''My Super D'' is a 2016

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starring

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in his first leading role. The series was aired on

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's ''Primetime Bida'' evening block and worldwide via

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from April 18, 2016 to July 15, 2016, replacing '' My Love Donna'' and ''

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''. A special weekly marathon of episodes entitled ''My Super D: Super Marathon'' was also aired every Saturday nights on

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channel from April 23, 2016 to July 16, 2016.

Synopsis

Super D (Richard Yap), a being from another planet who draws his power from a blue gem, is a superhero who saves the lives of many people, including a barangay captain named Dado (Ronnie Lazaro), who was inspired by the heroism of Super D and dedicates his life in serving others. Dado's wife Belen (Sylvia Sanchez) has a son named Dodong (Marc Santiago), who considers Super D his idol during his childhood, and met Nicole and Tony with whom he befriended. Don Zulueta (Ronaldo Valdez), a crime lord who knows about Super D's secret, used a woman (Precious Lara Quigaman) to take Super D down. The superhero fell in love with the woman, without both of them knowing the crime lord's plan. Don Zulueta's criminal group manages to kill Super D, and to prove the superhero's death, the criminals led by his henchmen Fredo (Simon Ibarra) bombed a shopping mall, where Dado is among the casualties of the bombing. Dodong (Dominic Ochoa) grew up as a hard-working man and ends up marrying Nicole (Bianca Manalo). They have a family with their only son Dennis (Marco Masa). One day, Dodong got involved into an accident at the construction site he was working in. Tony (Marvin Agustin) betrays Dodong by hiring a lawyer to arrest him and tries to take advantage of Nicole and Dennis for himself. Pablo (Nonie Buencamino), a graphic artist and trusted friend of the original Super D, comes to help Dodong become a real superhero, in order to save his son Dennis from a group of kidnappers. With Pablo's help, Dodong succeeds in finding the blue gem and transforms into the new Super D. After Super D defeats the kidnappers and rescues Dennis, Dodong will face the responsibilities of reuniting his own family and his duty as a superhero.

Cast and characters

Main cast

as Rudolfo "Dodong" B. Aguilar / Super D * Marco Masa as Dennis R. Aguilar *

Bianca Manalo Pamela Bianca Ramos Manalo (born November 28, 1987) is a Filipina actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2009 winner, and represented the Philippines at Miss Universe 2009, but she was unplaced. In ...

as Nicole Ramirez-Aguilar * Marvin Agustin as Anthony "Tony" Yaneza / Zulu 2.0 * Sylvia Sanchez as Evelyn "Belen" Bermudez-Aguilar *

Nonie Buencamino Anthony Buencamino (born November 28, 1966), professionally known as Nonie Buencamino, is a Filipino character actor known for his theater work. He is strongly associated with Philippine New Wave Cinema, playing roles such as Mayor Bartolome in J ...

as Pablo Mateo *

Ronaldo Valdez Ronald James Gibbs (born November 27, 1947, in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines), popularly known by his on-screen name Ronaldo Valdez, is a veteran Filipino film and television actor whose career spanned for almost five decades. Valdez is the f ...

as Don Ramoncito "Ramon" Zulueta / Heneral Zulu

Supporting cast

Myrtle Sarrosa Myrtle Abigail Porlucas Sarrosa (born December 7, 1994) is a Filipina actress, cosplayer, host, singer, songwriter and gamer who rose to prominence after being declared the '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4'' Big Winner. Sarrosa started her ...

as Cherry * Jayson Gainza as Oscar *

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. Pinoy Big Brother

as Michael * Marina Benipayo as Teresa Ramirez *

Simon Ibarra Rogelio Matira (born January 24, 1968), better known by his stage name Simon Ibarra is a Filipino actor. Ibarra appeared in movies like ''Soltera'' (1999) starring Maricel Soriano, and ''Live Show'' (2000) with Ana Capri and Klaudia Koronel. ...

as Alfredo "Fredo" Suarez * Bong Regala as Francis Ramirez *

Atoy Co Fortunato "Atoy" Gan Co Jr. (born October 15, 1951) is a Filipino former basketball player and coach who played 13 seasons in the Philippine Basketball Association, mostly with Crispa Redmanizers. Nicknamed "The Fortune Cookie" (a pun on his n ...

as Mang Dick *

Ryan Rems Ryan Rems Sarita (born November 3, 1978) is a Filipino comedian and television personality. He was the first Funny One grand winner of the ABS-CBN noontime variety show, '' It's Showtime''. Personal life He holds a degree of Communication Arts f ...

as Steve *

Jef Gaitan Jef Gaitan (born September 21, 1989) is a Filipino actress who first started as a TV commercial model and the year 2009 she joined '' Survivor Philippines Palau'' which was aired on GMA Network. She finished the season as one of the top three ...

as Apple * Louise Gertrude as Peaches * David Chua as Doc Oks * Gerard Acao as Rocky * Dentrix Ponce as Boyet * Daniella Tolentino as Ika * Cong TV as Moby

Guest cast

Richard Yap Richard Edison Uy Yap (born May 18, 1967) is a Filipino actor, singer, model and businessman of Chinese descent. He is best known for portraying Richard "Sir Chief" Lim in ''Be Careful with My Heart'' and "Papa Chen" in ''My Binondo Girl''. ...

as Delta / original Super D *

Ronnie Lazaro Ronnie Zabala Lazaro (born November 14, 1957) is a Gawad Urian Award-winning Filipino film and television actor, producer, casting and art director. Biography He has received many nominations throughout his career as an actor, nine of which we ...

as Dado Aguilar *

Precious Lara Quigaman Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman-Alcaraz (; born 3 January 1983) is a Filipino actress, multi-product endorser and beauty queen who won the Miss International 2005 beauty pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She is the fourth Filipino to have won t ...

as Mikaela * Marc Santiago as young Dodong Aguilar * Cessa Moncera as young Nicole Ramirez * JB Agustin as young Tony Yaneza *

Francis Magundayao Francis Elmer Cabalteja Magundayao (born May 14, 1999) is a Filipino people, Filipino actor and commercial model. He was first known as Iking in the series, ''Darna (2005 TV series), Darna''. He is also known for portraying young Travis (adult ...

as teenage Dodong Aguilar * John Bermundo as teenage Michael * Yuguz Garcia as young Dennis Aguilar * Nhikzy Calma as young Boyet * Myel de Leon as young Ikay *

Ping Medina Crispin "Ping" Chupungco Medina Jr. (born July 23, 1983) is a Filipino film actor. Medina is a contract artist of Star Magic. Career Medina is a prominent independent film actor in the Philippines. He debuted in Marilou Diaz-Abaya's film ''Jos ...

as Mario Brother 1 *

Alex Medina Alex Vincent Chupungco Medina (born May 26, 1986) is a Filipino film and television actor. He is known for his roles in various indie films. He portrayed Diego/Joshua in the soap opera '' Ina, Kapatid, Anak''. He is the son of Pen Medina and b ...

as Mario Brother 2 * Benj Manalo as Mario Brother 3 * Bradley Holmes *

Bernard Palanca Bernard Revilla Palanca Jr. (born December 3, 1976) is a Filipino host, film/television character actor, and product endorser. Early life His maternal grandfather, Armando Goyena (real name: José Revilla), was an actor as was his younger bro ...

as Pedro *

Sarah Lahbati Sarah Lahbati (born 9 October 1993) is a Swiss-born Filipino actress and reality star. She gained media attention as a finalist on the 5th season of reality show '' StarStruck'', a Philippine overall talent show broadcast on GMA Network. La ...

as Ulah / Tiradora *

Niño Muhlach Niño Muhlach (born Angelo José Rocha Muhlach, October 27, 1971) is a Filipino actor. He is the father of Filipino child actor Alonzo Muhlach. Early life Niño was born to Alexander Muhlach and Rebecca Rocha, he has five siblings. A nephew ...

as Kiko / Negastar * Fourth Solomon as Bill * Fifth Solomon as Billy

Ratings

Production

''My Super D'' is a superhero fantasy drama directed by Frasco Mortiz and

Lino Cayetano Lino Edgardo Schramm Cayetano (born January 4, 1978) is a Filipino politician and television director who served as the Mayor of Taguig from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as the representative of the 2nd district of Taguig from 2013 to 20 ...

. The series is Cayetano's comeback project after his three-year break from directing. The concept behind ''My Super D'' according to the production staff is that "everyone can be a superhero regardless of physicality." According to Mortiz, ''My Super D'' is produced as a series "for all ages" citing that there are superhero-themed series aimed only for mature audience. Commenting on what constitutes a hero in context of the drama's production "When we say superhero, what instantly comes to mind is the conventional kind — strong and muscled body — but we must not forget that a superhero possesses a good heart, too, not just all muscles." He also remarked that there are action scenes yet these have very light treatment. Before the airing of pilot episode, Mortiz expressed his enthusiasm on the opportunity to teach values to children viewers through the show such as the importance of not forgetting to pray.

Casting

The drama marks the very first protagonist role for

after having played numerous supporting roles in teleseryes. The telenovela also includes Marco Masa who was best known for his lead role in the fantasy drama ''

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'', and

who was also known for her role as Tiffany in the romantic comedy '' On the Wings of Love''. Marvin Agustin and veteran actor

also starred as the main antagonists. Meanwhile, Sylvia Sanchez plays a special role in this series before she eventually played her very first protagonist role in the afternoon telenovela '' The Greatest Love'' for which

was also part of.

Scheduling

''My Super D'' was reported to replace '' Pasión de Amor'' on February 29, 2016, but was postponed because of ''

We Will Survive ''We Will Survive'' is a 2016 Philippines, Philippine comedy-drama television series directed by Jeffrey Jeturian and Mervyn Brondial, starring Pokwang and Melai Cantiveros. The series aired on ABS-CBN's ''Primetime Bida'' evening block and worldw ...

'' and moved to summer season. The telenovela finally premiered on April 18, 2016 on a pre-primetime slot, replacing the Korean drama '' My Love Donna''.WATCH: ABS-CBN releases "My Super D" teaser trailer
/ref> In addition, the short-lived game show ''

'' got cancelled on April 15, 2016 and thus ''We Will Survive'' moved to ''Kapamilya Gold'' afternoon block on April 18, 2016.

References

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