Kappa Mikey is an American animated sitcom created by Larry Schwarz, who chose 4Kids Entertainment as the worldwide licensing, marketing and official promotional agent of the series. The show is Nicktoons's first original half-hour series, bought during the same period as other Animation Collective series such as Three Delivery and Speed Racer: The Next Generation, as well as Flash shows from other studios, such as Edgar & Ellen and The Secret Show, though the latter was made from BBC. The series premiered on January 6, 2006. The series is MTV's first global acquisition, and was available on iTunes until 2009.
Kappa Mikey was marketed as "the first anime to be produced entirely in the United States", according to press releases from MTV, Nicktoons Network, and various other sources, as the term anime in English is generally reserved for animation originally produced for the Japanese market. It uses Japanese animation and culture as inspiration for its concept, rather than being "true" anime. As a matter of fact, the series is a homage/parody of Japanese anime. On February 16, 2008, during their "Music Week", Nicktoons Network aired their first and only original television movie, an hour-long Kappa Mikey musical entitled "Kappa Karaoke". Officially, the episode's title is "The Karaoke Episode". The last three episodes aired after the show was stuck on a hiatus. These episodes were aired in September 2008.
The first season of the animated television series Kappa Mikey, created by Larry Schwarz, originally aired on the Nicktoons Network channel in the United States.
The second season of the animated television series Kappa Mikey, created by Larry Schwarz, originally aired on the Nicktoons Network channel in the United States.
Season 2 of the series premiered on June 9, 2007 and concluded on September 20, 2008, on Nicktoons Network.
Deep into season 2, Kappa Mikey has stopped showing a LilyMu sequence at the end of an episode whenever it would make the episode too long, when the characters are in their LilyMu uniforms enough as it is, or when they successfully film a sequence without any mistakes before the ending.
Aired dates correspond to the Nicktoons Network, unless otherwise stated below. Episodes are in chronological order of the internal events, not necessarily in the order they were aired. The final three episodes aired in September 2008.
This is a list of the episodes of the show Kappa Mikey.
Each episode follows a specific formula. A typical episode starts with the cast filming a LilyMu segment, but the take is ruined, sometimes revealing the conflict that the characters deal with through the rest of the episode, with a minor subplot running beneath the main plot. After the problem is resolved, the LilyMu segment will be shot again and successfully completed the second time, often rewritten to incorporate whatever lesson was learned during the main story.
Deep into season 2, Kappa Mikey has stopped showing a LilyMu sequence at the end of an episode whenever it would make the episode too long, when the characters are in their LilyMu uniforms enough as it is, or when they successfully film a sequence without any mistakes before the ending.
Aired dates correspond to the Nicktoons Network, unless otherwise stated below. Episodes are in chronological order of the internal events, not necessarily in the order they were aired. The final three episodes aired in September 2008.
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