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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: ...

Kapuso star Kelley Day says that she might consider beauty pageants soon if she's not busy with show business or modelling. "I've been considering it. But I never trained before so maybe I would invest a lot of time. Maybe for a year so that I will get familiar with the industry," says Kelley, during an exclusive interview at the LRT Santolan Station in Pasig City recently. Kelley, 18, is lending her voice for the first Filipino anime series dubbed "Barangay 143" which will be shown on GMA 7 in October. Other actors in the TV series include Ruru Madrid, Julie Anne San Jose, Migo Adecer, Edu Manzano, Cherie Gil, etc. The future beauty queen adds that she has been discussing pageantry with some of her beauty queen-friends. "I've asked my friends about it. I have friends who are beauty queens and I asked them how it is. It's a completely different world. When I was 18, and I came here, there was an opportunity for me to train," ...

Kapuso star Ruru Madrid can't wait for his fans to watch "Barangay 143," the first Filipino anime that also features the favorite sports of many Filipinos which is basketball. The much-awaited Filipino anime series will debut on GMA 7 sometime in October. In the series, Ruru plays Wax, one of the lead characters. "I'm very happy to be part of this project kasi this is the first time na Japan and Philippines na mag-collaborate through an anime series. I'm also a fan of anime and basketball," the 20-year-old actor says. Ruru adds: ""Sobrang fan talaga ako ng anime. So when I auditioned for this role, nu'ng binabasa ko pa lang 'yung script, umiyak ako sa eksena. Sabi ko 'Siguro ito na 'yung kailangan kong ipakita para makuha agad nila ako." "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, ...