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Cobra Kai Season 6 Images: The Journey to The Ultimate Battle Rolls On

Returning November 15th, check out these new preview images for Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg's Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 2.


With Part 2 set for November 15th (moved up from the end of the month) and The Finale Event dropping sometime in 2025, we will readily admit that we were expecting a lot more from Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg's Cobra Kai during the final day of Netflix's Geeked Week 2024 than we got. But today's look at the final season of the Ralph Macchio and William Zabka-starring "Karate Kid" sequel series more than makes up for it, as we have a fresh set of preview images for the second part of the final season to pass along – with Lewis Tan's (Deadpool v. Wolverine, Mortal Kombat) Sensei Wolf looking especially badass. Confirmed to be joining Tan are Patrick Luwis (Rebel Moon) as Axel Kovacevic, and Rayna Vallandingham (Pawns) as Zara Malik.

Cobra Kai Season 6 Images: The Journey to The Ultimate Battle Rolls On
(L to R) William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence, Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso, Yuji Okumoto as Chozen in Cobra Kai. Cr. Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix © 2024

Cobra Kai Co-Creator on Dividing Final Season Schedule

Before fielding questions during his social media Q&A, Hurwitz addressed the question that he's been getting a lot lately: "Why don't you drop the rest of S6 right NOW, you idiot?!?!?" The series co-creator offered, "Because the rest of the episodes aren't finished yet, unfortunately. Yes, we finished filming a couple months ago, but a lot more work needs to be done before an episode is ready for your eyes. Editing. Coloring. Visual Effects. Sound Design. ADR. Recording the score with an orchestra. Sound mixing. Etc. And that's all before the show gets dubbed and subtitled in dozens of languages for audiences all around the world," Hurwtiz shared, offering an honest rundown of just how much went into -and is still going into – post-production. "We know that for some of you, it's been frustrating to only have 5 episodes to watch so far. It's frustrating for us, too, because we know the adventure ahead, and we're dying for you to experience it!"

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(L to R) Brandon H. Lee as Kwon, Peyton List as Tory Nichols, Martin Kove as John Kreese, Alicia Hannah-Kim as Kim Da-Eun, Daniel Kim as Yoon in Cobra Kai. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024

"At the end of the day, we (including our partners) had a choice when it came to the release. 1) Wait until 2025 for audiences to get more Cobra Kai. Or 2) Get the episodes out to audiences much sooner — in batches — as soon as they were ready," Hurwitz continued, offering some insight into the thinking behind the release schedule decision. "Because of the delay between seasons, we all chose the latter and designed each drop with that release in mind. This first drop was the appetizer — the road to the tournament ahead, complete with a few cliffhangers for good measure. :) As for the second and third, you'll unfortunately need to wait a bit longer to see what we have in store. (Drop 2 was recently moved up to November 15th!)."

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(L to R) Courtney Henggeler as Amanda Larusso, Griffin Santopietro as Anthony LaRusso, Owen Morgan as Bert, Nathaniel Oh as Nate in Cobra Kai. Cr. Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix © 2024

Hurwitz continued, "The viewing experience is going to be different for different kinds of viewers. Some fans are going to most enjoy the long goodbye — three drops of five, the sooner the better, with time in between to build anticipation. Others will feel off-balance without their usual fix of 10 to mainline. And some won't be satisfied unless they're able to gorge all 15 episodes at once and see how it all ends. All points of view are valid. There's no wrong way to enjoy the show!" The show's co-creator ended his message to the fans with a promise: "All I can promise is that the final 10 episodes are unlike any you've seen before while still being badass and funny and nostalgic and karate-filled. I know you're going to love it!"

Joining Macchio & Zabka on the final run are Martin Kove, Xolo Maridueña, Jacob Bertrand, Mary Mouser, Tanner Buchanan, Peyton List, Gianni DeCenzo, Courtney Henggeler, Vanessa Rubio, Dallas Dupree Young, Yuji Okumoto, Alicia Hannah-Kim, Griffin Santopietro, and Oona O'Brien.


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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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