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Cobra Kai is an American martial arts comedy television series and a sequel to Robert Mark Kamen's original film The Karate Kid. The series was created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, and is distributed by Sony Pictures Television. The series was released on YouTube Red/YouTube Premium for its first two seasons, before moving to Netflix starting with the third season. The series stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, who reprise their roles as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence from the 1984 film The Karate Kid and its sequels, The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989). The first and second seasons debuted on YouTube Red/Premium in May 2018 and April 2019, respectively.