Blazing Team: Masters of Yo Kwon Do

Blazing Team: Masters of Yo Kwon Do is an animated television 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 and ended on September 9, 2017.[4] In China, the series debuted on iQiyi and other streaming platforms in August 2017.

Synopsis

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

• 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

International broadcast

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]