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| | |name =''The King Kong Show'' | ||
| | |dt =''The King Kong Show'' (1966-1967) | ||
|image =The Kingu Kongu Show.jpg | |image =The Kingu Kongu Show.jpg | ||
|producer =Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass, et al. | |||
|producer =Arthur Rankin | |funded =[[Rankin/Bass|Videocraft International]] | ||
| | |produced =[[Toei|Toei Animation]] | ||
|genre =Animated | |genre =Animated | ||
|aired ={{ | |||
|channel =ABC{{sup|[[United States| | |aired ={{bl | ||
|episodes =26 | |September 6, [[1966]] (pilot){{sup|[[United States|U.S.]]}}<ref name="SciFi Japan">{{cite web|url=https://www.scifijapan.com/anime-animation/king-kong-cartoon-series-guide|title=KING KONG Cartoon Series Guide|last=Aiken|first=Keith|date=20 December 2008|work=[[SciFi Japan]]|accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref><br> | ||
|September 10, 1966 -<br>March 4, [[1967]]{{sup|[[United States|U.S.]]}}<ref name="SciFi Japan"/><br> | |||
|December 31, 1966 (pilot){{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<ref name="Wikipedia"/><br> | |||
|April 5, [[1967]] - October 4, 1967{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<ref name="Wikipedia"/>}} | |||
|channel =ABC,{{sup|[[United States|U.S.]]}} NET{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}} | |||
|episodes =26 (broadcasts), 50 (overall) | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Need sources}} | {{Need sources}} | ||
{{Quote|King Kong. You know the name of King Kong. You know the fame of King Kong. Ten times as big as a man!|Refrain of the show's opening theme song}} | |||
'''''King Kong''''', commonly referred to as '''''The King Kong Show''''' and released to DVD as '''''King Kong: The Animated Series''''', is an animated television series funded by [[Rankin/Bass|Videocraft International]] of [[United States|America]] with animation by [[Toei|Toei Animation]] of [[Japan]]. A 56-minute pilot episode premiered on ABC on September 6, 1966 and the series subsequently began airing on September 10 alongside the animated spy spoof series ''Tom of T.H.U.M.B.''; each episode consisted of one ''Tom'' story bookended by two ''King Kong'' stories. The show concluded its initial run on March 4, 1967, with its pilot being split in half and aired as the series' 25th and 26th episodes, respectively. Reruns continued to be shown on ABC until August 31, 1969.<ref name="SciFi Japan"/> | |||
In Japan, the series' pilot premiered on NET (presently TV Asahi) as '''''King of the World: The King Kong Show''''' {{Nihongo|世界の王者 キングコング大会|Sekai no Ōja Kingu Kongu Taikai}} on December 31, 1966. The show was packaged with ''Tom of T.H.U.M.B.'' as in the U.S., and aired from April 5 to October 4 of 1967 under the title of simply '''''King Kong''''' {{Nihongo|キングコング|Kingu Kongu}}. Rebroadcasts followed into the early 1970s.<ref name="Wikipedia">{{cite web|url=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/キングコング#アニメ作品|title=King Kong (キングコング)|work=ja.wikipedia.org|accessdate=28 August 2020}}</ref> | |||
{{TOC}} | {{TOC}} | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
In this series, [[King Kong]] befriends the Bond family, with whom he goes on various adventures | {{stub|section}} | ||
In this TV series, [[King Kong]] befriends the Bond family and Captain [[Englehorn]], with whom he goes on various adventures saving the world from monsters, robots, aliens, mad scientists and other threats. | |||
==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
<tabs style="color:black; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> | |||
<tab name="United States" block> | |||
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:auto%; text-align:center;<!-- font-size:small;-->" | |||
|- | |||
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Episode {{tt|no.|Number}} | |||
! scope="col" colspan="2" style="width:500px" | Title(s) | |||
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Air date<ref name="SciFi Japan"/> | |||
|- | |||
! scope="col" | A part | |||
! scope="col" | B part | |||
|- | |||
| | {{tt|0|Pilot}} | |||
| colspan="2" | "King Kong" | |||
| | 1966/09/06 | |||
|- | |||
| | 1 | |||
| | "Under the Volcano" | |||
| | "The Treasure Trap" | |||
| | 1966/09/10 | |||
|- | |||
| | 2 | |||
| | "The Horror of Mondo Island" | |||
| | "Dr. Who" | |||
| | 1966/09/17 | |||
|- | |||
| | 3 | |||
| | "Rocket Island" | |||
| | "The African Bees" | |||
| | 1966/09/24 | |||
|- | |||
| | 4 | |||
| | "The Hunter" | |||
| | "The Space Men" | |||
| | 1966/10/01 | |||
|- | |||
| | 5 | |||
| | "The Jinx of the Sphinx" | |||
| | "The Greeneyed Monster" | |||
| | 1966/10/08 | |||
|- | |||
| | 6 | |||
| | "The Top of the World" | |||
| | "The Golden Temple" | |||
| | 1966/10/15 | |||
|- | |||
| | 7 | |||
| | "The Electric Circle" | |||
| | "Mirror of Destruction" | |||
| | 1966/10/22 | |||
|- | |||
| | 8 | |||
| | "Tiger Tiger" | |||
| | "The Vise of Dr. Who" | |||
| | 1966/10/29 | |||
|- | |||
| | 9 | |||
| | "King Kong's House" | |||
| | "MechaniKong" | |||
| | 1966/11/05 | |||
|- | |||
| | 10 | |||
| | "The Giant Sloths" | |||
| | "The Legend of Loch Ness" | |||
| | 1966/11/12 | |||
|- | |||
| | 11 | |||
| | "Dr. Bone" | |||
| | "No Man's Snowman" | |||
| | 1966/11/19 | |||
|- | |||
| | 12 | |||
| | "The Desert Pirates" | |||
| | "Command Performance" | |||
| | 1966/11/26 | |||
|- | |||
| | 13 | |||
| | "The Sea Surrounds Us" | |||
| | "Show Biz" | |||
| | 1966/12/03 | |||
|- | |||
| | 14 | |||
| | "The Wizard of Overlord" | |||
| | "Perilous Porpoise" | |||
| | 1966/12/10 | |||
|- | |||
| | 15 | |||
| | "The Trojan Horse" | |||
| | "[[The Man From K.O.N.G.|The Man from K.O.N.G.]]" | |||
| | 1966/12/17 | |||
|- | |||
| | 16 | |||
| | "Caribbean Cruise" | |||
| | "Diver's Dilemma" | |||
| | 1966/12/24 | |||
|- | |||
| | 17 | |||
| | "The Great Sun Spots" | |||
| | "Kong Is Missing" | |||
| | 1966/12/31 | |||
|- | |||
| | 18 | |||
| | "In the Land of the Giant Trees" | |||
| | "Captain Kong" | |||
| | 1967/01/07 | |||
|- | |||
| | 19 | |||
| | "Statue of Liberty Play" | |||
| | "Pandora's Box" | |||
| | 1967/01/14 | |||
|- | |||
| | 20 | |||
| | "Thousand Year Knockout" | |||
| | "Desert City" | |||
| | 1967/01/21 | |||
|- | |||
| | 21 | |||
| | "Eagle Squadron" | |||
| | "Kong of Stone" | |||
| | 1967/01/28 | |||
|- | |||
| | 22 | |||
| | "Murderer's Maze" | |||
| | "Great Gold Strike" | |||
| | 1967/02/04 | |||
|- | |||
| | 23 | |||
| | "It Wasn't There Again Today" | |||
| | "Mad Whale" | |||
| | 1967/02/11 | |||
|- | |||
| | 24 | |||
| | "King Kong Diamond" | |||
| | "Anchors Away" | |||
| | 1967/02/18 | |||
|- | |||
| | 25 | |||
| colspan="2" | "A Friend in Need" | |||
| | 1967/02/25 | |||
|- | |||
| | 26 | |||
| colspan="2" | "The Key to the City" | |||
| | 1967/03/04 | |||
|} | |||
</tab> | |||
<tab name="Japan" block> | |||
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:auto%; text-align:center;<!-- font-size:small;-->" | |||
|- | |||
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Episode {{tt|no.|Number}} | |||
! scope="col" colspan="2" style="width:500px"| Title(s) | |||
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Air date<ref name="Wikipedia"/> | |||
|- | |||
! scope="col" | A part | |||
! scope="col" | B part | |||
|- | |||
| | {{tt|0|Pilot}} | |||
| colspan="2" | "King of the World: The King Kong Show"<br>{{Nihongo|世界の王者 キングコング大会}} | |||
| | 1966/12/31 | |||
|- | |||
| | 1 | |||
| | "Attack of the African Bees"<br>{{Nihongo|アフリカ蜂の襲来}} | |||
| | "King Kong Captured"<br>{{Nihongo|さらわれたキングコング}} | |||
| | 1967/04/05 | |||
|- | |||
| | 2 | |||
| | "The Rocket Island Conspiracy"<br>{{Nihongo|ロケット島の陰謀}} | |||
| | "The Mysterious Volcano Empire"<br>{{Nihongo|謎の火山帝国}} | |||
| | 1967/04/19 | |||
|- | |||
| | 3 | |||
| | "Undersea Expedition"<br>{{Nihongo|海底探検}} | |||
| | "Crisis on Mondo Island"<br>{{Nihongo|モンド島の危機}} | |||
| | 1967/04/26 | |||
|- | |||
| | 4 | |||
| | "Terror of the Laser Gun"<br>{{Nihongo|レーザー銃の恐怖}} | |||
| | "A Flying Saucer Appears"<br>{{Nihongo|空飛ぶ円盤現わる}} | |||
| | 1967/05/03 | |||
|- | |||
| | 5 | |||
| | "Terror of the Sphinx"<br>{{Nihongo|スフィンクスの恐怖}} | |||
| | "Bobby's Mistake"<br>{{Nihongo|ボビーのあやまち}} | |||
| | 1967/05/10 | |||
|- | |||
| | 6 | |||
| | "Robot Kong"<br>{{Nihongo|ロボット・コング}} | |||
| | "Mirror of Terror"<br>{{Nihongo|恐怖の反射鏡}} | |||
| | 1967/05/17 | |||
|- | |||
| | 7 | |||
| | "Mystery of the Flood"<br>{{Nihongo|大洪水の謎}} | |||
| | "The Golden Temple"<br>{{Nihongo|黄金の神殿}} | |||
| | 1967/05/24 | |||
|- | |||
| | 8 | |||
| | "The Atomic Wave Trap"<br>{{Nihongo|原子電波の罠}} | |||
| | "Dr. Who's Scheme"<br>{{Nihongo|ドクター・フーの陰謀}} | |||
| | 1967/05/31 | |||
|- | |||
| | 9 | |||
| | "The Terrible Journey"<br>{{Nihongo|恐怖の探検旅行}} | |||
| | "The Resurrected Tigers"<br>{{Nihongo|よみがえった虎}} | |||
| | 1967/06/07 | |||
|- | |||
| | 10 | |||
| | "The Giant Sloths"<br>{{Nihongo|巨大なナマケモノ}} | |||
| | "The Desert Pirates"<br>{{Nihongo|砂漠の盗賊}} | |||
| | 1967/06/14 | |||
|- | |||
| | 11 | |||
| | "Kaijin Dr. Skull"<br>{{Nihongo|怪人どくろ博士}} | |||
| | "Mystery of the Snowman"<br>{{Nihongo|雪男の謎}} | |||
| | 1967/06/21 | |||
|- | |||
| | 12 | |||
| | "The Loch Ness Monster"<br>{{Nihongo|ネス湖の怪物}} | |||
| | "Kong's Recital"<br>{{Nihongo|コングの音楽会}} | |||
| | 1967/06/28 | |||
|- | |||
| | 13 | |||
| | "Rescue the Submarine"<br>{{Nihongo|潜水艦を救助せよ}} | |||
| | "Kong the Actor"<br>{{Nihongo|大根役者のコング}} | |||
| | 1967/07/05 | |||
|- | |||
| | 14 | |||
| | "The Magic Emperor's Trap"<br>{{Nihongo|魔術大王の罠}} | |||
| | "Perilous Porpoise"<br>{{Nihongo|危険なイルカ}} | |||
| | 1967/07/12 | |||
|- | |||
| | 15 | |||
| | "The Trojan Horse"<br>{{Nihongo|トロイの木馬}} | |||
| | "Professor Bond Disappeared"<br>{{Nihongo|消えたボンド教授}} | |||
| | 1967/07/19 | |||
|- | |||
| | 16 | |||
| | "The Carribean Rebellion"<br>{{Nihongo|カリブ海の叛乱}} | |||
| | "Search for the Undersea Missile"<br>{{Nihongo|海底のミサイルを探せ}} | |||
| | 1967/07/26 | |||
|- | |||
| | 17 | |||
| | "The Mysterious Sunspots"<br>{{Nihongo|謎の太陽黒点}} | |||
| | "Maiko of the Jungle"<br>{{Nihongo|ジャングルのまい子}} | |||
| | 1967/08/02 | |||
|- | |||
| | 18 | |||
| | "The Titan From the Dream"<br>{{Nihongo|夢に見た巨人}} | |||
| | "Captain Kong"<br>{{Nihongo|キャプテン・コング}} | |||
| | 1967/08/09 | |||
|- | |||
| | 19 | |||
| | "The Amazonian Statue of Liberty"<br>{{Nihongo|アマゾンの自由の女神}} | |||
| | "Pandora's Box"<br>{{Nihongo|パンドラの箱}} | |||
| | 1967/08/16 | |||
|- | |||
| | 20 | |||
| | "Delay the Parisian Monster"<br>{{Nihongo|大怪物パリを遅う}} | |||
| | "The Golden City in the Desert"<br>{{Nihongo|砂漠の黄金都市}} | |||
| | 1967/08/23 | |||
|- | |||
| | 21 | |||
| | "King Kong vs. the Giant Eagle"<br>{{Nihongo|キングコング対大鷲}} | |||
| | "The Southern Conspiracy"<br>{{Nihongo|南国の陰謀}} | |||
| | 1967/08/30 | |||
|- | |||
| | 22 | |||
| | "The Maze of Death"<br>{{Nihongo|死を呼ぶ迷路}} | |||
| | "The One-Eyed Giant"<br>{{Nihongo|一つ目の巨人}} | |||
| | 1967/09/06 | |||
|- | |||
| | 23 | |||
| | "Turtle in the Fog"<br>{{Nihongo|霧の中の海亀}} | |||
| | "The White Whale"<br>{{Nihongo|白い巨鯨}} | |||
| | 1967/09/13 | |||
|- | |||
| | 24 | |||
| | "King Kong Diamond"<br>{{Nihongo|キングコングのダイヤモンド}} | |||
| | "The Anchor is a Weapon"<br>{{Nihongo|武器は錨だ}} | |||
| | 1967/09/20 | |||
|- | |||
| | 25 | |||
| colspan="2" | "Our King Kong"<br>{{Nihongo|僕らのキングコング}} | |||
| | 1967/09/27 | |||
|- | |||
| | 26 | |||
| colspan="2" | "King Kong in New York"<br>{{Nihongo|ニューヨークのキングコング}} | |||
| | 1967/10/04 | |||
|} | |||
</tab> | |||
</tabs> | |||
==Staff== | ==Staff== | ||
{{Staffs | {{Staffs | ||
|Written by|Lew Lewis, Bernard Cowan, Ron Levy | |Written by|Lew Lewis, Bernard Cowan, Ron Levy | ||
| | |Executive producers|Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass | ||
|Character | |Produced by|[[William J. Keenan]] | ||
|Associate producer|Larry Roemer | |||
|Character designs by|Jack Davis, Rod Willis | |||
|Animators|Sakei Kitamasa, Osamu Kobayashi, Norio Fukumoto, Tsutomu Shibayama, Midori Kusube, Takao Kasai, Yasuo Maeda, Yuji Mori | |Animators|Sakei Kitamasa, Osamu Kobayashi, Norio Fukumoto, Tsutomu Shibayama, Midori Kusube, Takao Kasai, Yasuo Maeda, Yuji Mori | ||
|Theme | |Theme song performed by|Maury Laws, Jules Bass | ||
|Japanese | |Japanese theme song performed by|Toshiko Fujita, Honey Nights | ||
|*Lyrics and | |*Lyrics and composing by|Asei Kobayashi | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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|Billie Mae Richards|Bobby Bond | |Billie Mae Richards|Bobby Bond | ||
|Susan Conway|Susan Bond | |Susan Conway|Susan Bond | ||
|John Drainie, Alf Scopp, Paul Soles| | |John Drainie, Alf Scopp, Paul Soles|additional voices | ||
}} | }} | ||
===Japanese | ===Japanese dub=== | ||
{{Cast | {{Cast | ||
|Goro Naya|Professor Bond | |[[Goro Naya]]|Professor Bond | ||
|Toshiko Fujita|Bobby Bond | |Toshiko Fujita|Bobby Bond | ||
|Junko Hori|Susan Bond | |Junko Hori|Susan Bond | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
{{col-begin}} | |||
{{col-2}} | |||
===Characters=== | ===Characters=== | ||
*Professor Bond | *Professor Bond | ||
*Susan Bond | *Susan Bond | ||
*Bobby Bond | *Bobby Bond | ||
*[[ | *Captain [[Englehorn]] | ||
*[[Dr. Who]] | *[[Dr. Who]] | ||
*Vestus | |||
*Von Kramer | |||
*Dr. Bone | |||
===Monsters=== | ===Monsters=== | ||
*[[King Kong]] | *[[King Kong]] | ||
*''[[Pteranodon]]'' | *Mondo Island armadillo | ||
*''[[Stegosaurus]]'' | *''[[Pteranodon]]'' | ||
*''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' | *''[[Stegosaurus]]'' | ||
*Kraken | *''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' | ||
*African | *[[Kraken]] | ||
*Carnivorous plants of Mondo Island | *African bee swarm | ||
*''[[Brontosaurus]]'' | *Carnivorous plants of Mondo Island | ||
*[[Giant Snake|Giant snake]] | *''[[Brontosaurus]]'' | ||
*Unidentified dinosaur | *[[Giant Snake|Giant snake]] | ||
* | *Unidentified dinosaur | ||
*''[[Triceratops]]'' | |||
*[[Robot Sphinx]] | *[[Robot Sphinx]] | ||
*Giant Mondo Island bird | *Giant Mondo Island bird | ||
*Saber-toothed tigers | *Icthyok | ||
*[[Mechani-Kong]] | *Mondo Island sharks | ||
*Giant sloths | *Saber-toothed tigers | ||
* | *[[Mechani-Kong#The King Kong Show|Mechani-Kong]] | ||
*Giant ground sloths | |||
*Statue of Liberty Robot | *[[Nessie|Loch Ness Monster]] | ||
* | *Statue of Liberty Robot | ||
*Giant eagle | *Great Gargoyle of Paris | ||
*Moby Dick | *Giant eagle | ||
*Cyclops | *[[Moby Dick]] | ||
*Giant electrical angler-fish | *Great Cyclops of Ulysses | ||
*Angry sea monster (from a | *Giant electrical angler-fish | ||
*[[List of minor monsters#Giant Jellyfish|Giant jellyfish]]<!-- | |||
*Angry sea monster (from a tie-in coloring book) | |||
== | Other original monsters that are currently unconfirmed as appearing in the series include a giant one-horned dragon; a fire-breathing panther; an orange bipedal dinosaur-like monster (exclusive to a Japanese notebook cover); a green ''insect-lizard'' (exclusive to the artwork seen on a Magic Slate border); a subterranean dinosaur heavily resembling Telesdon from ''Ultraman'' (from an unknown Japanese picture book); a burrowing scorpion-like monster (also from a Japanese picture book); a green-colored ''Android Kong'', possibly an off-model version of Mechani-Kong (from a Japanese children's book); a big-eared, red and yellow colored humanoid robot and a swarm of giant ants (both originating from a Japanese spin-off manga).--> | ||
''' | {{col-2}} | ||
* | ===Weapons, vehicles and races=== | ||
* | *[[Venture|Captain Englehorn's ship]] | ||
* | *Military tanks | ||
* | *Fighter jets | ||
* | *Volcanians | ||
*Dr. Who's helicopters | |||
*Dr. Who's ship | |||
*Dr. Who's rocket | |||
*Von Kramer's laser gun | |||
*Space Men | |||
*Space Men's UFO | |||
*Destroyer | |||
*Meltifier | |||
*Electric Circle | |||
*Mirror of Destruction | |||
===Locations=== | |||
*[[Mondo Island]] / "Skull Island" | |||
*[[United States]] | |||
**[[New York City|New York]], New York | |||
**Anchorage, Alaska | |||
**San Francisco, California | |||
**Washington, D.C. (mentioned) | |||
*Egypt | |||
**Cairo | |||
*New Guinea | |||
*France | |||
**Paris | |||
{{col-end}} | |||
'''Classic Media''' DVD (Vol. 2) | ==Video releases== | ||
*Region: 1 | '''[[Classic Media]]''' DVD (''King Kong: The Animated Series Vol. 1'') | ||
*Discs: 1 | *'''Region:''' 1 | ||
*Audio: English (2.0 Mono) | *'''Discs:''' 1 | ||
*Special | *'''Audio:''' English (2.0 Mono) | ||
*Notes: Includes episodes 5-8 and 26. | *'''Special features:''' None | ||
*'''Notes:''' Includes episodes 1-4 and 25, plus four episodes of ''Tom of T.H.U.M.B.'' | |||
'''Madman''' DVD | '''Classic Media''' DVD (''King Kong: The Animated Series Vol. 2'') | ||
*Region: 4 | *'''Region:''' 1 | ||
*Discs: 2 | *'''Discs:''' 1 | ||
*Audio: English (2.0 Mono) | *'''Audio:''' English (2.0 Mono) | ||
*Special | *'''Special features:''' None | ||
*Notes: Includes episodes 1- | *'''Notes:''' Includes episodes 5-8 and 26, plus four episodes of ''Tom of T.H.U.M.B.'' | ||
'''[[Madman Entertainment|Madman]]''' DVD (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mightyape.com.au/product/king-kong-1966-2-disc-set-dvd/1515349|title=King Kong (1966) (2 Disc Set)|work=Mighty Ape|accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref> | |||
*'''Region:''' 4 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 2 | |||
*'''Audio:''' English (2.0 Mono) | |||
*'''Special features:''' An extended version of the pilot episode | |||
*'''Notes:''' Includes episodes 1-8 and 25-26, plus eight episodes of ''Tom of T.H.U.M.B.'' | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
=== | ===Video releases=== | ||
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
King Kong Show.jpg|'' | King Kong Show.jpg|''King Kong: The Animated Series Volume 1'' U.S. DVD cover | ||
61Z630A6XBL. SY445 .jpg|'' | 61Z630A6XBL. SY445 .jpg|''King Kong: The Animated Series Volume 2'' U.S. DVD cover | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Merchandise=== | ===Merchandise=== | ||
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KingKongKraken2014October01.jpg | KingKongKraken2014October01.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Videos== | |||
===Segments unavailable on DVD=== | |||
{{videos| | |||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">zGXmBQl3QKo</youtube>|"King Kong's House"}} | |||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">JUAenNcsSrA</youtube>|"MechaniKong"}} | |||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">Fxnhah6I0O8</youtube>|"The Giant Sloths" (Spanish)}} | |||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">dr4Qps12Nhg</youtube>|"Dr. Bone" (Portuguese, incomplete)}} | |||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">MhhIvQwk1Mk</youtube>|"No Man's Snowman" (Spanish)}} | |||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">rNFzL4ZncH4</youtube>|"Commander Performance" (incomplete)}} | |||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">R36QqcbtUl8</youtube>|"Perilous Porpoise" (Italian)}} | |||
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{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">CDrxR-IuCzI</youtube>|"The Man from K.O.N.G."}} | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*''The King Kong Show'' was the first anime series produced in Japan for [[United States|U.S.]] broadcast (not counting Rankin/Bass' previous Animagic stop-motion Christmas TV specials, which were also animated in Japan). | |||
*''The King Kong Show'' was the first anime series produced in Japan for | *This series was successful enough for Rankin/Bass to extend the Kong franchise to another Japanese film company, [[Toho]] (who had already produced the hit film ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' in [[1962]]). This resulted in ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (originally intended as a Kong film named ''[[Operation Robinson Crusoe: King Kong vs. Ebirah]]'') and ''[[King Kong Escapes]]'', the latter of which was loosely based on ''The King Kong Show''. [[Dr. Who]] and [[Mechani-Kong]] both appeared as villains in the latter film, while Susan Bond's first name was given to one of the film's protagonists, Lieutenant [[Susan Watson]]. Kong's home of [[Mondo Island]] was carried over into the film as well. | ||
*This series was successful enough for Rankin/Bass to extend the Kong franchise to another Japanese company, [[Toho]] ( | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://king-kong.fansforum.info/t193-THE-KING-KONG-SHOW.htm?start=15 Scans of a 10-page comic in ''America's Best TV Comics''] | *[http://king-kong.fansforum.info/t193-THE-KING-KONG-SHOW.htm?start=15 Scans of a 10-page comic in ''America's Best TV Comics''] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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King Kong. You know the name of King Kong. You know the fame of King Kong. Ten times as big as a man!
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— Refrain of the show's opening theme song |
King Kong, commonly referred to as The King Kong Show and released to DVD as King Kong: The Animated Series, is an animated television series funded by Videocraft International of America with animation by Toei Animation of Japan. A 56-minute pilot episode premiered on ABC on September 6, 1966 and the series subsequently began airing on September 10 alongside the animated spy spoof series Tom of T.H.U.M.B.; each episode consisted of one Tom story bookended by two King Kong stories. The show concluded its initial run on March 4, 1967, with its pilot being split in half and aired as the series' 25th and 26th episodes, respectively. Reruns continued to be shown on ABC until August 31, 1969.[1]
In Japan, the series' pilot premiered on NET (presently TV Asahi) as King of the World: The King Kong Show (世界の王者 キングコング大会 on December 31, 1966. The show was packaged with Tom of T.H.U.M.B. as in the U.S., and aired from April 5 to October 4 of 1967 under the title of simply King Kong Sekai no Ōja Kingu Kongu Taikai) (キングコング. Rebroadcasts followed into the early 1970s. Kingu Kongu)[2]
Plot
In this TV series, King Kong befriends the Bond family and Captain Englehorn, with whom he goes on various adventures saving the world from monsters, robots, aliens, mad scientists and other threats.
Episodes
Episode no. | Title(s) | Air date[1] | |
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A part | B part | ||
0 | "King Kong" | 1966/09/06 | |
1 | "Under the Volcano" | "The Treasure Trap" | 1966/09/10 |
2 | "The Horror of Mondo Island" | "Dr. Who" | 1966/09/17 |
3 | "Rocket Island" | "The African Bees" | 1966/09/24 |
4 | "The Hunter" | "The Space Men" | 1966/10/01 |
5 | "The Jinx of the Sphinx" | "The Greeneyed Monster" | 1966/10/08 |
6 | "The Top of the World" | "The Golden Temple" | 1966/10/15 |
7 | "The Electric Circle" | "Mirror of Destruction" | 1966/10/22 |
8 | "Tiger Tiger" | "The Vise of Dr. Who" | 1966/10/29 |
9 | "King Kong's House" | "MechaniKong" | 1966/11/05 |
10 | "The Giant Sloths" | "The Legend of Loch Ness" | 1966/11/12 |
11 | "Dr. Bone" | "No Man's Snowman" | 1966/11/19 |
12 | "The Desert Pirates" | "Command Performance" | 1966/11/26 |
13 | "The Sea Surrounds Us" | "Show Biz" | 1966/12/03 |
14 | "The Wizard of Overlord" | "Perilous Porpoise" | 1966/12/10 |
15 | "The Trojan Horse" | "The Man from K.O.N.G." | 1966/12/17 |
16 | "Caribbean Cruise" | "Diver's Dilemma" | 1966/12/24 |
17 | "The Great Sun Spots" | "Kong Is Missing" | 1966/12/31 |
18 | "In the Land of the Giant Trees" | "Captain Kong" | 1967/01/07 |
19 | "Statue of Liberty Play" | "Pandora's Box" | 1967/01/14 |
20 | "Thousand Year Knockout" | "Desert City" | 1967/01/21 |
21 | "Eagle Squadron" | "Kong of Stone" | 1967/01/28 |
22 | "Murderer's Maze" | "Great Gold Strike" | 1967/02/04 |
23 | "It Wasn't There Again Today" | "Mad Whale" | 1967/02/11 |
24 | "King Kong Diamond" | "Anchors Away" | 1967/02/18 |
25 | "A Friend in Need" | 1967/02/25 | |
26 | "The Key to the City" | 1967/03/04 |
Episode no. | Title(s) | Air date[2] | |
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A part | B part | ||
0 | "King of the World: The King Kong Show" (世界の王者 キングコング大会) |
1966/12/31 | |
1 | "Attack of the African Bees" (アフリカ蜂の襲来) |
"King Kong Captured" (さらわれたキングコング) |
1967/04/05 |
2 | "The Rocket Island Conspiracy" (ロケット島の陰謀) |
"The Mysterious Volcano Empire" (謎の火山帝国) |
1967/04/19 |
3 | "Undersea Expedition" (海底探検) |
"Crisis on Mondo Island" (モンド島の危機) |
1967/04/26 |
4 | "Terror of the Laser Gun" (レーザー銃の恐怖) |
"A Flying Saucer Appears" (空飛ぶ円盤現わる) |
1967/05/03 |
5 | "Terror of the Sphinx" (スフィンクスの恐怖) |
"Bobby's Mistake" (ボビーのあやまち) |
1967/05/10 |
6 | "Robot Kong" (ロボット・コング) |
"Mirror of Terror" (恐怖の反射鏡) |
1967/05/17 |
7 | "Mystery of the Flood" (大洪水の謎) |
"The Golden Temple" (黄金の神殿) |
1967/05/24 |
8 | "The Atomic Wave Trap" (原子電波の罠) |
"Dr. Who's Scheme" (ドクター・フーの陰謀) |
1967/05/31 |
9 | "The Terrible Journey" (恐怖の探検旅行) |
"The Resurrected Tigers" (よみがえった虎) |
1967/06/07 |
10 | "The Giant Sloths" (巨大なナマケモノ) |
"The Desert Pirates" (砂漠の盗賊) |
1967/06/14 |
11 | "Kaijin Dr. Skull" (怪人どくろ博士) |
"Mystery of the Snowman" (雪男の謎) |
1967/06/21 |
12 | "The Loch Ness Monster" (ネス湖の怪物) |
"Kong's Recital" (コングの音楽会) |
1967/06/28 |
13 | "Rescue the Submarine" (潜水艦を救助せよ) |
"Kong the Actor" (大根役者のコング) |
1967/07/05 |
14 | "The Magic Emperor's Trap" (魔術大王の罠) |
"Perilous Porpoise" (危険なイルカ) |
1967/07/12 |
15 | "The Trojan Horse" (トロイの木馬) |
"Professor Bond Disappeared" (消えたボンド教授) |
1967/07/19 |
16 | "The Carribean Rebellion" (カリブ海の叛乱) |
"Search for the Undersea Missile" (海底のミサイルを探せ) |
1967/07/26 |
17 | "The Mysterious Sunspots" (謎の太陽黒点) |
"Maiko of the Jungle" (ジャングルのまい子) |
1967/08/02 |
18 | "The Titan From the Dream" (夢に見た巨人) |
"Captain Kong" (キャプテン・コング) |
1967/08/09 |
19 | "The Amazonian Statue of Liberty" (アマゾンの自由の女神) |
"Pandora's Box" (パンドラの箱) |
1967/08/16 |
20 | "Delay the Parisian Monster" (大怪物パリを遅う) |
"The Golden City in the Desert" (砂漠の黄金都市) |
1967/08/23 |
21 | "King Kong vs. the Giant Eagle" (キングコング対大鷲) |
"The Southern Conspiracy" (南国の陰謀) |
1967/08/30 |
22 | "The Maze of Death" (死を呼ぶ迷路) |
"The One-Eyed Giant" (一つ目の巨人) |
1967/09/06 |
23 | "Turtle in the Fog" (霧の中の海亀) |
"The White Whale" (白い巨鯨) |
1967/09/13 |
24 | "King Kong Diamond" (キングコングのダイヤモンド) |
"The Anchor is a Weapon" (武器は錨だ) |
1967/09/20 |
25 | "Our King Kong" (僕らのキングコング) |
1967/09/27 | |
26 | "King Kong in New York" (ニューヨークのキングコング) |
1967/10/04 |
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Written by Lew Lewis, Bernard Cowan, Ron Levy
- Executive producers Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
- Produced by William J. Keenan
- Associate producer Larry Roemer
- Character designs by Jack Davis, Rod Willis
- Animators Sakei Kitamasa, Osamu Kobayashi, Norio Fukumoto, Tsutomu Shibayama, Midori Kusube, Takao Kasai, Yasuo Maeda, Yuji Mori
- Theme song performed by Maury Laws, Jules Bass
- Japanese theme song performed by Toshiko Fujita, Honey Nights
- Lyrics and composing by Asei Kobayashi
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Carl Banas as Professor Bond
- Billie Mae Richards as Bobby Bond
- Susan Conway as Susan Bond
- John Drainie, Alf Scopp, Paul Soles as additional voices
Japanese dub
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Goro Naya as Professor Bond
- Toshiko Fujita as Bobby Bond
- Junko Hori as Susan Bond
Appearances
CharactersMonsters
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Weapons, vehicles and races
Locations
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Video releases
Classic Media DVD (King Kong: The Animated Series Vol. 1)
- Region: 1
- Discs: 1
- Audio: English (2.0 Mono)
- Special features: None
- Notes: Includes episodes 1-4 and 25, plus four episodes of Tom of T.H.U.M.B.
Classic Media DVD (King Kong: The Animated Series Vol. 2)
- Region: 1
- Discs: 1
- Audio: English (2.0 Mono)
- Special features: None
- Notes: Includes episodes 5-8 and 26, plus four episodes of Tom of T.H.U.M.B.
- Region: 4
- Discs: 2
- Audio: English (2.0 Mono)
- Special features: An extended version of the pilot episode
- Notes: Includes episodes 1-8 and 25-26, plus eight episodes of Tom of T.H.U.M.B.
Gallery
Video releases
Merchandise
Videos
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Trivia
- The King Kong Show was the first anime series produced in Japan for U.S. broadcast (not counting Rankin/Bass' previous Animagic stop-motion Christmas TV specials, which were also animated in Japan).
- This series was successful enough for Rankin/Bass to extend the Kong franchise to another Japanese film company, Toho (who had already produced the hit film King Kong vs. Godzilla in 1962). This resulted in Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (originally intended as a Kong film named Operation Robinson Crusoe: King Kong vs. Ebirah) and King Kong Escapes, the latter of which was loosely based on The King Kong Show. Dr. Who and Mechani-Kong both appeared as villains in the latter film, while Susan Bond's first name was given to one of the film's protagonists, Lieutenant Susan Watson. Kong's home of Mondo Island was carried over into the film as well.
External links
References
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