Kimba the White Lion
| Kimba the White Lion | |
Artwork from the Kimba Ultra Edition DVD set.
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ジャングル大帝 (Janguru Taitei) |
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| Genre |
Coming-of-age Adventure Comedy-drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Published by | Gakudosha Kobunsha Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Manga Shōnen |
| Original run | November 1950 – April 1954 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Eiichi Yamamoto |
| Music by |
Isao Tomita Toriro Miki (theme song) |
| Studio | Mushi Production |
| Original network | Fuji TV (1965–1967) |
| Original run | October 6, 1965 – September 28, 1966 |
| Episodes | 52 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Eiichi Yamamoto |
| Studio | Mushi Production |
| Released | July 31, 1966 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| New Jungle Emperor: Go Ahead Leo! | |
| Directed by |
Shingo Araki Rintaro |
| Produced by | Eiichi Yamamoto |
| Music by | Isao Tomita |
| Studio | Mushi Productions |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 5, 1966 – March 29, 1967 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Anime television series | |
| The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion | |
| Directed by |
Takashi Ui Rintaro |
| Produced by | Takashi Yui |
| Written by | Takashi Yui |
| Music by | Tomoyuki Asakawa |
| Studio | Tezuka Productions |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo (1989–1990) |
| Original run | October 12, 1989 – October 11, 1990 |
| Episodes | 52 |
| Original video animation | |
| Released | 1991 |
| Anime film | |
| Jungle Emperor Leo | |
| Directed by | Yoshio Takeuchi |
| Produced by | Minoru Kubota Sumio Udagawa Chiharu Akiba |
| Written by | Yoshio Takeuchi |
| Music by | Isao Tomita |
| Studio |
Mushi Production Shochiku |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | August 1, 1997 |
| Runtime | 100 minutes |
| Anime television film | |
| Jungle Taitei – Yūki ga Mirai wo Kaeru | |
| Directed by | Gorō Taniguchi |
| Written by | Osamu Suzuki |
| Studio | Tezuka Productions |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Released | September 5, 2009 |
| Runtime | 96 minutes |
Kimba the White Lion (ジャングル大帝 Janguru Taitei?, lit, Jungle Emperor) is a Japanese shōnen manga series created by Osamu Tezuka which was serialized in the Manga Shōnen magazine from November 1950 to April 1954. An anime based on the manga was created by Mushi Production and was broadcast on Fuji Television from 1965 to 1967. It was the first color animated television series created in Japan. The later series was produced by Tezuka Productions. The anime series has enjoyed popularity worldwide.
A new TV special premiered September 5, 2009 on Fuji TV. Produced in commemoration of Fuji TV's 50th anniversary, it was directed by Gorō Taniguchi, written by noted novelist and drama writer Osamu Suzuki, and featuring character designs from noted illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.
In Africa during the mid-20th century, as mankind encroaches, the white lion Panja (Caesar in the English dub) gives the jungle's wild animals a . However, he angers nearby villagers by stealing their cattle and their food to feed the jungle carnivores. (In the English dub he merely frees the cattle.) A professional hunter, Ham Egg (Viper Snakely in the English dub), is called in to stop these raids. He avoids directly attacking Panja. Instead, he records the sounds of Panja and uses them to trap his pregnant mate, Eliza, who then becomes bait in a trap for Panja. Panja is killed for his hide (but not before asking Eliza to name their child Leo), and Eliza is put on a ship, destined for a zoo. Leo (Kimba in the English dub) is born on the boat. Eliza teaches him his father's ideals. As a huge tropical storm nears, she urges her cub out through the bars of her cage. The storm wrecks the boat, and he flounders in the ocean. The fish help him learn to swim. As he begins to despair, the stars in the sky form the face of his mother, who encourages him. Guided by butterflies, he makes it to land. Leo lands far from his ancestral home and is found and cared for by some people. He learns the advantages of human culture, and decides that when he returns to his wild home he will bring culture to the jungle and stand for peace like his father. The show follows Leo's life after he returns to the wild, still a young cub, and how he learns and grows in the next year. Leo soon learns that only communication and mutual understanding between animals and humans will bring true peace.
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