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Kimba the White Lion (TV)

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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) (remake)
        Jungle Emperor Leo (special) (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)
ジャングル大帝 (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure
Age rating: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
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.
Video:
User Ratings: 110 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (dub:2, Spa.dub:1)
 Excellent: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:1, raw:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Very good: 14 votes (sub:4, dub:3, Ita.dub:2, Spa.dub:2, raw:1, Ara.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Good: 30 votes (dub:12, sub:7, Ita.dub:4, edit.dub:3, Spa.dub:2, Ara.edit.dub:1, Kor.dub:1)
 Decent: 20 votes (dub:8, sub:3, Ger.dub:3, edit.dub:3, Spa.dub:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 15 votes (dub:9, edit.dub:2, raw:1, sub:1, Ger.edit.dub:1, Por.dub:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (dub:4, sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:4, dub:3, ?:2, Ger.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 356 users, rank: #1328
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.036 (Decent+.03), std. dev.: 2.0133, rank: #3016
Weighted mean: 6.067 (Decent+.06), rank: #2942 (seen all: 6.82 / seen some: 6.17 / won't finish: 4.50)
Bayesian estimate: 6.187 (Decent+.18), rank: #2538
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 4
Comment:
Some sources list this as the first color Anime TV series broadcasted in Japan. This depends on whether Dolphin Prince was broadcast or not.
Based on the Manga by Tezuka, but created with an American audience in mind (the series was partially funded by NBC). As a result the show was made much more episodic and did not follow Kimba as he grew up (The Manga series follows Kimba until his death as an adult).
Widely accepted as having been plagiarized by Disney with the Lion King. Disney denies that there is any relation between the two.
Jungle Taitei was animated at Mushi simultaneously with Astro Boy.
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Related reviews:
    Kimba the White Lion Dub.DVD

Related releases:
    Jungle Emperor Leo (DVD) 2003-10-28 (from $12.99)
    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 $79.56)
    Kimba the White Lion - Mini Collection 1 (Dub.DVD) 2009-10-06 (from $27.99)
    Kimba the White Lion - Disaster! (Dub.VHS 10) 2000-09-26

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Chief Director: Hayashi Shigeyuki

Series director: Eiichi Yamamoto

Script: Shun-ichi Yukimuro

Screenplay:
Akira Gomi
Aritsune Toyoda
Chieo Ando
Eiichi Yamamoto
Masaki Tsuji
Okatake Ishizato

Music: Isao Tomita

Original Manga: Osamu Tezuka

Art director: Tsuyoshi Matsumoto

Art:
Hiroshi Saitô
Hiroya Yatsumura
Kanji Akahori
Kazusuke Yoshiwara
Koji Abe
Kozo Masanobu
Masayuki Hayashi
Norio Hikone
Shinji Ito
Shozo Sakaguchi
Teruhito Ueguchi
Toshio Hirata
Yukihiko Uchida

Animation director: Chikao Katsui

Producer: Eiichi Yamamoto

Animal Supervisor: Hideo Obara

Animation:
Akihiro Kanayama
Hiroshi Nishimura
Ichiya Uenashi
Jiro Saruyama
Kiyomi Numamoto
Mitsuo Shindo
Satoshi Jingu
Shingo Araki
Takao Ogawa
Yoshitaka Rachi

Animation producer: Teru Koyama

Background Art:
Iso Ho
Junko Kataoka
Ken Ishii
Masako Tanaka
Morishige Suzuki
Noboru Mizutani
Shigeru Hirabayashi
Shoko Owaki
Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Wakako Tajima

Editing: Masashi Furukawa

Idea: Minoru Kume

Processing: Tatsumasa Shimizu

Production Coordination: Mori Masaki

Special Processing: Takanobu Yasuda

 

Yoshiko Ohta as Leo

Asao Koike as Pansha

Goro Naya as Clave

Hajime Akashi as Tommy

Hisashi Katsuta as Mandy

Junji Chiba as Higeoyaji

Kazuo Kumakura as Dick

Kazuyuki Sogabe as Doug

Keiko Matsuo as Lyre

Kinto Tamura as Coco

Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Bou

Mayumi Tanaka as Keruru

Nobuaki Sekine as Kenichi

Rokuro Naya as Lamp

Seizo Katou as Toto

Tooru Oohira as Rommel

Yoshiko Yamamoto as Mary

You Inoue as Amuji

Fuyumi Shiraishi

Junpei Takiguchi

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: Fuji TV

Production: Mushi Productions

English staff 
English companies 

Director: Fred Ladd

 

Co-Production: NBC

Distributor:
Digiview Entertainment (2006 dvd)
Rhino

Licensed by:
Media Blasters
The Right Stuf International

Licensed By (Australia): Madman Entertainment (Australia)

English cast 

Billie Lou Watt as Kimba

Gil Mack as Pauley Cracker

Hal Studer as Roger Ranger

Hal Studer

Sonia Owens 


French cast 
French staff 
(none)

Jackie Berger as Léo

Lionel Tua as Léo adulte

Georges Atlas as Mandi

Jean-Pierre Leroux as Tomy

Maurice Sarfati as Koko

Nathalie Schmidt as Léa

Alain Clavier as Léo

Anne Jarry as Léa (voix de remplacement)

Flora Balzano as Rune

Georges Atlas as
Kali (1ers eps)
Oncle Arthur

Henri Poirier as Père de Léo (ep 1)

Isabelle Jean as Liya

Jackie Berger as Alex

Lionel Tua as
Kenny
Romy

Maurice Sarfati as Narrateur

Mireille Audibert as
Annie
Marie/Carla
Mère de Léo (ep 1)

Nicole Fontaine as Rukio

Serge Bourrier as
Kali
Oncle de Léo

Anne Jarry

Georges Atlas

Jean-Pierre Leroux

Lionel Tua

Maurice Sarfati

Nathalie Schmidt

Régis Lang

Serge Bourrier

Thierry Redler

French companies 

Broadcaster:
France 3
La 5 (1990)
TF1 (1995)

Distributor: Déclic Images


Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 

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 

Cristina Hernandez as Kimba

Cesar Arias as Polo

Humberto Velez as Daniel

Luis Alfonso Mendoza

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Marcello Cortese

Translation:
Achille Brambilla
Luisella Sgammeglia

Dialogues:
Cristiana Rossi
Marco Balbi
Martino Consoli

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

Harry Wüstenhagen as Bucky

Klaus Miedel as
Daniel
Narrator

Oliver Rohrbeck as Mixed Pickel

Renate Danz as Pauli

German companies 

Broadcaster:
Junior (Premiere)
Kabel.1
Sat.1


Tagalog staff 
(none)
Tagalog cast 

Grace Cornel as Leo

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: Hero

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster:
Boomerang Brasil (Brazil)
TV Tupi (Brazil)
TVE Brasil (Brazil)

Dubbing Studio: BKS (new dub)

Portuguese cast 

Ursula Bezerra as Kimba (new dub)

 
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