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Telefantasya
Fantaserye or telefantasya is a genre of Philippines, Philippine television programming which mixes soap opera, telenovela, fantasy, mythology, myth, magic (paranormal), magic and enchantment. The episodes are usually 30 minutes long and have a daily slot in the evening primetime row. Usage The term fantaserye is often used to refer to ABS-CBN's fantasy series. The first official fantaserye was ''Marina (Philippine TV series), Marina,'' a series about a girl cursed to become a mermaid. Telefantasya often refers to the creations of GMA Network; their first telefantasya was ''Mulawin,'' a series about a humanoid bird who fell in love with a girl who was later revealed to be part-bird. But even before, GMA has its first fantasy-based soap via ''Ikaw Na Sana'' in 1997 and ''Pintados'' in 1999. ABS-CBN also reinvented the name of their fantasy TV series depending on its origin, like ''Krystala,'' named superserye (pertaining to superhero) and ''Panday (2005 TV series), Ang Panday'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantaserye
Fantaserye or telefantasya is a genre of Philippine television programming which mixes soap opera, telenovela, fantasy, myth, magic and enchantment. The episodes are usually 30 minutes long and have a daily slot in the evening primetime row. Usage The term fantaserye is often used to refer to ABS-CBN's fantasy series. The first official fantaserye was ''Marina,'' a series about a girl cursed to become a mermaid. Telefantasya often refers to the creations of GMA Network; their first telefantasya was ''Mulawin,'' a series about a humanoid bird who fell in love with a girl who was later revealed to be part-bird. But even before, GMA has its first fantasy-based soap via ''Ikaw Na Sana'' in 1997 and ''Pintados'' in 1999. ABS-CBN also reinvented the name of their fantasy TV series depending on its origin, like ''Krystala,'' named superserye (pertaining to superhero) and '' Ang Panday'' as sineserye (cinematic origin). However, both are still regarded by many as fantaseryes. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GMA Network
GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (formerly known as Republic Broadcasting System, GMA Radio-Television Arts and GMA Rainbow Satellite Network) is commonly referred to as the Kapuso Network in reference to the outline of the company's logo. It is headquartered in the GMA Network Center in Quezon City and its transmitter, Tower of Power, is located at Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat also in Quezon City with regional stations and offices strategically located in over 9 major cities across the country. The original meaning of the GMA acronym was Greater Manila Area, referring to the initial coverage area of the station. As the network expanded it changed into Global Media Arts. The flagship television station of GMA is DZBB-TV (GMA-7 Manila) which carries VHF Channel 7 (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina (Philippine TV Series)
Marina (sometimes stylized as ''MARiNA'') is a Philippine television drama fantasy series broadcast by ABS-CBN, starring Claudine Barretto. It aired from February 23 to November 12, 2004. Synopsis Elias, a fisherman, falls in love with and marries Esther; spurning the love of Victoria, a witch. Heartbroken, the vengeful Victoria places a curse on Esther and Elias's unborn child. In the hopes that Victoria will lift the curse on his child, Elias abandons Esther for Victoria and they have a child of their own, Luna. Meanwhile, Esther raises her and Elias's daughter, Cristina, on her own. On Cristina's seventh birthday, Victoria's curse comes to fruition and Cristina is transformed into a mermaid. Elias assaults Victoria in retaliation and cripples her. He is then attacked by Dugong, a sea-witch and Victoria's cousin, and loses his sanity. To save Cristina from the superstitious fishermen, who believe mermaids to be unlucky, Esther is forced to release her daughter into the sea. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Inggo
''Super Inggo'' is a Philippine fantaserye aired on ABS-CBN. Its main character is Budong (Makisig Morales), a 10-year-old kid who dreams of becoming a real-life and full-fledged superhero. Unbeknownst to him, he possesses superhuman strength and abilities which he inherited from his Superhero father and Villain mother. The series started August 28, 2006, replacing ''Sa Piling Mo'', and ended its first season run on February 9, 2007, ranking number 2 in the nationwide Philippine Nielsen ratings. On November 3, 2007, the show went on air again as a prelude installment, titled '' Super Inggo 1.5: Ang Bagong Bangis''. ABS-CBN re-aired the series with the title ''Super Inggo: The Director's Cut'' on September 22, 2008. Production *Super Inggo was developed by a group of certified 1980s kids, who have started working for TV, led by Liendro Candelaria. Missing their childhood campy heroes and missing the love teams of That's Entertainment, these creative minds pitched the concept of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panday (2005 TV Series)
''Carlo J. Caparas' Panday'' or simply ''Panday'' () is a Philippine fantasy television series on ABS-CBN. The pilot episode of the first book (''Panday: Unang Yugto'') aired on November 7, 2005, replacing ''Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin'' and ended with its last episode on December 9, 2005. The second book (''Panday: Ang Ikalawang Yugto'') aired its pilot episode on April 3, 2006, ended with the series finale on May 26, 2006, and was replaced by ''Calla Lily''. The series is based on the fictional comics character of the same name, which was created by Carlo J. Caparas and illustrated by Steve Gan. Background Panday literally means "the blacksmith". ''Ang Panday'' is the TV adaptation of the Fernando Poe Jr. film series '' Ang Panday'' from the early 1980s. It is about a blacksmith who made an enchanted sword that gives him special powers to battle the dark forces. Some of the location shots were taken in a remote town in Bohol, where the beach is white. Locals called it " colgate-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darating Ang Umaga
''Darating ang Umaga'' (International title: ''Till Morning Comes'' / ) is a Philippine drama made by ABS-CBN aired from March 3 to November 14, 2003 replacing '' Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan''. Starring Vina Morales and Eula Valdez. It also starred Jodi Sta. Maria and Ian Veneracion, who 12 years later would team up in yet another primetime drama along with Patrick Garcia from ''Pangako Sa 'Yo'' (ended in September 2002). The drama series was also competing with ''Habang Kapiling Ka'' of the rival network GMA Network after it premiered in November four months earlier. Story A medallion is crafted to bring fortune to the Banal Family and to their next generations of kin. Eventually, greed prevails and the medallion is broken into two, thereon carrying a curse in the entire Banal clan. The curse soon came in the form of a man named Don Lucio Riego de Dios. With his arrival in the lives of Milagros and Ramon, a cycle of endless and ruthless sufferings begin until these misfortunes are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krystala
''Krystala'' is a Philippine fantasy/sci-fi/adventure/soap opera serial (superserye/fantaserye) from the Philippines, where it was produced by and aired on ABS-CBN from October 11, 2004 to April 22, 2005. The show also aired simultaneously on The Filipino Channel and on a one-week delay on International Channel (now AZN-TV) in the United States. Premise The series followed a young woman named Tala, who accidentally unearths a crystal that contained the spirit of the legendary diwata sorceress, Luwalhati, who was imprisoned a hundred years earlier by a devilish being, Harimon. As a promise to Luwalhati, Tala agrees to help her rid the world of evil spirits that, once in the possession or contact of human beings, can bring or unleash corruption and mayhem onto the world. Knowing that kind of fury would lead to Manila, where most of them would blend into the city's large population, Tala decides to leave her Madulom tribe to move into the area, where she would blend into the mix as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teleserye
Philippine television drama, also known as ''teleserye'', Filipino telenovelas or P-drama, is a form of melodramatic, serialized, televised fiction in the Philippines. ''Teleserye'' is derived from two Filipino words: "tele", short for "''telebisyón''" (television) and "''sérye''" (series). ''Teleseryes'' share characteristics with and have roots similar to soap operas and ''telenovelas''. They have evolved into a genre with unique characteristics, however, and often reflect Filipino social reality. ''Teleseryes'' are aired in the afternoon and prime time, five days a week. Their audience crosses age and gender lines, and they have the highest advertising rates in the Philippine television industry. Series last from three months to a year or longer, depending on ratings. Philippine TV dramas also include serials and anthologies, usually shown weekly. These dramas have a finite number of episodes and usually last one season, again depending on ratings. History 1940s-1980s Soa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sineserye
Philippine television drama, also known as ''teleserye'', Filipino telenovelas or P-drama, is a form of melodramatic, serialized, televised fiction in the Philippines. ''Teleserye'' is derived from two Filipino words: "tele", short for "''telebisyón''" (television) and "''sérye''" (series). ''Teleseryes'' share characteristics with and have roots similar to soap operas and ''telenovelas''. They have evolved into a genre with unique characteristics, however, and often reflect Filipino social reality. ''Teleseryes'' are aired in the afternoon and prime time, five days a week. Their audience crosses age and gender lines, and they have the highest advertising rates in the Philippine television industry. Series last from three months to a year or longer, depending on ratings. Philippine TV dramas also include serials and anthologies, usually shown weekly. These dramas have a finite number of episodes and usually last one season, again depending on ratings. History 1940s-1980s Soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marinara (TV Series)
''Marinara'' is a 2004 Philippine television drama fantasy comedy series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Enrico Quizon and Soxy Topacio, it stars Rufa Mae Quinto in the title role. It premiered on June 21, 2004 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing ''Twin Hearts''. The series concluded on October 1, 2004 with a total of 75 episodes. Cast and characters ;Lead cast * Rufa Mae Quinto as Marie / Dolphina / Aira ;Supporting cast * Wendell Ramos as Luis Iñigo * Alfred Vargas as Felipe * Angel Aquino as Oceana * Ronaldo Valdez as Juan Miguel * Daria Ramirez as Lelay * Melanie Marquez as Zadama * Gladys Reyes as Tara * Mel Martinez as Syoque * Sherilyn Reyes as Arwana * Gene Padilla as Pogito * Vangie Labalan as Pinang * Julianne Lee as Ayel * Zack Togezaki as JM * Jess Lapid, Jr. as Alvaro ;Guest cast * Eddie Garcia as Karfa * Michael V. as fake Aira / Freddie Gil * Rudy Fernandez as Daboy * Janno Gibbs as young Juan Miguel * K Brosas as Sushi Lou * Tess Bomb as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulawin
''Mulawin'' is a Philippine television drama fantasy series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Don Michael Perez and Dode Cruz, it stars Richard Gutierrez, Angel Locsin and Dennis Trillo. It premiered on August 2, 2004 on the network's Telebabad line up. The series concluded on March 18, 2005 with a total of 166 episodes. It was replaced by ''Darna'' in its timeslot. The success of the series led to television spin-offs - ''Encantadia'' in 2005 and '' Iglot'' in 2011. While continuations of the series, the film '' Mulawin: The Movie'' was released in 2005 and the television series ''Mulawin vs. Ravena'' was broadcast in 2017. The series is streaming online on YouTube. Premise The story centers around the species called "Mulawin” who once helped the humans save mother nature, they excluded themselves and hid in the mountains due to humanity’s greed; while a rebel band of Mulawins called "Ravena" sought revenge against the humans. The peace between the humans and Mulawins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' (Philippines), '' téléroman'' (Canada, specifically Quebec), and ''sinetron'' (Indonesia). Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas tend to have intertwined storylines told during indefinite, continuing runs. This makes them shorter than most other television series, but still much longer than a miniseries. This planned run results in a faster-paced, more concise style of melodrama compared to a typical soap opera. Episodes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |