Kong: The Animated Series
| Kong: The Animated Series | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Adventure |
| Written by |
Merian C. Cooper Randy Littlejohn |
| Voices of |
Kirby Morrow Scott McNeil Saffron Henderson Daphne Goldrick David Kaye Paul Dobson Pauline Newstone |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Allen Bohbot |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
BKN International M6 Metropole Television Philippine Animation Studio inc. Ellipseanime |
| Release | |
| Original network | BKN (first run syndication) |
| Original release | September 9, 2000 – March 26, 2001 |
| External links | |
| Production website | |
Kong: The Animated Series was an American-Canadian television series for children that follows King Kong, the monster of the 1933 film of the same name. Kong was created to compete with Godzilla: The Series, and first aired on BKN in 2000. In May 2001, Fox Kids began airing reruns of the first 13 episodes. Then, Jetix began airing reruns on September 9, 2005, as a prelude to the release of Peter Jackson's King Kong. Additionally, two direct-to-DVD movies based on the series were released: Kong: King of Atlantis, where Kong fights to save the mythic island from a vicious snake sorceress (and which also contains three musical numbers; the only Kong film to do so) in 2005 and Kong: Return to the Jungle, where poachers capture Kong and other animals from his island to sell to a zoo, in 2007.
When King Kong fell from the skyscraper upon being taken down by the biplanes, a scientist named Dr. Lorna Jenkins took DNA samples from him which she used to recreate Kong with the help of the DNA of her grandson Jason. Many years later, Dr. Lorna Jenkins sends an E-Mail to her grandson where he and his friend Eric "Tan" Tannenbaum IV are invited to Kong's home on Kong Island. What they didn't know is that their university professor Ramone De La Porta had tampered with the E-Mail so that he got invited as well. Upon meeting the native girl Lua, the group is taken to Dr. Lorna Jenkin's lab where Ramone's true colors are shown. Upon getting access to the Cyber-Link technology, Ramone uses it to steal some of the Primal Stones in a plot to take over the world. The Primal Stones were used to keep the demon Chiros in his prison. With his Cyber-Link that can merge him with Kong, Jason and his friends must work to reclaim the Primal Stones from Ramone De La Porta and his followers while fighting the forces of Chiros.
There are 13 Primal Stones, Now 13 had their names revealed. These were the mystic stones that kept the demon Chiros locked in his imprisonment. The Primal Stones that are mentioned and/or used are:
After the series ended, two direct-to-DVD movies were produced: Kong: King of Atlantis, released in 2005 and Kong: Return to the Jungle, released in 2007. The first movie was produced to try and cash in on the 2005 King Kong remake and that same year, Toon Disney's "Jetix" would air not only this movie but the original series as well to also take advantage of the 2005 movie's release.
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