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While directly based on Kamen's characters, this series was created by three new writers: Josh Heald Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg.Īn animated series, as well as tie-in video games among other pieces of merchandise, have also been released alongside the films. Starting in 2018, Cobra Kai has been a follow-up series set within the same universe (three decades later) of the original films of the 1980s and 1990s, and featuring members of the original cast. Despite maintaining the original title, the remake focused on kung fu, as the film was set in China. In 2010, a remake with a similar storyline but with a different set of characters, was released. The original film series began as a tetralogy, starting with the release of The Karate Kid (1984), after the success of which three sequels were produced: The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), and The Next Karate Kid (1994). The series follows the journey of various coming-of-age teenagers who are taught in the ways of martial arts by an experienced mentor in order to stand up for themselves after being bullied, or assert their dominance towards others. The Karate Kid is an American martial arts drama franchise created by Robert Mark Kamen.