Kung Fu Sock

Kung Fu Wa! (known as Kung Fu Sock in the Commonwealth; Chinese: 天真与功夫袜; pinyin: Tiān Zhēn Yǔ Gōng Fū Wà) is a Chinese animated children's television series produced by UYoung Media and Tencent Penguin Pictures. The series follows a young girl who is bestowed with superpowers through the aid of a martial arts master turned into an anthropomorphic sock.^[1]

The first season premiered on 3 August 2021 on Tencent Video in China, and on 25 July 2022 on Pop in the United Kingdom, as part of Pop's Silly Selfie Summer. On August 31, 2022, the series was renewed for a second and final season.^[2] The second and final season premiered in China on Tencent Video on 3 August 2026, in the United Kingdom on Sky Kids on 11 September 2026 and in the United States on 23 October 2026 on the Angel Studios app.

Eight-year-old Tee Zeng finds an unusual sock that is actually a Kung Fu master named Kung Fu Wa from another world. Wearing the sock transforms Tee Zeng into super heroine Kung Fu Girl. She and Kung Fu Wa must complete missions and protect their home, Starry Island.^[3][4]

• Tee Zeng (alternatively named Tea Zen or TZ (English dub) and Tee Yang (Spanish dub); voiced by Zhou Zhou (Chinese), Sofia Gomez (English) and Belén Marín (Spanish)) – an 8-year-old girl who lives above her family's laundrette, who turns into Kung Fu Girl through the aid of Master Kicko
• Master Kicko (alternatively named Kung Fu Wa (English dub); voiced by Fu Bowen (Chinese), Alex Teixeira (English) and Juan Pablo Muñoz (Spanish)) – a Kung Fu master who was transformed into a sock
• Hiro Hao/Sword Master (voiced by Jiasi Li (Chinese), Alex Machado (English) and Óscar Olivares (Spanish)) – Tee Zeng's friend from school
• Manipulens (also known as Evil Star Lord; voiced by Zhankun Zhang (Chinese), Travis Roig (English) and Cristóbal Areite (Spanish)) – Kicko's rival who was transformed into a pair of glasses
• Min (voiced by Mu Qiu (Chinese), Dariana Fustes (English) and Niksi Marín (Spanish)) – Tee Zeng's introverted, but adventurous best friend
• Tee Zeng's mom (voiced by Chenjie Xiong (Chinese), Ghia Burns (English) and Betsabé Gutiérrez (Spanish)) – the owner of a local laundromat in Starry Island

The series was first released on Tencent Video in China in August 2021. In June of that year, Federation Kids & Family, the family entertainment subsidiary of Paris-based film distributor Federation Studios, acquired the program’s distribution rights for most international markets; UYoung Media, however, would maintain foreign distribution rights for the Latin America market.^[5]

In April 2022, UYoung reached a deal with Discovery Kids Latin America to distribute localized dubs of the program in Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish (for other Latin American markets). The Spanish dub premiered linearly on Discovery Kids on April 11, 2022, while the Brazilian Portuguese dub debuted on the regional version of the Discovery+ streaming service eleven days later on April 22. That same month, Federation reached a deal with British/Irish children’s networks Pop and Pop Max for the rights to an English-language dub of the series. The English version, given the modified title Kung Fu Sock, debuted on Pop on July 25, 2022.^[1]

A Russian dub was released via streaming on Kinopoisk on December 1, 2022 and ivi on December 3, 2022; fledgling family entertainment channel FamilyJam acquired the linear television rights to the Russian dub in early 2023.

In 2026, it will be announced that Angel Studios and 2521 Entertainment will acquired Kung Fu Sock animated movie, it is set to released on July 9, 2027. It will be produced by Ashland Hill Media Finance, Fosun Animation, Rocket Science, Perfect Village Animation, UYoung, Tencent Animation, Damai Animation Group, Bonne Pioche Animation, Le Vision Pictures Animation, Lengi Studios, Wayfarer Studios, Chasing Miles Productions, New Hero Studios, Align, AGC Animation, HB Wink Animation, Aniventure and Cinesite. Pathé will directly distribute in France and handle international rights outside South Korea, where CJ Entertainment and Lotte Cultureworks will handle rights.

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