1998.
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.
2000.
1997 "Jungle Emperor
Leo" movie was shown at Japanime (the major film component
of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival) at Dendy Opera
Quays (23th - 27th August), on Sunday
27th August at 11:15 AM.
2003.
The australian DVD release of the 1993 "Kimba the White
Lion" release (containing 8 episodes from the series)
has been released on 15th September on 2 DVDs.
1977.
39 episodes of the 1966 "Kimba
the white lion" TV series were aired under the title
"Kimba der weisse Löwe" on ORF 1.
Bosnia
& Herzegovina
2002.On 23rd
May one 1993 "Kimba the white lion" episode
was aired at 4:30 PM CET on "TV USK Bihac".
Brazil
2000."Kimba o
leão branco" TV series has been shown, starting at
6:30 PM. This is probably
the 1993 "Kimba the white lion" remake.
Canada
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.
1997.
1994 "Leo the Lion"
release has been released under the title "Lav Leo".
The video distributor was Continental
Film.
2000.
8
episodes of the "Kimba bijeli lavic" video release
was shown on ATV Split.
14
episodes of the unknown "Kimba the white lion"
release (probably the croatian 1995 release) has been shown
on "NeT" ("Independent Television"),
every Thursday at 4:30 PM CET.
2001.
On 30th December
one 1993 "Kimba" episode was aired at 1:30 PM
CET on "TV Nova Pula".
2002.
On
9th February another 1993 "Kimba" episode
was aired at 6:25 PM CET on "TV Nova Pula".
On
19th October one 1993 "Kimba" episode
(Jungle Thief) was aired on GTV Zadar (thanks to Zlikowsky
for that information).
2003.
In
"Medioteka", which is part of the City library
of Zagreb with multimedia activities and which is designed
for its younger members (from 7-17 years of age), from
Monday 26th May to Friday 30th May,
starting at 2:00 PM CET five episodes from the 1995 croatian
"Kimba" release were shown.
9
dubbed episodes from the 1993 "Kimba the white lion"
video release have been released on 3 DVDs. Video distributor is Zauder Film from Zagreb, and the
titles of the episodes on these DVDs are:
-
DVD 1: Pandzin sin; Kimba u Parizu; Kimba
i kradljivci hrane
-
DVD 2: Samson napada; Kimba i krilati tigar; Kimba
protiv skakavaca
-
DVD 3: Kimba i kralj Bubu; Kimba i hijene; Kimba
prijatelj ljudi
El
Salvador
2004. "Kimba
el leon blanco" TV series was aired
on Agape TV Canal 8 from the end of 2004 until June 2006, every Saturday
at 10:40 AM MT (before that it was aired at 12:04 PM MT).
It was the 1993 "Kimba the white lion" remake.
Finland
1989. "Kimba
the white lion" was released 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!
1996.One episode from the 1989
"Kimba" series was presented at the "Tampere
International Short Film Festival" (6th-10th
March) in Tampere. (Many
thanks to Lauri Welling from Finland for this info as well!)
France
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!
1990.
The complete 1965"Jungle
Emperor Leo" anime was aired as "Le Retour de
Léo" 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. 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 original 45rpm record single;
Windows Media Audio 9 clip;
1,41 MB)
1995.
20 episodes from the "Go ahead, Leo!" (aka
"Leo the Lion") episodes dubbed in french have
been released on video as "Le Retour du Roi Leo",
by TF1 Video and MMP.
1997.
8 episodes from the 1993 Kimba (aka "Canadian")
episodes dubbed in french have been released on video as
"Les Aventures de Kimba Le Roi de la jungle",
by L.C.J. Editions.
39
episodes of the 1966 "Kimba the white lion" TV
series were aired under the title "Kimba der weisse
Löwe" in Germany 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).
1985. "Kimba der
weisse Löwe" TV series (33 of total 38 episodes) was again aired, 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. It was re-released in 1995 (see Video
releases).
1988. "Kimba der weisse Löwe" TV series was again aired 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 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!)
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!)
1994."Kimba der weisse
Löwe" TV series were aired on RTL 2. They
were aired almost at the same time "Lion King"
was shown in movie theaters.
1996. All episodes from the
"Go ahead, Leo!" TV series were released 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.
1998.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.
1999.1989 "Kimba" TV series was aired 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!)
2000.
38
episodes of the "Jungle Emperor" TV series were
aired 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 under the title "Leo - Herrscher
des Dschungels", but it wasn't shown to date.
2001.
Since
May 2001. 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.
1989 "Kimba" TV series was again aired 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.
From
14th March to 7th May, 38 episodes
of the "Jungle Emperor" TV series were again
aired on Junior, part of the pay-TV "Premiere World".
The airing was from Monday to Friday, at 7:00 AM CET.
1989 "Kimba" TV series was again aired 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!)
2004.From 24th September to 16th
November "Kimba the white lion" TV series were
aired 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).
Hungary
2000.13 episodes of
"Kimba the white lion" TV series were shown on
Minimax TV under the title "Kimba a feher orozslan".
Italy
1966.
One episode from the "Janguru
Taitei - Susume, Leo!" (Go ahead, Leo!/Onward, Leo!)
anime was shown in theaters in Italy under the title "Leo
il re della giungla".
In the same year the first "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie (the second one was released in 1997) was shown. It won a Golden Lion (1st prize) at the 19th Film Festival for youth held in Venice.
The 1966 "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie was aired on "Telemontecarlo" on 7th August 1977 at 8:40 PM.
"Kimba the white lion" anime was aired 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 on
"Antenna Nord". The broadcasting started in Spring
1978.
1979.
"Kimba il leone bianco"
TV series were aired on "Quinta Rete" (future
"Italia 1"). (Many thanks to Francesco Piccardo for the correction!)
1982.
"Kimba il leone
bianco" TV series were aired 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.
A new italian dubbing of "Kimba
the white lion" episodes, which starred Franco Latini
as Kimba, was aired 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!)
1986.
Manga "Kimba il leone
bianco" was published in 3 volumes 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.
1989. 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!)
1991."Kimba il
leone bianco" video has been released by a company
called Pretty Video.
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 it. This is so far the only place on
the Internet where you can find it, so download
it and enjoy!
2001.
"Kimba il leone bianco"
anime was shown 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.)
2003.The italian Kimba airing called "Una
giungla di avventure per Kimba" (consisting
of the "Kimba the White Lion", of the "Leo
the Lion" and of the 1989 Kimba episodes) has repeated
its broadcast after exactly 4 years 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.
Japan
1950.
"Janguru Taitei"
manga was originally published in monthly comic magazine
"Manga Shonen", 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.
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.
The
first "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie (the second one
was released in 1997) was shown. It was distributed by Toho,
and the first showing was on Sunday, 31st July.
"Janguru
Taitei - Susume, Leo!" (Go ahead, Leo!) anime, sequel
to "Jungle Emperor", was shown 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.
1989."New Jungle Emperor
Leo" anime (1989 "Kimba" episodes)
was aired 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".
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
1992.
"Jungle Emperor"
(aka "Kimba the White Lion") anime was aired on
TV Tokyo every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 AM.
1997.
The second, new "Jungle
Emperor Leo" movie has been released. It was distributed
by Shochiku and by BMG Japan. The first showing was on Friday,
1st August 1997. at 9:40 AM.
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 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.
Read more
about it on the