Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness facts for kids
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness is a fun computer-animated TV show based on the popular Kung Fu Panda movies. It's also known as Kung Fu Panda: The Series or simply Legends of Awesomeness. This show brings more adventures of Po and his friends to the small screen!
The series was first planned to air on Nickelodeon in 2010. But it was delayed and finally started in 2011. The first episode premiered on November 7, 2011. There were also two special sneak peeks before that, on September 19 and October 21. A total of 52 episodes were made for the series.
When the show was created, some of the original movie voice actors returned. For example, Lucy Liu came back to voice Viper. James Hong also returned as Mr. Ping. However, some characters got new voices. Mick Wingert became the new voice for Master Po. He took over from Jack Black, who voiced Po in the movies.
Meet the Voices: Who's Who?
Many talented actors lent their voices to the characters in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. Here are some of them:
- Mick Wingert as Po
- Fred Tatasciore as Shifu
- Kari Wahlgren as Tigress / Fang (first time)
- Amir Talai as Crane
- Lucy Liu as Viper
- James Sie as Monkey / Chao
- Max Koch as Mantis
- James Hong as Mr. Ping
- Lynn Milgrim as Scorpion
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Temutai
- Wallace Shawn as Taotie
- Simon Helberg as Bian Zao
- John DiMaggio as Fung
- Amy Hill as Su / Mrs. Gow
- Lauren Tom as Song / Bai Li
- Toby Huss as Mr. Yeung
- Jim Ward as Kwan
- Diedrich Bader as Hundun
- Stephen Root as Junjie
- Wendie Malick as Fenghuang
- Randall Duk Kim as Oogway
- Pamela Hayden as Fang (second time)
- Frank Welker as Animals' vocal effects (uncredited)
