Underplayed Gems

The King Kong Show (1966)

The King Kong Show poster
Genre
action anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga
Country
United States, Japan
Length
3 seasons, 25 episodes
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A giant ape named King Kong goes on adventures with a young boy. They face various monsters and villains in each episode.

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What happens

King Kong (キングコング⅐親指トム, Kingu Kongu 00+1⁄7 Oyayubi Tomu), commonly referred to as The King Kong Show, is an American anime-based animated television series produced by Videocraft International and Toei Animation. ABC ran the series in the United States on Saturday mornings between September 6, 1966, and March 4, 1967. It is the first animated series produced in Japan for an American company (not counting Rankin/Bass' previous Animagic stop motion productions, which were also animated in Japan), making it an example of an anime-based work. This series is an animated adaptation of the famous film monster King Kong with character designs by Jack Davis and Rod Willis. It is also the first animated series in the King Kong franchise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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