Random: OG Donkey Kong Country TV Series Cast Reunites For Animated Short

I saw this in my recommended tab on YouTube but never got around to watching it. It had over 150,000 views within 7 hours of uploading, so I knew it must be good. I didn't know it had the cast from the original cartoon, though. I had the VHS tape of "Legend of the Crystal Coconut" as a kid, which basically compiles a few episodes together into a movie. I unironically find it very enjoyable to this day. The early CG is atrocious and there's moments of cringe for sure, but lots of the jokes are genuinely funny, the voice casting is pretty great, and the soundtrack absolutely slaps. Look up "The Mirror Never Lies" or "The Booty Booty" and tell me it isn't a banger. I started watching a few other episodes of the series on a free streaming service and want to eventually finish the whole thing.

Except for Krusha's voice actor, Len Carlson. He sadly passed away in 2006. As for the animated short, this was such a delight. I can not believe, how much effort fans sometimes put into these fan projects. I really hope Nintendo will realize soon, that DKC fans actually like K. Rool and the Kremling Krew and only see them as the true main bad guys of this franchise.

Of course, they can always switch the enemies, but so far, all of them were a disappointment. The evil Kongs from DK: Jungle Beat were just evil Kongs and nothing more, the Tikis from DKCR were unique and creative, but lack personality and charm, and the Snowmads from DKC:TF, especially their leader, feel more like Arctic and Antarctic versions of the Kremlings.

I adore the animation. I’d love a proper show of this quality!

“Banana Slamma!”

The art style is REALLY bad and a poor choice in my opinion, I’m sorry. Maybe I’m just used to DK being in 3D animation

@gloom
That is 3D animation. The cel-shaded 3D models are just rendered in a way to give the illusion of 2D.

Those songs are just awesome. Need some mp3s of them!!!

See, this is the kind of animation I would like to see from a Donkey Kong TV series. I know that the original animated series was made back when movies and television that were entirely rendered in CGI were still largely in their infancy, but the character models for everyone back then (Donkey Kong especially) were so cursed, that it still makes me shudder to this day.

As it is, not counting the Pokémon anime or any anime shorts for the 3DS or the Internet, the last TV series that was based on a Nintendo franchise was F-Zero: GP Legend. Sadly, the channel that ran it on TV here in America, 4Kids TV, dropped the show before the story ended, but continued to run Kirby: Right Back at Ya! until its completion (or at least what counted as completion for 4Kids, since they had a history of butchering any anime they got their hands on; it's a good thing they're no longer in business).

I'd say we're ripe for a new Nintendo cartoon. Hopefully, with the wildfire success of the Mario movie, Nintendo will start making more cartoons (specifically anime) based on their franchises. I'd love to see a Zelda anime series made by Ufotable, which makes the Demon Slayer anime and will be making an anime based on Genshin Impact. I know many people say Studio Ghibli should make it, but honestly, after seeing the concept trailer for the Genshin Impact anime, I'd say Ufotable is the better choice of studio.

so much better than the dodgy CGI.

Thanks for covering this wonderful masterpiece! Deserves to get millions of views. I loved the visuals, writing and music.

Got the original series not long ago on dvd. I remember watching it in the 90's, early 2000's. Whenever I am in that 90's summer mood I will watch an episode here and there.

The old show isn't that bad. The animation is really uncanny, but we have to remember, that this was one of the very first 3D animated series for television.

I like that it addresses how illogical it is for repitilians to want to steal bananas.

Hope the song becomes available on its own soon because it's an absolute BOP. Right up there with The Mirror Never Lies.

I’m surprised that A Fox in Space Episode 2 never got an article.

it would be nice seeing the dkc tv show reanimated like this....like, i mean, the shows animation still haunts my dreams.

Seeing a few resurgence of DK lately, mario movie, lego set, this. I'm starting to think that 3D DK title is going to be a switch 2 launch title with Mario later in the generation. Makes sense, don't want get stale with Mario every console launch.

@Sequel Switch didn’t have Mario at console launch, nor did the 3DS, Wii, DS, GameCube it GBA.
The WiiU did though which is only one generation back, but in the grand scheme launching with Mario is now not all that common and far from stale. It’d be interesting to see if DK could support a console launch, I’d love to see him get more attention.

@Ogbert I thought odyssey came out at launch, but didn't get switch till late so not sure. It's rumored the DK game is being made by Odyssey team and supposedly "Shigeru Miyamoto has been a major influence on the project and wants Donkey Kong to be an A-tier Nintendo franchise." (Exputer article)... so the pedigree is potentially there. Obviously all rumors but there's something believable about it

@Sequel nah Odyssey was later that year. It launched with Breath of the Wild, 1-2-Switch, Bomberman and Snipperclips. That’s why a lot of people thought Tears of the Kingdom might also be a Switch2 launch title.

@Sequel
If this is true, let's hope that Shigeru Miyamoto prefers crocodiles to demon gorillas, wooden drums and walruses.

@AstroTheGamosian Actually, 4Kids (now known as 4K Media) did every episode of the Kirby anime excluding the pilot.

Additionally, 4Kids is not responsible for butchering the anime they dubbed. Blame the Federal Communications Commission on that.