Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli
| The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli | |
The Jungle Book series title card
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ジャングルブック 少年モーグリ (Janguru Bukku Shōnen Mōguri) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Action, Drama |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Fumio Kurokawa |
| Written by | Kimio Yabuki |
| Music by | Hideo Shimazu |
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Nippon Animation |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | October 2, 1989 – October 10, 1990 |
| Episodes | 52 |
Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli (ジャングルブック 少年モーグリ Janguru Bukku Shōnen Mōguri?) is an anime adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's original collection of stories, The Jungle Book. It aired in 1989, and consists of a total of 52 episodes.
The series, a compromise between the original Mowgli stories and the Walt Disney version, received international acclaim and was aired in different countries around the world.
Mowgli is a man-cub who was raised by Akela's pack. He grows up in the jungle with Baloo and Bagheera while ending up having to deal with the plots of Shere Khan and Tabaqui.
The Japanese opening and closing themes, "Get UP ~Aio Shinjite~ (Get UP ~I Believe in Love~)" and "Chikyuu No Ko (地球の子 lit. "Child of the Earth") are sung by the Japanese vocalists Toshiya Igarashi and Shiori Hashimoto respectively. Music from the Japanese version of Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics was recycled for the Anime.
The French version features similar opening and closing themes. The English opening and closing themes, "Wake Up" and "A Child is learning", are both sung by the American vocalist Suzi Marsh.
The anime was dubbed into Hindi and was broadcast as "The Jungle Book" by DD National in India during the 1990s, from 1993 till 1994 throughout the run. The Hindi version of the title song, Jungle Jungle Baat Chali Hai (जंगल जंगल बात चली है), was very popular. It featured original music by Vishal Bhardwaj and lyrics by Gulzar.
These are the Japanese and English versions of The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli (Janguru Bukk Mowgli/Shōnen Mowgli).
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