Jungle Emperor Leo
| Jungle Emperor Leo | |
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The American DVD cover for Jungle Emperor Leo. One of the cubs is portrayed on the cover.
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| Directed by | Yoshio Takeuchi |
| Produced by | Minoru Kubota Sumio Udagawa Chiharu Akiba |
| Written by | Yoshio Takeuchi |
| Based on |
Jungle Taitei by Osamu Tezuka |
| Music by | Isao Tomita |
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| Distributed by |
Shochiku (Japan) Anime Works (United States) |
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Release date
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August 1, 1997 (Japan) October 28, 2000 (United States) |
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Running time
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100 min. |
| Language |
Japanese English |
August 1, 1997 (Japan)
Jungle Emperor Leo, known in Japan as Jungle Emperor The Movie (Japanese: 劇場版 ジャングル大帝 Hepburn: Gekijōban Janguru Taitei?) is a 1997 animated movie focusing on the last half of Osamu Tezuka's manga, Jungle Taitei (known in earlier US productions as Kimba the White Lion and Leo the Lion).
In the beginning of this film, Leo is an adult and has just learned that his mate, Lyra, has just given birth to twin cubs: Lune (pronounced Lu-Ney) and Lukio. After a grand celebration, the scene changes drastically to a bustling city where a man named Ham Egg is travelling from jeweler to jeweler to try and sell a special stone he found in the Bajalu Jungle. After being turned down at every pawn shop and jeweler he goes to, the jewelers all inform someone of Ham Egg's whereabouts, and soon he is hauled away in a black car by intimidating men in black suits.
As it turns out, the stone that he's been trying to sell is really the "Moonlight Stone", a mineral that could be used as a power source and save the world from an impending energy crisis. A scientific organization led by Dr. Plus and Dr. Minus seek the help of Ham Egg to lead them to the source of the Moonlight Stone so it can be salvaged and used to help humanity. Ham Egg, however, is only interested in money, but is soon persuaded by Dr. Plus who is well aware of Ham Egg's illegal poaching activities. Ham Egg agrees to work for them, but demands to be put in charge of the search. Accompanying Ham Egg is Mr. Lemonade of the organization, and Dr. Moustache who is already stationed in the jungle.
When they arrive in the jungle, Dr. Moustache and Mr. Lemonade are shocked by Ham Egg and his "friends" who want only destroy jungle forest land and shoot any animal they come across. Dr. Moustache constantly argues with them over being respectful to nature, as Mr. Lemonade records everything that happens in his journal.
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