Jungle Emperor was such a hit in Japan, that Dr. Tezuka went ahead and produced a sequel in 1966, known in Japan as "The New Jungle Emperor" or "Onward, Leo!" The trouble (for us in the rest of the world) was that he made the series without having a deal with NBC, and he made it more like his original manga story, which means that there were a lot of characters that died and some of the episodes could be depressing. NBC thought that there was no way they could sell that kind of show, and they were quite happy with the 52 episodes they had, so the New Jungle Emperor series wasn`t seen in this country until 1984, when it was given the title Leo The Lion.
This series was supposed to take place a few years after the original Kimba series. Kimba was an adult, with Kitty as his mate, and they had two cubs. Most of all this series was the story of Rune, the male cub, as he grew and learned to be as strong as his father.
For legal reasons, the producers of the English-dubbed version could not use the name Kimba, so they used the original Japanese names for all the characters.+ More
Characters & Voice Actors
Comments
Loading comments...
Recommended for you
Generation of Chaos
OVA
30m
Panzer Dragoon
OVA
27m
Ni Zhuan Ci Yuan: AI Jue Qi
ONA
17m
Rainbow Samurai [RAW]
TV
25m
Pankunchi
ONA
2m
Pororo to the Cookie Castle
Special
71m
[RAW] Rainbow Sentai Robin
TV
26m
Captain Kuppa
TV
25m
The Totem Warrior
ONA
15m
The Legend of Ancient Soul
ONA
15m
Si Hai Jing Qi
ONA
14m
Ogami Matsugorou
OVA
50m
Saikyou Robot Daiouja
TV
24m
Shibai Taroka
OVA
52m
[RAW] Shin Dokonjou Gaeru
TV
25m
Please login to comment