Danaya's name was said to be a wordplay from the name of the actress (Diana Zubiri) playing the role, as well as from the Roman goddess of the hunt, "Diana."
The production company, GMA-7, forbade Sunshine Dizon to continue her business course for school year 2004-2005 due to this series; they were afraid her schooling would affect her hectic schedule in doing this TV fantasy series.
Originally planned as a movie set for Metro Manila Film Festival in 2004, the hectic schedule of the key players forced the production to postpone to a later date. With the success of fantasy series on Philippine TV, the producer altered it to become a TV series.
Fans of the series are called "Encantadiks."
The show caught the interest of members of the academe for its potential literary value and cultural relevance and it became the subject matter of several collegiate theses.