Kong: The Animated Series is a French-American television series that follows King Kong, the title character based on the 1933 film of the same name.[1] The series was a co-production between BKN International, Ellipse Animation and M6, and premiered in France on the latter network on May 2, 2001. Kong was created to compete with Godzilla: The Series, and was the first show produced by BKN not to air in syndication.