Philippines have original famous cartoons and animations that reflect the Filipino cultures showed in comics and films. Original Filipino cartoons are drawn and publicized in famous Filipino reading material called "komiks". During the late 1920s, Filipino writer Romualdo Ramos and Filipino visual artist Antonio “Tony” Velasquez created the cartoon character named Kenkoy. It appeared in the pages of the Tagalog-language Liwayway magazine as a weekly comic strip entitled Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy or "Kenkoy’s antics".
The first famous Filipino-made cartoon for television (TV) was Panday, created by Gerry Garcia in the 1980s based on the comic book character of the same name produced by Carlo J. Caparas. From 1995 to 1997, Gerry Garcia also brought into life Adarna, the first Filipino full-length animation movie, based on the story of the Adarna bird. Garcia wrote the story and directed Adarna under FLT Productions and Guiding Light Productions. Gerry Garcia is considered as the pioneer of Filipino animation industry.
In 2008, Gerry Garcia’s creation was later followed by the second Filipino full-length animated feature film, Urduja, a Philippine animation product using a mixture of digital and traditional animation techniques. Another noteworthy animated Filipino superhero is the famous Captain Barbell.