Princess Urduja was a warrior-princess in the land of Tawalisi in what is known today as Pangasinan in northern Luzon in the Philippines. Her being a warrior debunked the stereotype concept on the role of women, which under Spanish rule and with the onset of Catholicism, was next only to man. Unfortunately, much of our pre-Spanish past have been lost when its relics have been burned to the ground by the colonizers.

Accounts of Urduja as a leader of an army which have both men and women as warriors portrayed women with equal if not greater responsibilities in pre-Spanish groups. This portrayal is closely akin however to present-day Filipino family which has strong matriarchal influences. Women definitely portrays a huge role, with equal or yet more responsibility in raising the family.

Portraying Urduja has thus become a challenge for the Filipino group, 7toons and APT Entertainment, who have to use the art of animation and storytelling to capture our rich pre-Spanish past. It found it needed some fiction in story-telling, but the photos of their work on pre-Spanish characters are art by itself.