Cobra Kai Got Its Start As A YouTube Show
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Before the show moved to Netflix and jumped in popularity, it was already pretty popular over on YouTube Premium. Co-creator Jon Hurwitz told Buzzfeed: “We pitched the show to YouTube first as almost like a practice pitch, and they went all in on the pitch. We hadn’t written anything and they said, ‘Go make a season.’ Everybody else wanted it, including Netflix, but no one was willing to go to those lengths.”
“Our experience at YouTube was awesome. We had an amazing team of executives there who really believed in our vision, and everyone there really supported the show. When we were on YouTube, we had events, we had premieres, and we had all these fun things going on. We got to see the numbers rising on the YouTube page. Many, many millions of people were watching the show back then, and it was awesome. It felt big. But in our everyday lives, it wasn’t the kind of thing where most people really knew much about the show or had seen the show.”
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A Shout Out To The Karate Kid Animated Series
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In season three, Daniel visits Chozen at his dojo in Okinawa where he spots this shrine. It’s the same relic originally designed for the animated series.
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