Product Details

• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
• VHS Release Date: October 13, 1998
• Run Time: 65 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305150990
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,364 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Kimba the White Lion began as a manga (comics) series Osamu Tezuka wrote and drew from 1950 through 1954. The title character was the son of the Panja, the Jungle Emperor, although his large ears and round head made him look more like a mouse than a feline. The stories remained popular enough for Tezuka to produce an animated series in 1965, the first color animated program on Japanese television. A substantially reedited version began showing in America in 1966. Tezuka followed Kimba with a second series that depicted the character as an adult with a mate and cubs of his own. It finally aired in America in 1984 on the Christian Broadcasting Network as Leo the Lion.

It is an article of faith among Tezuka's fans that Disney's 1994 hit The Lion King was based in part on Kimba, although the artists who made the record-breaking feature deny any influence. Neither side has commented on how much Tezuka borrowed from Disney's Bambi for Kimba. --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The little-known 1989 remake of the classic TV show., July 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion - Successor of Legend [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an official release of three episodes from the -second- time Kimba was brought to the TV screen. Some say this is the last project that Kimba's creator, Osamu Tezuka, worked on. It is different, a re-working of the old story, and takes some getting used to for us old fans. In some ways the presentation is disappointing; it feels like the series was altered for a modern Saturday Morning TV audience. The new story arc is interesting, tho, and I consider the series worth seeing. I'll be buying every tape they release.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's not the original., March 30, 2000

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Shawne Kleckner (Grimes, Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion - Successor of Legend [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was really disappointed. Picked this up, thinking it was the original Kimba. But, the original is available again, so check it out.

5.0 out of 5 stars the new adventures of kimba the white lion, November 2, 2010

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shadowlightmew - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion - Successor of Legend [VHS] (VHS Tape)

i really dont get why you have to be so negative about this dub. i like it and i grew up with both the original kimba and the 1989 kimba. this anime is great in both english and japanese. the original version is of course not aimed towards kids like this dub. but both versions are great. and i think that as a kimba fan, you should respect other fans in their choice. i like both and the newest kimba but i dont tell people to not buy this dub. we should be gratefull that kimba still exists instead of being so negative. if you prefer the original kimba then i respect that but you must also respect me for liking this series of kimba. i'm sure that any kimba might love this version aswell just like me and others. i will always be a kimba fan no matter what. kimba will always be our favorite white lion