21 minSeason 2 • Episode 13
LatestA recap of the personal flashbacks of the Masters.
WMAC Masters is an American live-action television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created and licensed by 4Kids Entertainment. The show, while featuring real martial arts by trained martial artists, depicted a fantasy setting using fictional episodic stories, with each episode relating a life lesson. Battles were fought on elaborate closed sets, with an omniscient narrator, on-screen scoring and health gauges, giving the show a feel of a cinematic live-action video game. WMAC stands for the fictional World Martial Arts Council, where the best martial artists compete for the ultimate prize, the Dragon Star. The Dragon Star is a gold trophy that looks like a shuriken surrounded by a dragon; it was proof that its holder was the best martial artist in the world.
Stunts
Real martial artists doing real flips in ridiculous costumes.
Production
Health bars and narrator commentary before WWE made it cool.
Costume
Every fighter gets a persona: Red Dragon, Chameleon, Lady Lightning.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sophia Crawford (Chameleon) was Buffy the Vampire Slayer's stunt double, bringing actual Slayer credentials to this playground.
This was 4Kids testing if American kids would watch live-action—spoiler: they wouldn't, but the attempt is beautifully unhinged.
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