Kimba, the White Lion, originally known in Japan as Jungle Emperor (ジャングル大帝 Janguru Taitei), is a Japanese anime series based on the manga series by Osamu Tezuka (creator of Astro Boy). It was adapted by Mushi Production, and broadcast on Fuji TV.
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Title screen to the 1993 Redub.
Dubbing History[]
The original dub of Kimba, the White Lion was produced by Titan Productions for NBC Enterprises to license and run in syndication in the United States, with a handful of voice actors. Despite the fact that they dubbed all 52 episodes of the series, 49 of them have been aired in a mixed-up order in the United States, due to the NBC catalog order of how they aired them in sequence. On September 30, 1978, the license for NBC to hold the rights to the English dub has dropped due to the bankruptcy of Mushi Productions earlier in 1973. Afterwards, the Titan Productions English dub was no longer available to view at that time.
In 1993, Fumio Suzuki made plans to bring the series to television once more to the English-speaking market. After the legal battles of who was going to gain ownership, a Canadian company from Toronto known as Zaza Sound Productions Ltd. won the rights to produce a second English dub of the anime series with a handful of Canadian voice actors, as well as airing this dub in several English-speaking regions (Australia, United Kingdom, etc.), with CEG Distribution distributing the series. It was said to be a remake of the 1966 US English dub, with a more faithful translation of the original Japanese scripts, but they had to create a whole new soundtrack composed by Paul Zaza, since they were unable to use the original soundtrack composed by Isao Tomita which was also used in the 1966 US English dub. This version was also more edited including heavy cuts and changes.
Cast[]
| Character | Original Name | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimba | Leo | Yoshiko Ohta | Billie Lou Watt |
| Kitty | Lyre | Yoshiko Matsuo | Sonia Owens |
| Caesar | Panja | Asao Koike | Ray Owens |
| Eliza | Snowene | Noriko Shindō | Billie Lou Watt |
| Claw | Bubu | Gilbert Mack | |
| Bucky | Tommy | Hajime Akashi | Ray Owens |
| Pauly | Coco | Kinto Tamura | Gilbert Mack |
| Dan'l Baboon | Burazza | Hisashi Katsuta | Ray Owens |
| Cassius | Toto | Seizō Katō | |
| Tom | Dick | Kiyoshi Kawakubo | |
| Tab | Bo | Kazuo Kumakura | Gilbert Mack |
| Roger Ranger | Kenichi | Nobuaki Sekine | Hal Studer |
| Mary | Yoshiko Yamamoto | Sonia Owens | |
| Mr. Pompous | Higeoyaji | Junji Chiba | Gilbert Mack |
| Viper Snakely | Ham Egg | ||
| Narration | N/A | Ray Owens | |
Additional Voices
Redub[]
| Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Kimba | Yoshiko Ohta | Yvonne Murray |
| Narration | N/A | Allen Kosonic |
Additional / Unidentified Voices
- Robin Jordan
- Allen Kosonic
- Don Neilson
- Jackie Pardy
- Steve Thamer
- Paul Zaza
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Dub | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966-1977 | NBC | Original | United States | 
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| 1966-1967 | KHJ-TV | |||
| 1966-1977 | Syndication | |||
| 1993-1995 | Redub | |||
| — | Knowledge | Canada | 
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| 2005-2009 | Kids & Teens TV | United States |
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| 2005-2009 | Inspiration Life TV | |||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Dub | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAV Corporation | 1995 | 
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Episodes 1-8 | Redub | NTSC | United States |
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| 3 Volumes | |||||||
| The Right Stuf International | 2000 | The Complete Series | Original | ||||
| 13 Volumes | |||||||
| Rhino Entertainment | 2003 | 
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Episodes 1-26 | 1 NTSC | |||
| 4 Volumes | |||||||
| Genius Entertainment | 2004 | Episodes 1-8 | Redub | ||||
| 4 Volumes | |||||||
| The Right Stuf International | 2005 | The Complete Series | Original | ||||
| 11 Discs | |||||||
| East West Entertainment | 2005 | Various Episodes | Redub | 0 NTSC | |||
| 4 Volumes | |||||||
| Genius Entertainment | 2005 | Various Episodes | |||||
| 2 Volumes | |||||||
| Digiview Entertainment | 2006 | Episodes 1-12 | |||||
| 6 Volumes | |||||||
| The Right Stuf International | 2013 | The Complete Series | Original | 1 NTSC | |||
| 10 Discs | |||||||
| 2016 | The Complete Series | ||||||
| 10 Discs | |||||||
See Also[]
- Leo the Lion
- Jungle Emperor Leo
- Jungle Emperor Leo (2009)
- The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion
External Links[]
- Kimba, the White Lion at the Internet Movie Database
- Kimba, the White Lion (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia