The Karate Kid

30min

Animation

Action & Adventure

Daniel and his mentor Mr. Miyagi travel the world with their Okinawan friend Taki Tamurai in search of an ancient Japanese talisman stolen from an old fishing village.

Production Companies

Saban Entertainment

DiC Entertainment

Columbia Pictures Television

Episodes

Cast

My Brother's Keeper

1. My Brother's Keeper

30min

9th Sep 1989

Daniel befriends a young boy and pases on Miyagi's teaching in order to help him restore his position as Chief of the tribe.

The Greatest Victory

2. The Greatest Victory

30min

16th Sep 1989

Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki travel to Hong Kong and help the village fight off the Dragon and his evil henchmen.

The Homecoming

3. The Homecoming

30min

23rd Sep 1989

The search for the shrine brings Daniel back to his old neighborhood and his first girlfriend.

The Tomorrow Man

4. The Tomorrow Man

30min

30th Sep 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.

All the World His Stage

5. All the World His Stage

30min

14th Oct 1989

While in London, United Kingdom, the trio get hired on a movie set about King Arthur, where Miyagi finds the power of the shrine has been drained into a prop sword, which is used by the film's leading man who then cannot separate reality from fantasy and thinks Taki is his actual bride, and Daniel is threatening him.

The Paper Hero

6. The Paper Hero

30min

21st Oct 1989

After a padre in Mexico hides the shrine in a Mayan temple, it's up to Mr. Miyagi to keep it out of the hands of Madero, and evil bandit.

Over the Rainbow

7. Over the Rainbow

30min

28th Oct 1989

Miyagi and company follow the magic rainbow to a mountain paradise in the Himalayas where the stone has turned a well into the Fountain of Youth.

The Return of the Shrine

8. The Return of the Shrine

30min

4th Nov 1989

Taki returns the shrine to her temple, but a thousand year feud between her family and the Ishida's makes them lose the shrine once again.

Walkabout

9. Walkabout

30min

11th Nov 1989

Mr. Miyagi and friends follow the shrine to Australia where a tribe of Aborigines believe it should be offered to the god of the volcano.

East Meets West

10. East Meets West

30min

18th Nov 1989

Miyagi, Daniel and Taki travel to the Soviet Union where Prof. Kirov is studying its magical powers.

The Hunt

11. The Hunt

30min

2nd Dec 1989

Mr. Miyagi has traced the shrine down to the coast of Norway where a whale has swallowed it and is attacking illegal whaling ships.

The Gray Ghosts

12. The Gray Ghosts

30min

9th Dec 1989

The search for the shrine brings Miyagi and friends to San Francisco where they join a group of senior citizens in a car rally, hoping it will ultimately lead them to the shrine.

A Little World of His Own

13. A Little World of His Own

30min

16th Dec 1989

Miyagi and friends discover that the shrine has fallen into the hands of a lonely boy who is using it to make his own little world.

First air date

9th Sep 1989

Last air date

16th Dec 1989

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks