Shay Mitchell

July 2, 2021

Trese – A review

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Trese, A gateway to a Filipino Folklore. Trese is the most-watched Netflix original in the Philippines right now. Most likely, it has something to do with Filipino culture finally having representation on an international platform. You don’t need to be a Filipino to enjoy this Anime. You get to learn about Filipino folklore and culture, but Trese is Universal. Most Anime are adaptations of manga, light novels, videogames, and other Japanese media. Trese is an adaptation of an Award-winning Filipino Graphic Novel. Back it 2008, Writer Budjette Tan made this phenomenal graphic novel. It developed a loyal cult following. Filipino Comic Books had been around for almost a century, but it died down during the early 2000s. Trese was the light of hope during the dark times of Filipino comic books. The executive Producer of the show is Jay Oliva who is behind the successful DC Animated movies like Justice League Dark, and Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. He also directed two episodes of this season. The show did give me

May 21, 2021

Trese, Netflix’s Next anime offering

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Netflix just dropped the trailer of Trese: Trese is an Anime that shows the macabre world of Filipino Cryptozoology. Netflix had been on a roll with original Anime content. Most of the time Anime is based on the Japanese manga, video games, light novels, and visual novels. There had been anime though that were based on foreign materials like Public domain novels and fairy tales. Anime-based from Non-Japanese writers is starting to be a trend. Crunchyroll’s Tower of God is based on a Korean webtoon. The non-Japanese perspective makes these anime less tropey. Trese is the first Anime based on an Award-Winning Filipino comic book. The comics were created by Budjette Tan and artist Kajo Baldisimo. Komiks or Filipino comics had been a part of Filipino culture since the 1930s. Komiks use to be a popular material for Filipino pop culture during its prime. Sadly the Komiks industry started to die down in the early 2000s but Trese is a game-changer. Trese centers around a crime investigator named Alexandra Trese. She is a crime