Donkey Kong Country (1997)

Directed by

Mike Fallows

Genre

animation, action & adventure, comedy, sci-fi & fantasy, kids

Country

People's Republic of China, France, Canada

Length

2 seasons, 40 episodes

Rated

TV-Y7

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The show follows Donkey Kong and his friends on Kongo Bongo Island as they protect the Crystal Coconut from various villains. It is an animated series based on the popular video game franchise.

energeticwhimsicallightheartedplayfulbrightfast-pacedfuncartoonish

What happens

Donkey Kong Country is a 1997 animated television series based on the video game Donkey Kong Country from Nintendo and Rare, co-produced by Nelvana Limited, Medialab Studio L.A. (Season 1) and Hong Guang Animation (Season 2), in association with WIC Entertainment, with the participation of Teletoon—for Season 1, it was produced in co-production with France 2, Canal+, and produced in association with Valar 4. The show was first introduced in France on September 4, 1996, on France 2, on a hybrid live-action and performance-capture-animated block titled La Planète de Donkey Kong (The Planet of Donkey Kong). It later became a full series and broadcast from August 15, 1997, to July 7, 2000. Donkey Kong Country is the first television series to be primarily animated using performance capture technology. Several elements of the series, such as the Crystal Coconut, appeared in later Donkey Kong video games like Donkey Kong 64 (itself released three years after the show began airing on television). The second season was produced by Taiwanese CG studio CGCG (which featured updated character models, silkier lighting and key framing as opposed to performance capture), and was first announced in May 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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