Donkey Kong's adventure
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Donkey Kong's adventure |
| Original title | La Planète de Donkey Kong |
| Country of production | France , Canada |
| original language | French |
| Production company |
France 2 , Nelvana |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 40 in 2 seasons |
| genre | adventure |
| idea | Jacques Goldstein, Philippe Percebois |
| production | 1996-2000 |
| music | Pure West |
| First broadcast | September 4, 1996 on France 2 |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 30, 2001 on Super RTL |
Donkey Kong's Adventures is a computer-animated television series based on characters from the Donkey Kong Country game series .
Plot and characters
The rare, valuable and powerful crystal coconut has Donkey Kong as a future ruler of Congo Bongo chosen. Until the time of his official appointment as ruler, he has the honorable task of protecting the crystal coconut, because because of its power, thieves keep trying to steal it. Usually this is King Kroko , a malicious but intelligent crocodile who wants to use the power of the coconut to become ruler of Congo Bongo himself . Attempts to get hold of the coconut are always thwarted by Donkey Kong . In addition, King Kroko has to fight with the lack of intellect of his troops, which makes the attacks against Donkey Kong and his friends even more difficult.
main characters
- Donkey Kong : Future ruler of the Congo Bongo and protector of the crystal coconut.
- Diddy Kong : Donkey Kong's best friend, whom he spends a lot of time with.
- Bubbels : The oldest monkey in the Congo Bongo, who uses every opportunity to badmouth Donkey Kong.
- King Kroko : opponent of Donkey Kong, who wants to get possession of the crystal coconut.
- Candy Kong : friend of Donkey Kong, with whom Bluster is also in love.
Minor characters
- Funky Kong : slightly wacky monkey who works as a pilot. His biggest hobby is surfing.
- Dixie Kong : She's Diddy Kong's girlfriend.
- Bluster Kong : richest monkey in Congo Bongo, who runs a barrel factory.
- General Zack : Right hand of King Kroko, who takes his orders.
- Kracher : Extremely strong, but not exactly intelligent helper from Zack.
- Eddie : A Yeti who lives in the mountains of Congo Bongo.
- Inka Dinka Doo : Wise oracle that the residents of Congo Bongo can ask for advice.
- Captain Narby : Pirate and brother of Zack.
- Schnitti & Grünrock : followers of Captain Narby.
- Kroki Troops : Troops from King Kroko.
- Polly Roger : Thieving parrot.
synchronization
| role | French speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Donkey Kong | Nicolas Bienvenu | Tobias Master |
| Diddy Kong | Véronique Alicia | Ilona Schulz |
| Bubbels | Marie Montoya | Hasso Zorn |
| King crocodile | Helmut Krauss | |
| Candy Kong | Véronique Alicia | Christin Marquitan |
| Funky Kong | Philippe Sax | Joachim Kaps |
| Bluster Kong | Andreas von der Meden | |
| General Zack | Yves Barsacq | Bernd Schramm |
| Cracker | Philippe Sax | Karl Schulz |
| Inca Dinka Doo | Lutz Riedel | |
| Captain Narby | Jürgen Kluckert | |
| Polly Roger | Michael Pan |
Episodes
A total of 40 episodes of Donkey Kong's adventures were produced in two seasons. However, only season 2 was translated into German.
Season 1 (26 episodes)
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in France | German language first broadcast (DE) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | - * | Le singe invisible | - * | |
| 2 | 2 | - * | Le grand frisson | - * | |
| 3 | 3 | - * | Donkey se fait des cheveux | - * | |
| 4th | 4th | - * | The aventuriers de la banane perdue | - * | |
| 5 | 5 | - * | Le singe qui rétrécit | - * | |
| 6th | 6th | - * | Sing a la mer | - * | |
| 7th | 7th | - * | Rayé du pouvoir | - * | |
| 8th | 8th | - * | You zéro au heros absolu | - * | |
| 9 | 9 | - * | La chasse au trésor | - * | |
| 10 | 10 | - * | La limonades à chatouilles | - * | |
| 11 | 11 | - * | Vis ta vie Bluster! | - * | |
| 12 | 12 | - * | Malédiction sur Congo Bongo | - * | |
| 13 | 13 | - * | Orangu tango | - * | |
| 14th | 14th | - * | À fond la caisse | - * | |
| 15th | 15th | - * | Lourdingue, le Klump | - * | |
| 16 | 16 | - * | Un spot s-ingénieux | - * | |
| 17th | 17th | - * | Kong Fu | - * | |
| 18th | 18th | - * | Les allumés de l'amulette | - * | |
| 19th | 19th | - * | Le danger venu du ciel | - * | |
| 20th | 20th | - * | Baby Kong Blues | - * | |
| 21st | 21st | - * | Lune, lune ... | - * | |
| 22nd | 22nd | - * | Rendez-vous doublés | - * | |
| 23 | 23 | - * | Amnesia | - * | |
| 24 | 24 | - * | De l'amour à la haine | - * | |
| 25th | 25th | - * | Cherche tonneau ... désespérément! | - * | |
| 26th | 26th | - * | La legend de la noix de coco en cristal | - * |
* not published in Germany
Season 2 (14 episodes)
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in France | German language first broadcast (DE) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | The Congo Bongo Festival of Lights | La fête des lumières de Congo Bongo | 2001 | |
| 28 | 2 | The big movie | Silence! On tour! | 2001 | |
| 29 | 3 | The miraculous remedy | La Rhino-Congo Bongogite | 2001 | |
| 30th | 4th | The day when time stood still | Le jour où l'île s'arrêta | 2001 | |
| 31 | 5 | The message in a bottle | Goodbye Congo Bongo! | 2001 | |
| 32 | 6th | The mystical oracle | L'oracle mystique | 2001 | |
| 33 | 7th | The botched wedding | Titre français inconnu | 2001 | |
| 34 | 8th | Choose Donkey Kong | Vote de kong-fiance | 2001 | |
| 35 | 9 | The great delusion | Une noix de coco à la noix | 2001 | |
| 36 | 10 | who is who | Robot Kong | 2001 | |
| 37 | 11 | Bluster's eerie transformation | Titre français inconnu | 2001 | |
| 38 | 12 | My friend the enemy | Les ennemis intimate | 2001 | |
| 39 | 13 | The nightmare | La vie est belle | 2001 | |
| 40 | 14th | April Fools | Banana d'avril! | 2001 |
production
Donkey Kong's Adventure or La Planète de Donkey Kong (original title) was produced and published by Nelvana Limited and the French television channel France 2 . The idea for the series came from Jacques Goldstein and Philippe Percebois. The title music and soundtrack were produced by Pure West. In Germany, Donkey Kong's adventures were broadcast on the TV channels Super RTL and Das Vierte .
The series is based on the Donkey Kong series published by Rare and Nintendo , specifically Donkey Kong Country , which was published in 1994 for the Super Nintendo under the direction of Tim Stamper and Gregg Mayles . The appearance of the characters in the series was largely modeled on that of the SNES game. Only Dixie Kong's clothes have been designed in a different color and the overall appearance of Candy Kong has been slightly changed. In addition, Cranky Kong and King K. Rool were renamed Bubbels and King Kroko, respectively. In other language versions of the series, however, the two have their usual name.
After the success of the French and American seasons, La Planète de Donkey Kong (France) and Donkey Kong Country (USA) were gradually translated into various languages and used in many countries, such as France , Canada , USA , Great Britain , Finland , Sweden , Japan , Italy , Germany , Spain , Australia , Brazil , Portugal or Spain.
DVD release
The series is also available on DVD in certain languages . Three DVDs were initially released in German, each containing two episodes of the series.
| DVD | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | running time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 | The big movie | The Congo Bongo Festival of Lights | approx. 45 min |
| Volume 2 | The miraculous remedy | The day when time stood still | approx. 45 min |
| Volume 3 | The mystical oracle | The botched wedding | approx. 45 min |
On August 18, 2017, the entire second season with the 14 German-dubbed episodes was released on DVD for the first time.
Awards
In 1999 the French version of Donkey Kong's adventures, La Planète de Donkey Kong , won the 7 d'Or Award for the best animation and youth program (original award : "Meilleure émission d'animation et de jeunesse").
Trivia
- Donkey Kong's battle cry can be seen as a kind of running gag . This reads: "BANANA HAMMA!" .
- In the series, many monologues or dialogues are dealt with in song form. In the German version of the series, however, the songs are usually not sung by the original speakers.
- In the US, an advertisement for Donkey Kong Country for the Game Boy Color appeared in the style of Donkey Kong's adventures.
Web links
- Donkey Kong adventure in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Donkey Kong's adventure at fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Donkey Kong Country (television series) ( English ) MarioWiki. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ↑ Donkey Kong's Adventure. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on November 22, 2015 .
- ^ Donkey Kong Country . MyVideo . Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ↑ Donkey Kong's Adventure DVDs . TV series.de. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ↑ Donkey Kong Country (television series) ( English ) DK-Wiki. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ↑ Japancommercials4U2: Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color Version) USA Commercial ( English ) YouTube . December 2, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2015.