''My Super D'' is a 2016

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starring Dominic Ochoa 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 Yey! 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

* Dominic Ochoa 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 Marvin Jay Marquez Cuyugan (born January 29, 1979), known professionally as Marvin Agustin, is a Filipino actor, chef and entrepreneur. Early life Agustin is the youngest and the only male child of Theresa and Danilo Cuyugan and has two older s ...

as Anthony "Tony" Yaneza / Zulu 2.0 *

Sylvia Sanchez Jossette Campo-Atayde (born May 19, 1971), better known as Sylvia Sanchez, is a Filipina actress and comedian. She is the wife of Art Atayde and the mother of actors Arjo Atayde and actress Ria Atayde. Personal life Sanchez was born and raised ...

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 Jun ...

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 fa ...

as Don Ramoncito "Ramon" Zulueta / Heneral Zulu

Supporting cast

* Myrtle Sarrosa as Cherry *

Jayson Gainza Jayson Gainza (born April 27, 1980) is a Filipino actor, comedian, impersonator and former reality show contestant. Gainza was the first runner-up (the Second Big Placer) in ''Pinoy Big Brother''. He garnered 312,258 votes, equal to 27.5% of t ...

as Oscar * Jason Francisco as Michael * Marina Benipayo as Teresa Ramirez * Simon Ibarra as Alfredo "Fredo" Suarez * Bong Regala as Francis Ramirez * Atoy Co 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 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 as Dado Aguilar *

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as Mikaela * Marc Santiago as young Dodong Aguilar * Cessa Moncera as young Nicole Ramirez * JB Agustin as young Tony Yaneza * Francis Magundayao 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 as Mario Brother 1 * Alex Medina as Mario Brother 2 * Benj Manalo as Mario Brother 3 * Bradley Holmes * Bernard Palanca as Pedro * Sarah Lahbati as Ulah / Tiradora *

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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. 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 Dominic Ochoa 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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who was also known for her role as Tiffany in the romantic comedy '' On the Wings of Love''.

and veteran actor

also starred as the main antagonists. Meanwhile,

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'' 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
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'' 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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