1950.
"Janguru Taitei"
manga was originally published in monthly comic magazine "Manga
Shonen" in Japan, which was published by Gakudosha. The manga
was later republished in 3 volumes by Kodansha.
The manga started in the November
1950's issue, and ended in April 1954's issue.
1977."Janguru
Taitei" manga was republished in 3 volumes in Japan by Kodansha.
All 3 volumes were released between June and August 1977.
1986.
Manga "Kimba il leone bianco"
was published in 3 volumes in Italy by Comic Art. The first volume
had 160 pages, and it was published in February. Each volume costed
7.000 italian liras.
This
manga has been republished by Comic Art in 1998.
1996.
Manga "Le roi Leo"
was published in 3 volumes in France by Glénat.
2001. Since May 2001 in Germany
are released all three volumes of the german version of the original
"Kimba the white lion" manga, and they are published by
Carlsen Comics. It is possible to order all of them online on this
web
page.
Please
visit the Manga
page for ordering links of all of these releases
Jungle
Emperor (first japanese anime in color)
1965.
"Jungle Emperor" is the first anime in color (first
animated TV series) in Japan.
It
was aired on Fuji Television. The broadcasting started on 6th
October 1965. and ended on 28th September 1966. It
was shown every Wednesday at 7:00 PM, 1 episode per day.
1967.
"Kimba the white lion"
anime was shown in Australia on Melbourne TV. It started at 4:00
PM.
1969. "Kimba
the white lion" anime was aired as "Kimba el leon
blanco" in Spain on TVE for the first time. Also, it's
interesting that "Kimba" was the first Japanese anime
that was ever aired in Spain.
These
series were later released on video in Spain in the 80s (the
exact year is not known).
(Many thanks to Mazochungo for this info!)
1977.
39 episodes of the 1966 "Kimba
the white lion" TV series were aired under the title "Kimba
der weisse Löwe" in Germany (on ZDF) and in Austria
(on ORF 1).
On ZDF it was aired every Tuesday,
from 4th January to 4th October.
7
LPs and 7 MCs containing slightly shortened versions of 29 episodes
from the above TV series were released in Germany by Poly (a division
of Polydor/PolyGram).
"Kimba
the white lion" anime was aired in Italy under the title
"Kimba il leone bianco" for the first time in September
1977 (in Rome on "TV Voxson"), and these italian-dubbed
episodes that actually came from the U.S. (from NBC Films) were
aired on several TV stations to date (excluding the "new"
italian Kimba series from 1999).
During these years there were two opening themes - in the beginning
the show used the U.S. (NBC) opening theme, which was replaced
with the italian opening theme in 1982. The show had two dubbings
- the first one (in which Kimba had a female voice) ran from 1977
to 1990, and the second one that featured Kimba with a male voice
was introduced in 1983 and it was aired even recently (in 2001).
In the 80s both of these two dubbings were used. (Many thanks to Francesco Piccardo for these infos!)
1978.
"Kimba il leone bianco"
TV series were aired in Italy on "Antenna Nord". The
broadcasting started in Spring 1978.
1979.
"Kimba il leone bianco"
TV series were aired in Italy on "Quinta Rete" (future
"Italia 1"). (Many thanks to Francesco Piccardo for the correction!)
1982.
"Kimba the white lion"
TV series were again shown in Australia on Melbourne TV.
"Kimba
il leone bianco" TV series were aired in Italy, but this
time with a new (italian) opening theme instead of the previously
used (U.S.) one. This opening theme was composed by Riccardo Zara,
and performed by "I Cavalieri del Re" ("The King's
Horsemen"). It was originally recorded in 1979.
1983."Kimba the White Lion" has been released in the UK on video by Entertainment In Video (distributor: CBS). A total of 2 volumes were released, and the first one was released on 29th July 1983. Each volume had a running time of 90 minutes (contained 4 episodes).
A new italian dubbing of "Kimba the white lion" episodes, which starred Franco Latini as Kimba, was aired in Italy for the first time. It's important to mention that this dubbing, instead of having only the wonderful Isao Tomita's music, had just 50% of the background music that was composed by Isao Tomita, while the other 50% was replaced by the instrumental version of the italian opening theme. (Many thanks to Francesco Piccardo for these infos!)
1985. "Kimba der weisse
Löwe" TV series (33 of total 38 episodes) was again aired in Germany, this time on Sat 1. It was aired every Monday, at first (in 1985) at 1:30 PM CET, and then (in 1986) at 3:00 PM. The airing started on 2nd September and ended on 21st April 1986. (Many thanks to Joachim and to Marc from Germany for these infos!)
1986. "Kimba der weisse Löwe"
was released on video by Taurus Video in Germany. It was re-released
in 1995 (see
Video releases).
1988. "Kimba der weisse Löwe" TV series was again aired in Germany on Sat 1, every day at 2:10 PM CET, with repeats on the following day at 9:10 AM or at 9:35 AM. This airing started on 31st March and ended on 7th May. (Many thanks to Marc from Germany for these infos!)
1989. "Kimba der weisse Löwe" TV series was again aired in Germany on Sat 1, every Tuesday at 2:05 PM CET, with partial repeats on the following day at 9:35 AM. This airing started on 4th April and ended on 9th January 1990. (Many thanks to Marc from Germany for these infos!)
"Kimba the white lion" was released in Finland on video under the title "Kimba valkoinen leijona". These episodes are actually the italian 1979 episodes with finnish subtitles. Each cassette was 45 minutes long and it contained 2 episodes (probably). (Many thanks to Lauri Welling from Finland for this info!)
The
opening theme of the Finnish Kimba episodes, recorded in 1986,
is actually the 1977 German opening theme translated into Finnish
by Ari Pauli Meriläinen. It is performed by Hannu Takala,
and it was available only on the "Children TV favorites"
LPs and cassettes, released by a Finnish company called Sateenkaari in 1987.
Note:
Again many thanks to Lauri Welling from Finland for the theme
and the lyrics! Sorry for the fair
quality of the sound, I've improved it a bit, but I couldn't do
anything else. But, if you're still interested
in
it, download it and enjoy!
1990.
The complete 1965"Jungle
Emperor Leo" anime was aired as "Le Retour de Léo"
in France on "La 5" ("La
Cinq"). They were followed by the complete
1966 "Leo" anime, but this time the 1966 "Leo"
was recorded with new french voice actors. The airing started
on 17th September 1990.
The above episodes were later
aired on TF1 in 1995 (under the title "Le Retour du Roi Léo")
and on FR3 (France 3) in 1996 as well.
The opening theme was sung by
Claude Lombard, and pictured here is the scan of the 45rpm record
with the theme. This song is actually based on the opening theme
of the italian TV series "Sabato al circo"("Saturdays
at the circus") - the music (by N.Carucci) is the same in
both songs, only the italian lyrics (by A.Valeri Manera) were
replaced with the french lyrics by Charles Level.
The opening theme
(from the 45rpm record;
Windows Media Audio 9 clip; 1,41
MB)
Note: Although the image
on the cover of the 45rpm record suggests that the 1989 Kimba
series were also aired on "La 5", there is no further
information on this.
1991. 14 episodes of the "Kimba der weisse Löwe" series that were never shown in 1977 (but which were newly dubbed - including the episode "The Return of Fancy Prancy" that was initially aired in 1977 but which was damaged immediately after that first airing, and so it had to be retaken and redubbed for the "Bou Bou" series), and all 26 episodes of the "Onward, Leo!" series were all together aired on Pro7 as "Bou Bou - König der Tiere". The name was changed because of the copyright reasons. (Many thanks to Swen Steffens for these explanations!)
In addition to Pro7, "Bou Bou - König der Tiere" was also aired on TV München, but the year is not known.
The opening theme(Windows Media Audio 9 clip, 336 kB; many thanks to Swen Steffens!)
"Kimba
il leone bianco" video has been released in Italy by a company
called Pretty Video.
The
shown video contains two episodes from the italian 1970s airings,
"Invasione degli insetti" ("Insect invasion")
and "Distruttori del deserto" ("Destroyers from
the desert"). This
video is a very rare item.
1992.
"Jungle Emperor" (aka
"Kimba the White Lion") anime was aired in Japan on
TV Tokyo every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 AM.
1994.
"Kimba der weisse Löwe"
TV series were aired in Germany on RTL 2. They
were aired almost at the same time "Lion King" was shown
in movie theaters.
1998.
In Germany in the City's library
of Munich (München) on two Wednesdays, the 5th and
the 12th August, starting at 3:00 PM CET four episodes
from the "Kimba der weisse Löwe" series were shown to
children on video.
2000.
The
original Kimba 1966 episodes were finally released on video by
Right
Stuf International.
These episodes were also released on DVD in 2003 and in 2005.
38 episodes of the "Jungle
Emperor" TV series were aired in Germany on Junior, part
of the pay-TV Premiere World, Monday to Friday, starting at 6:15
AM and 10:55 AM.
The
broadcasting started on 21st June and ended on 9th
August 2000.
2001.
"Kimba il leone bianco" anime was shown in Italy on
4 local TV stations:
- on
TeleNapoli 34 (Campania) everyday, starting at 5:20 PM CET (this
airing ended in July 2001.)
- on
Telenuovo (Veneto) everyday, starting at 6:00 PM CET (this airing
ended in 2002.)
- on
ReteSette (Piemonte), everyday, starting at 3:00 PM CET (this
airing ended in January 2002.)
- on
TeleRoma 56 (Lazio), everyday, starting at 7:15 AM CET (this airing
ended in January 2002.)
From
14th March to 7th May, 38 episodes of the
"Jungle Emperor" TV series were again aired in Germany,
and again on "Junior", part of the pay-TV "Premiere
World". The airing was from Monday to Friday, at 7:00 AM
CET.
"Kimba the white lion"
TV series was again aired in Germany on "Junior" (part
of the pay-TV "Premiere World") from Monday to Friday
at 7:20 AM CET under the name "Leo der kleine Löwenkönig"
(Leo the Little Lionking). This airing started on 20th
September 2002.
2003.
On
25th March 2003 26 episodes from the 1966 U.S. "Kimba"
TV series were available for the first time on DVD by Right Stuf.
See DVD
releases for more information!
The italian Kimba airing called
"Una giungla di avventure per Kimba"
has repeated its broadcast after exactly 4 years in Italy on channel
Italia 1. The broadcasting started on 8th
September (and it was aired from Monday to Friday at 08:15 AM
CET), but it temporarily ended on 19th September, and
it seems that the airing has been interrupted for good.
2004.
The original
1965
episodes were aired on TV on the Nihon
Eiga Senmon satellite channel. It is carried on three
Japanese satellites as a part of three packages: on Superbird
C (at 144.0°E, freq.12583 horizontal) as a part of the I-HITS
package, on JCSAT 4A (at 124.0°E, freq.12508 vertical) as
a part of the Sky
PerfecTV package (channel 707), and on N-Sat 110
(at 110.0°E, freq.12371 R) as a part of the Sky
PerfecTV 110 package.
It
was aired every Sunday at 11:00 AM, one episode per week (this
episode was repeated every Wednesday morning at 06:00 AM). The
airing started in the middle of July 2004, and it ended on 7th
August 2005.
Also, it is interesting to mention that, along with Kimba, three
other popular animes by Osamu Tezuka were aired in the same
part of day - an episode of "Astro Boy" and "Princess
Knight" was aired before Kimba, while an episode of "The
Amazing Three" was aired immediately after Kimba.
From 24th September
to 16th November "Kimba the white lion" TV
series were aired in Germany on "Junior" (part of the
pay-TV "Premiere World") from Monday to Friday at 10:40
AM CET. These are the original 1966 episodes dubbed in Germany
in 1977
(38 episodes).
Jungle
Emperor Leo (first movie)
1966.
The
first "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie (the second one was
released in 1997) was shown in Japan and Italy. In Japan it was distributed by
Toho, and the first showing was on Sunday, 31st July. In Italy it won a Golden Lion (1st prize) at the 19th Film Festival for youth held in Venice.
1967.
In Venezuela the movie "Jungle Emperor Leo" won a Silver
Lion at the Venezuela International Film Festival.
1977. The "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie was aired in Italy on "Telemontecarlo" on 7th August 1977 at 8:40 PM.
1989. The "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie was aired for the last time in Italy on "Junior TV" as a part of the "Film weekend". (Many thanks to Francesco Piccardo for this info!)
"Go
ahead, Leo!" TV series
1966.
"Janguru Taitei - Susume, Leo!" (Go ahead, Leo!) anime,
sequel to "Jungle Emperor", was shown in Japan again
on Fuji Television. The broadcasting started on 5th
October 1966. and ended on 9th March 1967. It was shown
every Wednesday at 7:00 PM, 1 episode per day.
One episode from the series was
shown in theaters in Italy under the title "Leo il re della
giungla". It won a Golden Lion (1st prize)
at the 19th Film Festival for youth held in Venice.
1972. The
1966 "Leo" TV series were
aired as "Le roi Léo" in France on ORTF. The
broadcasting started on 20th December 1972. This anime
was aired in Canada in the 1970s as well.
Note:
Many thanks to Lucie Gignac from Canada for the full lyrics of
this theme!
1984.
"Leo the lion" ("Janguru Taitei - Susume, Leo!")
TV series were shown in USA.
1990.
The complete 1965"Jungle
Emperor Leo" anime was aired as "Le Retour de Léo"
in France on "La 5" ("La
Cinq"). They were followed by the complete
1966 "Leo" anime, but this time the 1966 "Leo"
was recorded with new french voice actors. The airing started
on 17th September 1990.
The opening theme was sung by
Claude Lombard, and pictured here is the scan of the 45rpm record
with the theme. This song is actually based on the opening theme
of the italian TV series "Sabato al circo"("Saturdays
at the circus") - the music (by N.Carucci) is the same in
both songs, only the italian lyrics (by A.Valeri Manera) were
replaced with the french lyrics by Charles Level.
The opening theme
(from the 45rpm record;
Windows Media Audio 9 clip; 1,41
MB)
Note: Although the image
on the cover of the 45rpm record suggests that the 1989 Kimba
series were also aired on "La 5", there is no further
information on this.
1991. 14 episodes of the "Kimba der weisse Löwe" series that were never shown in 1977 (but which were newly dubbed - including the episode "The Return of Fancy Prancy" that was initially aired in 1977 but which was damaged immediately after that first airing, and so it had to be retaken and redubbed for the "Bou Bou" series), and all 26 episodes of the "Onward, Leo!" series were all together aired on Pro7 as "Bou Bou - König der Tiere". The name was changed because of the copyright reasons. (Many thanks to Swen Steffens for these explanations!)
In addition to Pro7, "Bou Bou - König der Tiere" was also aired on TV München, but the year is not known.
The opening theme(Windows Media Audio 9 clip, 336 kB; many thanks to Swen Steffens!)
1995.
20 episodes from the "Go ahead, Leo!" (aka "Leo
the Lion") episodes dubbed in french have been released in
France on video as "Le Retour du Roi Leo", by TF1 Video
and MMP.
1996.
All episodes from the "Go ahead, Leo!" TV series were
released in Germany on 13 VideoCDs under the title "Der Löwen
König" by a company called TopWare.
Each
VideoCD costed 19.95 german marks (that's about 10.00 US dollars).
TopWare
also released some of these episodes on VHS.
1997.
The australian DVD release of the "Leo the Lion" series
(containing 6 episodes from the series) has been released on 3
DVDs. These DVDs are region-4 encoded and are in PAL format.
1994 "Leo the Lion"
release has been released in Croatia under the title "Lav
Leo". The video distributor was Continental
Film.
1998.
"Leo the lion" TV series were again aired in Spain,
this time as "Leo, el rei de la selva" on TV3. Airings
in July were at 8:25 AM.
1999.
"Una giungla di avventure
per Kimba" TV series (which consisted of the 1993
"Kimba", "Go ahead, Leo!"/"Onward, Leo!"
& "New Jungle Emperor Leo" episodes) were aired
in Italy on Italia 1. They were aired Monday to Friday, starting
at 7:15 AM, 2 episodes per day. The broadcasting started on Monday,
13th September 1999.
Note: I finally managed to get the above opening theme. It
is very catchy and very nice, but it is very
hard to find. This is (so far) the only place on the Internet
where you can find it, so download it and
enjoy!
2003.
The italian Kimba airing
called "Una giungla di avventure per
Kimba" has repeated its broadcast after exactly 4
years in Italy on channel
Italia 1. The broadcasting started on 8th
September (and it was aired from Monday to Friday at 08:15 AM
CET), but it temporarily ended on 19th September, and
it seems that the airing has been interrupted for good.
21 episodes
from the "Leo the Lion" series have been released
in the U.S. on 30th September on 3 DVDs by Front
Row Entertainment.
1989.
"New Jungle Emperor Leo" anime (1989 "Kimba"
episodes) was aired in Japan on Tokyo TV. The broadcasting started
on Friday, 7th April 1989. and ended also on Friday,
16th March 1990. Later it was released in U.S. on video
as "New adventures of Kimba the white lion".
1996.One episode from the 1989 "Kimba"
series was presented at the "Tampere International Short
Film Festival" (6th-10th March) in
Tampere, Finland. (Many thanks
to Lauri Welling from Finland for this info!)
1998.
Some episodes from the 1989 "Kimba" TV series were released
under the title "The new adventures of Kimba the white lion"
on video by Pioneer Family Entertainment.
1999. 1989 "Kimba" TV series was aired in Germany on "Junior", part of the pay-TV "Premiere World", under the name "Leo der kleine Löwenkönig" (Leo the Little Lionking). All 52 episodes of the series were aired from Monday to Friday at 11:00 AM CET. The airing started on 9th August and ended on 20th October 1999. (Many thanks to Marc from Germany for these infos!)
"Una giungla di avventure per Kimba" TV series (which consisted of the 1993 "Kimba", "Go ahead, Leo!"/"Onward, Leo!" & "New Jungle Emperor Leo" episodes) were aired in Italy on Italia 1. They were aired Monday to Friday, starting at 7:15 AM, 2 episodes per day. The broadcasting started on Monday, 13th September 1999.
Note: I finally managed to get the above opening theme. It
is very catchy and very nice, but it is very
hard to find. This is (so far) the only place on the Internet
where you can find it, so download it and
enjoy!
2001.
1989 "Kimba" TV
series was again aired in Germany on "Junior", part of the pay-TV "Premiere World" under the name "Leo der kleine Löwenkönig". All episodes of the series were aired from Monday to Friday at 6:15 AM CET. The airing started on 14th December 2001 and ended on 1st March 2002. (Many thanks to Marc from Germany for the update!)
2002. 1989 "Kimba" TV series was again aired in Germany on "Junior" (part of the pay-TV "Premiere World") under the name "Leo der kleine Löwenkönig" from Monday to Friday at 7:20 AM CET. This airing started on 20th September and ended on 2nd December 2002. (Many thanks to Marc from Germany for the update!)
2003.
The italian Kimba airing called
"Una giungla di avventure per Kimba"
has repeated its broadcast after exactly 4 years in Italy on channel
Italia 1. The broadcasting started on 8th
September (and it was aired from Monday to Friday at 08:15 AM CET),
but it temporarily ended on 19th September, and it seems
that the airing has been interrupted for good.
"Kimba
the white lion - Symphonic poem" movie
1991.
"Kimba the white lion -
Symphonic poem" movie has been imported from Japan and distributed
by Right Stuf International.
Note: Most of the music from the above clip Isao Tomita,
the composer of
the music from the 1965 "Jungle Emperor" series, later
took and rearranged
for the opening sequence of the 1997 "Jungle Emperor Leo"
movie
1993
"Kimba the white lion" episodes
1993. "Kimba the white
lion" remake of the U.S. 1966 series was made (it was released on video later). It was made by
Landmark Entertainment Group, Susuki Associates and CEG Cinema
Partners, and it was distributed by CEG Distribution.
1991. 14 episodes of the "Kimba der weisse Löwe" series that were never shown in 1977 (but which were newly dubbed - including the episode "The Return of Fancy Prancy" that was initially aired in 1977 but which was damaged immediately after that first airing, and so it had to be retaken and redubbed for the "Bou Bou" series), and all 26 episodes of the "Onward, Leo!" series were all together aired on Pro7 as "Bou Bou - König der Tiere". The name was changed because of the copyright reasons. (Many thanks to Swen Steffens for these explanations!)
The opening theme (Windows Media Audio 9 clip, 336 kB; many thanks to Swen Steffens!)
1986.
2001.
1965.
1966.
1977.
1990.
2000.
1966.
1994.
1989.
1998.
1991.
1993.
In
Australia this release was later released on video by CEL Entertainment
(left) and by MRA Entertainment (right).