBoiBoy films, which Nizam Razak stated that they already had their ideas on the second movie.[12] It was released on 8 August 2019 in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei. Vietnam was released on 30 August 2019. Taking place after the events of BoBoiBoy Galaxy, BoBoiBoy and his friends were faced against an old ancient villain named Retak'ka who wants to take over BoBoiBoy's elemental powers. Together with Hang Kasa, who possess the third tier of earth which is known as crystal, they fought against Retak'ka who already possess most of the elemental powers. At the end of the movie, BoBoiBoy gets the power of the powers of the third tier of earth, crystal, and have the power to combine the elements together which is also called as 'elemental fusion'. An example of elemental fusion was shown in the movie where BoBoiBoy Blaze and BoBoiBoy Ice combine to BoBoiBoy FrostFire and then BoBoiBoy Quake and BoBoiBoy Ice combine to BoBoiBoy Glacier and lastly BoBoiBoy Solar and BoBoiBoy Thunderstorm combine to BoBoiBoy Supra.
BoBoiBoy Galaxy Season 2 (2020-present) (20-26 episodes)
The sequel to BoBoiBoy, BoBoiBoy Galaxy has been renewed for a second season, which means the fifth season of BoBoiBoy. For international fans, an official app named Monsta Comics App which was released on June 2020. The first issue was released on 16 March 2020 in online stores. These comics will release monthly in book stores and online stores.
Comics Issues :
- Issue 1 - Kembali Beraksi! (16th March 2020)
- Issue 2 - Rahsia King Balakung! (17th June 2020)
- Issue 3 - Perbicaraan Terhebat! (27th July 2020)
- Issue 4 - Pendakian Hingga ke Langit! (26th August 2020)
Characters
| Character | Voice actor | Character information |
|---|---|---|
| BoBoiBoy | Malay version: Nur Fathiah Diaz Disney Channel English version: |
Main character and protagonist of the series. He originally came to Rintis Island to help Tok Aba at his stall during the holidays. He was granted the Elemental Manipulation Power Watch that allows him to control the elements on the planet. So far he has mastered Earth, Wind and Lightning as well as achieving the second level to each of these elements; Earthquake, Cyclone and Thunderstorm respectively. In Season 2, he moved to Rintis Island and stayed there with Tok Aba as well as going to Rintis Island Primary School. Later in Season 3, BoBoiBoy gained the ability to tap into two new elements, Fire and Water by simply transforming into the two new forms and in BoBoiBoy: The Movie, he upgrades them to Blaze and Ice. Boboiboy also gained the power of Thorn (mainly leaves) & the power of Solar light as seen in the movie. After in BoBoiBoy Galaxy, BoBoiBoy lost his power upgrades and the four new elements he gained but further in the series he was able to gain back all seven elements level 1 and in BoBoiBoy Movie 2 he gained back all 7 elements and their level 2. In BoBoiBoy Galaxy Season 2, BoBoiBoy seems to have a new round shape of power watch and unlocked the third level of the elements also. |
| Hannah (Yaya in Malay version) |
Malay version: Nur Sarah Alisya Zainal Rashid Disney Channel and NTV7 English version: |
BoBoiBoy's neighbour and a well-mannered girl. She likes baking cookies but her cookies taste horrible and anyone who eats them, including animals, faints, excluding Probe. She was granted the Gravity Manipulation Power Watch that allows to manipulate gravity within a 25-meter radius, but initially believed to be the ability to fly and have super strength. Later she was able to control her kindness towards enemies and also learned some new Gravitional moves |
| Ying | Malay version: Yap Ee Jean Disney Channel and NTV7 English version: |
Initially a shy girl, Ying gains the Time Manipulation Power Watch which allows her to slow down or accelerate time of her surroundings within an area of 25 meter radius, but initially believed as the ability to run at high speeds. After perfecting her powers, she overcame her sneezing problem but her powers are now limited to a timer. Soon Ying was able to stop and reverse time which is a very big benefit to her friends as she can arrange everything in time and can rescue anyone from heavy injuries or terrible death before letting it happen. |
| Gopal | Malay and Disney Channel English version: Dzubir Mohammed Zakaria NTV7 English version: |
Gopal is BoBoiBoy's best friend and is always supportive to his friends, but he easily gets scared. He gains the Molecular Manipulation Power Watch which allows him to change an object into another by using his imagination, but initially believed to only change objects into food and reverse its order. Later he got smart and cool and can attack without even getting scared. |
| Adu Du | Anas Abdul Aziz (all version) | Adu Du is a short tempered, bossy alien, and BoBoiBoy's nemesis. He was born into the lowest class within the Ata Ta Tiga community who was frequently bullied before being driven out of his own planet. He came to Earth when finding out about cocoa on Earth. He attempts to conquer Earth to seize the planet's cocoa but was frequently stopped by BoBoiBoy. During Ejo Jo's attack, Probe was destroyed and Adu Du lured Ejo Jo into his base to avenge Probe. After successfully driving away Ejo Jo, Adu Du attempts to fix Probe but failed. He ended up trying to be good to gain money to buy an energy converter necessary to revive Probe which was then successful. When his mother, who was angered by Adu Du being good, gets hurt accidentally by BoBoiBoy, he turned evil once more. |
| Probe | Anas Abdul Aziz (all version) | Probe is Adu Du's robot minion who carries out all of Adu Du's ground missions. He is actually a prototype version which explains his low intelligence resulting in frequent failures. He is very loyal to Adu Du but is often easily it's unknown where in the series this movie will take place. However, he is impressed by BoBoiBoy's cool superpower moves. He has a myriad of different weapons contained in his limbs. Whenever he gets the chance, Probe loves to argue with the spaceship Computer on ridiculous topics. Probe actually thinks he is a living being and does things like humming and sleeping. In Season 2, he was destroyed by Ejo Jo's battle robot to protect Adu Du. He was revived in Season 3 which came along with a new form called Mega Probe but with the occasional case of temporary memory loss, but was later fixed. |
| Adu Du's Computer | Yvonne Chong Shin Vun | Adu Du's computer assembled from several computer models with a female voice. Helps Adu Du in controlling the spaceship. When the spaceship was sold, the computer was not used often though. In Season 3, it has more roles and helps set up communications to Bago Go. In this season, the computer is shown to have personality despite appearing not as much as it used to. |
| Tok Aba | Anas Abdul Aziz (all versions) | Tok Aba is BoBoiBoy's grandfather who owns the Tok Aba's Kokotiam which sells chocolate drinks and food. His cocoa is revealed to be the most powerful cocoa ever found and he became involved in BoBoiBoy's battle against Adu Du, though at times he proved to be too useful. During Ejo Jo's attack, he temporarily wields the Time Manipulation Power Watch. |
| Ochobot | Muhammad Fathi Bin Diaz (Malay, Disney Channel ATV World English versions) Wong Wai Pang (NTV7 English version) Cathy Weseluck (PopPony version) |
The Generation 9 Power Sphere found by Adu Du. Initially mistaking BoBoiBoy as its master, Ochobot grants BoBoiBoy his Elemental Power Watch before his friends and finally Fang were given one. Since Tok Aba was revealed to be the one who actually activates Ochobot (because the cocoa used was his) Ochobot became a helper at Tok Aba's Kokotiam. During the events of BoBoiBoy: The Movie, Ochobot gains an alternate look & the teleportation power. |
| Multi-Monster (S1E3-E4) | Anas Abdul Aziz | Originally a single, giant monster created to defeat BoBoiBoy, Multi-Monster has the ability to split into two every time he is defeated but gets smaller in the process. The Multi-Monsters then changed sides and helped BoBoiBoy and his friends escape. After that, they set up their own village at the toxic waste where they first fought BoBoiBoy. |
| Papa Zola | Nizam Razak (Malay and Disney Channel ATV World English versions) Anas Abdul Aziz (NTV7 English version) |
A fictional superhero who came to BoBoiBoy's world as a result of BoBoiBoy and Gopal getting out of the Papa Zola game. He helped the Power Band wielders battle against the Sleep Monster. After that, he ended up as a mathematics and physical educations teacher at Rintis Island Primary School. It was revealed that Papa Zola has a wife in a game called Mama Zila. |
| Pipi Zola (BoBoiBoy Movie 2) | Ieesya Isandra | Papa Zola and Mama Zila breed a daughter named Pipi Zola, she was very cute but clever and smart in a small age even |
| Sleep Monster (Season 1, episode 7-8) | Anas Abdul Aziz (Malay and Disney Channel English versions) Azman Zukiply(NTV7 English version) |
Papa Zola's nemesis who can put his opponents into sleep with his attacks as well as an expert on checkers. Just like Papa Zola, he came out of the game but battled against BoBoiBoy and his friends and in the end, was put back to sleep permanently by BoBoiBoy after his defeat in his own dream world. |
| Fang | Wong Wai Kay (Malay, Disney Channel English version) | He moved to Rintis Island and went to the school on the island in hopes of becoming the most popular student. However, due to Gopal mentioning BoBoiBoy and praising him as being better (even though in truth, BoBoiBoy was not as much as Gopal claimed him to be), Fang became jealous and Adu Du took advantage of it to capture Ochobot and forcing the Power Sphere to grant him a Power Watch. However, Ochobot and Fang escaped, and Fang received his Power Watch in the process granting him ability to manipulate shadow via nano-magnetic technology. At the end of Season 2, Ochobot brought his Power Watch back at full power. |
| Ejo Jo (Season 2, Episode 1, 3, 10, 12–13; Season 3, Episode 1-2) | Noriman Saffian (Malay, Disney Channel English version) | Adu Du's former neighbour and classmate, as well as Adu Du's loyal bully. He was born into the second class family within the Ata Ta Tiga community and was an elite soldier in the army before he got kicked out due to arrogance. He was the one who caused Adu Du to be driven away from his own village and finally from Atata Tiga. After finding out about Adu Du's operations on Earth, he goes to Earth to combat against BoBoiBoy and his friends and take their Power Bands for himself. |
| Ejo Jo's Computer (Season 2, Episode 10, 12–13; Season 3, Episode 1-2) | Kee Yong Pin | Ejo Jo's computer with a male voice that is more advanced than Adu Du's Computer and can collect more accurate information. |
| PETAI (Ejo Jo's Robot) | none | With complete name Perisai Tempur Angkasa-I (Battle Space Robot-I), PETAI is a more advanced version of Probe, because it is the final product of the Battle Robot developed. In its first appearance, it destroyed Probe, then attacked Adu Du and the Power Band wielders. Later, it destroyed BoBoiBoy's school and kidnapped the students of 5 Jujur and Papa Zola but not BoBoiBoy, Fang and Ochobot. In the Season 2 Finale, it was destroyed by Fang's Shadow Dragon and its energy core taken by Adu Du to restore Probe. |
| Bago Go | Nizam Razak (Malay) Steven Tan (YouTube English Version) |
A salesman from Atata Tiga who is part of his brothers' "Five Scammer Commanders". As the name of the group suggests, he tricks others into buying things at unreasonably high prices while buying things from his customers at incredibly low prices. Unlike his brothers, though, Bago Go puts money ahead of his pride as a conman and is reluctant to destroy Adu Du when his brothers tell him to do so. |
| Three Rob | (Unknown) | An incompetent group of robbers composed of Rob, Robert and Roberto who usually rob items that are deemed useless usually (laundry, goalposts, etc.). Despite this, they always managed to escape prison (the first two times, however, were thanks to Adu Du). |
Awards
Anugerah Karyawan Animasi[13]
International broadcasts
| Country | Channel | Airdates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Indonesia | Disney Channel Asia | 20 October 2014
16 December 2020 (RTV) |
Previously on MNC Media (Global TV and MNCTV) |
 Singapore Brunei Cambodia Laos Myanmar Philippines[14][15] | Disney Channel Asia | 11 June 2011 | Season 1 to 4 |
 India[16] |
Hungama TV Marvel HQ Disney Channel India |
12 June 2017 (Hungama TV) 5 June 2019 (Marvel HQ) 9 December 2019 (Disney Channel) |
Season 1 to 3 |
 Vietnam | Pops Kids (YouTube channel) | March 2018 | Season 1 and onwards |
 People's Republic of China | Tencent Video[17] | December 2017 | Season 1 and onwards |
BoBoiBoy
| Seasons | Premiere | Finale |
|---|---|---|
BoBoiBoy: The Series - 52 Episodes - 3 Seasons - 1 Movie
BoBoiBoy Galaxy
| Seasons | Premiere | Finale |
|---|---|---|
BoBoiBoy Galaxy - 24 Episodes - 1 Movie
Comics
BoBoiBoy
| Issues | Official Title |
|---|---|
Season 1
| Issues | Official Title |
|---|---|
Season 2
| Issues | Official Title |
|---|---|
Elements
Tier 1/Base Form
- BoBoiBoy Quake
- BoBoiBoy Wind
- BoBoiBoy Lightning
- BoBoiBoy Fire
- BoBoiBoy Water
- BoBoiBoy Leaf
- BoBoiBoy Light
Tier 2/Evolutied Form
- BoBoiBoy Earthquake
- BoBoiBoy Cyclone
- BoBoiBoy Thunderstorm
- BoBoiBoy Blaze
- BoBoiBoy Ice
- BoBoiBoy Thorn
- BoBoiBoy Solar
Fusion form
- BoBoiBoy FrostFire (Blaze + Ice)
- BoBoiBoy Glacier (Quake + Ice)
- BoBoiBoy Supra (Thunderstorm + Solar)
Sponsorship
- Captain Munch (2011)
- Colgate (2014–present)
- Fernleaf Solivite (2014-2015)
- Lifebuoy (2014–present)
- 7 Eleven (2015)
- 8 Elements (Games) (2013–present)
- Fernleaf Calciyum (2014)
- Petronas (2012)
- OldTown White Coffee (2015–present)
- Watsons (2016–present)
- Yeo's Yeogurt (2015-2016)
- Choki-Choki (Indonesia & Malaysia Only, 2015-2016)
- Kimbo Reddi (Indonesia Only)
- Indomilk (Indonesia Only)
- Miko (Indonesia Only)
- Perodua (2013–present)
- Kuwait Finance House (2013)
- KFC Chaki Kids Meal (Indonesia Only, 2016)
- Zwitsal Kids Unilever (Indonesia Only, 2016)
- Daihatsu (Indonesia Only, 2016)
- Musical Seiko Clocks with BoBoiBoy Tunes (2016–present)
- TOMY signs with Animonsta Studios for making toys (2016-2018)
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