Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

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Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
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Season 1 promotional poster featuring Po and Sir Luthera / Wandering Blade
Genre <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Based on Kung Fu Panda
Developed by <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Mitch Watson
  • Peter Hastings
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Theme music composer Peter Hastings
Composer(s) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Kevin Lax
  • Robert Lydecker
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 23
Production
Executive producer(s) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Peter Hastings
  • Shaunt Nigoghossian
  • Jack Black
Running time 23–45 minutes
Production company(s) DreamWorks Animation Television
Distributor NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
Release
Original network Netflix
Picture format HDTV 1080p
Audio format Stereo
Original release July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) –
present
Chronology
Related shows Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight is an American CG-animated streaming television series,[2] developed by Mitch Watson and Peter Hastings for Netflix.[3] It is the third TV series in the Kung Fu Panda franchise, following Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny.[2] Produced by DreamWorks Animation Television, the series premiered on Netflix on July 14, 2022.[4] A second season was released on January 12, 2023.[5]

Premise

The series picks up a few years after the events of Kung Fu Panda 3 and Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny where Po the giant panda must leave his home and embark on a globe-trotting quest across China for redemption and justice that finds him partnered up with a no-nonsense English knight named Luthera (a brown bear), also known as Wandering Blade, to find 4 elemental weapons that broke up the world a long time ago.

Voice cast

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Episodes

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Season 1 (2022)

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Storyboard by Original release date
1 1 "A Cause for the Paws" Shaunt Nigoghossian Peter Hastings Kelly Baigent, Martvin Britt, Matthew Humphreys, Kevin Wotton, Victoria Harris, Grace Liu, James Yang, Ed Raza, Calvin Tsang & Will Ruzicka July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
2 2 "The Knight's Code" Matthew Humphreys Christopher Amick & Ben Mekler Victoria Harris, Grace Liu & Ed Raza July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
3 3 "The Lotus" Kevin Wotton & James Yang Jasmine Chiong Kelly Baigent, Peter Yong & Ian Young July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
4 4 "The Legend of Master Longtooth" David Dick & James Yang Shane Lynch Solomon Fong, Joey Largo, Ande Rose, Cody Shaw, Thalia Tomlinson & Mike West July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
5 5 "The Gateway to the Desert" Mike Goguen & Matthew Humphreys Christopher Amick & Ben Mekler Victoria Harris, Grace Liu & Ed Raza July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
6 6 "The Lost City" Kevin Wotton & James Yang Joy Regulland Rachel Mackey, Marc Wasik, Peter Yong & Ian Young July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
7 7 "The Last Guardian" David Dick & Calvin Tsang Jasmine Chiong Solomon Fong, Matthew Humphreys, Ande Rose, Thalia Tomlinson & Calvin Tsang July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
8 8 "A Thread in the Dark" Matthew Humphreys & Mike Goguen Shane Lynch Victoria Harris, Grace Liu & Ed Raza July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
9 9 "Slow Boat to England" Kevin Wotton, James Yang & Michael Mullen Joy Regulland Rachel Mackey, Peter Yong, Ian Young & Marc Wasik July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
10 10 "The Knight's Fall (Part 1)" David Dick & Jack Kasprzak Christopher Amick & Ben Mekler Solomon Fong, Ande Rose & Thalia Tomlinson July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
11 11 "The Knight's Fall (Part 2)" Kelly Baigent, Kevin Wotton & Will Ruzicka Christopher Amick & Ben Mekler Rachel Mackey, Peter Yong, Ian Young, and Mark Sonntag July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)

Season 2 (2023)

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Storyboard by Original release date
12 1 "The Liar and the Thief" David Dick & James Yang Christopher Amick & Ben Mekler Solomon Fong, Ande Rose & Thalia Tomlinson January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
13 2 "One Last Job" Mike Goguen & Matthew Humphreys Jasmine Chiong Akiel Guzman, Grace Liu, Ifesinachi Orijekwe & Ed Raza January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
14 3 "Doom and Groom" Kelly Baigent, Kevin Wotton & Will Ruzicka Christopher Amick Rachel Mackey, Mark Sonntag & Peter Yong January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
15 4 "The Pinging" David Dick, Shaunt Nigoghossian & James Yang Joy Regullano Solomon Fong, Louie Escauriaga and Ande Rose January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
16 5 "Mister Mastodon" Mike Goguen Ellie Guzman Akiel Guzman, Grace Liu, Ifesinaki Orijekwe & Ed Raza January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
17 6 "Hide the Lightening" Kelly Baigent & Will Ruzicka Christopher Amick & Ben Mekler Rachel Mackey, Mark Sonntag & Peter Yong January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
18 7 "The Beast" David Dick & Christo Stamboliev Jasmine Chiong Louie Escauriaga, Solomon Fong, James Q. Nquyen, Megan Parker & Antonio Soares Neto January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
19 8 "An Uphill Battle" Mike Goguen Shane Lynch Grace Liu, Isefinaki Orijekwe, Ed Raza & Joshua Taback January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
20 9 "The Mad Scientist" Will Ruzicka Joy Regullano Jiani Cao, James Q. Nguyen & Hideki Yumitani January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
21 10 "Apok-ta-pocalypse Now (Part 1)" David Dick & Christo Stamboliev Christopher Amick & Ben Mekler Solomon Fong, Megan Parker & Antonio Soares Neto January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
22 11 "Apok-ta-pocalypse Now (Part 2)" Mike Goguen Christopher Amick & Ben Mekler Akiel Guzman, Grace Liu & Ed Raza January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
23 12 "Epic Lunar New Year" Mike Goguen & Will Ruzicka Felicia Ho Jiani Cao, Akiel Guzman, Grace Liu, James Q. Nguyen, Ed Raza & Hideki Yumitani January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)

Season 3

Production

Development

Jack Black (pictured in 2011), reprised his role as Po rather than Mick Wingert, who voiced the character in Legends of Awesomeness and Paws of Destiny.

During National Panda Day in March 2022, DreamWorks and Netflix announced a new CGI animated Kung-Fu Panda series, with Jack Black reprising his role as Po from the films and serving as executive producer with Peter Hastings (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants) and Shaunt Nigoghossian (Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!), while story edited and co-exective produced by Kipo writers Chris Amuck and Ben Mekler.[10][11]

The concept idea for the series began as a road buddy comedy that takes the viewers all over in pursuit of their goal to try and catch the bad guys. Jack Black had a cool vision for what an epic journey would be, one that fits well from the first Kung Fu Panda film while having a darker, more mature tone with the show versus past chapters also marks how the series is expanding the franchise.[12] Season 2 expands the concept further to explore Indian culture and Central American culture and deepens the characters made from the first season.

Assets from Paws of Destiny were used to build the sets but some episodes have 2D animation styles based on their own setting. One is rendered as comic graphic art, since an unpublished comic book is the central icon of that particular chapter of the story, and another one has a British-looking, lithograph kind of look.[3]

A score soundtrack from Kevin Lax (The First Purge, Burning Sands) and Robert Lydecker (Iron Fist, Lethal Weapon, Sleepy Hollow, Designated Survivor) was released on July 15 by Back Lot Music.[13]

Animation production services are provided by Technicolor, 88 Pictures (Season 2), and Stella Creative Labs while storyboard services are provided by Dave Enterprises and Kok & Co., Pty, Ltd.

Release

The first season of Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight was released on July 14, 2022, on Netflix.[14][15] A second season, announced in December 2022,[16] was released on January 12, 2023.[17]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref
2022 KidScreen Awards Best New Series in Kids Programming Pending [18]

References

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