PETALING JAYA, Jan. 6 -- Animonsta Studios Sdn Bhd (Monsta) has decided to postpone the official release of its new animated feature Mechamato.

Monsta's head of branding and marketing Faiz Zainal Abidin said that the movie launch will be postponed to the end of 2021, as the animation studio is concerned about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic if the movie is released at an earlier date.

"At first, we wanted to release it in March because Malaysia is expected to receive Covid-19 vaccines in February.

"However, after reconsideration, we decided that postponing the screening to a later date would be the best option," Faiz told Berita Harian.

"After a lot of discussions, we decided that we should delay the screening until the end of the...