{
  "id": "karate-kid",
  "title": "The Karate Kid / Cobra Kai",
  "description": "From the original All Valley tournament to Cobra Kai and Legends: one connected live-action history, with licensed retellings and disputed side stories kept alongside it.",
  "continuities": [
    {
      "id": "main",
      "label": "Shared Karate Kid chronology",
      "note": "The Miyagi / Daniel / Johnny and Han / Li stories connect through Legends. Adaptation variants and the fantasy cartoon are disputed or connected side material, not automatic separate histories."
    }
  ],
  "entries": [
    {
      "id": "original",
      "title": "The Karate Kid",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1984",
      "order": 1984,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1984",
      "description": "Daniel trains with Miyagi and faces Cobra Kai at the All Valley tournament.",
      "note": "Late summer through December 1984; the tournament year is also identified in Netflix’s finale retrospective.",
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        "original",
        "finale"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "1984",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZS5JZK8",
      "productName": "The Karate Kid — Sony-linked disc edition",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "original-story"
    },
    {
      "id": "part-ii",
      "title": "The Karate Kid Part II",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Est. summer 1985; opening continues December 1984",
      "order": 1985.5,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1986",
      "description": "Daniel and Miyagi travel to Okinawa, where an old rivalry threatens Miyagi’s homecoming.",
      "note": "The opening resumes the first tournament; the later Okinawa story follows the six-month interval. The main story controls this position.",
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        "part-ii"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "1985",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0038M2RL2",
      "productName": "The Karate Kid Part II — Sony-linked disc edition",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "part-ii"
    },
    {
      "id": "part-iii",
      "title": "The Karate Kid Part III",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Est. later 1985",
      "order": 1985.9,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1989",
      "description": "Terry Silver draws Daniel into a scheme to avenge Cobra Kai’s defeat.",
      "note": "After the Okinawa trip and before the next All Valley. The release year is not the story year.",
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      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "1985",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JSNAH9I",
      "productName": "The Karate Kid Part III — Sony-linked disc edition",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
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      "storyGroup": "part-iii"
    },
    {
      "id": "next",
      "title": "The Next Karate Kid",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Est. 1994",
      "order": 1994,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1994",
      "description": "Miyagi helps Julie Pierce confront grief and an abusive school security group.",
      "note": "Contemporary 1990s setting; 1994 is a working estimate, not a verified on-screen calendar caption. Miyagi connects it to the main history.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "next"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "1994",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JSNAFLI",
      "productName": "The Next Karate Kid — Sony-linked disc edition",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "next"
    },
    {
      "id": "han",
      "title": "The Karate Kid (2010)",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Est. 2010",
      "order": 2010,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2010",
      "description": "Dre Parker learns kung fu from Mr. Han after moving to Beijing.",
      "note": "Contemporary Beijing; the release year is used only as a qualified period estimate. Legends later brings Han and Daniel together, so this is no longer treated as an isolated reboot.",
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        "han"
      ],
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      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ZG99CM",
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    },
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      "id": "legends",
      "title": "Karate Kid: Legends",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "Est. 2023; about three years after Cobra Kai",
      "order": 2023,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2025",
      "description": "Mr. Han and Daniel help Li Fong prepare for a New York tournament.",
      "note": "Macchio describes a roughly three-year gap after Cobra Kai. A 2023 placement follows an estimated 2020 series ending; the film’s 2025 release is not its fictional date.",
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        "legends-gap"
      ],
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      "railLabel": "2023",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F99J97XH",
      "productName": "Karate Kid: Legends — Sony-linked disc edition",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
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      "storyGroup": "legends"
    },
    {
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      "title": "Cobra Kai — season 1, episodes 1–10",
      "type": "TV series",
      "date": "Est. late 2017–May 2018",
      "order": 2017.8,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2018",
      "description": "Johnny reopens Cobra Kai, while Daniel confronts the return of his old rival.",
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
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      "title": "Cobra Kai — season 2, episodes 1–10",
      "type": "TV series",
      "date": "Est. summer 2018–start of the school year",
      "order": 2018.6,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2019",
      "description": "The competing dojos escalate their rivalry through the summer and the school fight.",
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      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
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      "title": "Cobra Kai — season 3, episodes 1–10",
      "type": "TV series",
      "date": "Est. autumn 2018–early 2019",
      "order": 2018.9,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021",
      "description": "The school fight’s aftermath, Daniel’s Okinawa visit and Kreese’s takeover reshape the conflict.",
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      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
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      "title": "Cobra Kai — season 4, episodes 1–10",
      "type": "TV series",
      "date": "Est. early 2019–May 2019",
      "order": 2019.1,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2021",
      "description": "Daniel and Johnny attempt to cooperate before the next All Valley tournament.",
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      "title": "Cobra Kai — season 5, episodes 1–10",
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      "date": "Est. summer 2019",
      "order": 2019.6,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2022",
      "description": "Silver expands Cobra Kai while the rivals regroup and uncover his methods.",
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
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      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GK52JG9L",
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      "date": "Est. late 2019–early 2020",
      "order": 2019.9,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2024",
      "description": "The students prepare and select their representatives for the Sekai Taikai.",
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      "order": 2020.3,
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      "release": "2024",
      "description": "The teams arrive in Barcelona; an escalating tournament rivalry ends in catastrophe.",
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      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
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      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GK52JG9L",
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      "title": "Cobra Kai — season 6, episodes 11–15",
      "type": "TV series",
      "date": "Est. spring 2020; after the tournament interruption",
      "order": 2020.4,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2025",
      "description": "The interrupted tournament resumes and the karate saga reaches its resolution.",
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      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GK52JG9L",
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      "title": "Cobra Kai — season 6, episode 15: later epilogue",
      "type": "TV series",
      "date": "Est. later 2020; after graduation",
      "order": 2020.8,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2025",
      "description": "The finale moves beyond the tournament to the students’ future and the adults’ new family circumstances.",
      "note": "Separate later scenes from the same episode; this is not a second episode or an extra work. The estimated calendar follows the school-year reconstruction.",
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        "tv-calendar"
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      "railLabel": "est. 2020",
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GK52JG9L",
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      "title": "The Karate Kid — B. B. Hiller novelization",
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      "date": "1984",
      "order": 1984,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "1984",
      "description": "The corresponding film’s story in prose.",
      "note": "Grouped at the film’s story position. Adaptation differences have not been audited; a common plot does not establish identical details.",
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0590435248",
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      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
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      "order": 1985.5,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "1986",
      "description": "The corresponding film’s story in prose.",
      "note": "Grouped at the film’s story position. Adaptation differences have not been audited; a common plot does not establish identical details.",
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      "railLabel": "1985",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0590402927",
      "productName": "The Karate Kid Part II — B. B. Hiller novelization",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "part-ii"
    },
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      "id": "the-karate-kid-part-iii-b-b-hiller-novelization",
      "title": "The Karate Kid Part III — B. B. Hiller novelization",
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      "order": 1985.9,
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      "release": "1989",
      "description": "The corresponding film’s story in prose.",
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      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0590430432",
      "productName": "The Karate Kid Part III — B. B. Hiller novelization",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "part-iii"
    },
    {
      "id": "the-next-karate-kid-b-b-hiller-novelization",
      "title": "The Next Karate Kid — B. B. Hiller novelization",
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      "order": 1994,
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      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0590484443",
      "productName": "The Next Karate Kid — B. B. Hiller novelization",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
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    },
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      "id": "the-karate-kid-classic-illustrated-storybook",
      "title": "The Karate Kid — classic illustrated storybook",
      "type": "Picture book",
      "date": "1984",
      "order": 1984,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2019",
      "description": "Kim Smith’s illustrated retelling of Daniel and Miyagi’s original story.",
      "note": "A format adaptation of the original film; the whole interior has not been compared.",
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1683690923",
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      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
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      "title": "The Karate Kid Part II — movie storybook editions",
      "type": "Picture book",
      "date": "Est. summer 1985; opening continues December 1984",
      "order": 1985.5,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "1986",
      "description": "Illustrated movie-storybook editions of the Okinawa adventure.",
      "note": "Hippo / Christopher Brown and Antioch editions are inventoried together provisionally; whether they reproduce the same text remains an inspection gap. The linked Antioch edition is not the Hippo edition.",
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      "segment": false,
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0899545408",
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      "date": "Est. later 1980s; teenage Daniel",
      "order": 1986,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "1989",
      "description": "Daniel, Miyagi and Taki search the world for a stolen magical shrine.",
      "note": "Teenage Daniel implies an earlier period than Cobra Kai. Magical-shrine adventures are not corroborated by the live-action history; keep this compatible-period side material disputed rather than inventing a separate calendar.",
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      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB3JKXXD",
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    },
    {
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      "title": "Johnny’s Story #1–4 — original tournament retelling",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "1984; with 1979 and November 2018 scenes",
      "order": 1984,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2019–2020",
      "description": "The original rivalry retold through Johnny’s memories, with additional childhood and narration scenes.",
      "note": "Publisher identifies the summer 1984 retelling. Childhood and modern framing are separately visible below; uninspected later pages may contain further jumps. This is a different viewpoint, not an identical-format copy.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "johnny-preview",
        "johnny-edition"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "1984",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Actual licensed preview: all five pages read; remaining issues not inspected.",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684056357",
      "productName": "Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues — Johnny’s Story #1–4",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon"
    },
    {
      "id": "johnny-s-story-childhood-opening",
      "title": "Johnny’s Story — childhood opening",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "1979",
      "order": 1979,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2019",
      "description": "Young Johnny’s troubled home life and early interest in karate.",
      "note": "Exact printed opening caption: Encino Hills, California, 1979; preview page 1. Shared scene from the same comic collection.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "johnny-preview"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "1979",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Actual preview page 1 caption visually read.",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684056357",
      "productName": "Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues — Johnny’s Story #1–4",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "shared": true
    },
    {
      "id": "johnny-s-story-narration-frame",
      "title": "Johnny’s Story — narration frame",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "November 2018",
      "order": 2018.92,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2019",
      "description": "Johnny recounts his younger rivalry to Miguel, Aisha and Hawk.",
      "note": "Exact printed caption on preview page 5. Their shared Cobra Kai affiliation conflicts with the usual school-year reconstruction after the season 2 fight; retain the comic’s date and flag the conflict.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "johnny-preview"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "2018",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Actual preview page 5 caption visually read.",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684056357",
      "productName": "Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues — Johnny’s Story #1–4",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "shared": true
    },
    {
      "id": "the-karate-kid-part-ii-the-computer-game",
      "title": "The Karate Kid Part II — The Computer Game",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Est. summer 1985; opening continues December 1984",
      "order": 1985.5,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "1986–1987",
      "description": "Microdeal’s computer-game adaptation of the Okinawa adventure.",
      "note": "Retelling of Part II, grouped with the film, novel and movie storybooks at the same story position. Arcade combat differences do not by themselves justify a separate chronological entry.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "computer",
        "part-ii"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "1985",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/30736/The-Karate-Kid-Part-II/",
      "productName": "View museum record",
      "productMatch": "Exact Amazon game edition unverified. This is the corresponding museum record, not a playable copy.",
      "actionLabel": "View museum record",
      "storyGroup": "part-ii"
    },
    {
      "id": "the-karate-kid-nes-game",
      "title": "The Karate Kid — NES game",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "1984–1985; original tournament and Okinawa",
      "order": 1984,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "1987",
      "description": "A licensed action adaptation combining the first tournament and the Okinawa adventure.",
      "note": "Spans the first two films; placed at its opening. Combat and stage structure differ from the films.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "nes",
        "original",
        "part-ii"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "1984",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GBMWX6",
      "productName": "The Karate Kid — NES cartridge",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon"
    },
    {
      "id": "cobra-kai-the-karate-kid-saga-continues",
      "title": "Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Est. summer 2018; season 2 variant",
      "order": 2018.65,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2020",
      "description": "The two dojos follow opposing versions of a new conflict, with a combined ending.",
      "note": "Season-two setting; chosen perspectives and exaggerated fights remain disputed. Original plot, not simply a television-format retelling.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "kai-game",
        "kai-review"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "2018",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1279920/Cobra_Kai_The_Karate_Kid_Saga_Continues/",
      "productName": "View on Steam",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Steam"
    },
    {
      "id": "cobra-kai-card-fighter",
      "title": "Cobra Kai: Card Fighter",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Est. 2018–2019; competing school dojos",
      "order": 2018.7,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2021",
      "description": "A licensed mobile game lets players train students and guide their dojo’s path.",
      "note": "Television-era characters suggest this broad interval; no precise campaign date verified. Gameplay choices do not define a separate established universe.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "card"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "2018",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT8t84mgICU",
      "productName": "Watch on YouTube",
      "productMatch": "Official launch trailer; this link is a trailer, not the full game. Current mobile availability unverified.",
      "actionLabel": "Watch on YouTube"
    },
    {
      "id": "cobra-kai-2-dojos-rising",
      "title": "Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Est. 2019; three-dojo All Valley period",
      "order": 2019.2,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2022",
      "description": "Cobra Kai, Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang compete to develop students and win the tournament.",
      "note": "Eagle Fang and the three-way All Valley premise fit the season-four period. Chosen winning-dojo outcomes remain disputed.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "dojos"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "2019",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://gamemill.com/games/cobra-kai-2/",
      "productName": "View official game",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher page with platform purchase options; exact Amazon edition is not yet verified.",
      "actionLabel": "View official game"
    },
    {
      "id": "the-karate-kid-street-rumble",
      "title": "The Karate Kid: Street Rumble",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "1984–1985; original trilogy adaptation",
      "order": 1984,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2024",
      "description": "A licensed twelve-stage beat-em-up revisits the original film trilogy.",
      "note": "Placed at the earliest adapted events; spans the first three films rather than adding a later contemporary adventure.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "rumble",
        "rumble-edition",
        "original",
        "part-ii",
        "part-iii"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "1984",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9C3DQZM",
      "productName": "The Karate Kid: Street Rumble — Nintendo Switch",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon"
    },
    {
      "id": "sweep-the-leg-no-more-kings-music-video",
      "title": "Sweep the Leg — No More Kings music video",
      "type": "Music video",
      "date": "Est. 2000s; alternate 1984 tournament recollections",
      "order": 2007,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2007",
      "description": "An adult Johnny-inspired character imagines a different version of the famous rivalry.",
      "note": "Cast-reunion homage with alternate memories; contemporary video setting is a period estimate. Not evidence for Cobra Kai’s later life history or an officially confirmed canon sequel.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "sweep"
      ],
      "continuity": "main",
      "railLabel": "2007",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3iYmgDJ4FE",
      "productName": "Watch on YouTube",
      "productMatch": "Band-associated published video; connected homage, with franchise licensing unverified.",
      "actionLabel": "Watch on YouTube"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "original",
      "title": "Sony Pictures: The Karate Kid",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thekaratekid0",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "part-ii",
      "title": "Sony Pictures: The Karate Kid Part II",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thekaratekidpartii",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "part-iii",
      "title": "Sony Pictures: The Karate Kid Part III",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thekaratekidiii",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "next",
      "title": "Sony Pictures: The Next Karate Kid",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thenextkaratekid",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "han",
      "title": "Sony Pictures: The Karate Kid (2010)",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thekaratekid",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "legends",
      "title": "Sony Pictures: Karate Kid: Legends",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/karatekidlegends",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "legends-gap",
      "title": "Ralph Macchio interview: Legends after Cobra Kai",
      "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/23/i-should-really-be-the-world-champion-ralph-macchio-on-kicking-it-as-the-karate-kid-for-41-years",
      "kind": "Primary interview",
      "note": "Actor’s account of the gap, cross-checked against other Macchio interviews; calendar conversion remains estimated."
    },
    {
      "id": "series",
      "title": "Sony Pictures Television: Cobra Kai",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/tv/cobrakai",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "netflix-era",
      "title": "Netflix: the saga enters a new era",
      "url": "https://about.netflix.com/en/news/the-karate-kid-saga-enters-a-new-era-as-cobra-kai-comes-to-netflix",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "finale",
      "title": "Netflix Tudum: Cobra Kai season 6 ending",
      "url": "https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/cobra-kai-seaosn-6-ending",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Full six-season conclusion, tournament interruption and graduation / family outcomes; also identifies the original December 1984 tournament."
    },
    {
      "id": "tv-calendar",
      "title": "Karate Kid / Cobra Kai calendar chronology",
      "url": "https://thekaratekid.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Season-to-season school-year and tournament reconstruction. Estimates retain known prop / dialogue contradictions; this is not a complete episode-by-episode prop audit."
    },
    {
      "id": "complete-set",
      "title": "Amazon: Cobra Kai complete series Blu-ray",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GK52JG9L?tag=chroniclevaul-22",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual retailer title checked: Cobra Kai: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]. The corresponding full-series edition contains the season runs; stock is not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "original-novel",
      "title": "The Karate Kid — B. B. Hiller novelization — bibliographic edition",
      "url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4137339W/Karate_Kid",
      "kind": "Bibliographic edition",
      "note": "Scholastic licensed film novelization / edition identified; full interior not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "part-ii-novel",
      "title": "The Karate Kid Part II — B. B. Hiller novelization — bibliographic edition",
      "url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4137325W/The_Karate_Kid_Part_II",
      "kind": "Bibliographic edition",
      "note": "Scholastic licensed film novelization / edition identified; full interior not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "part-iii-novel",
      "title": "The Karate Kid Part III — B. B. Hiller novelization — bibliographic edition",
      "url": "https://search.worldcat.org/es/title/21219846",
      "kind": "Bibliographic edition",
      "note": "Scholastic licensed film novelization / edition identified; full interior not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "next-novel",
      "title": "The Next Karate Kid — B. B. Hiller novelization — bibliographic edition",
      "url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15147770W/The_next_karate_kid",
      "kind": "Bibliographic edition",
      "note": "Scholastic licensed film novelization / edition identified; full interior not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "picture-book",
      "title": "Children’s Book Council: The Karate Kid illustrated storybook",
      "url": "https://cbcbooks.org/cbc_book/the-karate-kid-the-classic-illustrated-storybook/",
      "kind": "Publisher-supplied bibliographic record",
      "note": "Quirk / Kim Smith licensed illustrated adaptation, ISBN 9781683690924."
    },
    {
      "id": "ii-storybook",
      "title": "WorldCat: The Karate Kid Part II movie storybook",
      "url": "https://search.worldcat.org/title/1150064302",
      "kind": "Bibliographic edition",
      "note": "Christopher Brown / Hippo movie storybook identified."
    },
    {
      "id": "ii-antioch",
      "title": "Part II Antioch storybook: photographed edition",
      "url": "https://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2017/03/pop-art-karate-kid-part-ii-movie.html?m=0",
      "kind": "Secondary edition photographs",
      "note": "Antioch licensed movie storybook, also documented with ISBN 9780899545400. Relationship to the Hippo text needs interior comparison."
    },
    {
      "id": "animation",
      "title": "Apple TV: The Karate Kid animated series",
      "url": "https://tv.apple.com/ca/show/the-karate-kid/umc.cmc.1479hwu7828anre9ranfxt2q8",
      "kind": "Official distributor",
      "note": "Sony’s 1989, thirteen-episode series with Daniel, Miyagi and Taki pursuing a magical shrine."
    },
    {
      "id": "ultimate",
      "title": "Karate Kid Ultimate six-film collection: bonus contents",
      "url": "https://comicbook.com/movies/news/karate-kid-4k-six-movie-ultimate-collection-review-sony/",
      "kind": "Secondary disc inspection",
      "note": "Review confirms all thirteen animated episodes on the official six-film collection. Sony’s Legends page links the corresponding Amazon collection."
    },
    {
      "id": "johnny-preview",
      "title": "Norma Editorial: Johnny’s Story — licensed five-page preview",
      "url": "https://www.normaeditorial.com/ficha/comic-americano/cobra-kai-la-saga-de-karate-kid-continua-la-historia-de-johnny",
      "kind": "Primary actual comic preview",
      "note": "All five preview pages visually inspected. Page 1 captions Encino Hills, California, 1979. Page 5 captions Van Nuys, California, November 2018. Remaining issues / interior not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "johnny-edition",
      "title": "Grand Comics Database: Johnny’s Story collected edition",
      "url": "https://www.comics.org/issue/2125787/",
      "kind": "Bibliographic edition",
      "note": "IDW collection of issues #1–4, ISBN 9781684056354."
    },
    {
      "id": "computer",
      "title": "Computing History museum: The Karate Kid Part II",
      "url": "https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/30736/The-Karate-Kid-Part-II/",
      "kind": "Primary museum object",
      "note": "Microdeal’s licensed Atari ST game; Amiga port is the same adaptation, not a new story."
    },
    {
      "id": "nes",
      "title": "The Karate Kid NES: cartridge / edition record",
      "url": "https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nes/the-karate-kid",
      "kind": "Secondary physical edition",
      "note": "LJN / Atlus licensed NES game, corresponding cartridge ASIN B000GBMWX6."
    },
    {
      "id": "kai-game",
      "title": "Steam: Cobra Kai — The Karate Kid Saga Continues",
      "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1279920/Cobra_Kai_The_Karate_Kid_Saga_Continues/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "kai-review",
      "title": "Cobra Kai game review: season-two setting",
      "url": "https://as.com/meristation/2020/11/22/analisis/1606049949_630767.html",
      "kind": "Secondary game inspection",
      "note": "Gameplay review situates the branching narrative in season 2."
    },
    {
      "id": "card",
      "title": "Gamaga: Cobra Kai Card Fighter",
      "url": "https://www.gamaga.com/cobrakai",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "dojos",
      "title": "GameMill: Cobra Kai 2 — Dojos Rising",
      "url": "https://gamemill.com/games/cobra-kai-2/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "rumble",
      "title": "GameMill: The Karate Kid — Street Rumble",
      "url": "https://gamemill.com/games/the-karate-kid-street-rumble/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "rumble-edition",
      "title": "Street Rumble Switch edition record",
      "url": "https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nintendo-switch/the-karate-kid-street-rumble",
      "kind": "Secondary physical edition",
      "note": "Corresponding Switch physical edition / Amazon ASIN B0D9C3DQZM."
    },
    {
      "id": "sweep",
      "title": "Pete Mitchell: Sweep the Leg music-video project",
      "url": "https://www.daspetey.com/sweeptheleg",
      "kind": "Primary creator",
      "note": "Zabka-directed cast-reunion music video. Connection verified; Sony franchise-canon / license status not established."
    },
    {
      "id": "board",
      "title": "Asmodee: Cobra Kai — Road to Victory",
      "url": "https://shop.asmodee.ca/en/mixcob01us",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official premise / edition checked; full work not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "board-rules",
      "title": "Mixlore: Road to Victory official rules",
      "url": "https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-mixlore/uploads/2024/05/SITE_MIXLORE_COBRA_KAI_RULES_compressed.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary rules",
      "note": "Competitive training / tournament scenario, not a verified fixed authored story with a calendar date."
    }
  ],
  "scope": [
    {
      "title": "Cobra Kai: Road to Victory",
      "type": "Board game",
      "status": "Official licensed game; no fixed narrative placement",
      "note": "Inventoried separately: train a chosen dojo for an All Valley tournament. Variable play outcomes do not supply a new dated authored story.",
      "sources": [
        "board",
        "board-rules"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Guides, coloring books and merchandise",
      "type": "Nonfiction / activity material",
      "status": "Outside story chronology",
      "note": "No verified additional original narrative in the checked activity / reference material. A franchise logo alone does not establish a new story.",
      "sources": [
        "series"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Further prose, audio and promotional fiction",
      "type": "Inventory gap",
      "status": "No further licensed narrative verified",
      "note": "The four Hiller novels and two storybook families are included. A 2010 or Legends novelization, additional original licensed prose / audio drama, and further narrative promotions need reliable edition evidence before inclusion.",
      "sources": [
        "original",
        "han",
        "legends"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "audit": {
    "checked": "2026-10-07",
    "status": "Research edition — verification gaps disclosed",
    "checks": [
      "All six feature films, all sixty-five Cobra Kai episodes, all thirteen animated episodes, four licensed film novels, illustrated movie retellings, the four-issue Johnny comic and five licensed video/mobile games inventoried.",
      "2010 Han story retained in the shared history because Legends joins it to Daniel’s story.",
      "Actual licensed comic preview read: explicit 1979 childhood and November 2018 narration dates retained, with the latter’s student-affiliation conflict flagged.",
      "Repeated film plots share positions and separate format links; unique game / Johnny viewpoint retellings are identified as variants.",
      "Cobra Kai episodes use continuous season / tournament runs; the later finale epilogue is separately visible.",
      "Primary publisher / distributor and creator evidence preferred; calendar estimates and edition comparison gaps disclosed.",
      "Part II computer-game retelling grouped with the Part II film and book formats."
    ],
    "gaps": [
      "Full film / episode date-prop audit remains incomplete; modern school-year dates and Legends’ converted year remain estimates.",
      "Only five Johnny comic preview pages inspected, not all four complete issues.",
      "Novel / movie and Hippo / Antioch storybook interior differences need comparison.",
      "No numeric or exact date is inferred solely from a work’s release without an explicit estimate label.",
      "Exact Amazon listings for the Microdeal game, first Cobra Kai console game and mobile game remain unverified; corresponding official access / record links are supplied."
    ],
    "publishReady": true
  }
}