Kimba- Jungle Emperor intro

[nathhaliass]

Eu gosto do Kimba!

[kandefer55]

"kimba" means "Virgina" in my country CEYLON he he :D but i love this cartoon so long ago

[natuxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

なんでディズニーって日本のアニメから丸パクリするのに、パクっ­たって言わないんだろ。

レオだってディズニーのバンビを下敷きにしてるけど、さすがにあ­そこまでパクりキャラ使ってないと思うんだ。

ナディアにしたってそう。

なんで脇役から服装から小物までパクるんだろ。

ナディアだって海底二万里が元になってるけど、原作に出てこずナ­ディアにしか出ていないキャラデザや設定が被るのはおかしいだろ­うに。

そんなにバレないと思ってたのかね。

日本の漫画史を綴る上で欠かせない手塚作品と、これまた日本のア­ニメ史を語る上で外せないEVA の庵野監督が作ったナディアだぜ？

これでマトリックスみたいに「攻殻機動隊」のオマージュですとか­、ガンダムみたいにビームサーベルはスターウォーズのライトセイ­バーのオマージュですとか、ちゃんと元ネタを言ってくれれば、誰­だってこんなに苛々しないのに。

著作権にはうるさいくせに、他人の著作権を侵害してしかも知らん­ぷりするのが許せないわ。

[kyoushiro3]

the movie version is better

[HarryHermioneMollyHe]

TLK was based off of Hamlet.

/story

[Sario95]

I have a dvd of the anime in american and it's heavily dubbed. wtf disney??? did they get sued by the creators of kimba for ccopyright infringement!!!! Kimba-chan is so kawaii tho :3

[PhoenixFireAsh]

No, Disney didn't get sued.. Tezuka's family considered it, but decided not to in his memory.. because Tezuka was always a huge fan of Walt Disney and looked up to him.. so out of respect for Tezuka's admiration of Walt Disney, they decided not to persue legal action.

[girrules123123]

I love this series! I just recently watched the 1st episode.

I wish they could reshow this so kids and adults could see this amazing anime :)

[BIGBADLAMONT]

YEAH WE KNOW WHERE LION KING COMES FROM DON'T WE TRUE 60s anime fans KNOW THE DEAL..AND IF WALT WAS ALIVE HE WOULD HAVE NEVER MADE THE LION KING MOVIE..I AND ALOT OF TRUE DISNEY FANS KNOW THIS..SO DON'T BLAME THE MAN HE DEAD BLAME THE PRODUCTION BIGBADLAMONT

[sophiajane]

I'm sure if Walt did decide to make the Lion King he would have credited his ideas to Tezuka and not pretened to be totally ignorant of the whole thing.

But it's interesting to see the Bambi reference in this opening ^_^

[dumbguy200]

Actually if Walt was alive he'd probably say TLK was made to pay homage to Tezuka or something.

[wolflover549]

for the original 1965 version the animation is pretty good

[naamlas]

im not a supporter of disney or anything, but i still say that the argument that lion king copied kimba is stupid. Simba from lion king means "lion" in swahili.. thats why they used it! ...ignorance.

[markVIIchick]

Annnnd the LK famous phrase "The Circle of Life" was first mentioned in a animated film "Land before Time" which came out six years BEFORE LK; also with the talking dead parent int the sky.

Also the "legend of the white Lion" has been prevalent in African folklore since the dawn of man. Ignorance is bliss.

[Colton5]

people need to stop with the whole Lion king copied Kimba. its getting old

[skratch2005]

i agree

[HollyoaksGirlx69x]

Oh,Disney,how could you do it.....

[kyubinoneko]

懐かしい！！

衛星放送で再放送みてたんです！

この音の悪さもｗｗ

大好きな漫画です(^ω^)

[TzukiLuchy]

aaa with this video I remember when I was a child ^^

[Paraplueschi]

But Japan is the Origin of the series, so it's the intro :D. The French Intro was the Ending theme, actually lol Why ever.

[bullyflea]

This was the intro in Japan.

Fantastic work as the first color anime on Japanese TV in 1965.

[ppg07863]

I love kimba. but the crazy thing is there is no lyrics?!!!! All they sing is "AAaaaaa ooooohhh" etc.. I like the English version better.

[kirakiram]

Really? That was the very intro Japanese original(1965).

Anyway, I also love this music!!

ISAO TOMITA is genius!!!

[boobidee]

that is Isao Tomita's work

it is Omazu Tezuka's ideas

[artytoons]

Excellent. Majestic and powerful theme! Go White Lion!

[bacman37]

Disney stole this story.

It is Lion King.

[futurestoryteller]

From what I heard the STORY is not what was stolen. But the fact that they deny the stolen animation, and character designs, some sequences, as well as the name of their main character, and made one of the best animated movies ever, proves how sneaky and deceitful those disney bastards can be. I'm all for references and even straight out thievery when credit is given where credit is due. But that isn't the case here. Even Mathew Broderick knew what it was!

[bacman37]

Japan also produces the Mickey mouse movie.

And, is it good?

The title of the movie"The Mouse"

[doobiesmoke15]

The Mouse? What is it about?

[uberathlete]

That's really impressive for 1965. That'd look great if they cleaned it up with todays technology.

[mavericstud1]

Never saw the original.The Lion King differnate a copy of Kimba.

[thesilveroozaru]

This is one of my fave opening's, thanks for uploading! ^^

[LareQ]

I love the lyrics xD

[pointspa286]

this is real cartoon.wonderful song^^

[ashleyoncrack]

they have this at walmart lol

[tsukinosato]

This is the real original intro to Jungle Emperor I used to watch as a kid. Thank you for posting(^-^)b

[Norwoodhills]

This is truly amazing. More than amazing...beautiful...fantasti­c...Tezuka is so amazing. I am still a child, but I have illustated a couple of books. I'm 10. I'm working on something related to anime now.

[bullyflea]

Just beautiful. Thank you for posting!

[Tsubaki124]

Music Composed by Isao Tomita

[HylianMelora]

This is the first cartoon I can remember watching as a kid and later, when I grew up, I realized it was anime and always wondered what the real intro was- because the japanese intro's are often way better than the ones they replace them with in the US. Thanks for posting it here and linking back to that awesome website. Thanks for the tid-bit about it being the first color cartoon over there. I didn't realize that either and it DOES make it even more awesome.

[Vajramon]

Creio que o nome "Kimba" seja um anagrama das palavras "King" e "Simba" de qualquer forma eu daria tudo para que um dia desses anunciascem uma nova serie de anime com este personagem a exemplo do que foi feito com "Astro Boy" com animação de auta qualidade e efeitos de CGI para compor os cênarios.Sei que é um sonho dificil mas não custa ter alguma esperança nisso.

[linziiC]

I used to watch this show all the time on VHS as a kid. Wow.

[akagi001]

Comics last episode is too Shocking

[idioticlisa]

I've heard! ;_;

[AntiAntiAnime]

translation?

[AntiAntiAnime]

nevermind

[kennethbear]

Why, what happens? Dont' tell me he gets killed?

[Rosetheribtickler]

whether the Lion King was a homage, a steal, or an unknowing similarity to Kimba: this series is wonderful. This opening is wonderful, and the best I've ever seen for a cartoon of it's era.

I watched the heavily edited for America version of Kimba during the 1970's-when I was a child. Although I never got to see many of the wonderful adventures made for this series: I still thought the series wonderful. It was a childhood favorite.

Thank you for this intro.

[misspresh]

Simba was not ripped off from Kimba. Kimba was only named because the name actually translates to lion. If Kimba hadn't been used then the Lion King character most likely would've used Kimba themselves. Instead they went for Simba.

[ShadowCoon]

Actually, since the movie "The Lion King" was based in the African savannah, they named the character "Simba" because in Swahili, it means lion. So, no, even if Kimba hadn't been taken already, they still would have stuck with the name Simba.

[spacestrawberry]

Which part did Disney rip off again...? Oh yeah, all of it! ;P

At least we appreciate Tezuka-sama's original! Thanks for putting it up, it's lovely to see. ^_^

[talibee]

Well if Walt Disney was alive, which he wouldn't, sadly since he's my favorite animator, lion king wouldn't have happened. Walt got his ideas mostly for fairytales. It was actually Walt Disney's drawing techinques that inspired Tezuka Osuma to do his own animation. So without Walt Disney today, there would probably have been no Kimba at all...But I don't blame you for being pissed off at the lion king movie. Still love Kimba as well.

[spacestrawberry]

I know what you mean... since Walt passed away the Disney company has really become a shadow of its former self. Lion King was still a great movie; it was just a bit cheeky how the Disney company initially tried to pretend they didn't know of Tezuka's Jungle Emperor and that it didn't have any influence on them.

It's true that Tezuka was highly influenced by early Disney, as well as animators like the Fleischer Bros. I think one or two of his characters look a lot like Wimpy from Popeye, hehe!

[emancipador]

Tezuka`s Kimba is the original.

The true!

the best!

Disney`s Simba its only a poor copy.

[LunarMooneye]

I love it!

[idioticlisa]

Isn't it awesome?? :D Too bad it's underappreciated.. :/

[emancipador]

Tezuka rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[etecoo]

懐かしいです！ありがとう