Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011)

Directed by

Lane Lueras, Aaron Hammersley, Michael Mullen, Juan Jose Meza-Leon

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 80 episodes

Rated

TV-Y7

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 216 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Po trains to master kung fu and become the Dragon Warrior. He faces challenges and learns lessons in a comedy series set between the first two Kung Fu Panda movies.

lightheartedplayfulfast-pacedamusingwhimsicalenergeticbrightfamily-friendly

What happens

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness is an American animated comedy television series co-produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, based on DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda franchise. It serves as a bridge between the first and second films, following Po's training to become a successful Dragon Warrior, whereas the second film is, according to the series' developer Peter Hastings, "not unlike a very long, super-deluxe 3-D version of one of our episodes." The series was originally set to air on Nickelodeon in 2010, but it was pushed back to 2011 instead. The series premiered with a special preview on September 19, 2011, and began airing regularly on November 7. Broadcast in the United States ceased partway through the third and final season, though all remaining had aired in countries such as Germany (through Nicktoons) and Canada (through YTV). In 2016, Nicktoons in the United States began running commercials announcing the premiere of new episodes; it was subsequently revealed that five of the ten unaired episodes would air from February 15 to 19. The final episode aired on June 29, 2016. Besides Lucy Liu and James Hong, who reprise their roles as Viper and Mr. Ping from the film the cast features new voice actors for the characters of Po (Mick Wingert), Master Shifu (Fred Tatasciore), Tigress (Kari Wahlgren), Crane (Amir Talai), Monkey (James Sie), and Mantis (Max Koch). Netflix commissioned another series, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, which premiered in 2022. Peter Hastings, the developer of Legends of Awesomeness, returned as an executive producer. Unlike Legends of Awesomeness however, Jack Black reprised his role as Po from the films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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