Dahlan Abdul Ghani, Luqman Zulhilmi Bin Abdul Alim, Nor Masliza Binti Md Azahar, The Comparative Studies Between Malaysian Animation and Japanese Animation, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Volume 14,Issue 21, 2019, Pages 8088-8098, ISSN 1816-949x, jeasci.2019.8088.8098, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.8088.8098) Abstract: Japanese animation style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastical themes. However, the Malaysian animation is still new in this industry and still has many lack to make a animation. Japanese are often classified by target demographic including children’s, girls, boys and a diverse range of genres targeting an adult audience. The aim of the research to study about the similarities studies between Malaysian animation and Japanese animation. This study will discuss on several aspects such as character design and cultural. Keywords: cultural;character design;Malaysian;graphics;Japanese animation;fantastical themes