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“Young lion Leo becomes jungle emperor, guided by father's friends to create ideal animal kingdom despite father's death by poachers.”

Jungle Taitei (1989)

ジャングル大帝

6.82

5,662 rank · 6,195 viewers · 9 favorites

Adventure Drama

52 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Fall 1989 · Tezuka Productions · G - All Ages

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Synopsis

Young lion Leo becomes jungle emperor, guided by father's friends to create ideal animal kingdom despite father's death by poachers.

Leo (a.k.a. Kimba in the U.S.) is a young ambitious lion cub who takes his father's place as emperor of the jungle when is father is killed by poachers. Even though his father's fate was met by the hands of humans, Leo is one of the few animals in the Jungle that doesn't fear or feel hatred toward humans. He is not alone either, he is guided by friends of his father to help create the best animal kingdom there can be. (Source: ANN)