| Ape Escape | |
 The complete collection DVD box art | |
| レッチュ ゲッチュ サルゲッチュ (Retchu Getchu Saru Getchu) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yorifusa Yamaguchi |
| Studio | Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 2002 – September 2002 |
| Episodes | 76 |
| Anime film | |
| Ape Escape: Battle for the Golden Pipo Helmet | |
| Directed by | Yorifusa Yamaguchi |
| Studio | Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Released | August 17, 2002 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
Ape Escape, known in Japan as Let's Get Saru Getchu (レッチュ ゲッチュ サルゲッチュ, Retchu Getchu Saru Getchu), 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 Ape Escape The Movie: Battle for the Golden Pipo Helmet (劇場版サルゲッチュ 黄金のピポヘル・ウッキーバト), was released on August 17, 2002, in Japan. The film was attached to Beyblade: Fierce Battle 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]
