The Curse of Kaniaku

"The Curse of the Kaniaku" is the eighth episode of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! season two, and the thirty-fourth overall. It aired on November 19, 2017 on Boomerang. It was produced by Jeff Mednikow, series co-creator, Zac Moncrief, and Monica Mitchell, written by Darrick Bachman, directed by James Krenzke, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Characters

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Organizations

 * Not called Mystery Incorporated
 * Kagawa Seafood Company

Locations

 * Earth
 * Japan
 * Tokyo
 * Uehara Bathhouse
 * Subway Station
 * Restaurant
 * Game place
 * Kimono tailor shop
 * Police station
 * Shizuka Pier
 * Kagawa Seafood Company factory

Objects

 * Golden Scroll

Vehicles

 * Sumo wrestler's truck

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music
The theme song, "Old Stomping Grounds," was written and performed by Adam Levin, James Bairian, and Louis Castle. The rest of the music was composed by Jake Monaco.

Song

 * "Dreaming of Chocolate" - Marisa De Silva
 * "Run Away Heart" - Marisa De Silva

Crew credits

 * Supervising producer: Michael Jelenic
 * Story editor: Jon Colton Barry
 * Casting director: Collette Sunderman
 * Associate producer: Liz Marshall
 * Production manager: Sunisa Petchpoo, Candi Purugganan
 * Assistant production managers: Kathy Cavanaugh, Frances E. Chang, Desiree E. Craig, Liza Dodson, Lewis Foulke, Josh Ling, Sandra Waring
 * Art directors: Robbie Erwin, Cheryl Johnson
 * Character designers: Bryce Collins, AJ Jothikumar
 * Prop designer: Lance Falk
 * Background designers: Eric Astadan, Erik Gaines, George Fort
 * Background painters: Garrett Lee, Melissa Rodriguez
 * Color stylist: James Peters
 * Storyboard artists: Hayley Foster, Jeanette King, Mariah-Rose McClaren
 * Storyboard revisionist: Melissa Graziano-Humphrey, Ernie Keen, Robert Parker
 * Editor: Kyle Stafford
 * Animatic timers: Sean Dempsey, Milton Gray, Brian Hogan, Randy Ludensky, Swinton Scott III
 * Animation checker: Justin Schultz
 * Supervising technical director: Matthew Girardi
 * Effectors animators: Aaron Chavda, Jason Plapp
 * Animation services: Digital eMation
 * Animation directors: Moonsuk Baek, Duksoo Yang, Gang-ro Lee, Wooyong Jung, Taemin Park
 * Layout artists: Sunghyun Kim, Sangmok Park, Yonsoo Park, Hosung So, Songbok Lee
 * CG animators: Eddie Jaeil Byun, Daeguen Hong, Hongsun Yoon
 * Model checkers: Jongsun Lee, Hyunjah Kang
 * Final checkers: Seung-Yong Jung, Pilmook Chae
 * Background directors: Soon-ee Huh, Jongho Park
 * Key animators: Jihyun Baek, Yongsup Won, Namkil Jo, Sungsik Choo, Dukkyu Jang, Taeyong Shin, Jungbum Yoo, Kisoon Jang, Jinyoung Park
 * In-between checkers: Chulki Hong, Youngjoo Lee, Namgi Kim, Misang Lee, Naksoo Choi, Jinkyoung Kim, Heejung Kim, Eunmi Hwang, Mijung Jeon, Malsook Hong, Jongkook Lee, Myungho Kim
 * Compositors: Kwanghee Lee, Kang-ok Kim, Youngha Choi, Joohee Yang, Sodam Kim
 * Color stylists: Yong Ahn, Jiyeon Lee, Woonrye Jung, Miyoung Kim, Jungbong Jang, Young-eun Go, Han-ah Lee, Kyungran Goo, Hyojung Park, Hwasoon Kim, Jung-in Lee, Yoonsuk Jung, Bumji Kim
 * Production staff: Scarlet Sookyung Kim, Hwang-oh Mah, Agatha Sarim Kim, Alex Eunsun Park, Lena Hyesoo Song
 * Post production executive: Greg Emerson
 * Post production manager: Rebecca Unger
 * Recording facility: Salami Studios
 * Recording machine operator: Jeff O. Collins
 * Track readers: Wilson Martinez, Fred Salinas
 * Supervising dialogue/ADR editor: Mark A. Keatts
 * Dialogue/ADR editors: David M. Cowan, Kelly Foley Downs, Patrick Foley, Mike Garcia
 * Post production services: Advantage Sound Services
 * Online editor: Darren Griffiths
 * Assistant editor: Melissa Bailey, Michael G. Buck, Gabriel Thorburn
 * Production administrator: Daphne Fei
 * Production support: Cher Bentley, Tina Fallah, Audrey Kim, Andrea Lo, Tamara Miles, Jill Share, Kira Tirimocco, Renee Toporzysek
 * Casting administrator: Liz Carroll
 * Business and legal affairs: Lori Blackstone, Sharmalee Lall, Rebecca Mathany, Bonnie Negrete, Joulene St. Catherine
 * Production accounting: Yadira Davis, Spencer Howerton, Debbie Lindquist, Chaz Murphy, Maral Simonian, Athena Wingate
 * Executive in charge of production for Cartoon Network: Mike Rauch
 * Production supervision: Bobbie Page
 * Production management: Ed Adams
 * Executive in charge of production: Jeff Prezenkowski
 * Executive producer: Sam Register

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 19, 2017 on Boomerang; December 21, 2017 on the Boomerang video subscription on-demand service
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: June 5, 2017 on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

 * The Mystery Machine is absent.
 * One Daphne fan holds hand puppets of Daphne and Scooby from "Mystery 101," while another wears her fake beard from "Poodle Justice."
 * A special thanks is given to Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, who had nothing to do with this episode, but did create the original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Home availability

 * Not available yet. 😢