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The sixth and final season ofCobra Kaiis officially underway as its first part releases on Netflix today. The William Zabka and Ralph Macchio starrer has had a profound journey from being a pop cultural milestone of the ‘80s to being a show on YouTube Red to finally being acquired by Netflix.
While the final season sees the two Karate Kids ready for battle in the Seikai Taikai, fans were disappointed to learn that like other Netflix finales, this too would be split into different parts. Despite fans’ disappointment, there seems to be some good news as the makers announced the second part will be arriving almost two weeks before schedule.
Cobra KaiSeason 6 Part 2 Will Arrive Earlier Than Announced
The upcoming season of the nostalgic hit showCobra Kaiwill be the series finale. In true Netflix fashion, the final season is being split into three parts, which has caused quite an uproar among fans. The final season will see the Karate Kids get ready for the World Tournament i.e. Seikai Taikai. The first part was released on Netflix earlier today.
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Part 2 of Season 6 was reportedly expected to be released on November 28. However, a new promo video of the show revealed that fans would get to witness the continuation of the show much earlier than shown. In a short video featuring the cast of the show, the new release date forCobra Kaiseason 6 part 2 is November 15.
The video sees Gianni DeCenzo, Xolo Maridueña, and Jacob Bertrand sitting in a backlot while attending the premiere of the first part, preparing what to say. When the new release date is announced, the actors can be heard exclaiming, “We’re getting it early?”.
Direct from the premiere! Part II now drops November 15th!pic.twitter.com/qtLZ3ivOC2
In a statement given at the premiere, the creators of the show reportedly said that the second part will be streaming on the same day as the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight (viaDeadline).
Cobra KaiCreators Revealed Why They Split The Final Season Into Three Parts
Based on the iconicKarate Kidfranchise, the showCobra Kaiinitially began streaming on YouTube Red before the platform closed down and the series was acquired by Netflix. Splitting final seasons into multiple parts is not new to Netflix as many classic shows likeBreaking Bad, The Walking Dead,andThe Sopranoshave done it.
However, theWilliam ZabkaandRalph Macchiostarrer being split into three parts of fifteen episodes after two years of filming was an annoying update for fans. Still, creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald mentioned toGizmodo’s io9that there was a reason for them to split the show into three parts.
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While they wanted to end the series with the final season, they were sure that they needed more than ten episodes to finish the story arcs and hence, decided to make fifteen episodes. Hurwitz said,
This season, it was like, ‘Okay, well, three chunks of five would make sense.’ It’s almost like three acts in a bigger story. And that’s just something that we decided to do creatively. And when we talked about that with Netflix, they loved the idea of the three drops. And that’s where it came from. So we’ve known this for a very long time. And it is all by design.
A movie featuring William Zabka and Ralph Macchio as well as Jackie Chan is also in the works that is set to release in 2025.
Cobra Kaiis streaming on Netflix.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
