Jungle Book Kids

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Television series
German title Jungle Book Kids
Original title Jungle Cubs
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1996-98
length 30 minutes
Episodes 21 in 2 seasons
genre Comedy
Theme music Try coziness
idea Kenny Thompkins
music Stefan Raab (German)
Lou Rawls (English)
First broadcast October 5, 1996 to January 10, 1998 on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 November 21, 1998 to January 30, 1999 on RTL
synchronization

Jungle Book Kids (also Disney's Dschungelbuch-Kids or Die Dschungelbuch-Kids ; English: Jungle Cubs ) is an American cartoon series by the Walt Disney Company from 1996 to 1997 with 21 episodes.

The characters in the series are based on those from the Disney film The Jungle Book from 1967, as it was made in a similar form for Captain Balu and his daring crew . Some of the episodes are based on stories from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book , which were not used in the Disney film.

content

The young animals Balu, Baghira, Kaa, Hathi and Loui live together in the jungle . The friends meet every day to play in a dilapidated temple. The most important things for them are fun, friends, music and of course food. Every now and then the little tiger Shir Khan comes by to show them that he has a lot ahead of them all.

It always becomes difficult when the two vultures Arthur and Cecil try to lure the animal children into a trap or when Shir Khan has to prove again how brave he is.

Characters

  • Balu ( Baloo ) is a cozy bear whose life consists almost entirely of naps and food.
  • Baghira ( Bagheera ) is a clever panther with a mania for cleaning.
  • Louie is a happy orangutan prince who loves music and bananas.
  • Kaa is a giant snake that thinks it can hypnotize others .
  • Hathi is a shy elephant who cannot say no to his friends.
  • Shir Khan ( Shere Khan ) is a tiger who wants to be respected and feared by everyone.

Supporting characters

  • Arthur (Artie) and Cecil ( Michael McKean ) are two hungry vultures
  • Winifred is Hathi's elephant friend ( she is his wife in the Jungle Book movie)
  • Akela is a wolf who later takes Mowgli into his pack

publication

The series was first broadcast in the US by ABC from October 5 to December 28, 1996, followed by the episodes of the second season from October 10 to January 10, 1998. A VHS for the series was released in the same year, followed by three episodes on DVD. The series was repeated by the Disney Channel and Toon Disney .

The German first broadcast took place on November 21, 1998 by RTL . The series was later broadcast on Disney Channel , Super RTL , ORF 1 and Toon Disney .

synchronization

figure Original speaker German speaker
Baloo Pamela Adlon Katrin Fröhlich
Baghira Elizabeth Daily
Dee Bradley Baker 		Carin C. Tietze
Louie Cree Summer
Jason Marsden 		Niko Macoulis
Kaa Jim Cummings Kai Taschner
Hathi David L. Lander Jan Odle
Shir Khan Jason Marsden Claus-Peter Damitz

Awards

In 1997 the series was nominated for the Annie Award .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jungle Book Kids in the German dubbing index
  2. ^ Internet Movie Database

Web links