Ape Escape is a tV short anime that premiered in spring 2006, produced by Xebec.

About the production: the story comes from a video game, there are 26 episodes of about 15 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are adventure, comedy, fantasy and romance, with themes such as Kids and Animals.

On AniList, Ape Escape has an average score of 50%, an average score, and appears on 491 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Saru Getchu: On Air 2nd.

An evil monkey, Specter, has escaped a circus, using a mind-controlling device which allows him to become smarter and have access to controlling the monkeys. Kakeru is called over by a professor in order to capture all the monkeys, including the one's who's controlling them: Specter. (Source: Anime News Network)

Official synopsis from AniList.