Iron Kid (or Eon Kid) is an animated television series produced by Daewon C.I. and Design Storm in South Korea and BRB Internacional and Televisión Española in Spain. The series is known as Iron Kid in South Korea, and is broadcast under that name in Spain, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is broadcast as Eon Kid in the United States and other English-speaking countries. The series premiered in Korea on KBS2 on April 6, 2006, and on TVE in late 2006. In the United States, it is distributed by Manga Entertainment and premiered on The CW's Saturday morning Kids' WB block on September 22, 2007.

Characters

Eon family

The Eon family is the legendary family that defeated the General. Only Eon, Marty, and his father have been mentioned, but all members are great warriors and martial artists. The General's forces wiped out the family through the years, leaving Marty as the sole blood heir to the family legacy. Their ancestral home is a huge fortress surrounded by a bamboo forest. Underneath the home is the family's ancestral training ground that includes wood training drones and tests to hone the family's martial arts skills. The home has fallen into great disrepair since the death of Marty's father.

Marty's friends

Government Central Defence Federation (CDF)

The ace squadrobots — A squadron of robots for the CDF that can turn into mini planes with rockets.

The General's forces

Other villains

Others

Voice cast

History

Manga Entertainment announced the show as Iron Kid on September 8, 2005, and its initial coproduction partners Daewon C.I. (Korea), animation studio DesignStorm (Korea) and BRB Internacional (Spain). Screen21 and TVE were added as coproduction partners by January 2007. In January 2007, BRB Internacional signed Jetix Latin America to carry Iron Kid after Jetix had picked up the show for France and Spain. Famosa picked up toy licensing rights for the Iberian Peninsula, while Portugal video rights went to LNK. As of 2019, the show has been airing on the free Pluto TV service in the United Kingdom until 2021. In the United States, it is viewable on Plex, Vudu, and Roku Channel. The entire series is also available on YouTube as "Iron Kid"

Carriage

Merchandise

Eon Kid toys were produced by the company Playmates in the United States in the year 2007 in the form of action figures. Famosa picked up the license for toys and action figures that were sold in Europe and the company NewBoy in the Middle East. In the Middle East, a confectionery company called Sweetoon promoted and marketed Iron Kid in the form of cereal and milk products. Books were also released in South Korea by Daewon C.I. A video game was also released in South Korea on the Game Boy Advance.

Home video releases

Anchor Bay Entertainment released Eon Kid on DVD in the United States and Australia. DVDs were also released in Spain, Brazil, the Netherlands, Hungary and the Middle East. The series was also streamed on Netflix in the United States and Canada. It is now streaming on Amazon Video in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom (where it is known as Iron Kid). Episodes have also been streamed on YouTube on Animakids, a channel owned by BRB Internacional who made the show. The show was released on DVD in South Africa by Impact Video.

Live stage show

There was a live musical show based on Iron Kid that was performed from August 4, 2006, to August 20, 2006, in South Korea.

Episodes

There are 26 episodes

Reception

Common Sense Media gave the show 3 out of 5 stars and the disclaimer: "Robotic arm points to adventure, fantasy violence."

Soundtrack

Javier Mellado composed and orchestrated the music. The theme song for the version broadcast in Europe is called Wonder Boy by Erik Nilsson. While in the Korean version, the theme song is known as Run to the Sky and is performed by M.C the Max. The Italian theme song titled "Iron Kid" was performed by Antonio Di Vincenzo.

Video game

A video game adaptation of the same name was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2007 exclusively in South Korea.