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The franchise would receive its first direct television adaptation in 1996 with ''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]''. Produced by [[Nelvana]] and [[Medialab]] (the later replaced by [[wikipedia:Wang Film Productions|Hong Guang Animation]] for the show's final season), ''Donkey Kong Country'' had Donkey Kong and friends protecting the wish-granting [[Crystal Coconut]] from being stolen by King K. Rool and his two idiotic henchmen, [[Krusha (character)|Krusha]] and [[General Klump]]. Like the game it was based on, the ''Donkey Kong Country'' animated series was a technological innovator: in addition to being of the first computer-animated television series, it was the first full-length television series to be animated using motion capture. | The franchise would receive its first direct television adaptation in 1996 with ''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]''. Produced by [[Nelvana]] and [[Medialab]] (the later replaced by [[wikipedia:Wang Film Productions|Hong Guang Animation]] for the show's final season), ''Donkey Kong Country'' had Donkey Kong and friends protecting the wish-granting [[Crystal Coconut]] from being stolen by King K. Rool and his two idiotic henchmen, [[Krusha (character)|Krusha]] and [[General Klump]]. Like the game it was based on, the ''Donkey Kong Country'' animated series was a technological innovator: in addition to being of the first computer-animated television series, it was the first full-length television series to be animated using motion capture. | ||
Parallel to ''Donkey Kong Country'', Medialab also produced and animated ''[[La planète de Donkey Kong]]'' from 1996-2001 on [[wikipedia:France 2|France 2]]. A programming block-type show for France 2's children programming, ''La planète de Donkey Kong'' consisted of airing of various children series framed by segments starring Donkey, Diddy, Funky, and Candy Kong as the hosts of various musical and parodic skits. Though ostensibly aimed toward children, ''La planète de Donkey Kong'' was acclaimed for its irreverent post-modern humor. | |||
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