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The long wait is over! The first all-star Filipino anime entitled "Barangay 143" makes its historic debut on GMA 7 on Sunday,  October 21, at 10 a.m. Co-produced between Synergy88 Entertainment Media Inc., TV Asahi (Japan) and August Media Holdings (Singapore), the much-awaited weekly anime features a celebrity cast who lend their voices such as Cherie Gil, Alice Dixon and John Arcilla and millennial heartthrobs Julie Anne San Jose, Kelley Day, Migo Adacer, and Ruru Madrid. From left: Migo Adacer, Kelley Day, Julie Anne San Jose and Ruru Madrid. "Barangay 143" is a feel-good coming of age story of a young Korean boy whose search for his father brings him to the Philippines. Lost and desperate for answers, is here in this foreign land that he finds an unlikely family in a team of misfits whose only ambition is to bring glory to their hometown," says Jackeline Chua, managing director and co-founder of Synergy88 Entertainment Media Inc. Chua adds: ...

Don't look now but actor Coco Martin could soon  be a force to reckon with in the gaming industry as he ties up with another company which will develop the mobile game for his forthcoming movie "Ang Panday." Martin, star of the popular teleserye "Ang Probinsyano," has put up a company with Synergy 88 Studio, Inc. to promote computer and mobile games in the future. "We put up a company together few months ago. That's why it's called 'CoSyn" (Co for Coco and Syn for Synergy 88). We will be coming up with digital products together for online games, business apps, websites," said Jackeline Chua during an exclusive interview at her office in Timog, Quezon City recently. For their first venture together, CoSyn is currently developing the game for Martin's forthcoming Metro Manila Film Festival entry in December. Asked about the requirements of Martin in the joint venture, Chua said: "Definitely Coco wants good graphic...