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Kimba the White Lion (TV 1/1965)

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[ adapted from Jungle Taitei (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Jungle Emperor Leo (movie 1966) (1966-07-31, alternate retelling)
    Jungle Taitei Susume Leo (TV) (1966-10-05 to 1967-03-29, sequel)
      (The) New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (TV 1989) (1989-10-12 to 1990-10-11, remake)
        Jungle Emperor Leo (special) (2009-09-05, remake)

Alternative title:
Jungle Emperor Leo
Jungle Taitei (Japanese)
Kimba el León Blanco (Spanish)
Kimba il Leone Bianco (Italian)
Kimba, o leão branco (Portuguese)
Kimba- Der Weisse Löwe (German)
La leyenda de Kimba , el Leon Blanco (Spanish)
Le retour de Léo (French)
Una giungla di avventure per Kimba (Italian)
الغابة السعيدة (Arabic)
ジャングル大帝 (Japanese)
小白獅王 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: adventure
Themes: animals
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: The series follows the adventures Leo (renamed Kimba in the English release), a young lion cub. Leo becomes king of the jungle when his father, the previous king of the jungle is killed by a human hunter.
User Ratings: 137 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (dub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 9 votes (dub:4, sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Very good: 17 votes (dub:5, sub:4, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:6
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Italian dubbed
1 Arabic dubbed
)
 Good: 39 votes (dub:16, sub:8, edit.dub:3, ?:2, others:10
4 Italian dubbed
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Arabic edited dub
1 Korean dubbed
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 Turkish dubbed
)
 Decent: 25 votes (dub:9, sub:5, edit.dub:4, ?:1, others:6
3 Spanish dubbed
3 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 20 votes (dub:11, sub:3, edit.dub:3, raw:1, others:2
1 German edited dub
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (dub:4, sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:4, dub:3, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 455 users, rank: #1654 (of 5563)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.168 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9653, rank: #3838 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 6.211 (Decent+), rank: #3723 (of 5553) (seen all: 6.97 / seen some: 6.23 / won't finish: 4.65)
Bayesian estimate: 6.310 (Decent+), rank: #3226 (of 4225)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 52
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage:
1965-10-06 to 1966-09-28
1965-11-10 (Completion of English Dubbing on First/Pilot Episode)
1975 (México - Canal 5)
1990-09-17 (France)
1994 (USA redub)
Opening Theme:
"Jungle Tantei" by ??
"Jungle Tantei" by Bill Giant
"Junguru Taitei (Jungle Emperor)" by Isao Tomita
Ending Theme:
"Leo no Uta (The Song of Leo)" by Isao Tomita
"Leo no uta" by ??
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
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TV Asahi Top 100 Anime (Sep 23, 2005)
Astro Boy Correction (Jun 3, 2005)
Media Blasters (Jul 21, 2003)
Tokyopop Contest (Aug 1, 2002)
News Briefs (Feb 6, 2000)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Jungle Emperor Leo (DVD) 2003-10-28 (from $10.04)
    Kimba the White Lion (DVD 1) 2003-03-25
    Kimba the White Lion (DVD 2) 2003-03-25
    Kimba the White Lion (DVD 3) 2003-07-15
    Kimba the White Lion (DVD 4) 2003-07-15
    Kimba the White Lion - DVD Box Set 1 (DVD 1-4) 2003-03-25
    Kimba the White Lion - Ultra DVD Box Set (Dub.DVD) 2005-11-29 (from $75.73)
    Kimba the White Lion - Mini Collection 1 (Dub.DVD) 2009-10-06 (from $37.49)
VHS
    Kimba the White Lion - Disaster! (Dub.VHS 10) 2000-09-26 (from $12.75)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Shigeyuki Hayashi
Series Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Music:
Isao Tomita
Toriro Miki (Theme Song Composition)
Original Manga: Osamu Tezuka
Art Director: Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
Animation Director: Chikao Katsui
Producer: Eiichi Yamamoto

Animal Supervisor: Hideo Obara
Animation producer: Teru Koyama
Processing: Tatsumasa Shimizu
Production Coordination: Mori Masaki
Special Processing: Takanobu Yasuda
Theme Song Performance:
Mieko Hirota (ED)
Tadahiko Hirano (OP)
Japanese companies
Broadcaster: Fuji TV
Production: Mushi Productions
English staff
English companies
Director: Fred Ladd
Co-Production: NBC
Distributor:
Digiview Entertainment (2006 dvd)
Rhino
Internet Streaming: Viki
Licensed By (Australia): Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd.
English cast

Gilbert Mack as Pauley Cracker
Hal Studer as Roger Ranger
Ray Owens as Narrator
Sonia Owens as Kitty

French cast
French staff
(none)
Lionel Tua as Léo adulte

Georges Atlas as Mandi

Anne Jarry as Léa (voix de remplacement)
Georges Atlas as
Kali (1ers eps)
Oncle Arthur
Henri Poirier as Père de Léo (ep 1)
Lionel Tua as
Kenny
Romy
Maurice Sarfati as Narrateur
Mireille Audibert as
Annie
Marie/Carla
Mère de Léo (ep 1)
Serge Bourrier as
Kali
Oncle de Léo

French companies
Broadcaster:
France 3
La 5 (from 17 September 1990)
TF1 (from 1995)
Distributor: Déclic Images
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
Agape TV Canal 8 El Salvador (El Salvador)
Boomerang (Latin America)
Localia TV (Catalunya)
Televisa Canal 5
TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
TVE (Spain)
Distributor: Cloverway, Inc. (Latin America)
DVD Distribution: Quality Films (Chile)
Spanish cast
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Marcello Cortese
Theme Song Performance:
Clara Serina (1st edition)
Cristina D'Avena (2nd edition)
Giorgio Bonino as Kimba adulto (2nd edition)
Irene Scalzo as Kimba cucciolo (2nd edition)

Federica Valenti as Laya adulta (2nd edition)

Antonio Guidi as Greg (2nd edition)
Claudio Moneta as
Basco (2nd edition)
Front (2nd edition)
Diego Sabre as Joe (2nd edition)
Enrico Bertorelli as Mandy (2nd edition)
Franco Latini as Tommy (1st edition)
Gino Donato as Daniele (1st edition)
Liù Bosisio as Coco (1st edition)
Mario Zucca as Addetto fognature di parigi (2nd edition)
Patrizio Prata as Keichi (2nd edition)
Pino Pirovano as Tommy (2nd edition)
Riccardo Peroni as Coco (2nd edition)
Riccardo Rovatti as Zio Di Keichi (2nd edition)
Roberta Gallina Laurenti as Maria (2nd edition)
Vittorio Bestoso as
Sanson (2nd edition)
Voce narrante (2nd edition)
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Italia 1 (2nd edition, from August 1999)
Dubbing:
MERAK FILM - Milano (2nd edition)
Telecinema 2001 (1st edition)
Translation: CITI (2nd edition)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Oliver Grimm as Kimba

Edgar Ott as Kelly Fant
Klaus Miedel as
Daniel
Narrator
Oliver Rohrbeck as Mixed Pickel
Renate Danz as Pauli
German companies
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: Hero
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Dubbing Studio:
A.I.C São Paulo (old dub)
BKS (new dub) 
Sigma (new dub)
Portuguese cast
Maria Inês as Kimba (old dub)
Ursula Bezerra as Kimba (new dub)

Amaury Costa as Poly (Koko) (old dub)
Luiz Pini as Bubu (old dub)
Magda Medeiros as Léia (Liya) (old dub)
Marcelo Gastaldi as Jonathan (1st voice-old dub)
Mário Jorge as Daniel (Mandy Mandrill) (old dub)
Olney Cazarré as Jonathan (2nd voice-old dub)
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