Krazy Kids

Christopher Richardson

Patrick Wilson

Danny Cooskey

Cree Summer

Gail Matthius

Jonathan Miller

Maurice LeMarche

Candi Milo

Steven Bramson

Don Davis

Albert Lloyd Olson

William Ross

Arthur B. Rubinstein

Fred Steiner

Morton Stevens

Richard Stone

Stephen James Taylor

Mark Watters

John Debney

85 minutes (Krazy Kids: Race Chase)

Nickelodeon Animation Studio (1984 - present)

Fox Kids (1990 - 1993) Nickelodeon (1994 - present)

Dolby Stereo

Dolby Surround

### Original release

Original: September 1, 1976 - June 7, 1999Cool School: August 20, 2001 - June 7, 2009

Project Acme: September 5, 2010 - June 7, 2013

Acme Teens: August 23, 2014 - June 7, 2015

New Krazy Kids: March 5, 2016 - June 7, 2018

High School Kraziness: September 1, 2019 - June 7, 2023

Heroic Teens: September 12, 2022 - present

Teen Heroes: March 12, 2023 - present

College Teens: September 14, 2023 - present

## Chronology

### Related shows

Baby Krazy KidsVeztoria

The Five Musketeens

The Suarez & Tinoco Mysteries

The Bryan and Ian-Deheza Show

Krazy Kids: Cool School

Krazy Kids: Project Acme

Krazy Kids: Acme Teens

New Krazy Kids

Krazy Kids: High School Kraziness

Krazy Kids: Heroic Teens

College Teens

Teen Heroes

Aiden's Auto Builders

**Krazy Kids** is an american animated comedy television series that was broadcast on September 1, 1976 to June 7, 1999 (though the series still continues to the present day), as the first collaborative effort of CBS Television after being conceived in the early 1970's by Tom Ruegger. The show follows the adventures of a group of fictional teenage cartoon characters who attend Howard D. McMillan High School to become the next generation of characters from the SchoolToons series. The original stars of the show are Dennis and Travis, although they are now sometimes featured in the show, the main stars are now Aiden Anderson and Danny Dork.

The pilot episode "*The Krazy Beginning*" aired as a prime-time special on CBS on September 1, 1976, while the series itself was featured in first-run syndication for the first two seasons. The first special *Krazy Kids: Miami Mashup* was the first TV special and aired on CBS in 1982. The special follows Aiden Anderson and Luna Anderson getting ready for their prom engagement, but they get separated when a group of burglars snatch Luna from Aiden. So with the help from their friends, they must get Luna back to Aiden to have their romantic moment. The second special titled *Krazy Kids: Summer Vacation* was aired on Fox Kids in 1995. The third special titled *Krazy Kids: Karate Slam* was released theatrically and was aired on Nickelodeon in 1997. Seasons ten, eleven and twelve were also aired on Nickelodeon. The first series ended production in 1999 in favor of SpongeBob SquarePants, which premiered on May 1, 1999; however, one film was produced in 2000. A movie based on the spin-off *The Five Musketeens* was released in theaters in 2003. The second series titled *Krazy Kids: Cool School* aired on Nickelodeon from August 20, 2001 to June 7, 2009.

A third series titled Krazy Kids: Project Acme aired on Nickelodeon from August 22, 2010 to June 6, 2013. The series now has 2D computer graphic animation instead of hand-drawn cels. It also featured characters that returned from the previous series. Some characters like Sebastian Mengoni, Erik Martinez, Robin Le Pen, and others made supporting appearances in fewer episodes.

A fourth series titled *Krazy Kids: Acme Teens* aired on Nickelodeon from August 23, 2014 to June 7, 2015. Some characters from the original series made minor roles and cameo appearances like Aiden Anderson, Luna Anderson, Ian-Deheza Zapata, Bryan Gul, Julian Puig, Vextorian Vixon, etc. in fewer episodes. The series has a total of 5 seasons and 95 episodes. Other minor characters like Mack and Jack, Lenny and Benny, Claude Cade, etc. made cameo appearences and major roles in some episodes.

A fifth series titled *New Krazy Kids* aired on Nickelodeon from March 2016 to June 2018. The series ran for four seasons along with its original intro and ending song reprised. Most voice actors such as Matthew Rodgers, Christopher Richardson, Frank Johnson, Patrick Wilson, and many others reprised their character roles from the previous shows. A third film titled *Krazy Kids: Race Chase* was released to theaters on May 12, 2019.

On August 10, 2019, it was announced that *The Bryan and Ian-Deheza Show* was revived and was aired on September 20, 2019. On October 15, 2019, it was announced that *The Five Musketeens* was also revived and was aired on January 15, 2020.

A sixth series titled *Krazy Kids: High School Kraziness* was released on September 1, 2019. The show features the characters who are now attending Felix Varela Senior High School. The series also features the characters from *My Hero Academia*.

A seventh series titled *Krazy Kids: Heroic Teens* has been announced by Paramount Pictures and Toho Animation. It premiered on September 12, 2022. The series is set after the film *Krazy Kids: Academia Heroes.*

A Halloween TV special titled *Haunted Hotel* was released on October 25, 2022 on Nickelodeon and Paramount+. The special follows Ian Deheza-Zapata, Bryan Gul, Julian Puig, Hailey Concepcion, Marian Gul, Emma Jane, Jon-Anthony Tinoco, Erik Martinez, Elias Parets, and Sebastian Mengoni, who are visiting an abandoned hotel when strange and paranormal events happen.

An eighth series titled *College Teens* was announced by Nickelodeon and will premiere on April 3, 2023.

On March 4, 2023, it was announced that future Krazy Kids shows will be split into three different segments, allowing further episodes to be more inclusive and more accurate to the original show. A ninth series titled Teen Heroes and a tenth series titled Krazy Karts are set to premiere in September and November 2023 respectively.

A live action/animated movie titled *The Krazy Kids Movie* is in development, with the cast from the previous shows reprising their roles. It was slated to release theatrically on November 14, 2023, but was postponed to March 15, 2024 due to the 2023 Writers Guild Of America strike.

On March 7, 2023, a new series titled *Aiden's* *Auto* *Builders* was announced for a Paramount+ release. The show was released on April 7, 2023.

A reboot titled *College Teens* was announced in September 2021 and was released on September 14, 2023.

On September 12, 2023, a trailer for a stop-motion TV special titled *Haunted* *Hotel: The Scary Sequel* was released. The special itself premiered on Nickelodeon and Paramount+ on October 5, 2023. It is a sequel to the 2022 TV special.

On July 17, 2023, a stop-motion trailer for a new special titled *Krazy Kids Save The Holidays* was released. It premiered on Nickelodeon and Paramount+ on December 12, 2023.

On the IMDb website, it shows the original series along with *Cool School*, *Project Acme*, *Acme Teens*, *New Krazy Kids*, *High School Kraziness, College Teens*, and other related follow-ups (not counting the spin-offs) are a whole series together, with 50 seasons being produced, making it the second longest running show since *Sesame Street* and the first longest running show in front of *The Simpsons*.

## Production

### Development

According to writer Jim Reardon, *Krazy Kids* originated as an idea by Larry Johnson, the then-president of Paramount Pictures., who wanted to "inject new life into the Paramount Animation department", and at the same time create a series with human inspiration versions of characters from various cartoons such as Walt Disney, Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Tex Avery, Woody Woodpecker, Terrytoons, Noveltoons, and many others. Lance Johnson proposed that the new series would be a show based on the *SchoolToons* where the characters with either young versions of the original *SchoolToons* characters or new characters as the offspring of the original characters. The idea of a series with the basis of younger and junior versions of cartoon characters was common at the time; the era in which *Krazy Kids* was produced for had been animated like in such cartoons like Filmation's *Heckle and Jeckle*. Paramount Pictures chose to do the same because Spielberg wanted to make a series similar to *SchoolToons*, as series producer/show-runner Tom Ruegger explained: "Well, I think in Paramount's case, they had the opportunity to work with Steven Spielberg] on a project [...] But he didn't want to just work on various already made famous characters. He wanted to be involved with the creation of some *new* and *inspirational* characters." The result was a series similar to *SchoolToons* without the use of the same characters.

On January 20, 1973, the Paramount Animation studio approached Steven Spielberg to collaborate with Lance and Paramount Pictures head of licensing Dan Romanelli on Semel's ideas. They eventually decided that the new characters would be similar to the *SchoolToons* characters with no direct relation. However, *Krazy Kids* did not go into production then, nor was it even planned to be made for television; the series initially was to be a theatrical feature-length film.

On December 27, 1974, *Krazy Kids* was changed from a film to a television series, with Jean MacCurdy overseeing production of the first 85 episodes. MacCurdy said that *Krazy Kids* was changed to a television series to "reach a broader audience". For the series, MacCurdy hired Tom Ruegger, who previously wrote cartoons for Filmation and Warner Bros., to be a producer. In January 1974, Ruegger and writer Mark Zuckerberg began developing the characters and the setting of Miami-Dade County with Spielberg.

On January 9, 1975, Paramount Pictures chose its voice actors from over 2,500 auditions and put together its 100-person production staff. On April 13, 1975, full production of series episodes began with five overseas animation houses and a total budget of $25 million. The first 85 episodes of the series aired in syndication on 140 stations, beginning in September 1976. During that time, *Krazy Kids* was a huge success and got higher ratings than its *Disney Afternoon* competitors in some affiliates. After a successful run in syndication, Nickelodeon attained the rights for seasons 10, 11, and 12. Production of the series ended in early 1999 to make way for SpongeBob SquarePants to air the same year.

### Writers

The series and the show's characters were developed by series producer, head writer and cartoonist Tom Ruegger, division leader Jean MacCurdy, associate producer and artist Alfred Gimeno and story editor/writer Wayne Kaatz. Among the first writers on the series were Jim Reardon, Tom Minton, and Eddie Fitzgerald. The character and scenery designers included Alfred Gimeno, Ken Boyer, Dan Haskett, Karen Haskett, and many other artists and directors. The series was actually planned to be a feature film. Once Steven Spielberg was attached, numerous things changed, including the idea of turning the movie into a television series.

"*The Acme Gang Goes To The Mall*" was co-written by five then-teenage girls who were fans of the show.

### Casting Info

Voice director Andrea Romano auditioned over 2,550 voices for the series and chose more than a dozen main voice actors. The role of Angel Otano was given to Charlie Adler, who gave the role, as producer Tom Ruegger said, "a great deal of energy". The role of Stacy Otano was given to Tress MacNeille. Writer Paul Dini said that MacNeille was good for the role because she could do both Stacy's voice and the voices of her impressions Voice actors Christopher Sanchez and Patrick Roberts were given the roles of Bryan Gul and José Martinez, respectively. Danny Cooksey played Sebastian Mengoni, according to Paul Dini, was good for the role because he could do a "tremendous voice." Cooksey was also the only voice actor in the cast who was not an adult. Cree Summer played the roles of Arianna Franco and Jasmine Morano; former *Saturday Night Live* cast member Gail Matthius played Marian Gul and Jonathan Miller had the role of Robin Le Pen. Other actors for the series included Maurice LaMarche as the voice of Vextorian Vixon (who also voiced Dizzy Devil in *Tiny Toon Adventures*); Candi Milo as the voice of Kate the Random Girl, and many other voice actors and actresses played other characters.

### Animation

In order to complete 85 episodes for the first season, CBS contracted several different North American and international animation houses. These animation studios included Tokyo Movie Shinsha (now known as TMS Entertainment), Wang Film Productions, AKOM, Freelance Animators New Zealand, Encore Cartoons, StarToons, and Kennedy Cartoons. Tokyo Movie Shinsha also animated the series' opening sequence. Some of the CBS staff disliked working with Kennedy Cartoons due to the animation studio's inconsistent quality, and episodes that they animated were often subject to multiple re-takes. In other cases, such as the debut episode "The Krazy Beginning", portions of Kennedy Cartoons-animated episodes were re-animated by another animation studio. Kennedy Cartoons was actually dropped after the end of the series' first season.

Krazy Kids was made with a higher production value than standard television animation. It had a cel count that was more than double that of most animated television shows then. The series had about 30,000 cels per episode instead of the standard 10,000, making it unique in that characters moved more fluidly. Pierre DeCelles, an animation producer, described storyboarding for the series as "fun but a big challenge because I always had a short schedule every day, and it's not always easy to work full blast nonstop".

### Music

During the development of the show, Steven Spielberg said that CBS would use a full orchestra, which some thought too expensive and impossible, but they ended up agreeing. CBS selected Bruce Broughton to write the theme tune (for which he would win a Daytime Emmy along with Tom Ruegger and Wayne Kaatz, who both worked with Broughton on the lyrics) and serve as music supervisor. Screen credits for the composers were given based on the amount of music composed for, or composed and reused in, the episode.

Twenty-six other composers were contracted to create original dramatic underscore for each different episode during the series run: Julie and Steve Bernstein, Steven Bramson, Don Davis, John Debney, Ron Grant, Les Hooper, Carl Johnson, Elliot Kaplan, Arthur Kempel, Ralph Kessler, Albert Lloyd Olson, Hummie Mann, Dennis McCarthy, Joel McNeely, Peter Myers, Laurence Rosenthal, William Ross, Arthur B. Rubinstein, J. Eric Schmidt, David Slonaker, Fred Steiner, Morton Stevens, Richard Stone, Stephen James Taylorand Mark Watters. The composers conducted their own music. Of these composers, Broughton, Bramson, Davis, Olson, Stone, Taylor and Watters wrote the score to the 1997 special *Krazy Kids: Basketball Brash*.

## Nickelodeon/NickToons

In 1981, Games Animation aquired the rights to the Krazy Kids television series, comics and merchandise. However, it sold the rights to Nickelodeon Animation Studios in 1984. As a result, the show would go on to start airing episodes on Nickelodeon from January 5, 1984 through June 7, 1999. The first series ended its production in early 1999 in favor of the following series Spongebob Squarepants, which aired on May 1, 1999. In January 2003, NickToons started to broadcast the second series Krazy Kids: Cool School and would go on to start airing more episodes. Re-runs of the original series aired on Nickelodeon on January 12, 2012.

## Spin-offs

In 1993, *The Five Musketeens* was produced as the first spin-off for Nickelodeon. Based on the characters Ian Deheza-Zapata, Bryan Gul, Julian Puig, Jon-Anthony Tinoco, and Vextorian Vixon who run a parody of The Five Musketeers (based on the novel of the same name) at Howard D. McMillan High School's Portables and other locations. The final episode aired on September 22, 1998. The series ran for 4 seasons and 75 episodes. On September 25, 2003, a film based on the series was released in theaters (the film also aired on Nickelodeon in 2004). A revival of the series was aired on January 15, 2020.

In 1992, a second spin-off titled *Komedy Kids* was produced on Nickelodeon. Based on various characters from the show (some with updated appearances) who all have their own segments and sometimes pair up with others. The final episode was aired on November 28, 1998. The show ran for 6 seasons and 115 episodes.

In 1994, a third spin-off titled *The Bryan and Ian-Deheza Show*was produced on Nickelodeon. Based on the characters Bryan and Ian-Deheza, who are the hosts of the show and would feature some episodes that would involve with both of them. The final episode aired on November 27, 1998. The series ran for 4 seasons and 105 episodes. The series was revived on March 5, 2019.

In 1995, a fourth spin-off titled *The Suarez & Tinoco Mysteries* was produced on Nickelodeon. Based on the characters Sebastian Suarez, Jon-Anthony Tinoco, Nicole Tinoco, and Laurence The Doctor who solve mysteries on various cases. The final episode aired on November 23, 1998. The series ran for 2 seasons and 95 episodes.

In 1996, a fifth spin-off titled *Veztoria* was produced on Nickelodeon. Based on the character Vextorian Vixon who lives in the fictional land of Veztoria. Other characters like Devin Torres, Bryan Gul. Ian Deheza-Zapata, José Martinez, Sebastian Mengoni, etc. make cameos in some episodes. The final episode aired on November 25, 1998. The series ran for 3 seasons and 85 episodes.

In 2012, a sixth spin-off titled *The Julian and Emma Show* was produced by Nickelodeon, and the first spin-off series since *Veztoria* 16 years prior*.* The series follows Julian Puig and Emma Jane living together in a house and occasionally get into crazy situations. Other characters like Bryan, Ian-Deheza, Vex, Erik, Robin, Jasmine, etc. made recurring and supporting appearances. The final episode was aired on December 25, 2015. The series ran for 4 seasons and 95 episodes.

## Japanese Anime Series

An anime adaptation of the series titled *Kureijīkizzu: Sukūrudeizu* aired on Animax from January 2015 to December 2019 in Japan. The series featured anime designs of the characters such as Aiden, Luna, Danny, Diana, and others. The Japanese dubbed was also released on Paramount+ along with its subtitles. An English dubbed version was released on September 15, 2021 on Paramount+, with the original voice actors reprising their roles.

## In Related Media

In 1996, a series titled *Baby Krazy Kids* was produced on Nickelodeon. The show follows the characters such as Aiden Anderson, Danny Dork, Bryan Gul, Marian Gul, Ian-Deheza Zapata, Julian Puig, Hailey Concepcion, Emma Jane, Vextorian Vixon, and others in their younger ages who are adopted by Jon-Anthony's mother and have great adventures and various events outside his house. The final episode aired on September 29, 1998. The series ran for 3 seasons and 105 episodes.

In 2020, a pilot titled *School Zone* was aired on Nickelodeon. The pilot centered around with Maximus Ortiz and Aiden Anderson, along with Rocky Robot, showing some segments that would involve with other characters. The show was released on September 5, 2021.

## Appearances in other Krazy Kids media

In the 1990s, the Krazy Kids started to make major and minor appearances in other Krazy Kids related media. For example, Vextorian Vixon appears as a cameo in The Bryan and Ian-Deheza Show episode "What Goes High, Must Go Low", where he brings the hosts some school supplies and materials they needed for their project.

Bryan and Ian-Deheza also appeared as a cameo in the Veztoria episode "Live For Love", where they are being scared of and chased romantically by Kate the Random Girl after mistaking her for a lost kid.

Other characters made minor appearances in other Krazy Kids media such as The Suarez and Tinoco Mysteries, Junior Kraze Adventures, The Bryan and Ian-Deheza Show, and Veztoria.

## Home Media

*Krazy Kids: Trip to Tokyo* was released on DVD on January 25, 2001. There are currently no plans to release the series *New Krazy Kids*. However, this has yet to happen. In the early mid-1990s, CBS Television had released several videos, including *Krazy Kids: Karate Slam* (a direct-to-video release which later aired as a four-part TV episode), *Best of Aiden and Danny*, *Tea For Two-Time*, *Krazy Kids: Big Adventures*, *Krazy Kids: Island Adventures*, *Krazy Kids: Romantic Rampage*, *Krazy Kids: Jelly Days,* *Krazy Kids: Funny Acme Adventures*, *Krazy Kids: Easter Egg-citwment*, *Krazy Kids: Halloween Spooksters*, *Krazy Kids: Thanksgiving Trial,* *Krazy Kids: Christmas Miracles, and Krazy Kids: New Year Triumph. Krazy Kids: Academia Heroes* was released on both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on September 14, 2022, while the DVD version was released on October 12, 2022.

## New Krazy Kids (Smartie 'N' Dork)

On May 19, 2015, Nickelodeon Animation Studios announced that a fourth series titled "New Krazy Kids" would be premiering on Nickelodeon. The series consisted at least five seasons, which started airing in 2016. Production began from July 2015 through June 2017. The series was released from March 5, 2016 and ended on June 7, 2018. Hulu also has the streaming rights to the original Krazy Kids (1976 - 1999), Krazy Kids: Cool School (2001 - 2013), Krazy Kids: Project Acme (2010 - 2013), and Krazy Kids: Acme Teens (2014 - 2015). In January 2015, Nickelodeon released a promotional teaser poster image officially announcing the series featuring the characters along with its official title logo. The series also aired on Nickelodeon on March 10, 2016. In its first season, the show was originally titled "Smartie 'N' Dork", which mainly focused on Aiden and Danny, while recurring characters such as Luna, José, and Diana only appear in this season. When the series' title was retooled to "New Krazy Kids" in its second season onward, the show featured more characters such as Maximus, Ariana, Jasmine, etc. and reverted back to their original characteristics from the original show.

## Krazy Kids: High School Kraziness

On September 26, 2017, Nickelodeon announced a new show titled *Krazy Kids: High School Kraziness*. Production began around June 2017 and ended in January 2018. On October 27, 2018, it was revealed the voice actors will reprise their character roles from the original series. The characters are now attending Felix Varela Senior High School. The characters will stay true to their 1990s designs. A trailer for the series was released on April 12, 2019. The show was released on September 1, 2019 and received positive reviews from critics and won several awards and nominations, as well as the praise to the series' intention to fully feature appearances of the characters from an anime series. The second season premiered on January 3, 2021. It is also the first Krazy Kids series to fully feature characters from an anime series called *My Hero Academia*.

## Comic Books

CBS published the original Krazy Kids Comics from January 1979 through June 1998. Many characters would star in their own comic book series such as Teletoons, Teenage Toons, and many others. In 2002, Nickelodeon took over the publishing of the comics, and the Cool School comics were published from February 2002 through March 2008. In favor of the sucessful ratings for the television show, the Project Acme comics were published from January 2011 through April 2012. As a result for its sucessful reception, the Acme Teens comics were published from March 2014 through June 2017. The New Krazy Kids comics were published from August 2017 through June 2018. Various issues were published by date (the cover artists are unknown). The new set of comics were planned to be released in 2020, but they were postponed and were released in January 2021 in favor of the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 27, 2021, new comic books based on the series *Krazy Kids: High School Kraziness* were published. The Heroic Teens comics will be published starting from September 2022 to May 2023. The College Teens comics will be released in Winter 2023.

## Video Games

In 1999, Nickelodeon Games released Billy Boston: The Return Of Judge Cruell for the Gameboy Advanced, which is a video game set after the events of *Who Framed Billy Boston*.

Nickelodeon Games released various other *Krazy Kids* related games such as *Teen Troubles* (2002), *The Five Musketeens* (2003), *Krazy Kids: School Of Chaos* (2019), *Krazy Karts* (2021), and others.

In Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, Aiden, Luna, Danny, Ian-Deheza, Bryan, Julian, Hailey, Marian, Emma, Vex, Mengoni, and Elias are the only Krazy Kids characters to appear as playable characters.

In 2022, Nickelodeon released a cartoon/anime video game based on the film *Krazy Kids: Academia Heroes* titled *Teen Heroes Of The City*. Players can play as two characters from two seperate shows, which is *Krazy Kids* and *My Hero Academia*. The game also in includes a multiplayer mode.

## Attractions at Universal Studios

On January 22, 2003, Universal Studios Orlando opened an 4D film attraction based on the show called *Krazy Kids: Musical School*, it follows the characters such as Aiden Anderson, Luna Anderson, Bryan Gul, Ian Deheza-Zapata, Julian Puig, Vextorian Vixon, and others, rehearsing for the audience when a mysterious kid comes to the show. The show also opened at Universal Studios Japan on May 17, 2006.

On September 12, 2005, Universal Studios Orlando opened an another attraction 4D film based on the spin-off show *The Five Musketeens* called *The* *Five* *Musketeens* *To* *The* *Rescue*, which stars Ian Deheza-Zapata, Bryan Gul, Julian Puig, Jon-Anthony Tinoco, and Vextorian Vixon (along with their hero Musketeen Harry) who all go and try to stop Evil Egad from taking over Howard D. McMillan High School. The show also opened at Universal Studios Japan on November 23, 2008.

## Krazy Kids: Academia Heroes

On August 23, 2019, Paramount Pictures announced that a Krazy Kids action/sci-fi film is in development. The film will be a crossover of *Krazy Kids* and *My Hero Academia.* Nickelodeon Animation Studios also made a deal with Toho Animation and got exclusive rights to use the *My Hero Academia* characters for the film and its follow-up series titled *Krazy Kids: Heroic Teens.* The original voice cast will return to reprise their character roles, along with the voice cast of the English dubbed version of *My Hero Academia*. On September 25, 2019, it was announced that Eddie Fitzgerald, Jim Reardon, and Tom Minton will be the writers of the film. Tom Ruegger and Sherri Stoner will be producing the film. On October 20, 2019, executive producer Steven Spielberg announced that the film will be the first Krazy Kids film to be in Dobly Surround Sound. On October 25, 2019, he stated "We love how animation fits in the real world, and we love how animated characters fit in their world. It was a challenging success and was like a world of fiction. It was a really huge experience overall". The film went into production around late-2019 and wrapped up in April 2020. It was originally set to have a November 2021 release. On March 1, 2020, Nickelodeon announced that the film will be titled *Krazy Kids: Academia Heroes.* A teaser trailer was released on September 5, 2021. On November 12, 2021, an official trailer was released featuring new scenes with new characters. Production wrapped up on May 5, 2020. A second trailer was released on December 7, 2021. On December 17, 2021, it was announced the film's theatrical release date will be on January 15, 2022, but was postponed to February 25, 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film is an animated hybrid with 2D traditional animation and 3D CGI effects, and features the characters from *My Hero Academia,* making it the first *Krazy Kids* crossover film to appear with a popular anime franchise. It will also premiere on Paramount+ for five months. It received generally positive reviews from critics who called the film an "inspiring adventure to the cartoon and anime crossover franchise". On September 22, 2022, John Allen, the director of the film, expressed interest in making a sequel stating: "I think we have a lot more to show and see what or who the Teens and Pro Heroes could save next. So I'm sure it's going to happen sooner or later.". On March 25, 2023, it was announced that a sequel is in development. On July 7, 2023, it was announced the cast from the movie will return, with the Krazy Kids cast and the English dubbed cast of My Hero Academia reprising their respective roles.

## Krazy Kids: Heroic Teens

On November 13, 2021, Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Toho Animation announced a new series is currently in the works, with the Krazy Kids cast reprising their character roles, as well as the cast of the English dubbed version of the anime. The show follows the Krazy Kids characters going to U.A. High School where the My Hero Academia characters show them what being a pro hero is all about and have "Krazy" heroic fun. The series was given a 2-season order. It premiered on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon on September 12, 2022.

## Krazy Celebration (45th Anniversary Short)

On September 1, 2021, A 30-second short titled *Krazy Celebration* was released on both YouTube and Paramount+. The Krazy Kids characters are celebrating the 45th Anniversary of their show when Ellen Dole tries to pull a prank on Aiden Anderson, but it backfires when Aiden tells Ellen the cake is smelling dessertly-delicious.

## College Teens

On September 12, 2021, Nickelodeon Animation Studios announced that a reboot titled *College Teens* was in the works. The series will feature older versions of the characters and was given a 2-season order. The show will premiere on September 14, 2023 on Nickelodeon and Paramount+. It will feature John Winston as showrunner, Sherri Stone and Ken Boyer as producers, and the voice cast from the original series will return for their respective roles, but with older voices (mostly in their young adult voices). The series will follow the characters attending Miami-Dade College and will also feature obscure characters from the original series. A trailer was released on April 30, 2023. A second trailer was released on August 31, 2023.

## Upcoming TV Shows, Films and Streaming Shows

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• *Teen Life* (TBA) - A live action/animated hybrid series premiering on Paramount+.

▪ 18-year old high school student named Nate starts to prepare for college when he starts to see iconic characters ranging from the Krazy Kids to The Loud House, but they're not there for laughs, they're there to help him understand the meaning of life.

• *Krazy Karts* (2024) - An animated series set after *Krazy Kids: Race Chase*.

▪ Set after the events of the 2019 film, the Krazy Kids gang have various races and teen-tastic fun.

• *The Krazy Kids Movie* (2024) - A live action/ animated hybrid film based on the show.

▪A young Brooklyn boy named Aiden Anderson befriends with a wacky boy named Danny Dork. The two friends enjoy their times together until more friends appear along the way to help stop a group of vicious and evil crime people.characters.

• *Teentown Mysteries* (2024) - an animated series based on the Krazy Kids characters.

▪When mysterious events happen in Miami-Dade County, the Krazy Kids must go investigate various scenes of the crime.

happen.

characters.