

Ian even considered renaming the show "G.U.Y.S. mobile game and series, Ian eventually expanded the concept of "guys" to include "gals" and "pals" in this universe. Later, while working as a co-executive producer still on Steven Universe, he used that same idea for a guys generator, that appeared in one episode, which had good reception, coming back later in the second episode of that show.

When creating the pilot, Ian created a world based on that original idea. While working as a storyboard artist on Steven Universe, Ian came up with an idea for a pitch called "Infinite Guy Generator", where a kid would summon different "guys" every episode to fight the villain's evil guys. 7 Potential Anime Spinoff Limited Series.On September 6, 2019, the series concluded with an hour event with the final three episodes: " Dendy's Video Channel", " Let's Fight to the End", and " Thank You for Watching the Show". It was further revealed that Cartoon Network did not renew the show after Season 3 and it was not Ian's choice to end the show, but gave the show crew an opportunity to make a planned ending. On August 6, 2019, in an interview with Den of Geek!, Ian Jones-Quartey has stated that season 3 is the final season and will be airing the series finale in 2019. On June 2019, the third season was renewed. On December 2017, the second season was confirmed to be released. In 2017, nearly 4 years after the original pilot was released, the show was greenlit and first aired on August 1, 2017. On February 4, 2016, a mobile game for Android and iOS was created and the web series had premiered on Cartoon Network's YouTube channel and the CN App. It turns out that the show was picked up earlier and Ian Jones-Quartey needed time to develop the series before it was formally greenlit by Cartoon Network. The series was originally thought be to not picked up due to its lack of information over the past three years since the pilot's debut, aside from some slight hints and sketches of the cartoon. It is based on the original pilot " Lakewood Plaza Turbo", originally released for Cartoon Network's 2013 Summer Shorts project. OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes is an American animated series created by Ian Jones-Quartey for Cartoon Network.
