Rounin (TV series)

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Erik Matti's
Rounin
Genre Drama, Romance, Action, Fantasy
Creator(s) Erik Matti and Philip King
Starring See Cast
Country of origin Flag of Philippines Philippines
No. of episodes 60 episodes (planned)
Production
Executive producer(s) Joan Del Rosario
Broadcast
Original channel ABS-CBN
Original run April 16, 2007
Links
Official website
IMDb profile


Rounin is an upcoming ABS-CBN television series dubbed as tele-epiko[1] or TV epic. It will be the first sci-fi, fantasy and martial art series to be shown in Philippine TV and said to be one of the most expensive locally-produced TV series to air in the Philippines.[2] It is also the first Filipino series shot using high-definition video technology.[3] It was planned to air beginning April 16, 2007 (replacing Princess Hours) in ABS-CBN's Primetime Bida block. The series is line produced by Reality Films while Larger Than Life Productions is handling post, visual effects, VFX supervision, mastering and grading. The series is shot using Panasonic’s HDP2 technology.[4]

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[edit] Cast and characters

  • Carlos Agassi
  • Bernard Palanca
  • Victor Basa
  • Emilio Garcia
  • Juddah Paolo
  • Aaron Junatas
  • Ronnie Lazaro
  • Steven Fermo
  • John Apacible
  • Mhyco Aquino
  • Cris Daluz
  • Paw Diaz
  • Bea Nicolas
  • Renné Summer
  • Owen Bowen
  • Dexter Doria
  • Janice Huang
  • Jairus Aquino as Young Mythos
  • Sharlene San Pedro

[edit] Theme song

The theme song will be sung by Bamboo.

[edit] Primer

On April 14, 2007, ABS-CBN will broadcast a TV special about how Rounin was made and conceptualized.

[edit] Production

People behind this series started conceptualizing the story of Rounin from October to November of 2005 and it took them one and a half years to complete it. Searching for good location took them months until they finally found a 44-hectare abandoned cement factory in Binangonan, Rizal, and took two months to complete the cities of Helion, Lumeria, Vesta, Argos and Icarra. All of the cast went under three months of training martial arts like, capoeira, muay thai, judo, kali, arnis and wushu.[5]


[edit] References

  1. ^ "Rounin: An Epic on TV" "Journal", Last Retrieved March 24, 2007.
  2. ^ "Pag-iwas kay Rico, inamin ni Migz" "Journal", Last Retrieved March 30, 2007.
  3. ^ "ABS-CBN launches biggest TV project" "Khaleej Times", Last Retrieved March 27, 2007.
  4. ^ "Larger Than Life brings DI to the Philippines with Nucoda Film Master" "DigitalVision", Last Retrieved March 29, 2007.
  5. ^ "'Rounin' ng Dos, ambisyoso!" "Abante", Last Retrieved March 26, 2007.

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