Key Highlights:
- Prodigi Connect and Indonesia’s Lokanima have entered into a strategic collaboration to develop animated content based on the popular Fun Cican intellectual property, combining AI-native production capabilities with local creative expertise.
- Using its AI-driven production workflow, Prodigi Connect has already created an initial one-minute animated sequence, offering an early demonstration of the project’s creative and technical direction.
- The partnership aims to overcome traditional animation production challenges by blending AI-enabled workflows with human-led storytelling, creative direction, character performance, and quality assurance.
- Under the MoU, Prodigi Connect will contribute its AI-native production pipeline, workflow systems, and production standards, while Lokanima will provide access to the intellectual property, local creative leadership, and Indonesian production talent.
- The collaboration is structured around close engagement with Indonesian creative teams, combining local cultural understanding with technology-driven production expertise.
- While brand and campaign production remains Prodigi Connect’s core business, the Lokanima partnership marks the company’s expansion into international character-based intellectual property and animation development.
Jakarta, Indonesia / India, November 2026: Prodigi Connect, a Dubai-headquartered AI video production company with production operations in India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lokanima, the creative venture of Indonesia’s Singhasari Special Economic Zone, to develop animated content based on Fun Cican, an established Indonesian children’s entertainment property built around music and characters.
The partnership represents a cross-border collaboration that brings together India’s AI-native production capabilities and Indonesia’s creative talent ecosystem to explore new possibilities in character-driven animation.
Reviving an Established Entertainment Property
The collaboration follows an earlier effort to adapt Fun Cican into an animated format, which was discontinued due to the high costs and lengthy timelines associated with conventional animation production.
Using its AI-native production approach, Prodigi Connect has already developed an approximately one-minute animated sequence, offering an initial demonstration of how the project may evolve under the new production model.
The initiative aims to overcome traditional animation production barriers by combining:
- AI-enabled production workflows
- Creative direction
- Storytelling expertise
- Character performance development
- Quality control processes
AI Meets Creative Storytelling
While Fun Cican already possesses a strong identity and audience recognition, the challenge historically lay in bringing the characters to screen in a commercially viable manner.
The partnership seeks to demonstrate how emerging AI-driven workflows can support animation production without compromising creative quality and cultural relevance.
Lijo Ittoop, Founder, Prodigi Connect, said: “Somebody tried to animate this character once and had to stop, because it cost too much and took too long. That maths has changed.”
Defined Roles Under the Partnership
Under the MoU:
Prodigi Connect Will Provide
- AI-native production pipeline
- Workflow methodology
- Production technology expertise
- Quality assurance standards
Lokanima Will Contribute
- Intellectual property relationships
- Local creative direction
- Access to Indonesian production talent
- Cultural storytelling inputs
The model has been designed to combine Indonesia’s local creative understanding with technology-enabled production capabilities.
Expanding Beyond Traditional Production Models
The collaboration represents an extension of Prodigi Connect’s capabilities into international intellectual property development while maintaining its primary focus on brand and campaign production.
According to the company, character animation serves as a particularly demanding test for AI-driven production systems due to requirements such as:
- Consistent character appearance
- Visual continuity
- Dialogue synchronization
- Performance consistency
- Multi-language adaptability
Lijo Ittoop added: “AI has not replaced the creative decisions. It has removed the reason those decisions were unaffordable.”
Strengthening India-Indonesia Creative Collaboration
The partnership also reflects growing opportunities for international collaboration in:
- Creative technology
- Digital content production
- Animation development
- Intellectual property creation
- Entertainment innovation
By combining AI-enabled production frameworks with local creative participation, the project is intended to showcase how established entertainment properties can be developed more efficiently while maintaining creative authenticity.
MoU Signed During Bilateral Creative Economy Initiative
The agreement was signed during a bilateral India-Indonesia creative economy launch event in Jakarta.
The event was officially inaugurated by:
- Airlangga Hartarto, Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs
- Teuku Riefky Harsya, Minister of Creative Economy
The Indian Embassy was represented by:
- Bijay Selvaraj, Deputy Chief of Mission
The occasion highlighted expanding opportunities for collaboration between India and Indonesia across digital content, entertainment, and creative technology sectors.
Looking Ahead
With an initial Fun Cican animation sequence already completed, Prodigi Connect and Lokanima are taking the first steps toward demonstrating how AI-native production workflows can support the development of established entertainment franchises.
The collaboration aims to create a model that combines technological efficiency with human creativity, enabling wider opportunities for character-led content development across international markets.