Ejen Ali
- Action
- Adventure
- Spy-fi
- Thriller
Faiz Hanafiah
Shafiq Isa
Nazmi Yatim
Fuad Md Din
Waleed Shareef
Nur'Ain Nabilah
Faqihin Mohd Fazlin
Shafiq Isa
Khai Suwandi
Aliya Nazlan
Adam Amiruddin
Hilman Muhamad
Ahmad Izham Omar
Mohd Faiz Hanafiah
Nazmi Yatim
Fuad Md Din
Shafiq Isa
Andi Abdul Ghani
Ghazali Omar
Fikri Zainal
Shafiq Isa
Adam Amiruddin
Noorhayati Maslini Omar
Shafiq Isa
Azman Zulkiply
Azuan Wanji Shamsir
Nurul Radhiah Ibrahim
Megat Zahrin Megat Hisham
Usamah Zaid Yasin
Hakim Kamal
Ahmad Izham Omar
Khairul Anwar Salleh
Nini Yusof
Aziemah Azman
Andrea Lok
Nazmi Yatim
Andi Abdul Ghani
Reuben Singham
- WAU Animation
- The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd.[a]
- TV3 (2016–2018, 2023-present)
- Disney+ Hotstar (2022–2023)
28 January 2023 (2023-01-28)
Ejen Ali (lit. 'Agent Ali') is a Malaysian animation series produced by WAU Animation. The titular character is a young 12-year-old boy named Ali who accidentally becomes a special agent after using the Infinity Retinal Intelligent System (IRIS), a device prototype created by the Meta Advance Tactical Agency (MATA). IRIS is controlled by neuro-signals, enabling the wearer to perform actions programmed by the computer. After the incident, Ali and his uncle, Bakar, cooperated in MATA missions.
The series is published in HDTV format and was first broadcast on TV3 on 8 April 2016. Ejen Ali is the first animation series IP published by Media Prima Berhad (MPB).[1]
Background
Setting
Ejen Ali is set in Cyberaya, a fictional city inspired by the real city of Cyberjaya, located just outside of Kuala Lumpur. Cyberaya is a technologically advanced city, much as the real-life Cyberjaya had envisioned.
In episode 3, MISI: Main, Cyberaya is shown to have a rapid transit system.
Organization
The series revolves around Meta Advance Tactical Agency (MATA), a paramilitary, Pinkerton-style spy agency, made up of four company-sized units known as pillars.
Production
Director and scriptwriter Usamah Zaid Yasin came up with the idea for the series after establishing WAU Animation in 2013. For the storyline, he and his team watched films and animated series and read novels about spies and intelligence agencies. Making Ejen Ali took two years before the production work started in July 2015. Regarding his title choice, Usamah said that Ali is a simple name and frequently used in textbooks. After some initial difficulty choosing a simple name, Ali was chosen.[2] Unlike most animated TV series in Malaysia, the end credits of the series were written in English instead of Malay, as was done with BoBoiBoy.[citation needed]
Wau Animation initially intended for Ejen Ali to be released as a feature film, but due to difficulties securing investment and after receiving feedback from other parties, they felt that it would be a loss if they only produced a single movie for such a broad concept. They planned to develop the series for at least five seasons, with films to follow.[3] The first movie was finally released after two seasons on 28 November 2019.[4]
Characters
Main
- Ali Ghazali
- Voiced by: Ida Rahayu Yusoff (Malay); McKenzie Atwood[5] (season 3) (English); Bryan Santos (MYX English); Kylla Castillo (Disney Channel English)
- Ali Ghazali is a lazy, school-going boy with a lack of complete maternal love for his only best friend, Viktor. He lives with his father, who happens to be a tech prodigy from Cyberaya. In seasons 1 and 2, and the movie, Ali's primary gadget is the "Infinity Retinal Intelligent System" or "I.R.I.S.", which he accidentally wielded while being struck into pursuit by Dos. Since the gadget had scanned Ali's iris for the first time, it was permanently conjoined with his optical biometric interference. He used I.R.I.S. until he unlocked its hidden "override mode", which performed on higher capabilities but would keep Ali unconscious during the time. Ali would make a device mirroring the original, named IRIS Atlas, which evolved to become IRIS Neo. Due to misuse and defects, he was officially separated from the original gadget. His other devices included his yo-yo (gives an impacted blast), aero boots (for boosts like hovering and high jumping), and a magnetic suit, introduced in season 3. He was temporarily transferred to the combat pillar in the eighth episode of the third season.
- Bakar
- Voiced by: Shafiq Isa (Malay); Bill Butts[6] (season 3) (English); Michael De Mesa (Disney Channel English); Igi Boy Flores (MYX English)
- Bakar is Ali's uncle, a combat M.A.T.An agent and a younger brother to Ali's late mother He has a tough body and is excellent at fighting. He is always caring for Ali. He usually fights physically and wears gauntlets that can activate a plasma shield to defend himself from enemy attacks. Bakar was framed as the "enemy's spy" when a CCTV camera showed him sending the data of the I.R.I.S. blueprint to the enemies. However, Ali finds out that Bakar's brain was controlled after receiving a strange phone call from Dr. Aaron, causing him to do so. In season 2, he became a mentor in the Combat Pillar.
- Alicia Kheng
- Voiced by: Noorhayati Maslini Omar (Malay); Lizzie Freeman[7] (season 3) (English); Kiara San Luis (MYX English); Lexi Rodriguez (Disney Channel English)
- An adopted daughter of General Rama, she is a Chinese-Indian young agent from the Neuro Pillar and Ali's classmate. She is first introduced as the 'Masked Menace', who wears jet-black clothing and a full-face helmet and helps Ali defeat the enemies at the port. Alicia initially hates working in M.A.T.A. with Ali. Due to her egoism and Ali's stubbornness, they always fight, which makes them rivals. After Ali saved her from the Azurium explosion, she developed a more caring and friendly personality towards Ali. She can be quite hostile sometimes. After saving Ali from Uno and Jenny (Cinco), she is trying her best to protect I.R.I.S. from being taken by the enemies. Her weapon is a slingshot that is used to shoot various metal balls. Some deal damage, some function as smoke bombs, and some generate a magnetic field that attracts enemies within its vicinity. In the third season, she was given a bow and arrow set as a new signature weapon. She was temporarily an Inviso agent in the third season's eighth episode. At the conclusion of the third season, she becomes the new wielder of IRIS.
- Comot
- Voiced by: Ida Rahayu Yusoff (Malay); Kayli Mills[8] (season 3) (English); Adrhiel Batusan (Disney Channel, MYX English);
- Ali's pet cat. Initially mistaken for Labu, Ali's previous cat, he ran away from home after the death of his mother. She used to work for Abang Bear and was requested to steal I.R.I.S., but she betrayed him because she didn't want to be abused anymore. As a subject of illegal pet experiments three years ago, her genetics have been modified, which gives her camouflage capability. She is heterochromatic in her eyes. She had fought Kim after seeing her planting spy devices and transmitting the location outside. She was believed to have been killed by her, but she returns in episode 12.
Supporting
- General Rama
- Voiced by: Azman Zulkiply (Malay); Joey De Leon (Disney Channel and MYX English)
- The fierce general of M.A.T.A. and adopted father of Alicia He always chants "Bertindak Segera!" (Malay for "Act immediately!") every time he instructs the agents to immediately proceed to their assigned missions. A running gag in the series is that whenever the agents are being noisy in his presence, he screams "Dey!" that echoes throughout the room (Alicia would later mirror this at the M.A.T.A. Academy).
- Rizwan
- Voiced by: Azman Zulkiply (Malay); Johnny Yong Bosch[9] (season 3) (English); Zanjoe Marudo (Disney Channel and MYX English)
- Rizwan is the greatest agent of the Inviso Pillar. He can disguise himself as someone else by putting on a cap. He is often seen with a lollipop in his mouth, so he always uses the lollipop stick as his final shot. His gloves can temporarily disable the enemies' nervous systems. In season 2, he betrayed M.A.T.A. and joined the Numeros, before it was later revealed that he was negotiating with Uno to end the rivalry with M.A.T.A. (which ends in failure). In season 3, he was being treated at Professor Akram's hideout to remove Azurium and nanobots implanted by Jenny (Cinco), and it was shown that he was immune to nanobots as almost all were removed from his bodies. He is now partnered with Dos to track and capture both Cinco and Trez.
- Dos
- Voiced by: Nurul Radhiah Ibrahim (Malay) (season 1), Azi Shafian (Malay) (season 2), Anne Yatco[10] (season 3) (English), Carmen Soo (Disney English), Charis Ow (MYX English)
- Dos is the former member of Numeros. During her days at Numeros, she, together with her former partner Trez, broke into M.A.T.A.'s headquarters and stole I.R.I.S. Her weapon is a taser hair ornament that can electrocute her target and plasma blades that are capable of cutting through anything. She wears a pair of special boots that enable super speed and agility. In the end of the movie, it was shown that she had joined Rizwan and assisted in finding Cinco, who escaped in season 3.
- Uno
- Voiced by: Azuan Wanji Shamsir (Malay); Sam Milby (MYX, Disney Channel English)
- Uno is the leader of Numeros, with the main objective being to retrieve I.R.I.S. It was later revealed that he was the former leader of Inviso Pillar, whose real name was Djin, who was Rizwan's mentor and was rumoured to be killed in an Azurium explosion following their mission against terrorists, which nearly threatened to destroy Cyberaya. He feels betrayed by the other Pillar Leaders who neglected him five years ago, which led to his grudge against M.A.T.A. He is able to move at super speed and is very agile while fighting. His weapon is a plasma sword. In the finale episode of season 2, he died in the laser satellite attack after he overrides M.A.T.A. Academy's defense mainframe to destroy the place along with the agents and also kills Zain in the explosion.
- Trez
- Voiced by: Megat Zahrin Megat Hisham (Malay); Igi Boy Flores (MYX English); Ryan Eigenmann (Disney Channel English)
- Trez is a big-bodied man with cybernetic arms that enable him to lift a load 10 times heavier than a normal human.
- Cinco
- Voiced by: Nor Meirysha Nurol Ashikin (Malay); Kimberly Woods[11] (English); Kyla Kingsu (Disney Channel English); Sam Corrales (Disney Channel English); Chen Pangan (MYX English)
- Cinco's real name is Jenny Woo, and she was previously M.A.T.A's special inventor. She created weapons, suits, and devices for the M.A.T.A agents. As Jenny, she appears as a soft-spoken and gentle woman who always shows her concern towards the agents. She revealed herself to be the enemies' spy and never sided with M.A.T.A. as Cinco in the 12th episode of season 1 as she is responsible for the research in order to separate I.R.I.S from Ali. She is always seen holding a tablet with its pen, in which the pen functioned as a taser and communicator. In season 2, it was realized that every Numeros member (except Uno) was implanted with the special nanobots (similar to that being of Ocho) and she could control the neural system to make the victim work in her command. In season 3, it is revealed that she replaced Uno as Numeros' leader and underwent a bionic arm replacement of her left hand, which now possessed a sharp talon-like palm and nanobots hidden under her shoulder and arms. In season 3 at the start of episode 8, her back story revealed that she was an orphan when young, and she took Kim under her wings. In the conclusion episode of season 3, she was engulfed and killed by her own malfunctioning nanobots.
- Seis and Siete
- Voiced by: Iliyas Abdull Latif (Malay); Tutti Caringal (MYX, Disney Channel English); Diego Mapa (MYX, Disney Channel English)
- A pair of twins who share the same weapon, a football that produces high impact when it is kicked to the target. In the third episode of season 3, they were shown to work for Brother Bear.
- Ocho
- Voiced by: Shafiq Isa (Malay); Ira Cruz (MYX English); Raven Rigor (Disney Channel English)
- Ocho is a robot who is the master of the microbugs. His movements and attacks using the microbugs are controlled by Cinco.
- Nueve
- Voiced by: Adi Bahari (Malay); Mong Alcaraz (MYX English); Franco De Vera (Disney Channel English)
- Nueve's real name is Dr. Aaron Edison, previously a scientist at Alpha Tower and worked under Dr. Tong. He is a mad scientist with the mission to advance humanity. Dr. Aaron invented NeuroGear, a helmet that can control a human's mind, and his invention is rejected by Dr. Tong before he gets fired. He was imprisoned and created NeuroLink, in order to transfer the data of Dr. Tong's brain to his own brain. After being successfully defeated by Ali and his team, he was kidnapped by Dos and Trez, in which he later became the member of Numeros and invented the I.R.I.S Separator.
- Jet
- Voiced by: Mohammed Haziq Mohammed Hilmy (Malay); Christian Banas[12] (season 3) (English); Anthony Jennings (Disney Channel English); Aaron Ricafrente (MYX English);
- A self-proclaimed young agent of the Neuro pillar who can fly with his weapon, a jetpack. He was eliminated from M.A.T.A. along with Bulat and Moon in season 3.
- Moon
- Voiced by: Ain Hafizah (Malay); Francesca Monet Calo[13] (season 3) (English); Andrea Endicio (Disney Channel English); Kat Tan (MYX English)
- A cheerful and chatty young agent of the Inviso pillar. She is one of the young agents who is very friendly toward Ali. Moon can produce her own clones with her suits that can project holograph images of her. Her weapon is a pair of gloves that causes impact shocks to anything she touches. She was eliminated along with Bulat and Jet in season 3.
- Iman
- Voiced by: Salina Salmee Mohd Ali (Malay); Rogin Rashidan[14] (season 3) (English); Julia Vargas (Disney Channel English); Madeline Ramboyong (MYX English)
- A hijabi young agent from the Combat Pillar. She appears as a shy and highly-mannered girl but is very friendly towards Ali. Her weapon is a roped dart that flows from her shawl. She is a Combat agent, but she was temporarily an Inviso agent in season 3.
- Khai
- Voiced by: Khairul Anwar Suwandi (Malay); Khoi Dao[15] (English); Khalil Ramos (MYX and Disney Channel English)
- A Japanese-Malay young agent of the Techno Pillar who befriends Ali at the academy. His weapon is his robotic hoverboard named R-O. He tends to chant "Naisu!" (Japanese for "nice!") every time he is praising his friend's good works. Similar to Alicia, he can be quite hostile sometimes. He is temporarily a combat agent alongside Ali in season 3.
- Rudy
- Voiced by: Syahrul Matnizam (Malay); Aaron Phillips[16] (English); Armo Armovit (Disney Channel English); Jimbo Cuenco (MYX English)
- A cold-hearted and arrogant young agent of the Inviso Pillar. He holds deep hatred towards Ali after learning that Ali defeated Uno in the finale episode of season 1. Rudy always fights with Ali. Before becoming an M.A.T.A agent, he was a pickpocket and lived in an alley. He idolized Djin (Uno) very much after he saved him from being tormented by Komeng. It is also revealed that he lost his family. He can control the movement of his target if he puts on a pair of metal wristbands on their wrists. Rudy is also capable of disguising as anyone he desires by putting on his disguising hoodie.
- Mika
- Voiced by: Shafiqah Zulkefli (Malay); Anjali Kunapaneni[17] (season 3) (English); Belle Gregorio (Disney Channel English); Angel Locsin (MYX English)
- A tomboyish young agent of the Combat Pillar. She is disabled on her legs, thus, she possesses a mecha suit as her weapon. It enables her to move around and shields herself from enemy attacks. Just like Alicia, she can be quite hostile sometimes. She was temporarily a neuro agent in season 3.
- Roza
- Voiced by: Syuhadah Hysham (Malay); Anne Yatco[10] (English); Doreen Suaybaguio (Disney Channel English), Eunice Jorge (MYX English)
- A Sarawakian young agent of the Neuro Pillar who bullied Ali at the academy. She is always seen chewing bubblegum. Her weapon is a sniper rifle that fires lasers. In season 3 episode 7, she was injured as she was saving a child from getting hit by a fallen planet in the science museum and in episode 8 she was eliminated.
- Bulat
- Voiced by: Muhammad Aqil (Malay); Anthony Sardinha[18] (season 3) (English); Gosh Dilay (Disney Channel English); RB Bandiola (MYX English)
- A chubby young agent of the Techno Pillar. His weapon is a rubix sphere that has different functions, depending on its combination such as creating explosions, a barrier and confetti. In season 3, he was eliminated along with jet and moon.
- Zass
- A mute young agent of the Inviso Pillar with the ability to run at super speed. He was eliminated in the third season's eighth episode.
- Chris
- Voiced by: Iqbal Mustaqim (Malay); Johnny Yong Bosch[9] (English); Jaime Ascalon (MYX English); Yael Yuzon (Disney Channel English)
- A white agent of the Combat pillar who speaks Kelantanese dialect. His weapons are plasma kris that are controlled with telekinesis. Chris fights with silat styles and chants.
- Aleksander "Aleks" Zakariiev
- Voiced by: Shafiq Isa (Malay); Harry Wood[19] (English); Igi Boy Flores (MYX English);
- A big-bodied Inviso agent that can move with super speed by anti-gravity or stand rock firm on the ground using his special suit capable of manipulating gravity around the wearer. He was eliminated in episode 8.[20] He refers to himself in third-person.
- Rizka Widjaya
- Voiced by: Azi Shafian (Malay); Tiana Camacho[21] (English); Eunice Jorge (MYX English)
- A hot-headed Kombat agent who speaks in Indonesian accent and possesses a pair of plasma karambit. She's a techno agent in season 3.[22]
- Samuel "Sam" Thompson Jr.
- Voiced by: Hakim Kamal (Malay); Kyle McCarley[23] (English); Jerome Ponce (MYX English)
- A self-propelled and smart Neuro agent, who mocked the juniors, especially Ali. He possesses a military-grade Swiss watch that fires lasers, secretly spy on others and act as a communicator.[24]
- Kimberly "Kim" Song
- Voiced by: Nur Atika Abdullah (Malay); Kayli Mills[8] (English); Xyriel Manabat (MYX English)
- A cheerful and music-loving Techno agent whose weapon is a modified and upgraded keytar that emits sound waves of various effects. In episode 8 she planted one of her earrings in the computer in the Techno lab and at the end, it is believed that Kim and Cinco are working together to hack the defense system in the new M.A.T.A Academy.[25]
- Lily
- An acrobatic, purple-dyed Kombat agent who wields Nunchaku as her weapon.
- Leon
- Voiced by: Muhammad Zulhilmi (Malay); Dino Andrade (Season 3) (English); Ryan Agoncillo (MYX English); Gabriel Noel Pourtney (Disney Channel English)
- Leon is the mentor of Neuro Pillar and is the strictest of the four mentors.
- Geetha
- Voiced by: Azi Shafian (Malay); Shara Kirby[26] (season 3) (English); Louisse De Leon (MYX English); Dimples Romana (Disney Channel English)
- Geetha is the mentor of Techno Pillar. She is also known as the friendliest of the four mentor agents. However, she can also be more strict than Leon when there is a student who is not listening to her.
- Karya
- Voiced by: Usamah Zaid Yasin (Malay); Anthony Sardinha[18] (season 3) (English); Tony Labrusca (MYX English); Diether Ocampo (Disney Channel English)
- Karya is the mentor of Inviso Pillar. Outside of M.A.T.A, he works as a teacher at Ali's school, under the name Cikgu Bidin, who 'chose' Ali as a member of the Stamp Collecting Club. He is capable of performing magic tricks and hypnosis.
- Zain
- Voiced by: Shafiq Isa (Malay); Usamah Zaid Yasin (Malay) (season 2 episode 8); Albert Martinez (MYX English); Vic Sotto (Disney Channel English)
- Zain is the leader of Neuro Pillar, who helped found M.A.T.A. When the other pillar leaders did not trust Ali after the Override Mode incident, he is the only one who trust him and guides Ali. He was also secretly mentoring Alicia & Ali. In the finale episode of season 2, it was reported that he was killed after he sacrifices himself in stopping Djin and his minions during the attack on M.A.T.A Academy.
- Ganz
- Voiced by: Shafiq Isa (Malay); Zeke Alton (Season 3) (English); Michael Flores (MYX and Disney Channel English);
- Ganz is the leader of Combat Pillar. He is quick-tempered.
- Dayang
- Voiced by: Aina Nadzir (Malay); Rogin Rashidan[14] (season 3) (English); Jeanine Tsoi (Disney Channel English); Angel Locsin (MYX English)
- Dayang is the leader of Techno Pillar, and also one of Zain's closest associates, including recognition and training Ali's main potential during on the Academy. She also recruited Ali's mother 15 years ago, after they investigated the raid on Cyberaya's main cargo bay and stopping them as well.
- Wak Musang
- A nasi lemak seller who works under Abang Bear. In the first episode of season 1, he is shown to work with the Numeros, when he is responsible for temporarily keeping I.R.I.S for Uno.
- Abang Bear
- The puppet behind Comot's illegal experiment 3 years ago who uses genetically modified cats like her to rob money and gold for him. He speaks the Kelantanese dialect. In episode 4 of season 1, he planted a bomb in the warehouse to kill Ali, Alicia, and Bakar as he steals the I.R.I.S. saying he's selling it but Comot attacks him and takes it from him by biting his wrist. He tries to run after Comot but Komeng stops him saying the bomb was about to blow. Then he leaves with the other cats except for Comot.
- Komeng
- Commander of the Bear gang, who always seeks to steal high technological devices from C-Tech.
- Analog Man
- An old man who dislikes technology and plans to destroy Cyberaya. He said that advanced technologies caused the values of humanity to be forgotten. In the 10th episode of season 2, he was arrested but escaped with the help of some guys dressed as construction workers. He planned to bomb the bridge in Cyberaya but Ali, Alicia, Moon, and Bakar stopped him. But he planted a Bomb known as the mother bomb above the bridge to kill Ali and his team. Although they stopped the bomb from destroying the bridge. He escaped and his fate is unknown.
Other
- Victor
- Voiced by: Azman Zulkiply (Malay); Jaime Ascalon (MYX and Disney Channel English)
- Victor is the classmate and best friend of Ali, who enjoys playing video games together with him. Unlike Ali, he is academically excellent and often ranked 2nd in the class.
- Puan Munah
- Voiced by: Roshilawati Razlan (Malay); Daisy Eduardo (MYX English); Meryll Soriano (Disney Channel English)
- The strict homeroom teacher of 6 Avicenna. She teaches Science, P.E. and Math subjects and is often seen holding a rattan whip. Although small-bodied, her scream could terrify her students.
- Dr. Tong
- A scientist in the biotechnology branch and former employer of Dr. Aaron. He became the victim of Dr. Aaron when the data of his brain is transferred into Dr. Aaron's brain.
- Dr. Mala
- A scientist in the energy engineering branch.
- Dr. Ghazali
- Voiced by: Usamah Zaid Yasin (Malay); Harry Wood[19] (English); Joel Torre (Disney Channel English); Chino David (MYX English)
- Father of Ali who is a technological prodigy.
- Aliya
- Voiced by: Salina Salmee Mohd Ali (Malay); Shara Kirby[26] (English); Jeanine Tsoi (Disney Channel English); Madeline Ramboyong (MYX English)
- Deceased mother of Ali and the older sister of Bakar. Her identity was revealed in Ejen Ali: The Movie, where she teamed up with a slum girl from the outskirts of Cyberaya, Niki, to help people in poverty. She created small inventions for their daily use and then started to steal technology for their backward benefits. The turning point comes in her life when she and Niki tried to steal advanced equipment from a cargo bay but were intervened by the core pillar leaders. After being defeated in the fight, Aliya forces Niki to escape alone after being cornered. Just as Niki watches, Dayang (after being impressed by the courage and inventions of Aliya) offers her to join M.A.T.A, which is the reason for Niki's betrayal. In a later scene, Niki plans to loot the city's resources and then decides to destroy it and launches three missiles from the center; but Aliya arrives and fails to stop Niki. In the end, she uses the I.R.I.S Override Mode to clash the missiles in mid-air but dies after the successful attempt.
- Prof. Akram
- Voiced by: Shafiq Isa (Malay); David Sobolov (English); Tommy Abuel (MYX and Disney Channel English)
- Originally Cuatro (4) of the Numeros, he lives alone in a small house located in a remote forest. He refused to work under Numeros as he does not want to trust Uno anymore. However, Cinco threatens him to work together with them or else the life of his family will be at stake.
- Dato' Hisham
- Voiced by: Usamah Zaid Yasin (Malay); Ryan Colt Levy[27] (English); Tutti Caringal (MYX English)
- A sporty and scientific researcher, who succeeded Othman as the next mayor of Cyberaya.
- Julia
- Voiced by: Sarah Azman (Malay); Francesca Monet Calo[13] (season 3 English); Irma Adlawan (MYX English)
- The personal assistant of Dato' Hisham.
Episodes
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
1 | 13 | 8 April 2016 (2016-04-08) | 3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) | TV3 | |
2 | 13 | 22 September 2017 (2017-09-22) | 30 March 2018 (2018-03-30) | ||
3 | 13 | 7 | 25 June 2022 (2022-06-25) | 6 August 2022 (2022-08-06) | Disney+ Hotstar |
6 | 24 December 2022 (2022-12-24) | 28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) |
Broadcast
Aside from airing on TV3 in Malaysia, Ejen Ali can also be streamed on Iflix (Season 1 only) and Netflix (all 2 seasons) in an English dub.[28]
Outside Malaysia, Ejen Ali has been expanded and shown across over 50 different countries worldwide. In June 2020, Primeworks Studios announced that Ejen Ali, along with 5 other animated series produced by Primeworks Studios, will stream on Amazon Prime in 6 different countries namely: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, as part of their deal between the Primeworks Studios subsidiary, Primeworks Distribution and Janson Media.[29]
In May 2021, Primeworks Studios and WAU Animations approached with The Walt Disney Company in dealing to stream the said series on Disney+ Hotstar. In October 2021, they confirmed its co-production, revealing that the series would launch by around late 2021 to early 2022.[30]
Season 1
The first episode was broadcast on 8 April 2016, with the second and third episodes shown on 15 April and 22 April respectively. It is shown every Friday, at 5:30 p.m. on TV3. Fourth, fifth and sixth episodes shown on 27 July, 29 July, and 5 August respectively. Seventh to ninth episodes are shown on 28 October 2016 for three consecutive weeks. Tenth to twelfth episodes are shown on 30 December 2016, 6 January and 13 January 2017. Thirteenth episode (last episode of Season 1) has been shown on 3 March.
An English dub of the show premiered 15 December 2017 on Disney Channel Asia and it was finished on 8 June 2018. It also aired on Nickelodeon Sonic in India in Hindi dub from 16 July 2018;[31] however it was abruptly taken off the schedule nearly two weeks later due to low viewership.[citation needed] But on 5 November 2018, the new episodes were aired on Nick HD+ and the entire season was finished on 17 November 2018. From 15 April 2024 to 6 May 2024 it aired again on Super Hungama with a new dub.[32]
Season 2
The first episode of Season 2 was broadcast 22 September 2017, with episode two, three and four shown on 29 September. 6 October and 13 October respectively. Just like Season 1, It is shown every Friday, at 5:30 p.m. on TV3, Fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth episodes shown on 17 November, 24 November, 1 December and 8 December respectively. Episode nine to eleven aired from 9 February to 23 February 2018. The twelfth episode was released on 23 March 2018. The thirteenth episode (last episode of Season 2) was released on 30 March, making 26 episodes total.[citation needed]
An English dub for Season 2 premiered 15 April 2019 on Disney Channel Asia and it was finished on 1 January 2020.[citation needed] In India, it aired from 7 May 2024 to 28 May 2024 on Super Hungama in Hindi dub.[33]
Season 3
Due to the insistent demand after three years since the end of the second season, it was announced that a third season has been confirmed[34] with undergoing productions of the new episodes, as well as the release of a new teaser music of opening theme.[35][36] A small teaser trailer was released on 14 October 2021,[37] and a poster released on 28 November 2021,[38][39] while its official trailer was released on 10 June 2022.[39] It was voted to be most popular local animated series on ABPBH 34.[40]
It is co-produced with Disney+ Hotstar and premiered on 25 June 2022 as announced through Disney+ Hotstar Malaysia's YouTube channel in the "June 2022 Highlights" video[41] on the regional Southeast Asian version as they received lower viewership in India and instead focusing on the designated areas.
It was revealed on 3 August 2022 that it would be divided into two parts with the first part aired for 7 episodes from 25 June to 6 August while the second part is scheduled to release in December.[42] The teaser trailer for part two was released on YouTube.[43]
Soon after the release of its first episode, illegal torrents started to circulate on the Internet. On its official Twitter handle, it was requested to stop the piracy by submitting any illegal torrent link to them.[44] The creators also requested people not to pest or threaten them to release the new season on other platforms. They assured to broadcast the series on other platforms or regions when available in future.
On 26 August 2022, the staff and casts for the English dub for Season 3 were announced. The ADR director is Michael Schneider, while the casting director is Rachel Slotky. It was produced by Reuben Lack and adapted by Emily Fajardo and Meli Grant. Annika Perkins was involved in spotting, while dialogue was edited by Brian Hubbard and John Montoya.[45]
Controversy
It was discovered that several fans and fan bases were indulged into creating explicit/sexually inappropriate content of the characters; and were being circulated on social media. Official handles took a notice of this and asked the users not to encourage the wrong acts that "disgrace" the character's depiction and respect them to be as normal entities.[46][47]
Reception
Awards and nominations
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Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
2016 | Malaysia Film Festival[48] | Best Short Animated Film | Ejen Ali (WAU Animations) | Won |
2017 | Mob-Ex Awards | Best App - Creativity | Ejen Ali: MATA Training Academy | Won (Gold) |
Best App - Media Owner | Won (Gold) | |||
Best App - Tablets | Won (Gold) | |||
Best App - Games & Entertainment | Won (Bronze) | |||
Best App - Games & Entertainment | Ejen Ali: Emergency | Won (Gold) | ||
Best App - Tablets | Won (Bronze) | |||
2021 | Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian[49] | Best Animation | Ejen Ali (WAU Animation) | Won |
Other media
Video game
Before the release of Ejen Ali, WAU Animation with the collaboration with Media Prima Digital released its own game which is Ejen Ali: MATA Training Academy for Android and iOS users on 4 March 2016. The game was downloaded for over 260,000 times.[50] The second game, Ejen Ali: Emergency was released for iOS and Android in September 2016. Ejen Ali: Emergency is co-produce with Malaysia video game company Common Extract after the company won a Game Jam organised by Media Prima Digital, Primeworks Studios, Wau Animation and Multimedia Development Corp.[51]
Both games have succeeded to win medals in Mob-Ex Awards 2017. Ejen Ali: MATA Training Academy won three golds which were Best App - Creativity, Best App - Media Owner and Best App - Tablets and one bronze which was Best App - Games & Entertainment, while Ejen Ali: Emergency won one gold for Best App - Games and Entertainment and one bronze for Best App - Tablets.[52]
In early 2020, WAU Animation with Media Prima Digital announced the releasing of a new game, "Ejen Ali: Agent's Arena"., which was to be available on Android, later iOS, but now it has been removed from most of the databases. It's already being played in Malaysia. Ejen Ali: Agents Arena is co-produce with Common Extract.[53]
Film
After two seasons of animated TV series, WAU Animations produced its first film, titled Ejen Ali: The Movie, which was released on 28 November 2019 in Malaysia. Endowed by success of the first film, Wau Animation is now setting itself in preparing the film's sequence.[54]
Notes
- ^ Season 3 only
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External links
- Official website
- Ejen Ali at IMDb
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