wait remember yin yang yo it was a gen x flash animated series that aired for two seasons between
2006 and 2009. it's been one of those shows that for some reason nestles nicely in the back of
your brain until one day where a video like mine comes along and pops it right back to the front
as you begin to recall some details about it for me the name brings back memories of bright colors
fighting rabbits and this that's jetix ah good times good times we shall explore more of jedx
in due time though oh look my old zx dvd sampler neat but for today let's take a look at how yin
yang yeo came to be how it premiered as a cartoon block's most watched original animated series and
how it came to its end as well as some more interesting information about the show and my
personal thoughts after jumping back into it after not seeing it for over a decade
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around twin 11 year old rabbits yin and yang as they trained under master yo wait a minute
yeah i i don't oh i get it i gotta lay off the coconut juice the world of yin yang
yo is a modern blend of the western world and eastern influences showcased most heavily in the
clothing culture and environment of the world the citizens of yin yang yo's world vary from animals
like yin and yang to monsters robots and various humanoid-like creatures like all of these peeps
that's a tree most episode plots revolved either around yin and yang's wufoo training or around
them utilizing their growing wufoo skills to save the world from whatever evil force has
emerged to threaten it during that episode so it had a blend of both smaller more cut
down to yin and yang's day-to-day episodes as well as their larger more action-packed
episodes it would predominantly be episodic with both seasons of the show containing
overarching plots like in season 1 we had a singular overarching storyline focused on yin
gang and gyo's efforts to defeat an ancient enemy known as the night master
season two in comparison had several storylines one involving yin and yang's efforts to stop the
crowning of a new nightmaster raising an army to fight against the resurrected original night
master and yang trying to find some magical artifacts that were both extremely powerful
and made by a group of older wufoo masters at the show's core though is the sibling dynamic
of yin and yang their rivalry being a major facet as it would usually escalate whatever conflict is
already taking place sometimes the opposite with their love for one another giving them
the strength to save the day though a concept used in many other shows with an odd pair of friends or
siblings aside from just being comic relief it can in most cases aid in the viewing experience if the
characters feel more fleshed out and have their own specific relationship injected into these
stories so let's take a look at the characters of yin yang yeo up next a brand new yang yo
obviously starting off in order of the name of the show yin is the pink rabbit that's why the
title has her name in pink you know i'm something of a graphic designer myself she is the younger
of the two as yang popped out first it's a twin argument thing that only twins truly understand so
if you're a twin let me know in the comments while she does train pretty hard to prove that even
though she may be younger she is just as or if not more in tune with her abilities as she tends to
be more talented on the mythical side of things also being a little bit more understanding of a
morality scale and discerning right from wrong where yang is a bit more of a loose cannon with
more blurred lines of what is right and what he thinks is right yang is blue once again the title
logo doesn't lie yang is more impulsive and puts himself into the face of danger first before fully
thinking through more strategically and unlike yin has been trained and is more talented in the
martial arts side of things also a little bit more of a hero complex thrown in there for good measure
and of course yo well master yo he's a panda therefore no green the title logo is a lie my
life is alive who's at the door oh my god oh the the belt kind of counts as green you you can go
best job is pretty chill a little standoffish and cold but overall is a fluffy husk of knowledge
that wants to make sure the art of wufoo is preserved and alive as he trains yin and yang
it's important to him especially because he's the last remaining wufoo master cause that nightmaster
fellow we mentioned earlier while he wiped the rest of the warriors out speaking of the
night master he not only like we just stated order 66 the wufoo warriors and
he just spread rumors around that wufoo was dumb hey what a mouse spreads rumors become
facts to others and boom you cancel nightmaster here resembles a sort of bat looking creature who
after having his army trapped thanks to master yo tricks yin and yang into unknowingly
accidentally freeing them while this is the main antagonist of the first season the second season
introduces the original nightmaster erraticus who now becomes the main antagonist thanks to yang
once again unknowingly accidentally brings him back to life now it's a fight for the world as
he tries to rebuild his army and the heroes gotta do the heroin thing and not let that happen of
course the show is filled with other characters and some interesting villains that do spice up
and change the pace of the norm throughout this is ultramoose he could be a bit degrading or a lot
but a villain's gotta do what a villain's gonna do he's a daredevil he has shiny chrome horns
antlers car exhausts this car has two exhausts all right before this turns into hey you're just
explaining all these characters we got way more to talk about let's move on and to that i say
yeah you're right but what about yuck no but okay fine let's talk about some pretty cool stuff then
zx was launched in 2004 and intended for audiences all over the world it would be a curated block of
television that a handful of years later would just merge with toon disney to eventually become
disney xd the history of jedx itself is genuinely fascinating and there are so many shows to cover
in relation to that in the near future stuff like get ed and super robot monkey team hunger force go
just to name a couple amongst them of course was yin yang yo which ran in the u.s the uk
and canada back in late august of 2006 yin yang yeo would have a sneak peak release before
officially premiering in september in the u.s with the uk and canada getting the premiere in 2007.
the show was created by bob boyle ii an animator and storyboard artist who has also worked on some
of the butch hartman properties at nickelodeon like fairly oddparents and danny phantom as well
as a supervising producer at cartoon network for shows like clarence and the powerpuff girls
this one not the original one boyle spoke in an interview that the inspiration for what
would become yin yang yo occurred as a result of a trip he took to little tokyo in la where
in which he saw a young girl wearing a shirt that said samurai in training the last time
i trained for anything was the original brain age for the nintendo ds and just look at me now
oh come on but this shirt for boyle sparked the idea of a tiny rabbit samurai in training an idea
he found hilarious and wanted to explore more of from here the concept started to take form with
the thoughts of what martial art would be focused on and twisting realistic elements to include some
mysticality i just said realistic for a fighting magic bunny cartoon i need to play more brain
age boyle wanted to make sure his idea would expand into an audience for everyone to watch
so the concept of two twin rabbits one pink one blue came about in the background of his current
work on nick jr's wow wow wubby sorry i meant wubsy my bad wubby he began fully developing the
pilot for yin yang yo now that the pilot for that show is sold and the project is greenlit both yin
yang yeo and wow wow wubsy would be something boyle would be working on at the same time
with the latter show lasting a bit longer than our colorful rabbit friends now all this work started
to pile up having two shows with two different networks serving as the creator and executive
producer on both with wubbzy seeing boyle also handling the writing art direction and being a
storyboard artist he opted to reach out for help with a long-term contract from disney and jedex to
steve marmel steve a stand-up comedian who was a comedy writer boyle had worked with previously on
danny phantom in the fairly oddparents when being interviewed marmel stated that he was excited
with the opportunity to work with boyle when he reached out as it gave him a chance to work with
him again in general and it's within a genre that he truly loves marmel would find his influence and
inspiration for his writing style from some anime and some other western shows like foley cooley
samurai jack and teen titans finding these shows to have a great way at delivering their comedy
as well as their storytelling also if you couldn't tell yin yang yo is highly stylized with perfect
circle shapes and very square angular designs mark thornton and todd kaufman the co-creators of the
show garageband were brought on to design the look of the characters which obviously influenced the
way the world they inhabit look as well with boyle lending input over the final designs you
can tell because wubsy has similar design choices now a big issue a lot of shows especially in the
animation industry can face is budgeting in an effort to save money on the production of
yin yang yo they were able to split the actual production between the us and canada having the
majority of pre-production take place in toronto before being finished up for a release back in the
oh u.s must be yeah did i forget to mention how much i like red and orange that's enough
but how was the show received by the viewers at the time though well it was very positive
like i stated earlier in the video this was the most watched original animated series premiere
for toon disney's jedex programming block and continuing beyond that the rating stayed pretty
high when playing in europe yin yang yeo was said to be one of the most popular shows jedex had put
out and beyond that was nominated in 2007 for a british academy children award by the baftas
sadly they didn't win that award it went to that yellow sea sponge now for me personally
i did enjoy a lot of what the show had to offer the influences in the writing
on both the comedic side and the overall story side helped play into the stylized
fast-paced show that managed to keep me invested not only in the story but into who our
main characters are seeing them go through their spats and disagreements but at the end of the day
still having to love and care for one another that bonds them over any issues they may have or face
the show aged well with the series being done in flash animation meaning that the hd version is out
there and it looks like a brand new cartoon that you can find today the majority of the jokes do
land in the social commentary when there is some still feels relevant for today so putting that all
together the show avoided aging and dating itself like a lot of shows tend to do well at least for
now who knows what will happen in the next 10 years the cast of characters are all for the most
part really well done and fun to see on screen with the villains being a major standout for me
i mean carl the evil cockroach wizard definitely getting dark lord chuckles to silly piggy vibes
being my personal favorite as that villain who isn't as cool or powerful as they want to portray
who may have some complex related issues to deal with just absolutely steals the show aside from
having this overarching story culminating in a satisfactory ending it's nice when the show can
feel self-contained being able to pick up any episode and get into it without feeling lost
or that you're missing out on some context that may come into play when they tease major story
elements but it never felt like i couldn't just tune in whenever i wanted to and i'm glad that it
came to an end with its second season on a note that both finishes the story being told nicely
with room for a third season if that would have been the case even though sadly it was not the
reception overall was largely positive for the show and at one point was tentatively slated for
that said third season but was abruptly cancelled as a result of the rebranding and reworking that
was happening to jedx and disney's lineup with all of that being dissolved and turning into the
start of disney xd again luckily i think the ending of the show leaves you at a good note
with something that made the two season journey worth it it's short and offers a lot of fun heck
a lot of cartoons only get one season so it's an achievement on its own that it had double
that as far as anything else the only video games that came to be of this property were
a handful of pc flash games that are well yeah flash games it's weird how well flash
animation ages but flash based video games well let's just leave that to whatever your personal
opinion is but as for yin yang yo that's the story i had a lot of fun revisiting this one and i look
forward to hearing your thoughts and memories of the show in the comments section thanks so
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