Po, a clumsy panda, is a kung fu fanatic who lives in the Valley of Peace and works in his goose father Mr. Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni 3.3 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2016).3.2 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011).3.1 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008).2.4 Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (2022).2.3 Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny (2018–2019).
The series is additionally popular in China as an outstanding Western interpretation of the wuxia film genre. The first three films were critical and commercial successes while the second film was the biggest worldwide box office success for a film directed solely by a woman ( Jennifer Yuh Nelson) until Wonder Woman (2017). The franchise's first two features were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as well as numerous Annie Awards, and its first television series having won 11 Emmy Awards. Four short films, Secrets of the Furious Five (2008), Secrets of the Masters (2011), Secrets of the Scroll, and Secrets of the Panda Paws (both 2016), and a television special, Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010), have also been produced. The first two films were distributed by Paramount Pictures, the third film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and the fourth will be distributed by Universal Pictures, while the television series respectively aired on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons, Amazon Prime, and Netflix. The franchise consists mainly of three CGI-animated films: Kung Fu Panda (2008), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), and Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) with a fourth film in development for release in 2024, and three television series: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011–2016), The Paws of Destiny (2018–2019), and The Dragon Knight (2022). Although his status is initially doubted, Po proves himself worthy as he strives to fulfill his destiny. Following the adventures of the titular Po Ping (primarily voiced by Jack Black and Mick Wingert), a giant panda who is improbably chosen as the prophesied Dragon Warrior and becomes a master of kung fu, the franchise is set in a fantasy wuxia genre version of ancient China populated by anthropomorphic animals. Although Po is eager to learn Qi, he first learns the relaxed life of a panda in the village, which he feels grateful to be a part of.Kung Fu Panda is an American media franchise that originally started in 2008 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation. Ping travel to the village while Shifu and the Furious Five stay behind where Shifu sends Crane and Mantis to track the jade zombies and find Kai.
To defeat Kai, Po must learn to master Qi himself, which Li offers to teach him by going to a secret panda village.
The pandas taught Oogway how to give Qi, but when the power-hungry Kai decided to drain it from them to increase his power, Oogway defeated him and banished him to the spirit realm. When Oogway was injured, Kai carried him until they reached a secret village of pandas, who healed Oogway using their Qi. The team then learns through research that Kai was Oogway's old friend who fought with him as brothers-in-arms long ago. After introducing Li to Shifu and his friends, the valley is attacked by jade statue zombies or "jombies" controlled by Kai and resembling past Kung Fu masters, several of them long dead. They both soon learn that Li is Po's biological father and they bond with each other, much to Ping's jealousy. Ping (James Hong), at his noodle shop, where a panda named Li Shan (Bryan Cranston) breaks Po's dumpling-eating record.
Po heads home to his adoptive father, Mr. In response, Shifu advises Po that instead of trying to be a teacher, he should try to be himself. Po is demoralized as a teacher, which makes him question who he really is and whether he is the Dragon Warrior. Excited at first, Po discovers that teaching kung fu is not as easy as he expected, as the Furious Five members Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Crane (David Cross), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Monkey (Jackie Chan) are injured as a result. Meanwhile, Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) announces his retirement from teaching to begin his training to master Qi and passes the role of teacher to Po. Kai takes this as a challenge to steal the Qi from the Dragon Warrior and returns to the mortal realm. Oogway willingly gives in and also has his Qi stolen, but not before warning Kai that the Dragon Warrior, Po (Jack Black), will stop him. Simmons), who has defeated other kung fu masters in the realm and taken their Qi, turning them into small jade charms. Episode Description:In the Spirit Realm, Grandmaster Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) fights against an adversary named Kai (J.