Legend of the Dragon (TV series)

Legend of the Dragon is a series produced by BKN International for CBBC consisting of 39 episodes. A third season was cancelled, leaving the show on a cliffhanger. 
Synopsis.
The show starts when the previous Golden Dragon has passed on to the afterlife and Ang and Ling Leung, seventeen-year-old fraternal twins, born in the year of the Dragon, are next in line for the Golden Dragon power band and user of its mystical abilities to defend the mortal world from evil. Ang has no belief that he will become the Golden Dragon, as Ling is the best fighter at the Dragon dojo. Ling is positive that she will become the Golden Dragon. However, when Master Chin Ho calls upon the power of the Golden Dragon to choose who will be the next golden Dragon, it chooses Ang. Humiliated and furious, Ling storms out of the temple and is tempted by the ultimate dark and evil power of the shadow Dragon. From then on, Ang is forced to fight his own twin sister.
In episode twenty-six,"Double Dragon", Ling is overtaken by even greater shadow magic by the revived Emperor of the Darkest Yin, who orders her to win the mystical power-band of the Golden Dragon from Ang. However, Master Chin reveals to Ling that the only way for her to rightfully claim the power-band is to kill him. Horrified, Ling fully breaks free of the darkness that has overwhelmed her so long, as she cannot end her own twin brother. Impressed, Chin says how it was all a test for Ling to follow her true path. He explains that, as Ang's twin sister, she can now become a Golden Dragon herself. Chin merging both the positive and negative energies of the Golden Dragon power-band and the Shadow Dragon band bestows even greater Dragon firepower onto Ang and Ling as double/twin Golden Dragons; and are now twice as strong when they work together as one.
The second season (which consisted of just thirteen episodes) begins with the reformed Ling finally back home as one of the Twin Golden Dragon alongside her twin brother. Now they, Chin, and the fellow Guardians of the Tiger and Monkey Temples are ready to put an end to the Zodiac Master and the Emperor of the Darkest Yin once and for all. However, the Emperor is on the move to regroup at the Temple of the Shadow Dragon, but not before he attacks and disintegrates the Temple of the Golden Dragons, leaving Ang and Ling's powerbands on the verge of powerlessness permanently. Luckily, Chin suggests going to long-lost Temple of the Shadow Dragon and utilize its vast amounts of negative energy to re-energize their powerbands fully.
As Ling was exposed to the evil energies of the Shadow Dragon for quite some time, she became easily tempted by the temple's negative influence on both her mind and spirit. However, with the wisdom of Master Chin, she and Ang successfully recharge their powerbands with no negative effects whatsoever. Elsewhere, the Emperor manages to release his younger sister Yin Wi, the Guardian of the Shadow Rat, who had been imprisoned by one of the previous Golden Dragons for a thousand years. The two siblings concoct plans to conquer the modern world and have their vengeance on all twelve guardians of yang; the Golden Dragon in particular. As they head to the Temple of the Shadow Wolf, the heroes get there first and encounter K-Lo, the Shadow Wolf Guardian who was one of Ling's allies during her dark times as the Shadow Dragon and who seems to have quite an interest in her, now that she has become one of the twin Golden Dragons.
Ultimately, the Emperor of the Darkest Yin and Me Yin succeed in finding the ancient Heart of the Black Dragon which greatly amplifies their strength tenfold. As a last resort to save all of humanity, Ang and Ling activate the dormant mystical Heart of the Golden Dragon within themselves and turn into a gigantic red-and-yellow dragon with two heads. However, the Emperor and Yin Wi escape with the great mystical powers of the Heart of the Black Dragon still at their disposal.
Production.
On October 6, 2001, BKN International announced the show's production as a co-production with Hong Kong-based studio Animation Enterprises.
On March 17, 2005, BKN pre-sold the series in Germany to Super RTL. Originally, the series was going to have 52 episodes produced, but this was reduced down to 36.
On June 22, 2005, BKN signed a publishing deal with The Game Factory and DeAgostini to produce multimedia based on the show.
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh was the supervising art director, and would go on to be co-creator of major children's television shows such as Phineas and Ferb
Broadcast.
The series originally premiered in Latin America on Nickelodeon and eventually made its British premiere on CBBC in July 2005.
The series premiered in the US on Toon Disney's Jetix block in October 2006. Subsequently, the two-part premiere, "Trial by Fire" was shown as a Jetix Blockbuster on ABC Family in August before all Jetix programming moved to Toon Disney. The series continued to air reruns until 2009.
The last thirteen episodes of the show aired in Australia on Network Ten's Toasted TV from 19 March 2008 and ended in 2012.
Episode list.
Season Two.
The Temple of the Shadow Dragon, Part One
Production Number: 201
Air date: 19 March 2008 (Australia)
Written by: Sean Catherine Derek
The Emperor destroys the Temple of the Golden Dragon, forcing Ang and Ling to look for the Shadow Dragon Temple.
The Temple of the Shadow Dragon, Part Two
Production Number: 202
Air date: 20 March 2008 (Australia)
Written by: Sean Catherine Derek
Ang and Ling to travel to the Shadow Dragon Temple, to recharge their bands with Dark Yin Energy. Master Chin turns the Shadow Dragon Temple into the Double Golden Dragon Temple.
Enter the Wolf
Production Number: 203
Airdate: 21 March 2008 (Australia)
Written by: Rick Ungar
Ang and Ling encounter K-Ho, the Guardian of the Temple of the Shadow Wolf.
Cats and Dogs and Dragons
Production Number: 204
Written by: Mark Seidenberg
Our heroes set out to search for Dr. Beverly Wallis, an archaeologist friend of Master Chin's, who went missing.
Shadow Tiger Take Two
Production Number: 205
Written by: Glenn Leopold
Our heroes test Ling's latest amphibious super craft and play tourists where Wang Lee and his famous new co-star Karin Kwan are making an action packed movie.
A Horse of a Different Color
Production Number: 206
Written by: Michael Edens
Our heroes set out to White Horse in England to see if the Shadow Horse temple is indeed hidden below the famous cliffs.
Rat Attack
Production Number: 207
Written by: Len Uhley
Yin Wi's repeatedly failed attempts to steal the twin power-bands of the Golden Dragons' have left everyone drained of nearly all of their mental and spiritual energies, Ang's in particular.
Spellbound
Production Number: 208
Written by: Christy Marx and Randy Littlejohn
Yin Wi concocts a plan to show her older brother, the Emperor of the Darkest Yin, what she can do to further develop his dark powers, as well as increase them to tremendous levels.
Friend or Foe?
Production Number: 209
Written by: Dennis Haley and Marcy Brown
Yin Wi is captured by Ang and Ling's combined Dragon mystical Dragon powers. As such, she forfeits her dark powerband.
The Golden Baby-Sitter Blues
Production Number: 210
Written by: Mark Seidenberg
After Sabre-Claw runs the Ox Guardian out of the Temple of the Ox, the eight-year-old boy seeks refuge at Master Chin's dojo.
Gone Shadow Ape
Production Number: 211
Written by: Sean Catherine Derek
Ang and Master Chin are off in Hong Kong following a lead on the missing Monkey Power Band, while Ling and Beingal keep an eye on the Dragon Temple in San Francisco.
It's A Dog-Eat-Wolf World
Production Number: 212
Written by: Mark Seidenberg
Along with Ang, K-Ho goes to the wintry region and learns that a trio of ruthless men in a chopper are harassing the wolves for pleasure and for profit.
The Heart of the Black Dragon
Production Number: 213
Written by: Christy Marx and Randy Littlejohn
The Emperor and Yin Wi discover the location of a supremely powerful mystical artifact known as "the Heart of the Black Dragon" which greatly amplifies the strength of Shadow Dragons tenfold. However, Ang and Ling are in search of the mystical Heart of the Golden Dragon itself. With it, Ang and Ling succeed in stopping the Emperor and Yin Wi, who escape with the ancient dark powers of the Heart of the Black Dragon still at their disposal. Able the access the mystical powers of the Heart of the Golden Dragon from deep within them freely, Ang and Ling are ready for anything.
Video game.
A "Legend of the Dragon" video game was released on 1 May 2007 for the Wii, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable.
Home Media.
United Kingdom.
BKN Home Entertainment released a 2-disc set containing the first 13 episodes of season 1 on October 23, 2006. A second 2-disc set, containing the other 13 episodes of season 1, was supposed to be released but was cancelled after BKN Home Entertainment UK ceased operations.
United States.
From 2006 to 2007, Genius Entertainment released four DVD volumes that made up a portion of Season 1. The first volume was released on October 31, 2006, and contains four episodes. The second and third volumes were released on January 30, 2007, containing five episodes each. The Fourth volume was released on May 22, 2007, and contained 6 episodes. On the same day, a boxset was released containing the entirety of Series 1, including an exclusive fifth volume of six episodes. This boxset has been known for a factory manufacturing error where the sound in the episode "Hair of the Dog" cuts out after the first minute of the episode.
Image Entertainment later released all 39 episodes in a single release boxset on December 1, 2009.
Other.
The complete series was released on DVD in separate volumes in Bulgaria. Each season (13 episodes) consisted of 5 2-episode DVDs and one with 3 episodes.
Comic book.
In 2004, World Comics released a comic book tie-in to the series.