Everyone's favorite giant ape is making his way back to the screen in the first Kong: Skull Island show image. The anime series marks the first spinoff in Legendary's MonsterVerse franchise that kicked off with the Gareth Edwards' Godzilla, the second American-produced Godzilla movie after the disastrous Roland Emmerich film. Kong: Skull Island was the second installment in the MonsterVerse and shifted the action back to 1973 as a group of scientists and Vietnam soldiers become marooned while studying the titular island and must fight to escape.

Following the success of the first two outings, Legendary forged ahead with its interconnected MonsterVerse plans, including Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong and the upcoming Kong: Skull Island anime. The series was ordered by Legendary and Netflix in early 2021 with Love and Monsters and Spontaneous' Brian Duffield set to write and co-executive produce with Jacob Robinson. After over a year of development, audiences are finally getting their first taste of what's to come from the next chapter of the MonsterVerse.

As part of the streaming platform's Geeked Week, Netflix has released the first Kong: Skull Island image. The still from the upcoming anime series shows two characters standing on a beach of the titular locale in the middle of a footprint from the iconic MonsterVerse character. Check out the first image below:


The Kong: Skull Island show is expected to revolve around a new group of characters who find themselves shipwrecked on the titular island and struggle to find a way to escape the dangerous prehistoric monsters living there, including Kong. The first Kong: Skull Island image may not offer much in the way of the plot or characters from the series, but it does offer a nice tease of the animation style coming from Powerhouse Animation Studios. After making a name for themselves in the video game world with such titles as Mortal Kombat X and The Banner Saga, Powerhouse scored rave reviews in television with the likes of Netflix's Castlevania and Masters of the Universe: Revelation.

With Netflix unveiling the first Kong: Skull Island image, it seems likely a release date announcement is around the corner for the MonsterVerse anime. Additionally, given the series was announced at the same time as a Tomb Raider anime with Hayley Atwell voicing the iconic adventurer and produced by Legendary Entertainment, it seems likely news regarding the video game adaptation could also be coming in the near future from the streaming platform. While audiences await further details on the show, they can revisit Kong: Skull Island available to stream on HBO Max now.