Kimba the White Lion

Kimba the White Lion
Artwork from the Kimba Ultra Edition DVD set
ジャングル大帝
(Janguru Taitei)
Manga
Written byOsamu Tezuka
Published byGakudosha
Kobunsha
Kodansha
English publisher
MagazineManga Shōnen
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 1950April 1954
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byEiichi Yamamoto
Music byIsao Tomita
Toriro Miki (theme song)
StudioMushi Production
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV
English network
Original run October 6, 1965 September 28, 1966
Episodes52[2]
Anime film
Directed byEiichi Yamamoto
StudioMushi Production
ReleasedJuly 31, 1966
Runtime74 minutes
Anime television series
Anime television series
Original video animation
Jungle Emperor Leo: Symphonic Poem
Directed byToshio Hirata
Music byIsao Tomita
StudioMadhouse
Tezuka Productions
Released1991
Runtime51 minutes
Anime film
Anime film
Jungle Emperor Leo: Hon-o-ji
Directed byFumihiro Yoshimura
Produced byMinoru Kubota
Written byMayumi Morita
StudioBeijing Sharaku Art
Media.Vision
ReleasedMarch 18, 2000
Runtime9 minutes
Anime television film
Jungle Taitei: Yūki ga Mirai wo Kaeru
Directed byGorō Taniguchi
Written byOsamu Suzuki
Music byTakefumi Haketa
StudioTezuka Productions
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2009
Runtime96 minutes

Kimba the White Lion, known in Japan as Jungle Emperor (Japanese: ジャングル大帝, Hepburn: Janguru Taitei), is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated 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.[3] It began airing in North America from 1966. The later series was produced by Tezuka Productions.[4][5]

A 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 novelist and drama writer Osamu Suzuki, and featuring character designs from illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.

  1. ^ 英語コミックス ジャングル大帝 [レオ編]. Jippi English Comics. December 26, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Which Is The Real Kimba?". Animation World Network.
  3. ^ "Kimba Boxed Set : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "Kimba the White Lion Dub.DVD – Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  5. ^ "Tezuka Lion King | 'Lion King' recalls beast of another reign". Baltimore Sun. San Francisco Chronicle. July 12, 1994. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.


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