“First Japan-animated US TV series featuring King Kong battling Dr. Who, paired with Tom of T.H.U.M.B. gag segments.”
King Kong - 001/7 Tom Thumb
キングコング・001/7親指トム
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First Japan-animated US TV series featuring King Kong battling Dr. Who, paired with Tom of T.H.U.M.B. gag segments.
Professor Bond is doing research on an island in the Java Sea when his son discovers the giant ape and befriends him, and together they fight to protect Kong from Dr. Who, who has sinister designs on the ape. Each episode consisted of a King Kong story, a Tom of T.H.U.M.B., then another King Kong story. Tom of T.H.U.M.B. is a gag cartoon about a secret agent and his oriental sidekick. Animage Pocket Data Notes credits MORI Yasuji and KANISHI Takao as either character designers or animation directors of the latter, differing from the credits for the King Kong portion of the show. This was the first cartoon TV series animated entirely in Japan expressly for American television. American sources state Rankin-Bass commissioned the work from Videocraft International; Japanese sources state it was produced by Videocraft/Toei Doga. (Source: AniDB)
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A Tv Production · Spring 1967
Toei Animation.- Format 26 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 50m all episodes
- Aired Apr 1967 – Oct 1967 Spring 1967
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-8170 catalog