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)
Anime television series
Directed by	Takashi Ui; Rintaro
Produced by	Ryōhei Nakamura; Haruyuki Iguchi (TX); Daisuke Baba (Nikkeisha); Kuniaki Ōnishi (Gakken)
Written by	Mitsuru Majima; Tsunehisa Itō; Takashi Ui; Miharu Hirami; Kuniaki Yamashita
Music by	Tomoyuki Asakawa
Studio	Tezuka Productions
Licensed by	Nippon Herald Films NA: Pioneer/Ocean Studios;
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]^[2]

Original Japanese cast

Megumi Hayashibara as Leo/Kimba (young)
Sakiko Tamagawa as Liya
Shinnosuke Furumoto as Leo/Kimba (cub)
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 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.

Kathleen Barr
Ben Baxter
Lisa Ann Beley as Raiya
Don Brown as Caesar/Panja and Coco
Michael Dobson
Paul Dobson as Jamar
Marcy Goldberg
Christopher Gray
Saffron Henderson
Janyse Jaud
David Kaye as Icara
Campbell Lane
Andrea Libman
Lalainia Lindbjerg
Scott McNeil
Richard Newman as Old Dice
Ward Perry
Gerard Plunkett
Alvin Sanders
Kelly Sheridan as Riona
Matt Smith
Robert O. Smith as Tony
Chantal Strand
Brad Swaile as Kimba/Leo (cub)
Venus Terzo
French Tickner as Kutter
Cathy Weseluck

Episodes

No.	Title	Original 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 1"	March 22, 1990 (1990-03-22)
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26	"Sacrifice: Part 2"	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 1"	October 11, 1990 (1990-10-11)
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52	"Harmony: Part 2"	October 11, 1990 (1990-10-11)
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References

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

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 at IMDb
The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion at Tezuka Osamu @ World (archived)

[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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