Jungle Emperor Leo

Jungle Emperor Leo
Original Title	劇場版 ジャングル大帝 (Gekijōban Janguru Taitei)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	NYAV Post
Voice Director 1	Michael Sinterniklaas
Voice Director 2	Dan Green
Translation & Adaptation	Kiyoko McCrea Michael Sinterniklaas
Recorded	2003
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Year	1997

Jungle Emperor Leo, known in Japan as Jungle Emperor: The Movie (劇場版 ジャングル大帝 Gekijōban Janguru Taitei), is a 1997 animated movie focusing on the last half of Osamu Tezuka's manga, Jungle Taitei (known in earlier US productions as Kimba, the White Lion and Leo the Lion).

Synopsis This movie focuses on the last half of Osamu Tezuka's revered saga of a white lion's quest to become king of the jungle. Leo's newborn cub, Lune, takes an interest to humans after discovering a music box in the wreckage of an airplane. At the same time, a greedy treasure hunter known as Ham Egg is leading an expedition team of rough-looking men on a trek for the fabled Moonlight Stones, which can supposedly save the world from an energy crisis. Two other humans, (who go by the rather wacky names of Dr. Moustache and Lemonade) try to stop Ham Egg's mad destruction of the jungle. Later, a terrible virus sweeps through the jungle, poisoning many of the animals. Dr. Moustache comes to save them with a cure. The film culminates with a treacherous journey up the legendary Mt. Moon in search of the stones....

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Leo	Masane Tsukayama	Dan Green
Lyre	Chieko Baisho	Veronica Taylor
Lune	Tomoko Ishimura	Tara Sands
Lukio	Hekiru Shiina	Kerry Williams
Coco	Kaneta Kimotsuki	David Wills
Tommy	Naoki Tatsuta	Michael Sinterniklaas
Pagoola	Masatō Ibu	J. David Brimmer
Bizo	Ranran Suzuki	Michelle Newman
Brother	Kei Tani	Marc Thompson
Jack	Chafurin	Wayne Grayson
Mother	Haru Endō	Maddie Blaustein
Doctor Moustache	Kōsei Tomita	Mike Pollock
Ham Egg	Danshi Tatekawa	Ted Lewis
Mary	Tomoko Nakajima	Stephanie Sheh
Lemonade	Yasunori Matsumoto	Jamie McGonnigal
Dr. Plus	Yasuo Muramatsu	Lex Woutas
Dr. Minus	Kōzō Shioya	Danny Burstein
Harry	Hiroshi Takemura	Greg Abbey
Carl	Naoki Makishima	John Jansen
Tom	Chō	Oliver Wyman
Joe	Katsuhisa Hōki	Christopher Collet
Mac	Naoki Bandō	Anthony Salerno
Alan	Kazuya Ichijō	J. David Brimmer
Stork		Kayzie Rogers
Mr. Adams		Danny Burstein
Trainer		Maddie Blaustein

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Media Blasters	2003		1 NTSC	United States
Discotek Media	2016
			A DVB-T

See Also

• Kimba, the White Lion
• Leo the Lion
• The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion

Note

• This is Stephanie Sheh's first role for NYAV Post

External Links

• Jungle Emperor Leo at the Internet Movie Database
• Jungle Emperor Leo (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia