Kappa Mikey
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The main cast of Kappa Mikey
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| Genre |
Comedy Slapstick Satire |
| Created by | Larry Schwarz |
| Directed by | Sergei Aniskov |
| Voices of |
Michael Sinterniklaas Stephen Moverly Kether Donahue Sean Schemmel Gary Mack Jesse Adams Carrie Keranen Dan Green Wayne Grayson Bella Hudson |
| Opening theme | "Hey Hey Look Look" by Beat Crusaders |
| Composer(s) | John Angier |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Larry Schwarz Sergei Aniskov Sean Laher Christopher Fauci Michael Gold |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Animation Collective Kanonen & Bestreichen, Inc. |
| Distributor | 4Kids Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nicktoons Network |
| Original release | February 25, 2006 – September 20, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Dancing Sushi |
| Related shows |
Speed Racer: The Next Generation Three Delivery |
Kappa Mikey is an American animated sitcom created by Larry Schwarz. The show is Nicktoons Network'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 premièred on February 25, 2006 and ended on September 20, 2008. 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.
The series focuses on a rather self-centered, cocky adolescent American boy named Mikey who wins a starring role in a popular Japanese television series LilyMu, centering on a team of crime-fighters with personalities based around typical anime characters. He becomes acquainted with his co-stars, including Gonard, a tall, husky, sweet, rather dimwitted boy who portrays the primary antagonist of the LilyMu series, Lily, the spoiled, heartless portrayer of the otherwise ingenuous and sweet damsel-in-distress of LilyMu who contempts Mikey for having overtaken her limelight, Mitsuki, a sweet-natured actress infatuated with Mikey who plays a much tougher character in the series than in reality, and Guano, a small, fuzzy purple creature with many insecurities, responsibilities, strange habits and tendencies. The program in which the actors are featured is run by a tyrannical, strict, and loud boss named Ozu, noted for his sour demeanor yet mentoring guide and constant infuriation with Mikey, aided by "Yes-Man," his dedicated and trustworthy assistant who loyally upholds him and agrees with any decision that he makes. The series centers on the actors' daily lives aside from filming the television program and the predicaments in which they may entangle themselves at the hands of their own cockiness, incompetence, or celebrity status, and episodes usually feature sub-plots following the lives of whichever characters are not being primarily featured in that particular episode. The series relies heavily on gags and other things for comedy.
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