Donkey Kong Country (TV series)

Donkey Kong Country is a computer animated musical television series that was loosely based on the Nintendo franchise Donkey Kong. The series was co-produced by Nelvana, 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+, in association with Valar 4.
The show was first introduced in France on September 4, 1996, on France 2, on a block titled La Planète de Donkey Kong (The Planet of Donkey Kong). Later, the show premiered as a full series on August 15, 1997, until the final episode's ending on July 7, 2000.
Donkey Kong Country was one of the earliest television shows to be entirely animated with motion capture technology. Several elements of the series, such as the Crystal Coconut, appeared in later Donkey Kong video games like Donkey Kong 64, which was released three years after the show began airing on television. The second season was produced by Taiwanese CGI studio CGCG—which updated the character models, silkier lighting, and used key framing—having been announced as early as May 1999.
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