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''The King Kong Show'' is an American/Japanese children's animated television series produced in 1966 by Videocraft of the USA, and Japan's Toei Animation and is the first anime series produced in Japan for an American company (not counting Rankin/Bass' previous Animagic stop motion specials, also animated in Japan). ABC ran the series in the US between September 10, 1966, and August 31, 1969. This series is an animated adaptation of the famous movie monster King Kong with character designs by Jack Davis and Rod Willis. In this series, the giant ape befriends the Bond Family, with whom he goes on various adventures, saving the world from monsters, robots, aliens, mad scientists and other threats. Included is a comical cartoon show called ''Tom Of T.H.U.M.B.,'' about a three inch tall secret agent for T.H.U.M.B.("The ''T''iny ''H''uman ''U''nderground ''M''ilitary ''B''ureau") named Tom and his equally tiny Asian "sidekick" Swinging Jack, who are sent out in a variety of miniature vehicles by their bad-tempered boss, Chief Homer J. Chief, to foil the fiendish plots of M.A.D.(Maladjusted, Antisocial and Darn mean), an evil organization made up of black-cloaked scientists out to destroy the world. (Neither Tom's nor Swinging Jack's full names are ever revealed in any of the ''Tom Of T.H.U.M.B.'' installments.) In Japan, the first two episodes were combined into a 56-minute special, titled , and was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) on December 31, 1966. The rest of the series, with the inclusion of ''Tom of T.H.U.M.B.'', was broadcast on NET as ''King Kong & 001/7 Tom Thumb'' (''Kingu Kongu * 001/7 Oyayubi Tomu'' - ''キングコング・001/7親指トム''), and aired on April 5 to October 4, 1967, with a total of 26 episodes. This series was successful enough for Rankin/Bass to extend the Kong franchise to another Japanese company, Toho (which already produced the hit ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' in 1962). This resulted in ''Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster'' (originally intended as a Kong film) and ''King Kong Escapes'', which was based on ''The King Kong Show''. On November 15, 2005, Sony Wonder released 8 episodes (two ''King Kong'' cartoons separated by a ''Tom of T.H.U.M.B.'' cartoon) on two DVD releases. The pilot episode was included, in two parts, between the two DVDs. ==Music== Theme music for the series was recorded in London, England, in 1965, using primarily British studio musicians. Canadian conductor, vocalist, and former Kitchener-Waterloo ''Record'' entertainment columnist Harry Currie provided vocal talent on the recording. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The King Kong Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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