Immediately, Disney Junior and Hasbro’s leisure studio, eOne, launched the first-look trailer for the brand new children’ animated collection Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes, premiering this month. An unique idea by Robert Vargas, tailored from characters created by South African abilities Marc Dey and Kelly Dillon, the unique action-adventure follows Kiya, a seven-year-old African woman whose passions in life are dancing and martial arts, which additionally develop into her superpowers.
Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes will premiere within the U.S. on Disney Junior on Wednesday, March 22 at 4 p.m. EST/PST, and the primary 4 episodes will premiere the identical day on Disney+. The collection supplies huge life classes packaged into 11-minute episodes, simply understood by younger audiences.
Synopsis: When Kiya, additionally identified by her superhero title “Dance Ninja” and her two greatest buddies Jay, a.ok.a. “Flying Rockstar,” and Motsie, “Tech Racer,” placed on their headbands adorned with mystical Kimoja crystals, they remodel into superheroes and might carry out particular strikes impressed by their passions, like Kiya’s “pirouette POW.” Collectively they’re the crew of superheroes often known as the Kimoja Heroes, able to unite their neighborhood!
Watch the brand new trailer on YouTube.
“In partnership with Disney Junior, Frog Field, Triggerfish and France Télévisions, we’re so very delighted
to convey Kiya & The Kimoja Heroes to audiences all over the place,” says Esra Cafer, SVP of International Model Administration at eOne. “Now we have given numerous thought and intention to creating essentially relatable characters that function nice position fashions for younger youngsters. Kiya exhibits that you simply don’t have to decide on between studying to bounce or being a kick-butt hero — you will be each! She’s encouraging preschoolers to be whoever they need to be and shine.”
Kiya’s world includes a numerous solid of characters impressed by the panorama, pure magnificence and tradition of Southern Africa, and focuses on themes of neighborhood, empathy and unity. This mashup of motion, dance and music options African and Asian lead characters, lovely Southern African areas and a various artistic crew, together with writers, designers and composers from throughout the globe.
Within the present, three Kimojans, often known as “Flawed Associates,” trigger mischief and chaos, motivated by basic preschooler foibles like jealousy, competitiveness and envy. When these children make a multitude, solely the Kimoja Heroes can ‘shine brilliant and make issues proper’ to revive concord to the town.
“Our perception is that Kiya will symbolize and empower younger ladies to be leaders who can use their smarts and abilities to resolve huge issues,” says Tshepo Moche, author and artistic marketing consultant at Triggerfish. “There may be nonetheless an incredible alternative for illustration and there has by no means been a greater second for the panorama of kids’s programming to replicate the variety and measurement of the viewers they serve.”
Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes is the newest instance of Hasbro and eOne’s commitments as an example that assorted views generate the most effective concepts and to replicate variety, fairness and inclusion throughout their manufacturers and play experiences.
Followers can comply with Kiya on Fb and Instagram @kiyakimojaheroes.
