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Jungle Emperor Leo (manga)

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Alternative title:
Jungle Emperor
Jungle Taitei (Japanese)
Kimba - Il leone bianco (Italian)
Kimba, der Weisse Löwe (German)
Kimba, o Leão Branco (Portuguese)
le Roi Leo (French)
ジャングル大帝 (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: In a jungle in Africa right on the equator there was a white lion, Panja, who was called the "Emperor of the Jungle." But Panja is killed by a hunter. His wife, the Queen of Jungle, who has been caught by the hunter, gives birth to the son of Panja on a ship bringing them to a zoo. She names her son "Leo" and has him escape from the ship, saying, "Go back to Africa and become the successor of your father." Then a storm comes and the ship is overturned, and sinks with the Queen on it. Leo is washed up on the beach of a port town in the Arabian Peninsula, not Africa. This is where Leo's long adventure begins.
User Ratings: 7 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
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 Excellent: -
 Very good: 2 votes (dub:1, others:1
1 German edited dub
)
 Good: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Decent: 1 vote (others:1
1 French
)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 19 users, rank: #2757 (of 7117)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.714 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7496, rank: #1744 (of 8047)
Weighted mean: 8.158 (Very good), rank: #840 (of 8047) (seen all: 7.75 / seen some: 9.16)
Bayesian estimate: 7.984 (Very good), rank: #461 (of 3567)
Number of tankoubon: 3
Vintage: 1950-11 to 1954-04 (1st Serialization)
Release dates: We have 9
Trivia: We have 2
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Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Story & Art: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher:
Gakudosha
Houbunsha (Republisher)
Kodansha (Republisher)
Japanese cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
French cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
Lettering: Vincenzo Rey Scognamiglio (J-Pop)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
Portuguese staff
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Publisher: NewPOP (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
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