Trio Hantu Cs: A Comic and Animation Series Adaptations of Indonesian Ghost Stories

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201230.025How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ghost story, Urban legend, Adaptation, Comic, Animation, Creative economy

Abstract

Since 2015, the Government of Indonesia through Badan Ekonomi Kreatif (Bekraf) has developed creative economy seriously. Animation is one of the sectors of the creative industries which have developed significantly in Indonesia. Unique characters and interesting narrative are essential element which made animation succeed. Legends, myths, and folklore existed in various ethnic groups in many regions are inspiring creators to produce comics and animation movies. This article aims to analyze how the ghost stories as urban legends are adapted into the comics and animation series “Trio Hantu Cs”, and how the creator reinterpreted the stories. The method used in this research is qualitative research approach. data were collected by interviewing the creator of “Trio Hantu Cs” and, observing the animation series and also the comics. The ghosts are described as the creature who living in the different world to the human world, but they do not interrupt the human life. The animation series which are distributed through YouTube channel and social media successfully attracted many viewers as well as its comics. The research result indicates that the scary ghost stories are adapted into comic and animation movie by reinterpreting the story and the characters and to suit the current modern society. This case indicates how the Indonesian folklore and urban legends has successfully adapted into comic and animation movie in the digital age.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Upik Sarjiati
AU  - Ayu Nova Lissandhi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/31
TI  - Trio Hantu Cs: A Comic and Animation Series Adaptations of Indonesian Ghost Stories
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Folklore, Language, Education and Exhibition (ICOFLEX 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 128
EP  - 132
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201230.025
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