KB Fan Fiction

**KB Fan Fiction Productions**, formerly known as **K Brothers Entertainment** from 2008 to 2009, **K Brothers Productions** from 2009 to 2014 and **KB Productions** from 2014 to 2018, is a fan fiction film studio founded by Joshua and Joel K.

As of 2020, KB Fan Fiction's fan works cover about 20 franchises from films, television shows, video games and anime which are neither under-popular or over-popular, with a few exceptions.

## History

### Early years (2008-2010)

KB Fan Fiction (previously known as K Brothers Entertainment) began operating and developing fan fiction in 2008. Their first fan work is the short film, *War of the Stick Men*, which is inspired by a two-part short film on YouTube with the same title and uses graphics from the video game *Heavy Weapon*. The game would eventually inspire their first feature film, *Heavy Weapon*, which was released in July 2008. K Brothers Entertainment would eventually make their first feature-length toy film, *WALL-E and the Transformers: Invasion of the Decepticons*, (inspired by a YouTube mini-series by eman00418) and release it in November of 2008. KB cited HoopsAndDinoMan's *A Dinosaur Story* to be the major inspiration to the toy film venture.

### Tokusatsu Era and directorial crisis (2011-2013)

In early 2011, KB Fan Fiction (then known as K Brothers Productions) was introduced to the *Godzilla* franchise by Joel K, sparking a new era in KB's history: the Tokusatsu (Japanese science fiction) Era.

In January 2012, K Brothers director Joshua K is pressured to resign due to failing his Grade 9 entrance exams. Joshua resigned in March 2012, appointing his original character Eve "Aree" Eva (later revealed to be KB Fan Fiction EVE's former self) as the company's interim director, and considers his brother Joel as his successor. The succession crisis deepened in November, causing the studio to be on the brink of collapse.

Despite his resignation, Joshua continues to direct the studio's films and bring in three more franchises into its fan fiction library: *Neon Genesis Evangelion*; *Polandball* and *Pacific Rim*, throughout the two-year crisis period, saving the studio from collapse (albeit a two-month long halt of shooting operations from October to November 2013).

In 2014, Eve ended her term as interim director and Joshua returned as the studio's director after passing his final exams with flying colors.

### Humanization Era (2014-2016)

The development and release of *Night of the KK Undead* in 2013 had radically changed K Brothers Productions, which re-branded the studio identity, including changing its name to KB Productions. In late 2014, the studio hit another snag, and once again Joshua is forced to resign. In response, Joshua changed several of the studio's rules and slightly changed the studio's operating conditions in January 2015.

In 2015, the studio added Disney's *Frozen* (its first fairy-tale venture) and *Inside Out* into its fan fiction library. The addition of even more human characters led to another era in KB's history: the Humanization Era.

### Animanga Boom (2017-2020)

In January 2017, KB Productions is yet again introduced to another revolutionary Japanese franchise: the *Sailor Moon* franchise, and it is the first in a handful of Japanese anime franchises to be eventually included in KB's fan fiction library in a period of three years (after *Dinosaur King* and *Evangelion* which was introduced in the studio's early years and a revitalization of *Hetalia* fan fiction which was first developed by KB in 2013). This insurgence of Japanese anime franchises is dubbed by KB as the "Animanga Boom".

In the same year, KB discovered KB (Kumar Brothers) Production on Facebook, causing the studio to change its name to its present name, adding "Fan Fiction" in the middle, the following year.

### Video Game Fiction Era (2020-)

In 2019, KB Fan Fiction is introduced to the *Splatoon*, *Kingdom Hearts* and *Honkai Impact 3* video games.