Kimba the White Lion

Category:	TV Series
Adult:	No
Native:	ジャングル大帝
Romaji:	Jungle Taitei
Titles:	Kimba de Witte Leeuw Jungle Emperor Kimba Le retour du roi Léo Le retour de Léo Le roi Léo Kimba, der weiße Löwe Kimba, der weisse Löwe Λέο, ο Βασιλιάς της Ζούγκλας Kimba,a fehér oroszlán Kimba, il leone bianco Kimba, El León Blanco Kimba, o Leão Branco
Runtime:	25 minutes
Aired:	Oct 6, 1965 [59 years 3 months ago]
Ended:	Sep 28, 1966 [58 years 3 months ago]
Language:	Japanese
Genres:	Comedy
Tags:	Anthropomorphism
Links:	MAL ANIDB ANN ANILIST

The series follows the adventures Leo (renamed Kimba in the English release), a young lion cub. Leo becomes king of the jungle when his father, the previous king of the jungle is killed by a human hunter.

Episode 1: Go, Panja's Child Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The white lion Panja, king of the jungle, dies. He sacrifices himself for his wife Eliza in trying to save her when she is captured by humans. Eliza gives birth to a baby on a transport ship, and names him Leo. She wants to save Leo, who carried the blood of Panja, so she has him escape from the sinking ship in the middle of a storm. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 2: Desert Storm Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Mandy the orangutan and Coco the parrot are very glad to find that the white baby lion that had been washed ashore is Panja's child. However, Leo is abducted by a group of death traders. Then the poet Buribal saves him, and Leo returns to the jungle to fight villains. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 3: Animal School Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Kenichi and Mary, who were involved in an airplane accident, wander into the jungle where Leo and his friends live. Leo is very impressed when he sees Kenichi curing an animal by playing his flute, so he opens an animal school to absorb this kind of wisdom. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 4: Fierce Bull Samson Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Panja's old friend Samson discriminates against animals that live with humans. He gives Leo a mule and says that domestic animals are traitors that must eat by others according to the law of the jungle. However, Leo firmly rejects such barbarism... Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 5: The Continent As One Remembers Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The child leopard Rugar, who thinks his grandfather Rupe was killed by Panja, attacks Leo. But Leo had met Rupe in a sewer in Paris, and had promised Rupe that he would... Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 6: Starved Savanna Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: There is a long spell of drought, and somebody has eaten all the precious grass. Seeing his fellows going hungry, Leo tells them that they can live without being bothered by the weather if they cultivate fields like humans do. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 7: The Duel in Donga Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The Black Panther Totto is against the jungle being firmly united by Leo. So he cunningly engenders distrust among the animals of the jungle. Leo tries to sort out the situation, but is tricked and pushed down to the Sulfur Valley. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 8: Crazy Clouds Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The carnivorous animals stop eating meat and become herbivorous upon Leo's suggestion, but they grow weak due to lack of protein. Leo is at a loss when they begin complaining. Then he hits upon the idea that insects such as grasshoppers can be substitutes for meat. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 9: The King with Wings Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: A scientist named Beast transplants the nerve of a great eagle to a tiger, and creates Winger, a tiger with wings. Then Winger kidnaps Romi's mother. Leo asks the doctor to put wings on his back so that he can get back the mother. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 10: Two Hearts Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The film crews that come to the jungle where Leo and his friends live think they have the right to do anything for their film. They set fire in the jungle, and try to kill Lyre in the fire. Leo sets out to rescue her. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 11: Conga Hunting Ground (Part 1) Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The chief guard of the Conga Hunting Ground continues training captured animals to become violent, because he thinks hunting would be more fun that way. Leo prevails upon him to stop this outrage, but is lured into a trap by Congo's lion Kim. He is in a desperate situation when a huge mammoth of a legendary mountain saves him. What is this mammoth called "Ofukurosan"? Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 12: Conga Hunting Ground (Part 2) Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The chief guard of the Conga Hunting Ground continues training captured animals to become violent, because he thinks hunting would be more fun that way. Leo prevails upon him to stop this outrage, but is lured into a trap by Congo's lion Kim. He is in a desperate situation when a huge mammoth of a legendary mountain saves him. What is this mammoth called "Ofukurosan"? Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 13: Big Chorus in the Thick Forest Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Kenichi gets depressed because he misses his country. Leo and his friends begin a chorus to cheer him up. However, Ham egg and his hunting friends appear and take away the animals. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 14: Androcres Story Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: I am different form others. Why am I the only lion different from others? Leo gets depressed when he is treated like a failure. To comfort Leo, Kenichi tells him the story of the white lion Androcres, who was known as a god of Egypt. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 15: Egg, Egg, Egg Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: During a spring-cleaning of the Jungle School, Tarchie takes some eggs for garbage and throws them into the river. The mother birds were panic. The students go down the river and at last retrieve the eggs. The mother birds collect their eggs, but one egg is left untouched. So Leo is obliged to take the egg himself. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 16: The Flaming River Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The crocodile Gabuga attacks animals on the land. When he sees that his baby crocodile Pichie has drunk gasoline by mistake, he thinks Pichie's friends on the land have poisoned his child. Leo sets out to rescue the animals Gabuga has captured... Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 17: The Strange Blue Snake Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The blue snake Nura come to the jungle. Nura uses hypnotism to catch the birds of their guard, and tries to eat them. When Leo comes to rescue the birds, however, he is attacked by a hypnotized birds instead. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 18: Vera and a Medal Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The wild boar Vera, who has a strong inferior complex about her appearance, is laughed at even by her dear friend Ruca's mother. She becomes desperate, and goes by herself to destroy the rough baboon that disturbs the peaceful jungle. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 19: The Forbidden Hut Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Leo meets his sister Ryona by chance in an abandoned village of a wood he has accidentally wandered into. Then Leo learns that Panja had once lived in the village as its guardian angel. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 20: Confusion in the Restaurant Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: A barter restaurant opens so that animals used to different kinds of diet can avoid killing each other. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 21: Sandy Comes Back Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Sandy lost a fight with Mandy for the position of boss ten years ago. Now Sandy comes back to the jungle with his followers to take revenge on Mandy. Sandy threatens to spray sulfurous gas in the jungle if Mandy is not handed over to him. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 22: Old Boy Percy Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: An epidemic breaks out in a village, so Leo and the old barberry sheep Percy head for the rocky mountain Rock to find the cure. However, it is a dangerous place haunted by flying lizards that appear at night. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 23: The Gigantic Insect Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: A swarm of grasshoppers fly out of the cracks on the ground. Suddenly there is an excess supply of food, and carnivorous animals become stout. Then appears a grasshopper that has become gigantic by radioactivity. The carnivorous animals are too fat to move, so Leo has to fight the huge grasshopper alone. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 24: Mammy in the Forest Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Bubu and Totto force an old horned owl to make a poisonous drug, and give it to Leo. The two are pleased because they think they have killed Leo by poison. However, the drug causes only numbness. When they find that Leo is still alive, they try to make the old owl create a real poison this time. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 25: The Little Elephant Jumbo Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Leo finds out that thousands of elephants have been killed by Congo and his men, and tells the elephant boss Darba about it. Darba, however, does not believe him. The elephants ignore Leo's warning, only to find themselves victims of massacre by an army of tanks. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 26: Meat of Peace Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Oba does not like the idea of making friends with herbivorous animals. So she gives meat to her children, and has them come to like its taste. The children are fascinated by the taste; their instincts as carnivorous animals are awakened and they try to attack herbivorous animals. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 27: The Sad Chameleon Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The chameleon Bero is a liar and he makes everybody angry by his lies. A pigmy hippopotamus Kabu is after him. So Leo tries to put an end to Bero's lying habit, only to get himself angry when he is deceived by Bero's lying. Leo expels Bero from the jungle, but finding that Bero is trying to commit suicide out of despair, he follows Bero hurriedly. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 28: The Wildcat Mu Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The wild cat Myuu disturbs the order of the jungle. Nevertheless, Leo tries to accept her as one of their members. So he dares to act as if she were his friend. However, Myuu's behavior does not change. Moreover, humans come into the jungle because of her, and the jungle is exposed to danger. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 29: The Carnivorous Plant Araune Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The animals of the jungle suddenly start fighting each other in a fit of madness. The cause of this behavior turns out to be the smell of a gigantic plant Araune. Moreover, it is a carnivorous flower. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 30: The Tracking Journey Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Raiza and Maroji come to see Leo. Maroji, who does not want Leo to treat him as an elderly one, follows the car that humans Don and his father Lowtle are driving to town. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 31: The Mystery of Dead Man's Cave Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Leo jumps into the dead man's cave to save one of his fellows. A lizard attacks Leo in the cave, but Leo does manage to save his friend. When they are passing through a hollow, they find a golden city protected by an old turtle at its end. Then appear the humans Gold and Rush who are looking for gold, and they attack Leo and his friend. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 32: The Last Poacher Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Mesamu, who is a ranger who controls poachers, is after a big poacher called "Devil's Mask." Leo wants to help Mesamu, so he deliberately tries to get captured by Devil's Mask... Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 33: The Case of Tuskless Huke Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Tom, the child of a white egret, is thrown into a river. Then the drifter hippopotamus Huke is accused of killing Tom. Leo does not think Huke is responsible, so he tries to prove Huke's innocence. Despite Leo's desperate plea, Huke is sentenced to death. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 34: The Counterattack of Black Panther Totto (Part 1) Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Leo and his fellows try to build an amusement park in the jungle, but it is in Bubu's territory. Bubu becomes angry, and tells his followers to attack Leo. The amusement park is now going to be built. However, soon after Totto betrays Bubu and joins Leo and his fellows, Totto encourages them to behave languidly and in a slovenly manner. Totto in fact has pretended to betray Bubu, and they are planning to expel Leo from the jungle. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 35: The Counterattack of Black Panther Totto (Part 2) Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Leo and his fellows try to build an amusement park in the jungle, but it is in Bubu's territory. Bubu becomes angry, and tells his followers to attack Leo. The amusement park is now going to be built. However, soon after Totto betrays Bubu and joins Leo and his fellows, Totto encourages them to behave languidly and in a slovenly manner. Totto in fact has pretended to betray Bubu, and they are planning to expel Leo from the jungle. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 36: The Monster in Mask Valley Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The monster of Mask Valley, the strange bird Moa, becomes friends with Leo and comes to the jungle, but cannot get used to the life there. Leo continues to cover up for Moa, who causes trouble all over the jungle. However, when Moa chases the hedgehog Harley and nearly scares him to death because he wants to eat it, Leo can no longer cover up for him. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 37: The Howling Statue of Evil Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Leo and Mandy are thinking of leveling down the east valley, where the statue of evil is kept, to irrigate water to the fields. However, the valley turns out to be a sacred place for hippopotamuses. Fearing that their sacred place might be sunk, the hippopotamus boss Bacchas offers to talk to Leo... Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 38: The Island of Volcanic Lake Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: As the white hippopotamus couple, who are Leo's friends, go back to their den in the island of volcanic lake to reproduce, and Saibos, who hates humans, drives Leo and his friends out of the island as they are making a playing field there. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 39: The Crazed Season Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: A herd of antelope is going to move to another place because they are starving due to drought. Leo tries to stop them because it is too dangerous to move the whole herd right now. However, the antelopes are determined to protect their herd and do not listen to Leo's warning. So Leo has to stop them by force. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 40: The Rowdy Ones of the Plains Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: The little boy Mar is so fond of Leo that he always follows him. Mar's grandfather Tom, however, it is not aware of this. One day he thinks that Leo had taken Mar away, so he goes to take Mar back from the camping site where Mar and Leo are staying. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 41: The Wondering Gods of Death Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Three outlaws that are feared as the gods of death appear. Even Leo is no match for them. Seeing Leo being defeated, Mandy argues that they should leave the jungle as soon as Leo's wound heals. Coco, however, objects, saying that simply running away from vicious enemies doesn't solve any problems. He encourages the injured Leo, and trains him for a return match with the gods of death. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 42: The Mischievous Deed Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Leo and the Tenpai Trio climb on a balloon just for fun, but it floats up into the air. They happily begin their flight, but carelessly crash into the hut of an old blind man... Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 43: The Raged Chimiset Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Leo and Kuma-suke go down a river on a raft looking for a Chimiset bear, but a storm throws them into the river. This misfortune, however, gives them a chance to meet the Chimiset's baby Misette. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 44: The Rainbow Valley Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Leo and his friends are talking about the rainbow valley that they have not yet been to. Kenny hears them talking and goes to investigate the route to the valley, but gets captured by the elephant Pagura on his way. When Leo goes to save him, Pagura tells Leo that he will let Leo pass into the rainbow valley if he keeps swimming in the bottomless marsh for ten days. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 45: The Illusionary Mountain Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: An army of tanks led by Mary together with a wild beast corps stage an assault on the jungle. Despite their brave fight, Leo and his fellows are driven into the sandbank of a river, and Kenichi and Higeoyaji are captured. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 46: Jane from the Town Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Tarchi's older sister Jane, who had been living with humans, comes back to the jungle. Jane behaves like a queen and says she is going to build her house on the ground where Leo and his friends have their play tree. The jungle is now separated into two opposing groups: Jane's henchmen and Leo's friends led by Mandy. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 47: The Spotted Spider Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: A huge spider attacks Leo, and he is hung on a spider's web deep in the jungle. The trapped Leo is barely saved by lightning. When he returns to the jungle in relief, he is astounded to find the whole forest covered with spider webs. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 48: The Red Tusk Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: A fire called the "Red Tusk" sweeps over the jungle where the elephant Jumbo lives. Jumbo and his fellows lose their food and place to live, so Leo takes them to the swamp that is the territory of another group of elephants. Pagura, who is guarding the feeding area, however, refuses to accept the "refugees." Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 49: The Tree of the Morning Sun Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: An old mandrill named Canty lives in a big tree called the "tree of the morning sun." When Leo and Mandy visit him, he asks them to find a cure for this wonderful tree, which is suffering from a disease. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 50: Explorer Otto Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: A fur seal Otto comes from the western sea, with as host of various adventures behind him. Leo is so impressed by Otto's daunting adventures and courage that he says he will travel to the eastern sea with Otto. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 51: The Big Shrine on the Nile Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: Leo, his older sister Ryona, and some okapis are carrying their ancestors' fur to a big shrine when they encounter enemies, and some precious furs are thrown into the river during the fight. When Ryona finds out, she gets angry and quarrels with Leo. Immediately after that, the news that Ryona was killed in the shrine reaches the jungle. Source: tezukaosamu.net
Episode 52: The Man-Eating Lion Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: A lion that was too old to get any food has no choice but to eat a human baby. Then he runs away into the jungle with a squad of hunters after him. Mandy shelters him, but Coco accuses Mandy of putting the whole jungle in danger of a human attack by saving the lion. When Leo and Mandy let the lion go, the squad of hunters raid the jungle and try to set it on fire. Source: tezukaosamu.net