The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion
The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion | |
ジャングル大帝 (Janguru-Taitei) | |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Takashi Uii |
Studio | Tezuka Productions |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | October 12, 1989 – October 11, 1990 |
Episodes | 52 |
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]
Original Japanese cast
- Megumi Hayashibara as Leo (baby)
- Sakiko Tamagawa as Liya
- Shinnosuke Furumoto as Leo (young)
- Hiroshi Masuoka as Kutta
- Isao Sasaki as Panja
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Kenichi
- Kei Tomiyama as Ham Egg
- Mahito Tsujimura as Ban Shunsaku
- Masako Nozawa as Gibo
- Rokuro Naya as Lamp
- Ryusei Nakao as Totto
- Shigeru Chiba as Coco
- Sukekiyo Kameyama as Tony
English dub cast
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 alongside with Ocean Studios in Vancouver, Canada, have 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 it's 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.
- Brad Swaile as Kimba/Leo (young)
- David Kaye as Icara
- Cathy Weseluck
- French Tickner as Kutter
- Janyse Jaud
- Kathleen Barr
- Lisa Ann Beley as Raiya
- Christopher Gray
- Paul Dobson as Jamar
- Marcy Goldberg
- Cam Lane
- Lalainia Lindbjerg
- Richard Newman as Old Dice
- Venus Terzo
- Kelly Sheridan as Riona
- Peter van Hoof
- Scott McNeil
- Ward Perry
- Matt Smith
- Robert O. Smith as Tony
- Chantal Strand
- Don Brown as Caesar/Panja and Coco
References
- ↑ "The New Adventures of Kimba VHS 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
External links
- The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion on IMDb
- New Adventures of Kimba portion of KimbaWLion.com : with links to episode guide and much more information
- Jungle Emperor Leo with subtitles