Kimba the White Lion | |
ジャングル大帝 (Janguru Taitei) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
Published by | Gakudosha Kobunsha Kodansha |
English publisher |
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Magazine | Manga Shōnen |
Demographic | 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 |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Fuji TV |
English network | |
Original run | October 6, 1965 – September 28, 1966 |
Episodes | 52[2] |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Eiichi Yamamoto |
Studio | Mushi Production |
Released | July 31, 1966 |
Runtime | 74 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Anime television series | |
Original video animation | |
Jungle Emperor Leo: Symphonic Poem | |
Directed by | Toshio Hirata |
Music by | Isao Tomita |
Studio | Madhouse Tezuka Productions |
Released | 1991 |
Runtime | 51 minutes |
Anime film | |
Anime film | |
Jungle Emperor Leo: Hon-o-ji | |
Directed by | Fumihiro Yoshimura |
Produced by | Minoru Kubota |
Written by | Mayumi Morita |
Studio | Beijing Sharaku Art Media.Vision |
Released | March 18, 2000 |
Runtime | 9 minutes |
Anime television film | |
Jungle Taitei: Yūki ga Mirai wo Kaeru | |
Directed by | Gorō Taniguchi |
Written by | Osamu Suzuki |
Music by | Takefumi Haketa |
Studio | Tezuka Productions |
Licensed by | |
Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
Released | September 5, 2009 |
Runtime | 96 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. It has Jungle Emperor Leo for a film, and The Lion King (franchise) for rip-off movies in the franchise.
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