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''Fantastic Man'' is a television serialization of the film of the same name. The series originally starred by Vic Sotto stars Mark Herras as Fantastic Man with Ryza Cenon as her leading lady-turned sidekick Wena Fantastic Girl. The series refurbishes and reintroduces Fantastic Man as a crime-busting superhero. The series lasted for two seasons and had a special episode after the series ended March 15, 2008. ==Character history== Fantastic Man is a fictional superhero character popularized by Vic Sotto. The character debuted on the 2003 film with the same title produced by OctoArts Films and M-Zet Productions. It was actually part of the Metro Manila Film Festival – and was that year's top grosser. The concept of Fantastic Man came about when the film producers failed to bought the rights of Lastikman from the Ravelos. Lastikman was actually their entry to the 2002 Metro Manila Film Festival and was that year's top grosser, thus they were forced to do a sequel due to its success. The reason why they failed to buy the rights is because the heirs of Lastikman creator Mars Ravelo demanded 1.8 million pesos (around US$32,727 at that time) for the sequel. In the film, which relaunched and brought the character back to limelight, the heirs only demanded 130,000 pesos (US$2,363), they even gave 500,000 pesos (US$9,090). The rights for the film went to Viva Films. Meanwhile, Michael V. and Chito Francisco came up with a new superhero story bringing birth to Fantastic Man. The costume of Fantastic Man in the film was designed and made by the special effects team of T.A.P.E. Productions boss Tony Tuviera. While the costume of Diabolica (the main villain in the movie—Ara Mina's character who was named after her role/name in the film ''Super Ranger Kids'' in 1997) was the idea of actor Michael V. Fantastic Man costume's color was purple/violet and gold/yellow, which represents the holiday season for the Philippines: violet for puto-bumbong (Filipino native food) and in Christmas wreath violet/purple candle means loyalty to God, while yellow for bibingka or rice cake (Filipino Christmas food). Another possible interpretation was that the color purple represents justice while gold/yellow stands for power according to 1872 Mardi Gras by the King of Carnival, Rex. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fantastic Man」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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