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| Jungle Emperor Leo (LaserDisc) | |
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This isn't the release of the "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie from 1966, it is the release of a completely new movie. The story for this movie was taken from the "Go ahead Leo"("Leo the Lion") TV series, which means that here we are talking about Leo(Kimba's name in the original version), Rya(Kitty's name in the original version), Rune and Rukyo. |
Duration:
99 minutes
Catalog number: BVLA-38
Produced
by: Tezuka Productions, 1997
Released
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21/01/1998
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| Jungle Emperor Leo (DVD) | |
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This isn't the release of the "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie from 1966, it is the release of a completely new movie. The story for this movie was taken from the "Go ahead Leo"("Leo the Lion") TV series, which means that here we are talking about Leo(Kimba's name in the original version), Rya(Kitty's name in the original version), Rune and Rukyo. |
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Duration:
99 minutes
Produced by: Tezuka Productions, 1997
Released on: 25/10/2001
Catalog number: PIBA-3082
Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. The CD with movie soundtrack can be ordered from the CD releases page. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD from JpopHelp.com. UPDATED
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| Jungle Emperor Leo: Symphonic Poem (DVD) | |
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This is not a remake of the original episodes, but the story of Kimba (actually, just the first episode of the 1965 TV series) told in a totally different way - completely without words. Instead of it, you can experience a beautiful musical storytelling. The music in this movie is made by Isao Tomita (composer of the musical score/background music for the 1965 TV series) - he made it by rearranging his music from the 1965 TV series. This music was released on LP in 1966 and 1976, and on CD in 1985 and in the 90s, before using it as the music soundtrack for this movie. The pictures in this movie are new and specially made for this music and this occasion. |
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Duration:
60
minutes
Produced
by: Tezuka Productions, 1991?
Released
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21/11/2001
Catalog number: COBC-4104
Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com. UPDATED
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| Jungle Emperor Leo (DVD) | |
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This is the official DVD release of the original 1965 Jungle Emperor Leo (Kimba the White Lion) TV series which contains all 52 episodes. It also contains the original cast of voices and music soundtrack. The first DVD-box set contains first 25 episodes, while the second one contains the remaining episodes 26 to 52. |
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Number
of episodes: 52
Duration of each episode: 25 minutes
Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1965
Released on: 21/11/2001 (box 1), 29/06/2002 (box 2)
Catalog numbers: XT-1279, XT-1310
Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2) and from Amazon.com Japan (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2). NEW: North-American visitors can purchase these DVD sets from JpopHelp.com (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2). UPDATED
However, I would suggest the
limited edition of the Jungle Emperor Leo complete box (see
below) that contains all episodes from the 1965 "Jungle
Emperor Leo" and from the 1966 "Go ahead Leo!"
series and has a much lower price (circa $180, instead
of over $600 for previous DVD-boxes with the 1965 and 1966 series).
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| New Jungle Emperor Leo (DVD) | |
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Although it was made in Japan from 1988 to 1989 as a remake of and a sequel to the original "Jungle Emperor Leo" and "Jungle Emperor Leo - Susume, Leo!" series, it didn't have bigger releases until this one. This was Osamu Tezuka's (author of Jungle Emperor - Kimba the white lion) idea of making the completely new Kimba series, which he didn't see finished and released because of his unexpected death in 1989. These 1989 Japanese TV series were on TV in Japan from 1989 to 1990 and in France in 1990. |
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first DVD-box set contains first 28 episodes, while the second
one contains the remaining episodes 29 to 52.
Number of episodes: 52
Duration of each episode: about 20 minutes
Produced by: Tezuka Productions, 1988-1989
Released on: 25/07/2002 (box 1), 22/11/2002 (box 2)
Catalog numbers: PIBA-3132, PIBA-3150
Where
to buy it online? It is available from
CD Japan (DVD-box
set 1, DVD-box
set 2) and from Amazon.com Japan (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2). NEW: North-American visitors can purchase these DVD sets from JpopHelp.com (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2). UPDATED
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| Jungle Emperor Leo - Susume, Leo! (DVD) | |
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"Jungle Emperor Leo - Susume, Leo!" is the original name of what was called "Leo the Lion" while it was broadcasted on TV in the U.S. in 1984. It is the sequel to "Kimba the White Lion", but Kimba is grown up here, and is called Leo (Kimba's original name). The DVD-box set contains all 26 episodes on 5 DVDs. |
Number
of episodes: 26
Duration of each episode: 25 minutes
Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1966
Release date: 21/05/2003
Catalog number: XT-1394
Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com. UPDATED
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| Osamu Tezuka Animation World (DVD) | |
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This DVD-box set contains 3 movies by Tezuka/Mushi Productions: the 1966 "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie (finally!), the 1964 "Astro Boy: The Brave in Space" movie and a rare anime, 1965 "New Treasure Island". This DVD release is important since it is the first (official) release of the 1966 "Jungle Emperor" movie. |
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Total
duration: 220 minutes
Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1964, 1965, 1966
Release date: 02/04/2005
Catalog number: XT-1707
Where
to buy it online? It is available from
CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com. UPDATED
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| Jungle Emperor Leo complete box (DVD) | |
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This is complete japanese Leo (Kimba) DVD-box set released as part of the "Osamu Tezuka Anime (Animation) World" series containing 15 DVDs with all episodes (from the previous DVD releases) of the 1965 "Jungle Emperor Leo" and of the 1966 "Go ahead, Leo!" episodes. This DVD box has been recently re-released at a reduced price (see below). |
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Number
of episodes: 78
(52+26)
Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1965, 1966
Release date: 21/09/2005
Catalog number: XT-2074
Where
to buy it online? It is available from
CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com. UPDATED
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| Jungle Emperor Leo complete box (limited edition; DVD) NEW | |
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Same as the above DVD set, except this is a reduced-price reissue, released in honor of the 80th anniversary of Osamu Tezuka's birth. Along with a lower price, it also comes with a bonus: two 40-page booklets and one 32-page booklet about the "Jungle Emperor" series. |
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Number
of episodes: 78
(52+26)
Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1965, 1966
Release date: 23/07/2008
Catalog number: XT-2667
Where
to buy it online? It is available from
CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com.
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