OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

70s disco-esque theme song. 80s influenced colors and visuals. Dragon Ball Z esque action/humor! What more can you say about OK KO?

Ian Jones-Quarterley's lovechild of 90s media nostalgia is a welcome antidote against Cartoon Network's otherwise abysmal programming. Consisting of the exploits of the naive yet eager KO(knock-out to the layman) and his more cynical teenage companions, Radicles, the picolo inspired alien show-off and Enid, the Shantae inspired slacker.

All three work for the overbearing commandeering shirtless Mr. Gar at Lakewood Plaza Turbo. Rounding out this offbeat group of heroes is KO's wrestler mom, Carol, who works as the next door judo teacher nearby. The series keeps at a very quick pace right from the get- go, anime-expressions galore, and wacky out-of-nowhere visuals. It's not exactly clear what type of world the characters inhabit, but it's main premise should be relatable to anyone. It's amazing how they get so much out of these rather simplistic character designs. It isn't exactly Adventure Time influenced, it's more Steven Universe/Bee and Puppycat influenced, yet has as much of a violent sadistic bite as the classic Powerpuff Girls. Another part that I like about it is that it's character outlines resemble the roughness of a pencil, as if they were actually drawn.

If you don't really play classic 16 bit video games, or 1990s Japanese anime, it's likely a lot of these references will go over your head. But if you want a kick-butt show on Cartoon Network, look no further than OK KO: Let's be Heroes.

I absolutely LOVED Ok K. O: Let's be heroes, the artstyle and animation are fantastic, comedy is top notch, the visual gags actually made me laugh out loud all of the time, the characters are great and much deeper then it might look like.

Sadly Ok K. O didn't get the recognition it deserved, which caused it to be cancelled and to wrap up a little sooner than i'd like it to, that is the only reason why it doesn't get a 10/10, even with that early end they've managed bring solid closure to the series with a last episode that made me cry tears of joy.

I've been following this pilot since they released the Mobil game last year and I played the crap out of that as well as watching the pilot and promotional shorts over and over again to tell CN how much people wanted this as a full series. And to hear 6 episodes got released a month and a half early filled me up with so much joy. After watching those episodes. I can say that OK KO............Is part of a complete breakfast....or as Tony the tiger would say "GREAT!". It pays inspiration to anime, video games, comic books. I like how it's kinda of like an episodic show that has potential to have a on going narrative that delves into the lore of the world and the origins of the characters and after watching the few first episodes, they foreshadow that. This show can go places, with shows like Adventure time and Gumball wrapping up their production and those ever nasty Teen Titans looking to cause trouble for CN's schedule, as well as upcoming shows like Uni-kitty and Apple and Onion which could go both ways, I hope that KO can big a big hit for the Network and the odds of that are looking good. And Ian Jones really deserves this, he is a really talented cartoonist and writer. And it just goes to show, if your pilot fails once, it doesn't mean it won't get green lite at all.

Its a pretty awesome show with good references,awesome heroes,perfect comic relifes and more important ONE karma houndini.this is really good show really,really,really good show for average anime fans and stans.

now as a fan of nock force I really liked OK ko lets be heroes, I liked the episodes I watched, OK I have not seen every episode of the show but I have seen a couple, the basic plot is, a guy named ko you works at a store for super heroes and they fight robots and EXPLOSIONS!. I know the whole show has not come out on TV, but you can watch on the CN app, and on xfinity. I cant wait for it to come out in august, the show makes me think if street fighter and Steven universe mashed together.