The new TV show Little J and Big Cuz is the first animated kids show to feature Indigenous Australians and their culture.

Award-winning Aboriginal actress Deborah Mailman voices the character Big Cuz in the show, and said the benefit was the diverse landscape the characters traverse, making it relatable to everyone.

"So kids, no matter whether they're living in the city or the outback, it's just great to have kids to see themselves represented in a way that's relatable to them."

Lydia Miller, executive director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts at Australia Council, said it was incredibly important for Indigenous children to be able to see themselves on screen.

"When you see yourself reflected in the society you understand you have a place in the world," she said.

"What's really important is the cognitive development of children up to six years of age.

"[It's] important to develop these programs that engage young people and young children, because it assists with their cognitive development milestones.

"But it's also an affirmation of their culture, country, kindship systems and relationships, element of sensory motor development, [and] how to socially interact."

Ned Landers said they set it in "nana's backyard" to try and make it relatable nationally. ( Supplied: Ned Lander Media )

Aboriginal kids 'get to see themselves on TV'

Producer Ned Lander said each episode had many layers within it, such as connection to country and what he called "both-ways learning".

"Learning from your own culture and learning from white fella country, learning from your school and your grandmother," he said.

But producing a show that reflected the diverse Indigenous communities within Australia was no small feat for the team.

"One of the really big challenges was to try and create a national show," he said.

"The idea that we came up with was we took the whole of Australia and squashed it around nana's backyard.

"I see it as a show that connects people and connects kids, and gives young Aboriginal kids hopefully a sense of seeing themselves on television from a very young age in a really positive way."

Animator and director Tony Thorne said he didn't want to make anything that felt like a caricature. ( Supplied: Ned Lander Media )

Animator and director Tony Thorne said he had to create an image of this universal family that would not isolate individual Aboriginals.

"We definitely don't want something that feels like a caricature; we want something that feels natural and is appealing," he said.

Mr Thorne said it was a little saddening that it took so long for a show like Little J and Big Cuz to be created.

"It's a terrible thing that a show like this hasn't already been done," he said.

Show dubbed in local languages

Mr Lander said he had been contacted by numerous Indigenous community members who wanted to dub the show into their nation's language.

"The great thing about animation is you can dub it so easily," he said.

He said so far they had dubbed episodes in a number of Indigenous language, including Pintinjarra, Arrernte, Wiradjuri, Yawuru, and a reclaimed Tasmanian language called Palawa Kani.

Little J and Big Cuz premieres on NITV on April 28.