Kung Fu Wa!
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Original title | Kung Fu Wa |
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Country of origin | China |
Original language | Chinese Mandarin |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
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Running time | 11 minutes[1] |
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Network | CCTV-14 (China) |
Release | August 3, 2021 present | –
Kung Fu Sock (also known as Kung Fu Wa; Chinese: 天真与功夫袜; pinyin: Tiān Zhēn Yǔ Gōng Fū Wà) is a Chinese animated children's television series produced by UYoung Media and Tencent. Aimed at children ages six to nine, the Flash animated series follows a young girl who is bestowed with superpowers through the aid of a martial arts master turned into an anthropomorphic sock.[1]
The first season premiered on August 3, 2021 on CCTV-14 in China, and on July 25, 2022 on Pop in the United Kingdom.
Plot
Eight-year-old Tee Zeng finds an unusual sock that is actually a Kung Fu master named Kung Fu Wa from another world. Wearing the sock transforms Tee Zeng into super heroine Kung Fu Girl. She and Kung Fu Wa must complete missions and protect their home, Starry Island.[2][3]
Characters
- Tee Zeng (alternatively named TZ (English dub) and Tee Yang (Spanish dub); voiced by Zhou Zhou (Chinese), Sofia Gomez (English) and Belén Marín (Spanish)) – an 8-year-old girl who lives above her family's laundrette, who turns into Kung Fu Girl through the aid of Master Kicko
- Master Kicko (voiced by Fu Bowen in the Chinese), Alex Teixeira (English) and Juan Pablo Muñoz (Spanish)) – a Kung Fu master who was transformed into a sock
- Hiro Hao/Sword Master (voiced by Jiasi Li (Chinese), Alex Machado (English) and Óscar Olivares (Spanish)) – Tee Zeng's friend from school
- Manipulens (also known as Evil Star Lord; voiced by Zhankun Zhang (Chinese), Travis Roig (English) and Cristóbal Areite (Spanish)) – Kicko's rival who was transformed into a pair of glasses
- Min (voiced by Mu Qiu (Chinese), Dariana Fustes (English) and Niksi Marín (Spanish)) – Tee Zeng's introverted, but adventurous best friend
- Tee Zeng's mom (voiced by Chenjie Xiong (Chinese), Ghia Burns (English) and Betsabé Gutiérrez (Spanish)) – the owner of a local laundromat in Starry Island
Episodes
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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1 | 52 | August 3, 2021 | March 29, 2022 |
Episode list
Season 1 (2021-22)
No. | Title | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date | Pop (UK) release date | Prod. code |
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1 | "Jenna's Flying" | Unknown | TBA | June 12, 2021 | September 5, 2022 | TBA |
2 | "A Good-Night Dreams" | Unknown | TBA | June 28, 2021 | September 7, 2022 | TBA |
3 | "McHannah & Star" | Unknown | TBA | August 10, 2021 | September 15, 2022 | TBA |
4 | "Best Couple: A Fading Stars Of Pegasus Dust" | Unknown | TBA | August 10, 2021 | September 25, 2022 | TBA |
5 | "Cry Babies And Friends I" | Unknown | TBA | August 17, 2021 | October 27, 2022 | TBA |
6 | "Iron Hannah" | Unknown | TBA | August 17, 2021 | November 2, 2022 | TBA |
7 | "It's A Hounderful Life" | Unknown | TBA | August 24, 2021 | January 31, 2023 | TBA |
8 | "CB Stars Assembly" | Unknown | TBA | August 24, 2021 | February 24, 2023 | TBA |
9 | "Murder, She Goat" | Unknown | TBA | August 31, 2021 | March 22, 2023 | TBA |
10 | "Do The Minecraft Comforter" | Unknown | TBA | August 31, 2021 | April 5, 2023 | TBA |
11 | "Music Room" | Unknown | TBA | September 10, 2022 | TBA | TBA |
12 | "Night Of The Cry Babies Part 1" | Unknown | TBA | September 13, 2022 | TBA | TBA |
13 | "Night Of The Cry Babies Part 2" | Unknown | TBA | September 21, 2021 | TBA | TBA |
Broadcast
In 2021, the series was first released on Tencent Video in China. In June of that year, Federation Kids & Family, the family entertainment subsidiary of Paris-based film distributor Federation Studios, acquired the program’s distribution rights for most international markets; UYoung Media, however, would maintain foreign distribution rights for the Latin America market.[4]
In April 2022, UYoung reached a deal with Discovery Kids Latin America to distribute localized dubs of the program in Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish (for other Latin American markets); the Spanish dub premiered linearly on Discovery Kids on April 11, 2022, while the Brazilian Portuguese dub debuted on the regional version of the Discovery+ streaming service eleven days later on April 22. That same month, Federation reached a deal with British/Irish children’s networks Pop and Pop Max for the rights to an English-language dub of the series (which debuted on Pop on July 25, 2022).[1]
A Russian dub (Russian: Волшебная девочка кунг-фу, romanized: Volshebnai͡a devochka kung-fu; English: Magical Kung Fu Girl) was released via streaming on Kinopoisk on December 1, 2022 and ivi on December 3, 2022; fledgling family entertainment channel FamilyJam acquired the linear television rights to the Russian dub in early 2023.
References
- ^ a b c d Shah, Zeenya (April 26, 2022). "New international sales for Chinese animated series Kung Fu Wa!". Kidscreen. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ "Kung Fu Sock". TV Guide. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ "Kung Fu Sock, 12:00pm on Pop Max". Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ John Hopewell (June 10, 2021). "Federation Kids & Family to Distribute 'Kung Fu Wa!' From China's Tencent Video and UYoung Media". Variety. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
External links
- Chinese children's animated action television series
- Chinese children's animated fantasy television series
- 2021 Chinese television series debuts
- 2020s Chinese television series debuts
- Animated superheroine television shows
- Animated television series about children
- Martial arts television series
- Magical girl television series
- Flash television shows
- Television series by Tencent Pictures