''Victor Magtanggol'' (International title: ''Heart of Courage'') is a 2018 Philippine television drama action fantasy series broadcast by

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 (f ...

. The series is inspired by

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. Directed by Dominic Zapata, it stars Alden Richards in the title role. It premiered on July 30, 2018, on the network's Telebabad line up, replacing ''

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''. The series concluded on November 16, 2018, with a total of 80 episodes. It was replaced by ''

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'' in its timeslot. The series is originally titled as ''Mitho''. It is streaming online on

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Premise

Many gods, including

Thor Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred groves ...

, will not survive the

Ragnarök In Norse mythology, (; non, Ragnarǫk) is a series of events, including a great battle, foretelling the death of numerous great figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki), natural disasters, and the submers ...

. Before Thor's death, he orders his son Magni to hide his weapon, the hammer Mjölnir, until there is someone right to inherit it. Magni goes to the world of mortals to wait for the new taker of Mjölnir. There he meets Victor Magtanggol, the one who must eventually learn to use Mjölnir to protect the world and his loved ones from Móði, Thor's son and Magni's brother, who is upset for not inheriting Mjölnir, and

Loki Loki is a god in Norse mythology. According to some sources, Loki is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (mentioned as a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. Loki is married to Sigyn and they have two sons, Narfi or Na ...

who plans to spread chaos in the mortal world.

Cast and characters

;Lead cast * Alden Richards as Victor "Hammerman" Magtanggol ;Supporting cast *

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as Vivienne Delos Santos-Magtanggol *

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as Hector Regalado *

Andrea Torres Andrea Elizabeth Eugenio Torres (born May 4, 1990) is a Filipina actress, host, dancer and commercial model. She is currently an exclusive contract artist of GMA Network. She is best known for her roles as Cindy Rodriguez in the WeTV Original s ...

as Sif / Ms. S *

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as Gwen Regalado-Corona *

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as Móði * John Estrada as

/ Mikolai *

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as Tomas Magtanggol *

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as Renato Regalado * Chynna Ortaleza as Lynette Magtanggol-Domingo / Hel * Maritoni Fernandez as Alice Espiritu-Regalado *

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as Percival "Perci" Domingo *

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as Lance E. Regalado / Fenrir * Miguel Faustmann as Magni / Magnus *

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as Carmelo "Meloy" M. Domingo * Lindsay De Vera as Anne Magtanggol * Reese Tuazon as Honelyn De Mesa * Benjie Paras as Erwin Bravo * Lucho Ayala as Timothy Ferdinand "Tim" Corona *

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as Mario Magtanggol * Flow-G as Luigi Magtanggol ;Recurring cast * Noel Urbano as the voice of

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and

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;Guest cast * Conan Stevens as

* Matthias Rhoads as James * Diana Zubiri as Freya *

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as Baldur *

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as Frigg *

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as Janice *Luri Vincent Nalus as Dennis * Michelle Dee as Gwen's boss *

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as Cynthia * John Feir as a construction worker *

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as Ringgo * Rob Moya as a construction worker *

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as James * Carlos Agassi as Arvin *

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* Pen Medina as Alcala *

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as Ena * Kylie Padilla as Ami * Gabbi Garcia as Lena * Sanya Lopez as Aya * Janice Hung as

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* Ian Ignacio as Þrymr * Tonio Quiazon as a gun smuggler *

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as Iking * Julius Miguel as teen Meloy

Production

tasked writers to come up for a television series based on

. Jules Katanyag, concept creator of ''Victor Magtanggol'' described what he and other writers came up as "best reflects the Filipino condition," which is that of uncertainty. The show is set in present-day Philippines, after several

Norse deities In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabited Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses. Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including works of literature ...

including Thor died following Ragnarök, a series of catastrophic events in the

Norse Mythology Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period ...

. Part of the series was also shot outside of the Philippines. The

theme song Theme music is a musical composition that is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at so ...

"Superhero Mo," is a collaboration between Alden Richards and the hip-hop group

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. The latter composed the song. A lyric video for the song was released by

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on May 28, 2018.

Accolades

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 8760072 2018 Philippine television series debuts 2018 Philippine television series endings Fantaserye and telefantasya Filipino-language television shows GMA Network drama series Philippine action television series Superhero television shows Television series based on Norse mythology Television shows set in the Philippines