The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion

The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (ジャングル大帝, Janguru/Jungle-Taitei) is an anime television series produced by Tezuka Productions that first ran from October 12, 1989, to October 11, 1990, on TV Tokyo. It is a remake of Osamu Tezuka's 1960s anime series Kimba the White Lion.[1][2]

The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion
ジャングル大帝
(Janguru-Taitei)
Anime television series
Directed byTakashi Ui
Rintaro
Produced byRyōhei Nakamura
Haruyuki Iguchi (TX)
Daisuke Baba (Nikkeisha)
Kuniaki Ōnishi (Gakken)
Written byMitsuru Majima
Tsunehisa Itō
Takashi Ui
Miharu Hirami
Kuniaki Yamashita
Music byTomoyuki Asakawa
StudioTezuka Productions
Licensed byNippon Herald Films
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run October 12, 1989 October 11, 1990
Episodes52

Original Japanese cast edit

English dub cast edit

In 1998 which was nearly a decade after the original Japanese release, Pioneer Family Entertainment (which then became Geneon Universal which is now known as NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan as of today) has gotten the rights to pick up the series and for distribution in North America under license from Nippon Herald Films. They along with Ocean Studios in Vancouver, Canada, worked together to produce an English dub of the series with an all-star Canadian voice cast, using the Wordfit System and with Karl Williams serving as the director.

Unfortunately, only 13 out of 52 episodes were dubbed in English and the series was left on a cliffhanger, due to the poor quality of the dubbing. From October 13, 1998 to July 27, 1999, six VHS volumes were released across North America with the first tape having three episodes and the rest having two. Episodes 2 and 3 were not dubbed for the English-speaking market mostly due to the content, despite having its importance in the series' through that particular arc. So Pioneer decided to have that arc skipped, thus having Episodes 1, followed by 4 up to 15 dubbed. On top of that, the episodes were edited heavily during production of the English adaptation dub, involving scenes cut and changed, as well as having the score entirely redone digitally, that was sampled with E-mu Proteus 2 Orchestra, being one of the synthesizers used. The music was composed by Tom Keenlyside and John Mitchell and with the editing being handled by Gina Mueller and Eric LeBlanc.

Episodes edit

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Birth"October 12, 1989 (1989-10-12)
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2"Promise"October 12, 1989 (1989-10-12)
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3"Departure"October 19, 1989 (1989-10-19)
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4"Friends"October 26, 1989 (1989-10-26)
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5"Hometown"November 2, 1989 (1989-11-02)
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6"Intruder"November 9, 1989 (1989-11-09)
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7"Courage"November 16, 1989 (1989-11-16)
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8"Advice"November 23, 1989 (1989-11-23)
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9"Fellows"November 30, 1989 (1989-11-30)
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10"Freedom"December 7, 1989 (1989-12-07)
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11"The law of the forest"December 14, 1989 (1989-12-14)
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12"Red wings"December 21, 1989 (1989-12-21)
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13"Prophecy"December 28, 1989 (1989-12-28)
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14"Wild nature"January 4, 1990 (1990-01-04)
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15"Failure"January 11, 1990 (1990-01-11)
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16"White beast"January 18, 1990 (1990-01-18)
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17"Pride"January 25, 1990 (1990-01-25)
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18"Fighting spirit"February 1, 1990 (1990-02-01)
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19"Life"February 8, 1990 (1990-02-08)
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20"Leader"February 15, 1990 (1990-02-15)
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21"Coming home"February 22, 1990 (1990-02-22)
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22"Meeting again"March 1, 1990 (1990-03-01)
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23"Migration"March 8, 1990 (1990-03-08)
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24"Friendship"March 15, 1990 (1990-03-15)
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25"Sacrifice (Part I)"March 22, 1990 (1990-03-22)
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26"Sacrifice (Part II)"March 29, 1990 (1990-03-29)
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27"Sorrow at parting"April 5, 1990 (1990-04-05)
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28"Image"April 5, 1990 (1990-04-05)
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29"Protection"April 19, 1990 (1990-04-19)
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30"Adventure"April 26, 1990 (1990-04-26)
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31"Trust"May 3, 1990 (1990-05-03)
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32"Nature"May 10, 1990 (1990-05-10)
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33"Paradise"May 17, 1990 (1990-05-17)
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34"Illusionary moment"May 24, 1990 (1990-05-24)
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35"Threat"May 31, 1990 (1990-05-31)
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36"Reconciliation"June 7, 1990 (1990-06-07)
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37"Father"June 14, 1990 (1990-06-14)
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38"Best friend"June 21, 1990 (1990-06-21)
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39"Nightmare"June 28, 1990 (1990-06-28)
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40"Escape"July 5, 1990 (1990-07-05)
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41"Premonition"July 12, 1990 (1990-07-12)
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42"Coexistence"July 26, 1990 (1990-07-26)
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43"Decision"August 2, 1990 (1990-08-02)
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44"Sneaking in"August 9, 1990 (1990-08-09)
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45"Rebirth"August 23, 1990 (1990-08-23)
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46"Longing"August 30, 1990 (1990-08-30)
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47"Aureola"September 6, 1990 (1990-09-06)
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48"Challenge"September 13, 1990 (1990-09-13)
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49"Assembly"September 20, 1990 (1990-09-20)
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50"Victory"September 27, 1990 (1990-09-27)
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51"Harmony (Part I)"October 11, 1990 (1990-10-11)
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52"Harmony (Part II)"October 11, 1990 (1990-10-11)
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References edit

  1. ^ "The New Adventures of Kimba VHS 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "Which Is The Real Kimba?". Animation World Network. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

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