Fan money owed of Netflix indicates and films are a part of the lifeblood of the lengthy-time period fulfillment of any display. Cobra Kai isn’t anyt any exception, with a slew of social media money owed, web sites and YouTube Channels supporting organically sell the display. One fan account, however, has long past one step in addition and produced a fixed of cartoons for the display that have been launched onto YouTube today.
Cobra Kai Kid is a a success YouTube channel that’s accrued near 30 million perspectives on YouTube and has a faithful subscriber base of properly over 200,000.
The channel is complete of content material on all matters Karate Kid and Cobra Kai. You’ll locate interviews with the forged and group of the display (my private favored is an interview with the display’s creators), dissections of episodes and trailers, information coverage, and masses extra.
Today (July 1st), Cobra Kai Kid in collaboration with Fightin’Flix have launched 3 cartoons primarily based totally at the display.
Episode 1 offers us a study a probable opportunity finishing for the fourth season of the display, episode 2 sees Martin Kove auditioning for the position of Kreese many moons in the past and the 0.33 episode sees Johnny and Daniel attending therapy.
We were given to talk to the Cobra Kai Kid on his channel’s origin, the brand new cartoons, what he’s searching ahead to in season five and what’s next.
Q: Can you introduce your self a touch? How lengthy have you ever been strolling the Cobra Kai Kid Channel now? How did the channel come approximately?
My call is Drew and I actually have a YouTube channel known as Cobra Kai Kid wherein I make content material primarily based totally on The Karate Kid films and the Cobra Kai collection. I had been strolling the channel for approximately 3 years now. The channel happened once I found out how passionate I became approximately the Cobra Kai universe however had no one to percentage it with. It became the summer time season of 2019, I became already making sketches and quick movies on YouTube so I notion why now no longer make a Cobra Kai channel and percentage my ardour and creativity there.
When I first made the channel, I knew I desired to create a platform that became particular and that could without a doubt display individuals who I am and what I cherished to do. Ever on the grounds that I became a touch kid, I actually have constantly had a ardour for filmmaking and I might constantly make movies whether or not it became on my own or with my friends. So with Cobra Kai Kid, I can now integrate my loves which might be Cobra Kai and filmmaking. Looking returned, making the channel became one of the quality selections of my life.
Q: You’ve interviewed lots of the forged and group over time for the channel, what are the most important highlights? Which one is your favored interview?
One of the highlights for me of getting the YouTube channel is being capable of do interviews with the forged and group of Cobra Kai and Karate Kid. As of proper now I actually have over forty interviews on my channel consisting of a few in-individual interviews.
I recognize this can be the cliche solution however the fact is, each interview I do is so unique and I virtually cherish them all. Whether I’m interviewing a person who has handiest seemed in a single scene from the display, or whether or not they have got seemed in each episode of each season, I constantly revel in getting to talk to those public figures and gaining knowledge of them on a far deeper level. I’m additionally so intrigued with the ‘behind-the-scenes’ manner of a tv display and what is going into the making of Cobra Kai so attending to interview absolutely everyone who has labored at the display as a innovative force, may be very Meaningful to me.
Q: What are you maximum searching ahead to seeing in Cobra Kai season five?
I am certainly searching ahead to a variety of various things in Cobra Kai Season five. I’m very enthusiastic about the Mexico plotline with Miguel, Robby, and Johnny. That ought to be a without a doubt thrilling arc and I’m very excited to peer wherein they go together with that. I additionally can’t wait to peer Terry Silver amplify extra Cobra Kai dojos across the Valley. Don’t get me wrong, I love Daniel and Chozen, however there’s some thing approximately the horrific men being on top of things that is lots extra fun.
I’m additionally without a doubt excited to peer what goes on with Kreese. We recognize he’s in jail and likely looking for revenge for what Silver did to him. My large principle for Cobra Kai Season five is that Kreese will group up with Daniel and Johnny as soon as he receives out of jail to take down Terry Silver. If that had been to happen, I might cross crazy! I Really hope it does!
Q: Can you communicate approximately the Kai’Toons assignment? How did it come approximately? How many humans are operating on it?
When I first began out making Cobra Kai motion pictures returned in 2019, one of the first Cobra Kai creators I met became Jean Kirk. He has a YouTube channel known as FightinFlix wherein he designs and animates Cobra Kai and Karate Kid characters and makes little sketches with them.
Growing up, I watched a variety of indicates inclusive of SpongeBob and Total Drama Island so I’ve constantly cherished cartoons and animations. I additionally love writing my personal scripts and developing my personal testimonies so I notion why now no longer integrate my love for storytelling and my love for Cobra Kai.
So in March of 2022, I reached out to Jean approximately doing a Cobra Kai lively collection on my channel wherein every episode might take characters from Cobra Kai and The Karate Kid and positioned them in distinctive storylines. I might write all the episodes and he might do all of the animating and designing. Jean got here up with the call Kai’Toons which I notion became wonderful for this Project.
It took us approximately four months to make three episodes.
This is the primary time I actually have ever labored on a assignment like this and it has certainly taught me a lot. A lot of difficult paintings and time has long past into those animations and I assume we’ve without a doubt created some thing unique.
This collection celebrates the characters and the testimonies of Cobra Kai and Karate Kid in a acquainted however particular way. One of the best information about this collection is that a number of the actors from the Cobra Kai collection voice a number of the characters in Kai’Toons. I’m so pleased with this assignment and if humans love Kai’Toons, we are able to hold to make extra!
Q: What are your destiny plans for the channel?
My plan for the channel is to simply preserve evolving and making the quality content material that I can make. Making motion pictures is my ardour and I will constantly be pleased about the fanatics who help me and what I do. I constantly try to assignment myself to be a higher filmmaker and content material writer with each new assignment that I make.
Over the beyond three years, the channel has without a doubt grown and so have I. The aim is to preserve growing, preserve learning, preserve getting higher, and I can’t wait to peer what the destiny has in store!
Q: As we ask in all of our interviews, past Cobra Kai – what else do you want looking on Netflix?
Besides re-looking Cobra Kai hundreds of thousands of times, I love Stranger Things as it takes region in my favored era, the 80s. It is also a display with superb writing and a superb forged. Manifest is some other first-rate display that I am interested in due to the thriller factor and again, the writing in that display is incredible.
I actually have constantly been a large fan of Full House so I additionally without a doubt loved the sequel collection, Fuller House. I notion that they did a superb task of bringing returned that tale and the identical characters from the authentic collection. I’ve additionally without a doubt loved looking the Netflix authentic movies inclusive of The Hustle, Amateur, and He’s All That. I can’t look forward to extra Netflix indicates and films to binge withinside the destiny!
