The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

Animated series (loosely) based on the film series, in which Daniel, Miyagi and new friend Taki travel the world in search of an ancient Japanese talisman.

Genre: AnimationActionAdventure

Cast:Pat MoritaRobert ItoJanice KawayeJoey DedioTamlyn TomitaJim CummingsCree SummerDana HillKeone YoungRob PaulsenDanny CookseyJames AveryDarleen CarrMichael HortonRobert RidgelyFrançois ChauKath SoucieBrock Peters


1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ My Brother's Keeper

Fri, Sep 8, 1989

Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki travel to the Amazon to look for the shrine. They find it in the hands of a young boy who has been cast out of his village and prevented from taking his rightful place as chief.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Greatest Victory

Fri, Sep 15, 1989

The search for the shrine takes Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki to Hong Kong. While they are there, they help Miyagi's friend defeat the Dragon, a crime lord who has been oppressing the people.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Homecoming

Fri, Sep 22, 1989

The search for the shrine leads Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki to New York City and to Daniel's hometown of Newark. While they are there Daniel discovers that his ex-girlfriend has turned to a life of crime with a bully that used to pick on him.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Tomorrow Man

Fri, Sep 29, 1989

Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki go to Paris, where they follow a man named Mr. Whiskers, who is trying to buy the shrine. When they lose the shrine, Daniel goes to a fortune teller for help.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ All the World His Stage

Fri, Oct 13, 1989

Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki follow the shrine to London, where it is being used as a prop for a movie about King Arthur. There, they meet the star of the movie, who comes under the power of the shrine.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Paper Hero

Fri, Oct 20, 1989

Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki travel to Meridan, Mexico. Here, the shrine has been hidden in a Mayan temple after being stolen from a bandit who has been using it to recruit innocent people into his gang. While they are there, they run into Daniel's Uncle Jack, who offers his assistance in finding the shrine.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Over the Rainbow

Fri, Oct 27, 1989

Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki track the shrine to a village in the Himalayas where there doesn't seem to be any adults.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Return of the Shrine

Fri, Nov 3, 1989

The shrine is returned to Taki's village in Okinawa, and her family once again vows to keep it safe. However, the Ishida family, rivals of Taki's family, vow to steal the shrine, and Miyagi and Daniel must help Taki prevent this.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Walkabout

Fri, Nov 10, 1989

Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki search for the shrine in the Australian outback, where it is also being tracked by an Aboriginal tribe that has been stricken with disease.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ East Meets West

Fri, Nov 17, 1989

Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki track the shrine to the Soviet Union, where it is being studied by scientists at the university. While they are there, Daniel joins the international hockey team to get closer to the shrine.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ The Hunt

Fri, Dec 1, 1989

Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki track the shrine to Norway, where it has been swallowed by a whale that has been attacking whaling ships, and they join the crew of a fishing boat in hopes of finding the whale.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ The Gray Ghosts

Fri, Dec 8, 1989

Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki search for the shrine in San Francisco. While they are there, they assist a group of elderly people who enter a race in an attempt to save their home.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ A Little World of His Own

Fri, Dec 15, 1989

After Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki track the shrine to a small town in the United States, the young boy who has found it uses it to shrink them. Now they must find a way to return to normal size and to stop the boy from using the shrine to take revenge on the bullies who have been tormenting him.