TV series

Barangay 143

2018–2021 · 2 seasons

A heartfelt underdog sports drama that balances gritty street life with earnest family warmth and kinetic basketball action.

Tagline: The League of Life
Overview: Barangay 143 follows the coming of age story of a young man in search of a father and how he finds an unlikely family in a team of misfits trying to bring glory to their hometown. It's a story about love and family set against the action-packed world of street basketball, where the stakes are always high and life is the biggest game you can win.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Found family, family, coming-of-age, grief
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
family
coming-of-age
grief
identity
Places: big city
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
animated
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama, animation
Created by: Jyotirmoy Saha
Written by: Katski Flores
Starring: Migo Adecer, Julie Anne San Jose, Ruru Madrid, Kelley Day, John Arcilla, Edu Manzano, Cherie Gil, Paolo Contis
Length: 2 seasons, 26 episodes
Network: GMA Network
Country: Japan, Philippines, Singapore
Languages: English, Tagalog