Kong: King of the Apes
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kong: King of the Apes |
| Original title | Kong: King of the Apes |
| Country of production | United States , Canada , Japan |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2016-2018 |
| Production company |
41 Entertainment, Arad Animation |
| length | 83 minutes (episode 1), (remaining) 23 minutes |
| Episodes | 23 in 2 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Animation , adventure , science fiction |
| idea | Avi Arad |
| production | Alexandra Bland |
| music | Allen Bohbot |
| Initial release | April 15, 2016 on Netflix |
First publication in German |
April 15, 2016 on Netflix |
Kong: King of the Apes (original Kong: King of the Apes ) is an animated science fiction - adventure series for children from Avi Arad , on the figure King Kong in addition to and in the second season on Edgar Rice Burroughs 's fictional world Pellucidar based. The first season, which begins with a movie, was released on Netflix on April 15, 2016 , and the second on May 4, 2018.
publication
In October 2014, Netflix ordered the CGI- animated series Kong: King of the Apes , consisting of a film and 12 episodes, from the animation studio 41 Entertainment and Arad Animations with Avi Arad as executive producer . It appeared on Netflix on April 15, 2016 as a 13-part season with the film as the first episode. This lasts 83 minutes, the remaining episodes 22 minutes. When it was released on Prime Video , the film was split into four 22-minute episodes. By watching the episodes of the first season on Netflix, short clips of one minute each are activated separately under the title Fighting - Kong: King of the Apes .
In June 2016, the series was extended by another season, which appeared with 10 episodes on May 4, 2018. In May 2019 it was announced that Netflix would no longer continue the series.
action
Movie
As a baby, Kong was saved from poachers by the boy Lukas Remy and his family, to which his father, the scientist Dr. Leo Remy and his twin brother Richard were taken to San Francisco . When Kong has a growth spurt and suddenly becomes huge, they move into the redwoods . Richard is injured in an accident in her father's laboratory, for which he blames Kong, and leaves the family. Ten years later (in 2050) Richard is a scientist building bionic robots from dinosaurs; Luke, in turn, saves endangered animals. When Kong takes part in a rescue operation, the media gets attention again. Kong is now said to wear an electronic safety collar and live on Alcatraz Island , which is then called Kong Island, where Leo Remy is establishing a natural history and marine reserve for Lukas' rescued animals, while Richard is setting up an amusement park with his robots. Richard manipulates Kong's collar so that he freaks out and appears as a monster, whereupon the monkey has to flee into the woods with Lukas and his friends. Richard leaves by poachers Liger , who had been rescued by Luke, threaten, thus Kong and his friends return and liberate them. Richard makes it appear to the media as if Kong stole weapons in the process, so that he is now considered a criminal.
Episodes
In the other episodes of the first season Richard and his Bionobots develop various evil plans against Kong and Lukas, who have to stop him and save animals. Richard builds himself up with Bionobot technology, while his Bionobot assistant Botila, because she feels oppressed, slowly rebels. Just as Kong begins to want to know his origins, Richard lures him and Lukas up a volcano and pushes them into it, whereupon Botila pushes Richard down again. You land in an underground jungle world with living dinosaurs.
In the second season they find a temple of a monkey civilization from which Kong was descended and was sent up. Because the public saw Richard push Kong and his brother into the volcano, when they get back up, Richard is seen as a wanted criminal and Kong as a hero. Botila has now taken over Kong Island and is planning to take control with clones, the AI liberation front. After defeating Botila and Richard, Kong decides to stay in the underground world while his human friends choose to live in both worlds.
characters
- Kong
- was saved as a baby by Lukas Remy. He's growing into a giant, but he keeps the brains of a three year old. He becomes a fugitive from the law in season one, but his reputation is cleaned up again in season two. In the subterranean jungle world, he and his friends find out his origins: He is descended from the local ape civilization and was sent upstairs to save them.
- Dr. Leo Remy
- was the father of the twins Lukas and Richard and a respected bionics scientist. He died a year after establishing the natural history and marine reserve on Alcatraz, which he bequeathed to his two sons in equal parts.
- Lukas Remy
- is a son of Dr. Remy and Richard's twin brother. Of the two brothers, he is the one who cares about nature and animals. As a boy he saved the baby monkey Kong. Later he and his team go on rescue missions for endangered animals.
- Richard Remy
- is Lukas' twin brother. In contrast to this, he is not a fan of nature or animals and from the start had a strong dislike for Kong, whom he considers a stupid monkey. Instead, he is obsessed with the bionic robots and emulates his father in them. After he was injured in an accident in his father's laboratory, he modified himself to become the first bionic human, including an artificial eye. He has built a Bionobot assistant named Botila and several Bionobt dinosaurs, with which he turns Alcatraz into an amusement park. But he uses this to harm Kong and Lukas.
- Botila
- is a female bionic robot built by Richard and his personal assistant. Because Richard doesn't value her share in his successes against Lukas and Kong and doesn't see her as an equal partner, she betrays Richard. She takes over Kong Island and Richard's Bionobots, including three clones of herself, with whom she forms the AI liberation front as "Majesty Botila". Eventually she is betrayed by her clones herself.
- Lukas' team
- Lukas later goes on rescue missions for endangered animals with his best friend Doug Jones, called Jonesy, a technology specialist. On Kong Island, the siblings Amy, a veterinarian, and Danny Chon, who can talk to Kong and other animals, join them. When they have to flee into the woods, Anita, the Remys housekeeper, comes with them, who has a bionically modified parrot named Chatter. In the second episode, Anita's great niece Franciska, known as Panchi, joins them after Lukas and Kong save her from an anaconda.
- More opponents
- Commissioner Decker: the San Francisco police chief who hunts Kong as a criminal after Richard accuses him of theft.
- Brag and Wheeler: two poachers who hunted Kong as a baby and are hired by Richard
Episode list
Season 1 (2016)
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The adventure begins | The Adventure Begins |
| 2 | 2 | Snake on the lookout | Snake in the grass |
| 3 | 3 | Kong in 3D | Kong in 3D |
| 4th | 4th | Poaching price | Poacher's Prize |
| 5 | 5 | The ransom | Kong's ransomware |
| 6th | 6th | Small bots, big problems | Little Bots Big Problems |
| 7th | 7th | Botila zilla | Botila zilla |
| 8th | 8th | The arms race | Bionic Arms Race |
| 9 | 9 | Honey, I've shrunk the kong | Honey I Shrunk the Kong |
| 10 | 10 | Kong on the ice | Kong on Ice |
| 11 | 11 | takeover | Takeover |
| 12 | 12 | Roboskitos | Robosquitos |
| 13 | 13 | Missing | Missing |
| All episodes were released internationally on April 15, 2016 on Netflix . | |||
Fights (2016)
| No. | title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hustle and bustle in the woods |
| 2 | Bracelets: Fight in the factory |
| 3 | Invisibility Cap: Fight in the factory |
| 4th | Jetpack: ink killer |
| 5 | Bracelets: ink killers |
| 6th | Kongsprung: Mixed up at the mine |
| 7th | Invisibility cap: mixed up at the mine |
| 8th | Power burps: war or fly |
| 9 | Kongsprung: war or fly |
| 10 | Tree trunk: jungle fever |
| 11 | Giant rocks: jungle fever |
| 12 | Tree trunk: thawed |
| 13 | Kongsprung: Thawed |
| 14th | Bracelets: war or fly - the revenge |
| 15th | Jetpack: War or Fly - The Revenge |
| 16 | Kong-Fu: Deep in the ink |
| 17th | Power burps: deep in the ink |
| 18th | Bracelets: trouble on Kong Island |
| 19th | Kong Jump: Trouble on Kong Island |
| 20th | Invisibility Cap: Street Fight |
| 21st | Jetpack: street fight |
| 22nd | Jetpack: mosquito monster |
| 23 | Kong-Fu: Mosquito Monster |
| 24 | Mega Kong: Ko Total |
Season 2 (2018)
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | 1 | The primeval world under your feet | The Primordial World Below |
| 15th | 2 | A civilization believed to be lost | Lost Civilization Found! |
| 16 | 3 | Appearance | Emergence |
| 17th | 4th | Reparation | Redemption |
| 18th | 5 | Home sweet home | No place like home |
| 19th | 6th | Locked in | Cave-in |
| 20th | 7th | Into space | Sky's the limit |
| 21st | 8th | Laboratory animal | Lab advice |
| 22nd | 9 | rise of Evil | Rise of Evil |
| 23 | 10 | Every man for himself | Battle Royale |
| All episodes were released internationally on May 4, 2018 on Netflix . | |||
synchronization
The German synchronization emerged after dialogue books by Martin Westphal and Sabine Hinrichs and the dialogue director Stephan Rabow by SDI Media Germany GmbH in Berlin.
| role | Original speaker | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Kong | Lee Tockar | |
| Leo Remy | Lee Tockar | Peter Flechtner |
| Lukas Remy | Alessandro Juliani S1 | Giles Panton |
| Dirk Stollberg S2 | ||
| Richard Remy | Samuel Vincent | Vanya Gerick |
| Botila | Kathleen Barr | Ilona Brokowski |
| Doug Jones | Viv Leacock | Jan Makino S1 |
| Hannes Maurer S2 | ||
| Danny Chon | Vincent Tong | Dirk Petrick |
| Amy Chon | Shannon Chan-Kent | Anna Gamburg |
| Anita | Tabitha St. Germain | Caroline Sanchez |
| Franciska / Panchi | Friedel Morgenstern S1 | |
| Lydia Morgenstern S2 | ||
| Commissioner Decker | Lee Tockar | Gerald Paradise S1 |
| Andreas Hosang S2 |
Crossover
Kong appears in the animated series Tarzan and Jane, also produced by 41 Entertainment and Avi Arad, on Netflix. In the finale of the second season, Tarzan and Jane find Kong, who was brought to the surface and captured by evil scientists with a dinosaur. The three end up together in the underground world of Pellucidar.
Nominations
At the Behind the Voice Actors Awards 2016, Sam Vincent in the role of Richard Remy was nominated as best narrator for a male lead, Lee Tockar in the role of Commissioner Decker as best narrator in a supporting male role and Kathleen Barr in the role of Botila as best narrator for a female supporting role .
Web links
- Kong: King of the monkeys in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Todd Spangler: Netflix orders King Kong movie, animated series from Avi Arad . In: Variety . October 1, 2014. Accessed April 1, 2020.
- ↑ Cody Schultz: Netflix Renews 'Kong: King of the Apes', Announces 5 New Original Animated Offerings . In: Hidden Remote . June 17, 2016. Accessed April 1, 2020.
- ↑ Kasey Moore: 'Tarzan and Jane' & 'Kong-King of the Apes' not returning to Netflix . In: What's on Netflix . May 2, 2019. Accessed April 1, 2020.
- ↑ a b Kong: King of the Apes - The Movie. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on April 1, 2020 . Kong: King of the Apes. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on April 1, 2020 .
- ↑ 6th Annual BTVA Awards 2016