RPG Metanoia

RPG Metanoia
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Directed by	Luis C. Suárez
Screenplay by	Luis C. Suárez Jade Castro Tey Clamor
Story by	Luis C. Suárez
Produced by	Charo Santos-Concio Malou N. Santos Rob Chien Charles A. Rapoport
Starring	Zaijan Jaranilla Aga Muhlach Eugene Domingo Vhong Navarro
Edited by	Joey Conejos Joana Vasquez
Music by	Ria Osorio Gerard Salonga
Production companies	Star Cinema Ambient Media Thaumatrope Animation Production
Distributed by	Star Cinema
Release date	December 25, 2010 (2010-12-25)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino
Budget	₱100 million ($2 million)
Box office	₱16 million

RPG Metanoia is a 2010 Philippine animated adventure film produced by Ambient Media, Thaumatrope Animation and Star Cinema. It is the first full length Philippine animated movie presented in 3D.^[1] It was an official entry at the 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival. It won the title for 3rd Best Picture, Best Sound Recording and Best Original Theme Song, as well as the Quezon City's Special Citation given for being a Gender Sensitive Movie.^[2] The stereoscopy of the film was made by Roadrunner Network, Inc.

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Cast

The film features an ensembled cast.

Vhong Navarro as Cel / Sargo
Zaijan Jaranilla as Nico "Nick" "Nicholas" / Zero
Mika Dela Cruz as May "Mayumi" / Cassandra
Jairus Aquino as Bryan "Bry"/ Mang Ernie
Basty Alcances as Mark "Marcus" / Ahdonis
Aaron Junatas as Bobby "Bob" / Sumpak
Jonas Calapatan as Daniel "Dan" "Danny" / K'Mao
Aga Muhlach as Daddy
Eugene Domingo as Mommy
Ketchup Eusebio as Andrew "Andy" / Bossing
Igi Boy Flores as David "Dave" / Sidekick

Production

Luis Suárez stated that the idea for the film came from his time with his nephew during summer (March–May). He asked his nephew what he wanted to do and he said he wanted to play online RPG games, so they went to a café and Luis spent the whole day with his nephew inside it. He then wanted to make a story for him for his nephew to see what he is missing in life.^[3] RPG took 5 years to make. Thaumatrope Animation began work in 2006. In 2008, a teaser trailer for the movie (then titled "theRPGmovie") was shown at Level Up's Ragnarok Online event at the World Trade Center. In August 2009, Ambientmedia officially partnered with ABS-CBN. In June 2010, it was announced to be an official entry for the 36th Metro Manila Film Festival. In August 2010, RPG Metanoia's official website was launched. The Cinema Evaluation Board gave the movie a Grade A.^[4] MTRCB gave the film a rated G (General Patronage).

Reception

Critical reception

Julius Edward B. Penascosa of The Philippine Star gave RPG Metanoia a positive review, praising the film for its originality, characters and plot, also noting its depiction of Philippine culture and for not relying on star power as seen with mainstream MMFF entries; the film's voice acting however was criticized, likening the actors' performances to a typical Tagalog dub of an anime series.^[5]

Philbert Ortiz Dy of ClickTheCity.com declared the film worthy of comparison to CGI animated features released by Pixar Animation, the studio behind animated films such as Toy Story 3, Up, WALL-E, and Cars, stating: "Regular readers are probably aware of how highly I regard Pixar and their work, and so it should taken as high praise when I say that I would proudly hold RPG Metanoia up against even the best of Pixar. The film is simply extraordinary."^[6]

Score

RPG Metanoia the Album is the official soundtrack album of the film published by Star Music. The original film score was composed by Ria Osorio and Gerard Salonga, with the Filharmonika Orchestra performing their composition. The album features APO Hiking Society, Jett Pangan and other well-known Filipino musicians. The theme song of the film "Kaya Mo" was sung by Protein Shake featuring Ney of the band 6Cyclemind and Kean of Callalily; the song is the album's single. An accompanying music video was made for the single.^[7]