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Malaysian netizens mock Indonesia's new animated film quality
THE perpetual competition between Indonesia and Malaysia has always been a source of entertainment for the cyberspace, and for good reasons.
And recently, the heat is being turned up once again by a netizen who highlighted the poor quality of Indonesia's new animated movie, 'MERAH PUTIH: ONE FOR ALL,' in comparison to Malaysian animation such as Upin dan Ipin.
Now i know why Indonesia always stick to Upin Ipin and Malaysian animations.
— The Tsoi Gun 🇲🇾 (@CallSignTsoi) August 10, 2025
'At first I thought it was some netizen making a meme, but it was a real production,' said @shahnonsalleh while @CallSignTsoi pointed out it was 100% made by the Indonesian government.
However, @BergschrundOM corrected that the production was only backed by the government.
According to @IndoPopBase, the animated movie had a production budget of Rp6.7 bil, which is the equivalent to RM1.7 mil. That is no small sum of money. The result, however, was lacklustre.
The MERAH PUTIH: ONE FOR ALL will be released on 14 August 2025, in conjunction with Indonesia's 80th independence anniversary.
The film tells the story of a group of children who travel to find a stolen red and white flag so that it can be used in their village's independence celebration.
The storm of criticism continues. 'Money Laundering. The director don't even care about opinion,' @Id77Kgt remarked.
'It's so ugly, why do people watch this?' said another.
'They don't. If any, either it becomes a 'must-watch-or-else' task for official government or school students, or they're bribed to watch it. There has been circulating DMs about being paid to watch this abomination,' said @ryuumajin.
Perhaps the most biting comment came from @not2ez4mee who said, 'Even Upin Ipin season 1 is better than that movie.'
However, the film does have its supporters. @Naxa83 remarked that the graphic might not be good looking but it is filled with messages of patriotism and unity.
'Only the cost is a little high and it does not fulfill the audiences' expectation,' he said. —Aug 11, 2025
Main image: @CallSignTsoi (X)
