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Budjette Tan's one nitpick about the 'Trese' anime adaptation

Warning: Spoilers ahead!

Budjette Tan has largely been delighted over the anime adaptation of his comics "Trese," but there is one detail that he couldn't help but nitpick.

In an interview on "The Howie Severino Podcast," the Filipino writer revealed that the detail in question popped up in the last episode of the series.

"There is a moment I think the last episode where when Trese casts a shield to protect herself. So when she cast that spell, this bright magic circle pops up and protects her from getting attacked," he said.

"For me, as much as possible, that's  something I want to avoid in the comic book, right?" he added.

He described the scene as "very Dr. Strange," referring to the Marvel sorcerer who eventually joined the Avengers. He also pointed out that this is something "used in so many other TV shows and films."

In the original comic books, Budjette explained, main character Alexandra Trese always anchors her spells using a physical object.

"When she summons a santelmo, [she uses a cellphone]. When she needs to find out, get an image or a literal eyewitness account from someone, she plucks out the eyeball from the aswang, right?" he said. "So kailangan parating may physical ingredient sa mga spell ni Trese (So there is always a need for a physical ingredient in Trese's spells)."

"Sana, you know, mayroon pa rin siyang ginamit, or may pinulot siya and that’s what she used to cast the shield spell (I wish she had just picked something up to use for the shield spell)," he added. "That's me nitpicking."

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In the same interview, Budjette revealed that Netflix's writer team had asked him more about Trese and the plot points only hinted at in the books.

The art director meanwhile got in touch with Budjette's co-creator Kajo Baldisimo about the look of Trese, and how to adapt the mythological creatures such as nuno and aswang.

However, as soon as production started, the two of them just left it to the production team.

Budjette said he understood that "to make a good adaptation, you can't adapt it frame by frame, panel by panel."

"Trese" is the Philippines' first anime series picked up by streaming giant Netflix.

Set in Manila where the mythical creatures of Philippine folklore live in hiding amongst humans, the show follows Alexandra Trese as she goes head to head with a criminal underworld comprised of malevolent supernatural beings.

It is currently streaming on Netflix. —JCB, GMA News