List of Upin & Ipin episodes
Upin & Ipin is a Malaysian animated television series that premiered since 14 September 2007. The series was created by husband and wife duo, Burhanuddin Md Radzi and Ainon Ariff and is produced by Les' Copaque Production based in Shah Alam, Selangor. The series follows Upin and Ipin, the five-year-old twin brothers who is characterised by their abundance of energy, imagination and curiosity about the world. Both twins, who lost their parents while they are still a baby, lived with their older sister, Ros and grandmother, whom they called Opah at the fictional Kampung Durian Runtuh. Overarching themes include the influence of a supportive family, Malaysian culture, and the importance of play throughout childhood. The international broadcasting rights to the series were acquired by Disney Channel Asia in 2009 and dubbed in English.
Since its debut, Upin & Ipin has broadcast 690 episodes across 19 seasons. Malaysian TV channel, TV9 has broadcast the series for 11 seasons. Subsequent seasons were later aired on two Astro channels and TV2 as well as Indonesian TV channel, MNCTV. The first two seasons aired during the Ramadhan and Eid-ul-Fitr between 2007 and 2008, while from season 3 onwards, a subsequent Ramadhan and Eid-ul-Fitr-themed episodes have been aired. A Chinese New Year-themed episode aired as part of seventh season, while a Deepavali-themed episode aired as part of tenth season, as well as COVID-19 pandemic special episode, "Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan" aired as part of fourteenth season.
Originally a side project for a 2009 Malaysian animated film, Geng: The Adventure Begins, also produced by Les' Copaque, Upin & Ipin was expanded as an animated television series. The titular characters are voiced by Nur Fathiah Diaz for the first three seasons, and from season 4 onwards, both twins are voiced by Asyiela Putri. Well-known Malaysian celebrities also made a cameo appearance in some episodes. Episodes have been adapted into picture books, published by Nyla with permission and collaboration with Les' Copaque. Episodes have also been released in volumes on DVD in Malaysia, distributed by Music Valley, Sony Music and Rusa Music.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2007)
The first season was aired on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, at 7.30 pm, in conjunction with Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, which revolves on Upin and Ipin during their first fasting months. The first four shorts debuted early in the holy weeks, followed by reruns from 22 September to 11 October, with two final episodes premiering on Hari Raya itself. It won the Best Animation award in the 2007 Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival.Season 2 (2008)
The second season, titled Upin & Ipin: Setahun Kemudian, went on air in conjunction with Ramadan again, with 12 new episodes, the first six of which were aired and repeated on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 7.00 pm throughout Ramadan while the other six premiered for Hari Raya from 1 till 6 of Shawal.Season 3 (2009)
The third season, titled Upin & Ipin dan Kawan-Kawan, began premiered on TV9 on 2 February 2009, with each episode lasting up to seven minutes. As a year-long production season, it had frequent in-season breaks and failed by repeats, and also experienced some record changes. In this season, the series left the Saturday midnight prime time slot on TV9. In the year-end school break season, it became apparent that new episodes are strangely debuted on school holidays, with new episodes premiering on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 5.30 am throughout the six-week holiday season. This is also the first season of Upin & Ipin for the international market, airing on Disney Channel Asia beginning 15 November 2009 with dubs in English.Season 4 (2010)
The fourth season debuted on TV9 on 15 March 2010, with a brand new opening sequence and color pencil and exercise book-themed title card. The main focus on this season is as a tribute to sports, as it was developed in a year full of sport events.Season 5 (2011)
The fifth season first aired on TV9 on 12 March 2011 with a new sequence, now based on a papercraft theme. This season airs every Saturday at 7:30 pm to 9:30 am.Season 6 (2012)
The sixth season aired every Sunday at 6 pm on TV9. This also features a retirement of a character. Cikgu Jasmin started being a teacher for 3 years. Cikgu Jasmin retires and continue her studies in Kuala Lumpur. She was replaced by Cikgu Melati from this season onwards.Season 7 (2013)
Upin and Ipin will start their fun story with the Chinese New Year story featuring a Chinese girl, Mei Mei as the seventh season's premier. The episodes air on Saturday evenings at 6:30 pm. The first episode was scheduled to air on 2 March 2013, but due to technical problems the first episode have been pushed to 9 March 2013.Season 8 (2014)
The eighth season started airing on 30 May 2014. The episodes air on the days when new episodes appear in three separate parts on a seven-minute slot at 5:30 pm during the school holidays. Starting from this season onwards it is produced in high-definition resolution where the HD versions of each episode in this season will appear on the DVD collection once it is released. TV9 airs the episodes in PAL format.The character designs are also remodelled and improved to make them more lively. A new voice actress for Ros has been introduced. Season 8 also introduced a crossover with the Ultra Series Franchise in Episode 9, which is co-produced by Tsuburaya Productions.