| Ape Escape | |
| Ja Kanji: | レッチュ ゲッチュ サルゲッチュ |
| Ja Romaji: | Retchu Getchu Saru Getchu |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Yorifusa Yamaguchi |
| Studio: | Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 2 min. |
| Network: | TV Tokyo |
| First: | April 2002 |
| Last: | September 2002 |
| Episodes: | 76 |
| Type: | film |
| Ape Escape: Battle for the Golden Pipo Helmet | |
| Director: | Yorifusa Yamaguchi |
| Studio: | Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Released: | August 17, 2002 |
| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
Ape Escape, known in Japan as, is a series of computer-generated anime shorts produced by Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment for TV Tokyo in 2002. It is based on the Ape Escape video game series, with the characters and designs based on Ape Escape 2 in particular. The series consists of 76 45-second shorts that aired as part of the Oha Suta variety program in Japan.[1] In 2004, three of these shorts were dubbed into English and aired in the inaugural Nicktoons Film Festival.[2] One of the festival's founders, Frederator Studios, would later produce their own series of Ape Escape shorts in 2009.
A 22-minute movie based on the series, entitled, was released on August 17, 2002, in Japan. The film was attached to and produced with assistance by Polygon Pictures.[3] [4]
Sony Computer Entertainment released a DVD featuring the entire series of shorts, as well as the movie on December 19, 2002, in Japan. The DVD came with a "Yappari Saru Get Chu" dance instruction video, and an exclusive Afrosaru trading card.[5]