The Jungle Book - The Series

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Anime television series
title The Jungle Book - The Series
Original title ジ ャ ン グ ル ブ ッ ク ・ 少年 モ ー グ リ
transcription Janguru Bukku Shōnen Mōguri
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1989-1990
Studio Nippon animation
length 23 minutes
Episodes 52
genre Adventure , action, drama
Director Fumio Kurokawa
production Kenichi Tominaga , Shunichi Kosao
music Hideo Shimazu
First broadcast October 2, 1989 - October 29, 1990 on TV Tokyo
German-language
first broadcast		 April 2, 1991 on premiere
synchronization

The Jungle Book - The Series ( Japanese ジ ャ ン グ ル ブ ッ ク ・ 少年 モ ー グ リ , Janguru Bukku Shōnen Mōguri for Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli ) is an anime series by the Nippon Animation studio from 1989. The series aimed at children is divided into the genres of adventure , action and drama and has been translated into many languages. In Germany, a compilation of the series was also published as Das Dschungelbuch - The Movie . It is based on the collection of stories The Jungle Book , but takes place in a slightly more modern world than the original.

content

The foundling Mowgli, son of two explorers who perished in the jungle, grows up in the jungle in the Akela wolf pack. He is raised not only by the wolves, but also by the bear Balu, the snake Kaa and the panther Baghira and befriends many animals of the forest and learns their language. But there are also dangers for Mowgli, like the man-eating tiger Shir Khan, who has had bad experiences with people. Shir Khan also killed the former leader of the wolf pack, Alexander (Mowgli's wolf father), when he was taking in Mowgli. Feeling guilty for his friend's death, Mowgli swore vengeance. A gang of monkeys also causes him and the other animals trouble. So Mowgli has various adventures and has to look for his role and identity as a person among wolves. Because the people he meets think he is a demon. Closer human contact was made for the first time after falling into a pitfall while hunting. He learned the use of fire , knives and human language from an old man named Bogi and his granddaughter Meshua. This allows him to take revenge on Shir Kahn for the death of his wolf father. After Mowgli was able to defeat Shir Khan, people take him in, he leaves the animals and can personally meet the beautiful girl, whom he often saw from afar.

Production and publication

The anime was produced at Nippon Animation under the direction of Fumio Kurokawa . The responsible producers were Kenichi Tominaga and Shunichi Kosao , the series concept comes from Kimio Yabuki . The character design was created by Sadahiko Sakamaki and the artistic direction was Noburo Numai .

The series first aired from October 2, 1989 to October 29, 1990 on TV Tokyo . The first broadcast of the German version began on April 2, 1991 on Premiere . ProSieben showed the anime from April 2, 1991, followed by many more broadcasts on Kabel 1 , tm3 , Tele 5 , Anixe and Your Family Entertainment . The series was released from 1991 to 1994 on VHS by UFA Video under the title UFA's Jungle Book and from 2008 on DVD by KSM. A compilation of the series was released in Germany on VHS as UFA's Jungle Book - Der Film and on DVD on KSM as Das Dschungelbuch - The Movie . Dubbed versions in French, English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Portuguese were broadcast in television programs, and versions in other languages ​​were also published.

Voice actor

role Japanese voice ( seiyū ) German voice
Mowgli Urara Takano Leonhard Mahlich
Baloo Banjō Ginga Franz Josef Steffens
Baghira Hiroya Ishimaru Gottfried Kramer
Akela Yuzuru Fujimoto Jochen Sehrndt
Akru Shigeru Nakahara Alexander "Sascha" Draeger
Shir Khan Shigezō Sasaoka Manfred Reddemann
Kaa ? Rüdiger Schulzki

music

The music for the series was composed by Hideo Shimazu . The song GET UP / Ai o Shinjite ( GET UP / 愛 を 信 じ て ) sung by Toshiya Igarashi was used for the opening credits and Chikyū no Ko ( 地球 の 子 ) by Ushio Hashimoto for the credits . A new opening title was produced for the German version.

reception

On the occasion of the release of the anime on DVD, AnimaniA praised “a great synchro and loving animations that never lose their magic!” Although traces of age are noticeable in the image and sound, this only neglects the overall impression of the “cult series”.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Berkeley 2006, Stone Bridge Press. P. 317.
  2. ↑ The Jungle Book - The Movie. KSM Film, archived from the original on September 26, 2008 ; Retrieved January 25, 2015 .
  3. ↑ AnimaniA 03/2009, p. 19.

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