[1] Rakista TV Series was created by filmmaker Quark Henares and Diego Castillo, co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Sandwich.
Apart from Henares and Castillo, writers for the show have included music video director King Palisoc, Palanca Award-winning author Yvette Tan and The Philippine Star columnist Erwin Romulo.
Each episode also features a narration by poet and vocalist for Radioactive Sago Project Lourd de Veyra.
Rakista features a behind-the-scenes look at the on-campus and off-campus adventures of a struggling newly formed rock band named The Love Team.
[3] The TV series has been lauded uniquely "Pinoy" style and for its "twisted sense of humor that has never been present in [Philippine] television.