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Blazing Team: Masters of Yo Kwon Do

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Blazing Team: Masters of Yo Kwon Do
Chinese promotional poster
Genre
Directed by
  • Gu Yan Hua
  • Wang Hong Long
  • Yu Hai Ying
  • Hui Zheng
  • Huang Jian Feng
  • Xiang Zheng
Voices of
  • English:
  • Arya Hora
  • Patrick Munday
  • Michael C. Pizzuto
  • Jamie Anderson
  • Muriel Hofmann
ComposerHenry Lai
Country of origin
  • China
  • United States
Original languages
  • Chinese
  • English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes42
Production
Executive producerCai Dong Qing
ProducerGina Guo
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseNovember 13, 2015 (2015-11-13) –
September 9, 2017 (2017-09-09)

Blazing Team: Masters of Yo Kwon Do (Chinese: 火力少年王悠拳英雄; pinyin: Huǒlì Shàonián Wáng Yōu Quán Yīngxióng; lit. 'Blazing Teens: Yo-Kwon-Do Heroes') is an animated series produced by Guangdong Alpha Animation & Culture and Hasbro Studios. The show is a re-imagining of Alpha's Blazing Teens yo-yo property aimed at western audiences.[1]

The series aired over two seasons and was originally commissioned for 52 episodes.[2] The 26-episode first season debuted in the United States on November 13, 2015, on Discovery Family.[3] With an episode count reduced by 10, the 16-episode second season premiered on July 22, 2017.[4] In China, the series debuted on iQiyi and other streaming platforms in August 2017.

Synopsis

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Unlike Blazing Teens, the show features an entirely different cast of characters. Four teenagers discover the art known as Yo-Kwon-Do,[5] which combines martial arts with yo-yo tricks. Now, under the guidance of Lao Shi, they must master their skills to protect the world.

Characters

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  • Parker Bates
  • Maddie Stone
  • Scott Hardy
  • Wilson Tisch
  • Lao-Shi: The Blazing Team's teacher and mentor.
  • Johnny Stone: Maddie's brother
  • Henry Shaw/Belloc

Episodes

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Series overview

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Season Episodes Start date Finale date Network
1 26 November 13, 2015 May 15, 2016 Discovery Family
2 16 July 22, 2017 September 9, 2017

Season 1 (2015–16)

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Series # Season # Title Original airdate
11"The First Yo"November 13, 2015
22"The Second Yo"November 13, 2015
33"Balancing Act"November 20, 2015
44"Double Trouble"November 27, 2015
55"The Greatest Yo on Earth"December 4, 2015
66"Such a Lonely World"December 11, 2015
77"Not So Great Scott!"December 18, 2015
88"The Tiger by the Tail"January 17, 2016
99"Blind Spot"January 17, 2016
1010"When Fanboys Attack"January 24, 2016
1111"Lonely at the Top"January 31, 2016
1212"Strong like Wilson"February 7, 2016
1313"A Rock and a Shard Place"February 14, 2016
1414"Muscle Beach"February 21, 2016
1515"The Eagle has Landed"February 28, 2016
1616"Yo-Rassic Park"March 6, 2016
1717"Yo-Tomatic for the People"March 13, 2016
1818"In the Light"March 20, 2016
1919"The Longest Shard"March 27, 2016
2020"A Spy for a Spy"April 3, 2016
2121"Return of the Corn Dog"April 10, 2016
2222"Jumping Jack Shard"April 17, 2016
2323"Blaze-y Like a Fox"April 24, 2016
2424"Race to the Finish"May 1, 2016
2525"The End, So Far..."May 8, 2016
2626"Enter the Black Dragon"May 15, 2016

Season 2 (2017)

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Series # Season # Title Original airdate
271"Darkness Descends"July 22, 2017
282"The Order in Chaos"July 22, 2017
293"The Boy Who Cried Yo"July 29, 2017
304"Three's a Crowd"July 29, 2017
315"Heroes & Villains"August 5, 2017
326"Lightning Strikes"August 5, 2017
337"Blazing Man: The Movie!"August 12, 2017
348"A Blazing Scheme"August 12, 2017
359"So We Meet Again, for the First Time"August 19, 2017
3610"Hail/Hydra"August 19, 2017
3711"Bad Signal"August 26, 2017
3812"Yo'In in the Wind"August 26, 2017
3913"Prison Break"September 2, 2017
4014"Lights Out"September 2, 2017
4115"Three the Hard Way"September 9, 2017
4216"It Takes Two"September 9, 2017

International broadcast

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In Canada, the series aired on Cartoon Network, premiering on April 6, 2016, with a limited promotional run on sibling channel Teletoon, from June 24 to July 11, 2016.

In New Zealand, the series debuted on TVNZ 2 on September 5, 2016.[6] The second season started on August 23, 2017.[7] In Australia, the series aired on Eleven as part of Toasted TV. In Singapore, Blazing Team aired on Channel 5's children's programming block Okto.

In the Middle East and North Africa, the series that premiered on Spacetoon on Sunday November 17, 2019, at 15:00 (KSA) followed by an encore airing that began on the same day at 20:30 (KSA) and Tuesdays with the same timeslots, 4 years after its original U.S. release.[8][9][10][11]

References

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  1. ^ Dickson, Jeremy (October 28, 2015). "Hasbro and Alpha send Blazing Team to new markets". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Blazing Team - Hasbro Studios". Hasbro Studios. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "Hasbro, Inc. and Guangdong Alpha Animation & Culture Co. to Bring 'BLAZING TEAM' Brand Across Multiple Platforms in New Markets" (Press release). Hasbro Studios. October 28, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "Blazing Team (Season 2)". Discovery Family. Discovery Communications. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  5. ^ JutTut. "Blazing Team: Masters of Yo Kwon Do". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "Watch Blazing Team S1E1". TVNZ. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  7. ^ "Watch Blazing Team S2E1". TVNZ. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  8. ^ Spacetoon [@spacetoon] (November 4, 2019). "Blazing Team قريباً على #أكشن" (Tweet). Retrieved November 6, 2019 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Spacetoon [@spacetoon] (November 6, 2019). "Blazing Team قريباً على #أكشنهل أنتم متحمسون يا أصدقاء لمتابعته على شاشتنا ؟" (Tweet). Retrieved November 7, 2019 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Spacetoon [@spacetoon] (November 9, 2019). "بدأ الظلام يخيم على كل مكان ... لكن فريق مؤلف من 5 أبطال و معلمهم، يجمعون بين مهارات اليويو و فنون الكونغ فو سوف يتصدون لقوى الظلام Blazing Team قريباً على #أكشن" (Tweet). Retrieved November 9, 2019 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Spacetoon [@spacetoon] (November 13, 2019). "العالم في خطر ... لكن مهارات اليويو و فنون الكونغ فو اجتمعت لتدافع عن الأرض مغامرة جديدة و الكثير من الأكشن و التحديات بانتظار أبطالنا الخمسة و معلمهم Blazing Team ابتداءً من الأحد القادم على #أكشن!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 14, 2019 – via Twitter.