Amaya (TV series)
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| Genre |
Historical fiction Epic |
| Created by | Suzette Doctolero |
| Written by | Onay Sales Marlon Miguel Geng Delgado |
| Directed by | Mac Alejandre |
| Starring |
Marian Rivera Glaiza de Castro Sid Lucero Mikael Daez Aljur Abrenica Gardo Versoza Raymond Bagatsing Lani Mercado Gina Alajar Ayen Munji-Laurel |
| Theme music composer | Von de Guzman |
| Opening theme | "Amaya" Theme by Von de Guzman |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) |
Tagalog Cebuano Old Malay |
| No. of episodes | 165 episodes (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michelle Borja Camille Gomba-Montaño |
| Location(s) |
Pangasinan Bataan Batangas Bulacan |
| Editor(s) | Tara Illenberger |
| Running time | 30–45 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | GMA Network |
| Picture format | NTSC 480i SDTV |
| Original release | May 30, 2011 – January 13, 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Indio Katipunan Ilustrado |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Amaya is a Filipino historical fiction and period drama series created and developed by Suzette Doctolero and directed by Mac Alejandre. Dubbed as the very first epicserye on Philippine television,Marian Rivera takes on the title role as a tribal princess born and destined to change a culture and society dominated by men. With Sid Lucero, Mikael Daez and Aljur Abrenica as her leading men, the story is set in the pre-colonial period of the 1500s. The series premiered in the Philippines on May 30, 2011 replacing I Heart You, Pare! on GMA Network's primetime block and aired internationally on June 1, 2011 on GMA Pinoy TV. It ended on January 13, 2012 and was replaced by Legacy.
Before the series started, a one-hour primer titled Amaya: The Making of An Epic was aired on May 28, 2011. The show, hosted by Cesar Montano and Miguel Tanfelix, presented behind the scenes of Amaya from the brainstorming of the management including interviews from Jun Lana and Doctolero, the creative minds behind the story with the guidance of historians from the University of the Philippines.
In 2012, Malaysian TV Network acquired the rights to air the show through their network, TV3. It was also aired on CTN-MyTV, a local channel in Cambodia in 2013. The epic series was also available on Viki, a video streaming website where you can watch the episodes in more than 20 different languages.
On March 2, 2015, Amaya was re-aired on GMA News TV and ended on October 20 of the same year. Re-runs of the show are also broadcast on Fox Filipino.
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