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Keluang Man
''Keluang Man'' is a Malaysian comedy superhero animated television series aired on TV1 from 1998 to 2005. Based on the fruit bat (), his costume and appearance is based on DC Comics' Batman. It is created by Kamn Ismail, best known for his directorial role in '' Usop Sontorian''. A live-action film adaptation is set to be released in May 2025. Overview ''Keluang Man'' was created by Kamn Ismail and his team of animators in June 1997, following the end of '' Usop Sontorian'' as he wanted the presence of "National Hero" at the time. A few months later, the team was augmented by a group of new junior animators. Production halted for a while due to the economic crisis in 1997 and 1998, but later continued in 2000 until the series finally ended in 2005. Synopsis Set in Tumpoi, a fictional city inspired by the real city of Tampoi, Johor (near Johor Bahru), Keluang Man made his first appearance in an alley where a man is trying to rob a girl. Since then, Keluang Man has been med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superhero
A superhero or superheroine is a fictional character who typically possesses ''superpowers'' or abilities beyond those of ordinary people, is frequently costumed concealing their identity, and fits the role of the hero, typically using their powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime. Superhero fiction is the genre of fiction that is centered on such characters, especially, since the 1930s, in American comic books (and later in Hollywood films, film serials, television and video games), as well as in Japanese media (including '' kamishibai'', '' tokusatsu'', manga, anime and video games). Superheroes come from a wide array of different backgrounds and origins. Some superheroes (for example, Batman and Iron Man) derive their status from advanced technology they create and use, while others (such as Superman and Spider-Man) possess non-human or superhuman biology or use and practice magic to ach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Asian Financial Crisis
The 1997 Asian financial crisis gripped much of East Asia, East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s. The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 before spreading to several other countries with a ripple effect, raising fears of a worldwide economic meltdown due to financial contagion. However, the recovery in 1998–1999 was rapid, and worries of a meltdown quickly subsided. Originating in Thailand, where it was known as the ''Tom yum, Tom Yum Kung crisis'' () on 2 July, it followed the financial collapse of the Thai baht after the Thai government was forced to floating currency, float the baht due to lack of list of circulating currencies, foreign currency to support its currency fixed exchange rate, peg to the U.S. dollar. Capital flight ensued almost immediately, beginning an international chain reaction. At the time, Thailand had acquired a burden of foreign debt. As the crisis spread, other Southeast Asian countries and later Japan and South Korea saw slumping currencies, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Malaysian Television Series
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Malaysian Television Series Endings
5 (five) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 Digit (anatomy), digits on their Limb (anatomy), limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple (3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat number, Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not Tessellation, tile the Plane (geometry), plane with copies of itself. It is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Malaysian Television Series Debuts
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the Impeachment of Bill Clinton, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro Awani
Astro Awani is a Malaysian news channel, founded by and currently broadcast through streaming service and pay TV provider owned by Astro Awani Network Sdn. Bhd. and operated by Astro. It broadcasts an array of programmes including bulletins, business & current affairs shows, special interviews, investigative reports, variety programmes, as well as selected magazine shows. Its flagship programmes include Awani 7:45, its primetime news programme; Agenda Awani, which discusses current affairs; and Buletin Awani, which provides rolling news bulletins on an hourly basis. History In 2002, Astro Ria had its own news programme titled Bloomberg RIA News made in collaboration with Bloomberg News. This was later spun off into a precursor news channel named Astro News carrying programming from Al Jazeera (broadcast in Arabic with live Malaysian dubbing), BBC World, CCTV-9, Eurosport News, the Australia Network and Deutsche Welle; almost all networks except DW carried on that chann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwari Ashraf
Anwari Ashraf Hashim (born 19 August 1989) is a Malaysian screenwriter, film producer, film director and occasional actor. He is currently become Head of Astro Shaw Ventures Production in Astro Shaw who also created Writers' Room program in 2019. He's also one of the key person behind ''Polis Evo'' franchise alongside Joel Soh and Kyle Goonting. Career Anwari began his filmmaking career when he goes to London, United Kingdom upon received Scholarship from Astro, thus studied film video and interaction arts in Middlesex University. By the meantime, he created a short drama dark comedy film titled ''Kiamu!'' and received official selection for Portobello Film Festival in London. After returning to Malaysia, he co-written the screenplay of 2014 film, ''Rentap''; starring Syafie Naswip, Elfira Loy and Zahiril Adzim. He later approached by Joel Soh to co-written his first film with Astro Shaw, ''Polis Evo'' alongside Joel and Kyle Goonting. Personal life Anwari was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukit Jalil
Bukit Jalil is an affluent suburb in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is bounded by the National Sports Complex on the east, the Shah Alam Expressway on the north, city boundaries to the west, and the Puchong–Sungai Besi Highway in addition to city boundaries to the south. It was known as the Bukit Jalil Estate until 1992 when the National Sports Complex was developed for the 1998 Commonwealth Games. The suburb was used as a filming location for the 1999 movie Entrapment, although the sign was changed to that of Pudu. Transportation Bukit Jalil has strategic connections to other parts of Klang Valley via the Damansara–Puchong Expressway (LDP) and Puchong–Sungai Besi Highway. It is also accessible via the KESAS Highway, Maju Expressway, MEX Highway and New Pantai Expressway (NPE). It is served by the Sri Petaling Line, Bukit Jalil LRT station, Sri Petaling LRT station, and Awan Besar LRT station. Education Several educational institutions are located at Buk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro (company)
All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator, doing business as Astro (stylized in lowercase title), is a Malaysian pay satellite television, streaming television and IPTV provider. Astro is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad and is operated by MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems Sdn. Bhd. It operates from the All Asia Broadcast Centre (AABC) in Kuala Lumpur and MEASAT in Cyberjaya. Astro First It forms part of the mass media duopoly in the country alongside Media Prima. Astro launched the high-definition platform Astro B.yond in 2009 and the IPTV platform Astro IPTV in 2011, with the latter targeted at consumers who were unable to receive the company's satellite services. The ultra high-definition (UHD) platform Astro Ultra was launched at the end of 2019 while the full high-definition (FHD) platform (replacement of Astro B.yond in future) called Astro Ulti was introduced in the mid of 2021. Astro formerly operated in Indonesia from 2006 to 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro Shaw
Astro Shaw Sdn Bhd (stylised as astro SHAW) is a Malaysian film studio that has produced films for the local and regional markets and is pursuing expansion into international film investments. It also provides a marketing and distribution services for theatrical and non-theatrical release in Malaysia and abroad. Astro Shaw has produced 5 of the top 10 highest grossing local films of all time in Malaysia. Astro Shaw's production ''Hantu Kak Limah'' was the first local film to achieve a box office collection of over RM30 million. In 2018, Astro Shaw achieved a box office collection of over RM100 million with the combination of films such as ''Dukun (film), Dukun, PASKAL: The Movie, Paskal, Hantu Kak Limah'' and ''Polis Evo 2''. Astro Shaw distributed and marketed the 2019 kids animation film ''BoBoiBoy Movie 2''. After 3 years, Astro Shaw co-produced ''Mechamato Movie'' which earned over RM35 million in Malaysia. History Astro Shaw and Tayangan Unggul Established in 1996 under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berita Harian
''BH'', previously known as ''Berita Harian'', is a Malay daily newspaper in Malaysia, published by the New Straits Times Press. It was first issued on 1 July 1957. Its Sunday edition, ''BH Ahad'' (formerly ''Berita Minggu''), debuted on 10th of July 1960. By 2004, ''Berita Harian'' had a daily circulation of around 238,000 copies. Pricing strategies were adjusted to accommodate readers in different regions, such as Sabah and Sarawak. History BH was the first Romanized Malay morning newspaper when it launched on 1 July 1957. On 10 July 1960, it introduced ''Berita Minggu'', the first romanized Malay Sunday newspaper. During its early years, the publication mirrored ''The Straits Times'' in content, was priced at RM0.15, and operated with a small editorial team of eight members. Abdul Samad Ismail was appointed as the first editor in April 1958. Several milestones followed: * 1966: BH introduced a revised masthead. * 1968: The Sunday edition featured Lat's ''Keluarga Si M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV9 (Malaysian TV Network)
Ch-9 Media Sdn Bhd, operating as TV9 (spelled as ''tivi sembilan'') is a Malaysian free-to-air television network owned and operated by Media Prima Berhad. It airs programming that tends mostly towards the Malay demographic. The channel formerly existed as Channel 9 from 9 September 2003 until 3 February 2005 due to financial difficulties faced by the operator and relaunched as TV9 on 22 April 2006. It started broadcasting 24 hours a day on 6 May 2019. History As Channel 9 In 1997, TV3 had plans to start a second channel by the name of "TV9", unrelated to the present-day television network of the same name. The application had yet to be received by the Information Ministry. The plan was later scrapped. In 2003, a third private TV station began its test transmission in Klang Valley by early August, revealing the Channel 9 name to the public. It was expected to launch the channel in early September. Medanmas Sdn. Bhd. was founded in 22 March 1982 by Datuk Zainal Osman Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
