"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 in 1977.
The manga started in the
November 1950's issue, and ended in April 1954's issue.
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.
"Janguru
Taitei - Susume, Leo!" (Go ahead, Leo!/Onward, Leo!)
anime, sequel to "Jungle Emperor", was shown
in Japan 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".
"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!)
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.
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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).
"Janguru
Taitei" manga was republished in 3 volumes in Japan
by Kodansha.
All 3 volumes
were released between June and August 1977.
The first "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie was aired in Italy on "Telemontecarlo" on 7th August 1977 at 8:40 PM.
"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!)
"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.
"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!)
"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!)
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.
"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!)
"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 the U.S. on video as "New adventures of
Kimba the white lion".
"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!)
The 1966 "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!)
"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.
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 broadcasted 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.
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
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 in Germany 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, very hard to find.
"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.
"Kimba
the lion prince", probably the second release of the
1993 "Kimba the white lion" release, has
been released on video by UAV (United American Video).
1993 "Kimba the white lion" video release has been dubbed and released on video in Slovenia as "Kimba beli levcek". Video distributor in Slovenia was Alteka video.
1993 "Kimba the white lion" video release has been dubbed and released on video in Croatia as "Kimba bijeli lavic". Video distributor in Croatia was Zauder Film.
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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.
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.
Manga
"Le roi Leo" was published in 3 volumes in France
by Glénat.
"Kimba el leon blanco" TV series were aired in Mexico on Fox Kids Network. The airing started on Friday, 1st November 1996. This is (probably) the 1993 "Kimba the white lion" remake dubbed in Spanish. (Thanks to Mazochungo for the update of this info!)
"Kimba the white lion" anime was aired in Australia on a Fox pay cable service (I don't know its exact name).
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!)
The
second, new "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie has been
released in Japan. It was distributed by Shochiku and by
BMG Japan. The first showing was on Friday, 1st
August 1997. at 9:40 AM.
6 episodes of the "Kimba beli levcek" video release was shown in Slovenia on POP TV.
1994 "Leo the Lion" release has been released in Croatia under the title "Lav Leo". The video distributor was Continental Film.
"Kimba the white lion" TV series were aired in the U.K. on Fox Kids Network. The airing started in August 1997. The episodes were aired every Saturday and Sunday, starting at 6:00 AM GMT.
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 free and
are in PAL format.
8 episodes from the 1993 Kimba (aka "Canadian") episodes dubbed in french have been released in France on video as "Les Aventures de Kimba Le Roi de la jungle", by L.C.J. Editions.
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.
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.
"Kimba el leon blanco" TV series has been aired in Puerto Rico. This is (probably) the 1993 "Kimba the white lion" remake dubbed in Spanish. (Thanks to Mazochungo for the update of this info!)
1997 "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie was shown at the 47th Melbourne International Film Festival (23th July - 9th August 1998). It was shown on 2 places: in the Bourke Street in Village Center on Friday 24th July at 1:00 PM, and at the Forum Theatre on Saturday 25th July at 3:15 PM.
"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.
1997 "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie was shown at the Anime Festival in Berkeley 1999, on Saturday 20th June, at 3:00 PM.
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!)
One "Kimba the white lion" episode was aired in Turkey on the satellite channel Cine 5. It was aired on 2nd September at 6:30 AM.
"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.
The
original Kimba 1966 episodes were finally released on video
by Right
Stuf International.
These episodes were also released on DVD in 2003.
Read
more
about it on Video
releases and on DVD
releases pages
Some episodes from the "Kimba beli levcek" video release were shown in Slovenia on TV3, every Sunday, starting at 2:00 PM. The broadcasting started on 20th February 2000.
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.
The new "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie was planned to be shown in movie theaters in Germany under the title "Leo - Herrscher des Dschungels", but it wasn't shown to date.
8 episodes of the "Kimba bijeli lavic" video release was shown in Croatia on ATV Split.
14 episodes of the unknown "Kimba the white lion" release (probably the croatian 1995 release) has been shown in Croatia on "NeT" ("Independent Television"), every Thursday at 4:30 PM CET.
"Kimba el leon blanco" TV series was aired in Mexico on Televisa, Sundays at 2:00 PM. This is (probably) the 1993 "Kimba the white lion" remake dubbed in Spanish. (Thanks to Mazochungo for the update of this info!)
"Kimba o leão branco" TV series has been shown in Brazil, starting at 6:30 PM. This is probably the 1993 "Kimba the white lion" remake.
13 episodes of "Kimba the white lion" TV series were shown in Hungary on Minimax TV under the title "Kimba a feher orozslan".
"Kimba el leon blanco" TV series has been shown in Peru on Televisión Nacional del Perú, Monday to Friday, airing time unknown. This is (probably) the 1993 "Kimba the white lion" remake. (Thanks to Mazochungo for
"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 in 1977.
"Jungle
Emperor" is the first anime in color (first animated
TV series) in Japan. It
was aired on Fuji Television.
"Janguru
Taitei - Susume, Leo!" (Go ahead, Leo!/Onward, Leo!)
anime, sequel to "Jungle Emperor", was shown
in Japan 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.
"Kimba
the white lion" anime was shown in USA. It was distributed
by NBC Films, and it was aired for the last time in 1978.
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episodes of the 
"Janguru
Taitei" manga was republished in 3 volumes in Japan
by Kodansha. 
"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).
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.
"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 the U.S. on video as "New adventures of
Kimba the white lion". 
The
complete 
"Kimba
the white lion - Symphonic poem" movie has been imported
from Japan and distributed by Right Stuf International.
"Kimba
il leone bianco" video has been released in Italy by
a company called Pretty Video.
"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.
In
Australia this release was later released on video by
CEL Entertainment (left) and by MRA Entertainment (right).
Some
"Leo the Lion" episodes were released on video
in USA by Palm Beach.
"Kimba
the lion prince", probably the second release of the
1993 "Kimba the white lion" release, has
been released on video by UAV (United American Video). 
1993 "Kimba the white lion" video release has been dubbed and released on video in Croatia as "Kimba bijeli lavic". Video distributor in Croatia was Zauder Film. 
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.
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.
Manga
"Le roi Leo" was published in 3 volumes in France
by Glénat.
The
second, new "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie has been
released in Japan. It was distributed by Shochiku and by
BMG Japan. The first showing was on Friday, 1st
August 1997. at 9:40 AM.
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 free and
are in PAL format.
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.
The
original Kimba 1966 episodes were finally released on video
by