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The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (TV 1989)

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© Gakushu Kenkyu Sha / Nikkeisha / Television Tokyo Channel 12 / Tezuka Productions


Alternative title:
Biały Lew Kimba (Polish)
Jungle Emperor
Jungle Emperor Leo
Jungle Taitei (Japanese)
Kimba - Biały Lew (Polish)
Kimba the White Lion
Le retour du roi Léo (French)
Leo - Der kleine Löwenkönig (German)
Lew, Król Dżungli (Polish)
Simbad, o Leão Branco (Portuguese)
Кимба белый лев фильм (Russian)
ジャングル大帝 [1989] (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Leo (a.k.a. Kimba in the U.S.) is a young ambitious lion cub who takes his father's place as emperor of the jungle when is father is killed by poachers. Even though his father's fate was met by the hands of humans, Leo is one of the few animals in the Jungle that doesn't fear or feel hatred toward humans. He is not alone either, he is guided by friends of his father to help create the best animal kingdom there can be.
User Ratings: 33 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 2 votes (others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 Very good: 4 votes (dub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 8 votes (dub:6, sub:2)
 Decent: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:1, others:2
1 Catalan edited dub
1 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
Seen in part or in whole by 220 users, rank: #3639 (of 9585)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.515 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.3884, rank: #8264 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 5.555 (Decent−), rank: #8222 (of 9708) (seen all: 6.28 / seen some: 6.35 / won't finish: 2.03)
Bayesian estimate: 6.128 (Decent), rank: #6193 (of 7289)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 52
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage:
1989-10-12 to 1990-10-11
2000-08-09 to 2000-10-19 (Germany)
Opening Theme:
"Savannah o Koete (サバンナを越えて; Past the Savannah)" by Ichiro Mizuki
Ending Theme:
"Yuubae ni Nare" by Tomoko Tokugai
Review:
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VHS
    The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (Dub.VHS 1) 1998-10-13 (from $49.94)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takashi Ui
Series Composition:
Miharu Hirami
Mitsuru Majima
Script:
Kuniaki Yamashita (9 episodes
eps 12, 24, 29, 32, 36, 38, 42, 46, 49
)

Miharu Hirami (12 episodes
eps 11, 15, 19, 22, 26-27, 30, 33, 37, 45, 47, 52
)

Mitsuru Majima (17 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9, 13-14, 17, 21, 34, 39, 41, 44, 48, 51
)

Takashi Ui (13 episodes
eps 3-5, 9, 12-13, 17, 21, 29-30, 39-40, 50
)

Tsunehisa Itō (14 episodes
eps 6, 8, 10, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 28, 31, 35, 40, 43, 50
)

Storyboard:
Atsushi Minami (eps 29, 31)
Fumihiro Yoshimura (eps 39, 42)
Hajime Tenjo (ep 49)
Hirohide Fujiwara (ep 8)
Hiroshi Jinsenji (ep 22)
Hiroyuki Fukushima (eps 13, 16)
Hisashi Taguchi 
Hitoshi Oda (ep 10)
Katsumi Minoguchi (eps 41, 47)
Kazunori Tanahashi (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 15, 20, 25
)

Keiichirō Mochizuki (13 episodes
eps 9, 14, 18, 21, 24, 30, 33, 35, 40, 43, 45, 48, 50
)

Kyosuke Onishi 
Manabu Imamura 
Minoru Arabayashi 
Minoru Shinbayashi (ep 17)
Morio Asaka (ep 11)
Shuji Iguchi 
Suzumaru Kusunoki 
Takashi Ui (eps 4, 28)
Takeshi Ashizawa (ep 27)
Teruo Handa (ep 15)
Tetsuo Imazawa (ep 3)
Toshio Hirata (eps 1, 6, 19)
Yasuo Iwamoto (ep 38)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (eps 7, 12)
Yusaku Saotome (ep 36)
Episode Director:
Fumihiro Yoshimura (6 episodes
eps 29, 34, 39, 42, 46, 51
)

Hirohide Fujiwara (eps 2, 8)
Hiroshi Jinsenji (ep 22)
Hiroyuki Fukushima (eps 13, 19)
Katsumi Minoguchi (eps 28, 41, 47)
Kazunori Tanahashi (4 episodes
eps 5, 15, 20, 25
)

Keiichirō Mochizuki (15 episodes
eps 9, 14, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 35, 38, 40, 43, 45, 48, 50
)

Keitaro Motonaga (eps 26, 37)
Masami Hayashi (ep 16)
Minoru Shinbayashi (eps 32, 36)
Morio Asaka (eps 4, 11)
Norihiko Sudo (eps 10, 17, 23)
Shinichi Matsumi (eps 44, 49, 52)
Toshio Hirata (eps 1, 6)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (eps 3, 7, 12)
Yusaku Saotome (ep 31)
Original Manga: Osamu Tezuka
Art Director: Kazuo Okada
Animation Director:
Hiroshi Wagatsuma (ep 3)
Junji Kobayashi (Mushibayashi Osao) (13 episodes
eps 10, 15, 17, 20, 25-26, 34, 37, 41, 44, 47, 51-52
)
  (14 episodes
eps 10, 15, 17, 20, 25-26, 31, 34, 37, 41, 44, 47, 51-52
)

Nobumasa Shinkawa (eps 1, 8)
Osamu Horiuchi (ep 23)
Shinnosuke Kon (eps 22, 28)
Takao Kōzai (eps 7, 12)
Takuo Noda (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 13, 19
)

Teruo Handa (8 episodes
eps 5, 29, 32, 36, 39, 42, 46, 49
)

Toshi Shishikura (15 episodes
eps 9, 14, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 35, 38, 40, 43, 45, 48, 50
)

Yūzō Satō (eps 4, 11, 16)
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Producer:
Haruyuki Iguchi (TV Tokyo)
Kuniaki Ohnishi (Gakken)

Animation Check:
Isao Ishikawa
Naoko Kitamura
Animation producer:
Toshio Katsuta
Yutaka Sugiyama (Gakushu Kenkyu Sha)
Editing: Masaki Sakamoto (Morita Editing Room)
Ending Animation: Sachiko Kamimura
Planning:
Susumu Gotoda (Nikkeisha Inc.)
Takayuki Matsutani (Tezuka Productions)
Yukio Kurata (Gakken)
Production Coordination: Minoru Kubota
Recording Adjustment: Kunio Kuwabara
Recording Director: Shigeharu Shiba
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Megumi Hayashibara as Leo (Young)
Sakiko Tamagawa as Leah
Shinnosuke Furumoto as Leo (Adult)

Akio Ōtsuka as
Jean
Mane Joe
Akira Negishi as Hunter
Arihiro Hase as Mandrill
Atsushi Mizoguchi as Cheetah
Banjō Ginga as Turner
Bin Shimada as Mihairu
Bungo Nakano as Zeo
Chie Koujiro as Mick
Chika Sakamoto as Meyer
Dai Kanai as Elephant (ep 19)
Daisuke Gouri as Pagura
Fumihiko Tachiki as
Claude
Secretary
Gorō Naya as Clave
Haru Endō as Elder
Hiroshi Itō as Gillan
Hiroshi Masuoka as Kutta
Hiroshi Ohtake as Gainy
Hōchū Ohtsuka as
Ben
Joe
Isao Sasaki as Panja
Kappei Yamaguchi as Kenichi
Katsunosuke Hori as Cusack
Kazuhiro Kandō as Andy
Kazuyuki Sogabe as Doug
Kei Hayami as Chiffon
Kei Tomiyama as Ham Egg
Kenichi Ogata as Director
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Lion
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Malody
Kōhei Miyauchi as Old black rhino
Kōichi Hashimoto as Zoo announcement
Kouji Tsujitani as
George
Mandrill
Kumiko Takizawa as Wife
Mahito Tsujimura as Ban Shunsaku
Masako Katsuki as Conga
Masako Nozawa as Gibo (ep 28)
Masami Kikuchi as Monkey #1
Masamichi Satō as Mercenary
Masaru Ikeda as Joey
Masashi Hirose as Crocodile
Masashi Sugawara as
Gig
Gull
Masato Yamanouchi as Wildebeest
Mayumi Tanaka as Keruru
Mika Doi as Julie
Mikio Terashima as Silverback
Mugihito as Sergeant
Nobuo Tanaka as Kuntz
Norio Wakamoto as
Operator
Ted
Nozomu Sasaki as Cheetah
Rihoko Yoshida as Martha
Ritsuko Ohwada as Pizo
Rokurō Naya as Lamp
Ryūji Nakagi as Commander
Ryūsei Nakao as Totto
Ryūzō Ishino as Monkey #2
Seiko Nakano as Mamy
Shigeru Chiba as Coco
Sōichi Itō as Narrator
Sumi Shimamoto as
Eliza
Ryona
Taeko Nakanishi as Ofukuro-san
Takeshi Aono as Lauro
Takeshi Watabe as Chief
TARAKO as Lulu
Tatsuyuki Jinnai as Vulture
Tesshō Genda as Bubu
Tetsuo Mizutori as Captain
Tomie Kataoka as Gorga
Tomoko Munakata as Mother
Tomoko Ohtsuka as Fawn
Toshiya Ueda as Bison
Yoshiko Ohta as Balba
You Inoue as Amuji
Yousuke Akimoto as Scott
Yūji Mikimoto as Eddy
Yūko Kobayashi as
Mew
Silvia
Yūko Mita as Giraffe
Yumi Takada as Kapy
Yūsaku Yara as Rutenan

Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Anime Time (5 episodes
eps 30, 35, 40, 45, 50
)

Apple (10 episodes
eps 6, 14, 18, 21, 27, 33, 38, 43, 45, 48
)

Art Noah (ep 50)
Atelier BWCA (ep 26)
Coro Workshop (ep 12)
Dong Bang (ep 13)
Lee Production
MIY Pro (ep 17)
Mukuo Studio (ep 20)
TAS Pro (eps 17, 20)
TRM Pro (ep 15)
WITH (ep 9)
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Co-Production:
Dragon Production (6 episodes
eps 31, 34, 39, 42, 44, 49
)

Madhouse (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 19
)

Random (15 episodes
eps 9, 14, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 35, 38, 40, 43, 45, 48, 50
)

Studio Junio (eps 3, 23)
Studio Unicorn (ep 22)
Development: Imagica
In-Between Animation:
Anime Studio Shinsengumi (ep 16)
Dragon Production (eps 2, 37)
I.T.T. (ep 8)
Jidai Pro (ep 22)
K-Production (5 episodes
eps 26, 41, 44, 47, 51
)

Lee Production
Nakamura Production (eps 1-2, 4, 9)
Radical Party (7 episodes
eps 15, 17, 20, 25-26, 29, 32
)

Random (4 episodes
eps 33, 46-47, 52
)

Studio Ten (37, 51)
Studio Unicorn (ep 17)
Studio Victory (eps 8, 46)
Young Woo Production (ep 19)
Zhongri Animation (eps 16, 19)
In-Between Animation Cooperation: Dragon Production
Key Animation:
Grouper Productions (ep 16)
Lee Production (ep 37)
Young Woo Production (ep 13)
Photography:
Studio Coral Reef (ep 14)
Studio Cosmos (eps 1-13, 15-52)
Recording Production: Omnibus Promotion
Recording Studio: New Japan Studio
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Executive producer: Yosuke Kobayashi
Dialogue Editing:
Eric LeBlanc
Gina Mueller
Engineering Assistant: Trevor Smith
Mix Engineer: Keith A. Goddard
Music Composition:
John Mitchell
Tom Keenlyside
Music Editing:
Eric LeBlanc
Gina Mueller
Production Coordination: Diana Gage
Recording engineer: Robert Crang
Supervising Producer: James McGowan
Video Editing: Erin Falconer
Voice Direction: Karl Willems
English companies
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
Internet Streaming: YouTube (subtitled)
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios
French staff
French cast
Theme Song Performance: Claude Lombard
(none)
French companies
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Dubbing: Telecinema 2001
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Norbert Steinke
Script: Norbert Steinke

Andreas Mannkopff as Kutter (11 episodes
eps 1-3, 25-26, 43-44, 48-51
)
Eberhard Prüter as Vulture (10 episodes
eps 4-5, 13, 17, 21, 24, 40, 50-52
)
Gerhard Paul as Black Rhinoceros
Heidrun Bartholomäus as Leona (4 episodes
eps 10, 16, 25-26
)
Hermann Ebeling as Marody
Kim Hasper as Keruru
Klaus Jepsen as Dr. Shunsaku Ban (eps 2-3, 51-52)
Maresi Bischoff-Hanft as Great Mother (9 episodes
eps 13-16, 21, 35, 43, 45, 52
)
Peter Groeger as Totto
Roland Hemmo as Bubu
Sven Plate as Coco
Tobias Müller as Amuzi
Wilfried Herbst as Tony

Andreas Hosang as Follower B (ep 17)
Arda Vural as Bizo (5 episodes
eps 11, 33, 50-52
)
Axel Lutter as Gnu (ep 3)
Bernd Schramm as
Bread (ep 3)
Rauro (ep 8)
Water Buffalo (ep 11)
Christian Gaul as Zebra (ep 11)
Christoph Banken as Helicopter Pilot (ep 16)
Eberhard Mellies as Elephant (ep 19)
Eberhard Prüter as Dr. Charles (ep 8)
Gabriele Schramm as Eliza (eps 1, 3, 12)
Gerald Paradies as Ham Egg (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 25-26, 51-52
)
Gerd Holtenau as
Lion (ep 2)
Panja (eps 1, 37)
Hans Hohlbein as Ralph (ep 3)
Horst Lampe as Joe (eps 17, 48, 50)
Ingolf Gorges as First Lieutenant (ep 16)
Jan Spitzer as Doug (ep 18)
Karl Schulz as
Crocodile (ep 14)
Gil (ep 20)
Sergeant (ep 16)
Karl-Heinz Grewe as
Lycaon (ep 15)
Park Ranger (ep 3)
Ship's Captain (ep 2)
Karl-Maria Steffens as
Crave (ep 17)
Duo (ep 2)
Manfred Petersen as Zoo Director (ep 2)
Marcel Gröner as Ken'ichi (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 22, 51-52
)
Michael Narloch as Zobia (ep 2)
Norbert Gescher as Bario (ep 2)
Norbert Steinke as Safari Park Clerk (ep 3)
Raimund Krone as Manua's Owner (ep 9)
Stefan Meszerits as Poacher (ep 16)
Stefan Staudinger as Ted (ep 8)
Tilo Schmitz as
Black Panther (ep 12)
Bull (ep 9)
Garu (ep 20)
Joe (ep 16)
Tobias Kluckert as Water Buffalo (ep 15)
Ulrike Lau as Boss (ep 20)
Uwe Jellinek as
Follower A (ep 17)
Zoo Announcement (ep 2)

German companies
Broadcaster: Junior (from 9 August 2000)
Dubbing: Arena Synchron
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Guilherme Lopes
Tânia Gaidarji as Leah
Portuguese companies
Dubbing Studio: BKS (Brazil)

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