November 11, 2015

1997. Leo the Lion DVD (australian release)

This is the australian DVD release of the first 6 episodes of the "Janguru Taitei - Susumu, Leo!" aka "Leo the Lion" TV series, where Kimba is now an adult and is called Leo. U.S. DVD release is also available. NOTE: These DVDs are in PAL format and they can't be played in U.S. (NTSC) DVD players.

DVD region encoding: 0 (region-free) Number of episodes: 6(this DVD release), 26(original TV series) Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/SONIC-Sound International Corporation, 1984 (U.S. TV series); RBC Entertainment and BPS Video Services, 1997 (this release) Distributed by: Sonart Music Vision, 1997 Volumes:

DVD Volume 1 DVD Volume 2 DVD Volume 3

2003. Kimba the White Lion DVD

On March 23, 2003 the first 26 episodes from the 1966 U.S. "Kimba" TV series were available on these DVDs (with Volume 3 and Volume 4 released on July 15, 2003 and then discontinued). However, since Right Stuf has released (on November 29, 2005) the new "Ultra Limited Edition" DVD box set with all 52 episodes, with improved video quality and with lots of extras, I recommend the purchase of the mentioned complete Kimba DVD box set.

DVD region encoding: 1 (U.S. and Canada) Number of episodes: 52 (here only 26) Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/NBC Enterprises, 1966 Released by: Rhino, 2003 Distributed by: Right Stuf International, 2003 Ordering links: See the below table for links to pages that I've found to date:

DVD Volume 1 (episodes 1-7) DVD Volume 2 (episodes 8-14) DVD BOX 1 (episodes 1-26) Amazon.com N/A N/A Order

2003. Kimba the White Lion DVD (1993, australian release)

Don't mix this release with the above 2003 Kimba DVD release! This is the DVD release of the 1993 remake of the original 1966 U.S. Kimba episodes (the soundtrack and the cast of voices is completely different). It is distributed by Warner Vision, subsidiary of AOL Time Warner. You might want to find out more about the 1993 release on History by year page, or to read the review of this DVD at MichaelDVD.com.au.

DVD region encoding: 0 (region-free) Number of episodes: 8 Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/NBC Enterprises, 1966 (U.S. TV series); Landmark Entertainment Group & Suzuki Associates International & CEG Cinema Partners, 1993 (this release) Distributed by: Warner Vision, 2003 Where to buy it online? Once it was available from EzyDVD, but since a DVD box set with the complete series has been planned and then postponed, single volumes are not available anymore.

2003. Leo the Lion DVD
This is the U.S. DVD release of the "Janguru Taitei - Susumu, Leo!" aka "Leo the Lion" TV series (previously released on VHS by Palm Beach Entertainment), where Kimba is now an adult and is called Leo. NOTE: The sound level on these DVDs is very loud, so set your TV's volume on the minimum before playing these DVDs.	Ads: [src.:3D]
DVD region encoding: 0 (region-free) Number of episodes: 21 (this DVD release), 26 (original TV series) Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/SONIC-Sound International Corporation, 1984 (U.S. TV series); Palm Beach Entertainment, 2003 Distributed by: Front Row Entertainment, September 30, 2003 Ordering links: See the below table for links to pages that I've found to date:
DVD Volume 1 (episodes 1-7) DVD Volume 2 (episodes 8-14) DVD Volume 3 (episodes 15-21) Amazon.com Order it Order it Order it PriceGrabber.com Order it Order it Order it Movies Unlimited N/A  Order it ($14.99) N/A Yahoo! Shopping Order it N/A  Order it

2003. Jungle Emperor Leo DVD

This isn't the release of the "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie from 1966, it is the long-awaited U.S. release of the 1997 "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie. As you may know, the story for this movie was taken from the "Go ahead Leo"("Leo the Lion") TV series, which means that here we are talking about Leo(Kimba's name in the original Japanese version), Rya(Kitty's original name), Rune and Rukyo. The DVD contains both subtitled and dubbed versions of the movie.

DVD region encoding: 1 (U.S. and Canada) Duration: 99 minutes Produced by: Tezuka Productions/Shochiku, 1997 Released by: Media Blasters, October 28, 2003 Distributed by: RightStuf International, 2003 Ordering links: Click here to view it and to order it from Right Stuf International. And, you can find the soundtrack of the movie in the CD releases section. It can also be bought from iTunes.

2004. Kimba the White Lion DVD (1993 eps)

This is another DVD release of 8 episodes from the 1993 "Canadian" episodes, released on 4 DVDs that come in paper cases instead of usual DVD boxes. This release was done by Genius Entertainment. Each volume contains two episodes with English or Spanish soundtrack.

DVD region encoding: 1 (U.S. and Canada) Titles of episodes: Volume 1: The Birth of Kimba ("Go, White Lion"), The Law of the Jungle ("Great Caesar's Ghost") Volume 2: Rumble in the Jungle ("Battle at Dead River"), A Flood of Grasshoppers ("Insect Invasion") Volume 3: Hunting Grounds ("Catch 'Em If You Can"), The Legend of the White Lion ("Journey Into Time") Volume 4: Egg Hunt ("Scrambled Eggs"), Jungle Restaurant ("Restaurant Trouble") Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/NBC Enterprises, 1966 (U.S. TV series); Landmark Entertainment Group & Suzuki Associates International & CEG Cinema Partners, 1993 (this release) Released by: Genius Entertainment, 2004/2005 Where to buy it online? It can be ordered from Amazon.com: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 1-4.

2005. Le roi Léo - tome 1 & 2 (french DVD release)

The 2 DVD box sets (8 DVDs in total) with all 52 episodes of the 1965 "Jungle Emperor" (aka "Kimba the White Lion") series, have been released by Rouge Citron Productions. The first box set has been released on June 21, 2005, and the second one has been released on January 24, 2006. This is a french-only DVD release. Another french-only DVD release has also been put on the market in 2007 (see below).

DVD region encoding: 0 (region-free) Number of episodes: 52 Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1965 (original TV series) Released by: Rouge Citron Production, June 21, 2005 & January 24, 2006 Ordering links: It can be ordered from Amazon.com: DVD box 1, DVD box 2.

2005. Kimba the White Lion DVD (australian release)

An australian company, Madman Entertainment, has announced and released on DVD the complete Kimba series aired in Australia in the 1960s and 1970s. The DVD box set and the first three DVD volumes are released on September 21, and the other two volumes followed on October 19. However, these DVDs are in PAL format (which is not playable in U.S. NTSC DVD players). U.S. citizens please see below for the U.S. 2005 Right Stuf's Kimba Limited Edition DVD box!

DVD region encoding: 4 (Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America) Number of episodes: 52 Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/NBC Enterprises, 1966 Distributed by: Madman Entertainment, September 21 and October 19, 2005 Ordering links: See the below table for links to pages that I've found to date: DVD box set (all episodes) DVD Vol. 1 (eps. 1-10) DVD Vol. 2 (eps. 11-20) DVD Vol. 3 (eps. 21-30) DVD Vol. 4 (eps. 31-40) DVD Vol. 5 (eps. 41-52) Madman Entert. Order it (AUS$79.95) Order it (AUS$19.95) Order it (AUS$19.95) Order it (AUS$19.95) Order it (AUS$19.95) Order it (AUS$19.95) Family Box Offic. Order it (AUS$72.17) Order it (AUS$18.01) Order it (AUS$18.01) Order it (AUS$18.01) Order it (AUS$18.01) Order it (AUS$18.01) DeVoteD DVD A. Order it (AUS$89.95) Order it (AUS$18.95) Order it (AUS$18.95) Order it (AUS$18.95) Order it (AUS$18.95) Order it (AUS$18.95) EzyDVD Order it (AUS$99.97) Order it (AUS$19.97) Order it (AUS$19.97) Order it (AUS$19.97) Order it (AUS$19.97) Order it (AUS$19.97) JB HI-FI Austral. Order it (AUS$75.99) Order it (AUS$23.99) Order it (AUS$23.99) Order it (AUS$23.99) Order it (AUS$23.99) Order it (AUS$23.99)

2005. Kimba der weiße Löwe (german DVD release)

Kimba fans in Germany have the opportunity to see on DVD for the first time the original Kimba dubbed in german and aired in 1977 on ZDF (although the video quality of these DVDs is sometimes a bit disappointing). 16 episodes were released on 4 DVDs on November 11, 2005, and the next 11 episodes were released on March 17, 2006 on 3 additional DVDs. A 10-DVD "Superbox" set containing all 38 episodes has been released on March 23, 2007.

DVD region encoding: 2 (Europe, Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Japan and South Africa) Number of episodes: 38 (this DVD release), 39 (german TV series) Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/NBC Enterprises, 1966 (U.S. TV series); Filmkunst-Musikverlag, 1977 (german TV series) Release dates: November 11, 2005 and March 17, 2006 (single volume DVDs); March 23, 2007 (DVD-box set) Distributed by: Koch Media Home Entertainment, 2005,2006,2007 Ordering links: See the below table for links to pages that I've found to date (note: the pages are completely in german): 10-DVD set "Superbox" DVD Nr.1 (ep. 1-4) DVD Nr.2 (ep. 5-8) DVD Nr.3 (ep. 9-12) DVD Nr.4 (ep.13-16) DVD Nr.5 (ep.17-19) DVD Nr.6 (ep.20-23) DVD Nr.7 (ep.24-27) Amazon.de View/order View/order View/order View/order View/order View/order View/order View/order

2005. Kimba the White Lion Ultra Limited edition DVD box (U.S. release)

It seems that Kimba, everybody's favorite white lion, has finally got the appropriate U.S. DVD release. This wonderful 11-disc DVD box comes with all 52 episodes (with completely restored video and never seen before image quality) that were seen on TV in the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s. Plus, bonus features include a special "How Kimba Came To Be" booklet written by Fred Patten and Robin Leyden, the original Japanese Episode 1 (with English subtitles), interviews with Fred Ladd, deleted scenes, the original Japanese pilot episode, and much more. A must for every fan of the original Kimba!

DVD region encoding: 1 (U.S. and Canada) Number of episodes: 52 Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/NBC Enterprises, 1966 Distributed by: RightStuf International, November 29, 2005 Ordering links: This DVD box can be ordered from Right Stuf International, from Amazon.com and from Movies Unlimited. 25 episodes from this release can also be bought on iTunes.

2005. Léo, le roi de la jungle (french DVD release)

The french release of the 1997 "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie that was shown in theaters in France in 2005 (starting from April 20, 2005) has been prepared for and released on DVD on December 7, 2005. Just like Right Stuf's english release of the 1997 movie, this version also features french dubbing and french subtitles, plus some neat bonus features.

DVD region encoding: 2 (Europe, Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Japan and South Africa) Duration: 94 minutes Produced by: Tezuka Productions/Shochiku, 1997 Distributed by: Gebeka Films & Wild Side Films, December 7, 2005 Ordering links: Here are the pages (they are in french only) from which the DVD can be ordered: Alapage.com, Amazon.com France.

2006. Kimba The Lion DVD (1993 episodes)

This is yet another release of the 1993 ("Canadian") episodes. The DVD comes in a slim DVD case, and so far there are 6 volumes with 12 episodes in total (only the first 4 volumes are currently available). The picture in these DVDs is slightly better than the one on the DVDs by Genius (although the colors are similarly blown out), while the episode titles are identical to those on the first 2 volumes from Genius Entertainment.

DVD region encoding: 0 (region-free) Number of episodes: 10 Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/NBC Enterprises, 1966 (U.S. TV series); Landmark Entertainment Group & Suzuki Associates International & CEG Cinema Partners, 1993 (this release) Released by: Digiview Entertainment, 2006 Ordering links: It can be ordered from Amazon.com: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4.

2006. Kimba a fehér oroszlán DVD (1993 episodes)

This is a hungarian release of the 1993 ("Canadian") episodes, and there are 2 volumes with 3 episodes in total, and each DVD has a duration of 70 minutes. Although by the DVD artwork you could say that these are the 1965 Kimba episodes, unfortunately they are not. The DVDs were released by Vertex Plain on July 18, 2006.

DVD region encoding: 2 (Europe, Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Japan and South Africa) Number of episodes: 6 Duration of each episode: 23 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/NBC Enterprises, 1966 (U.S. TV series); Landmark Entertainment Group & Suzuki Associates International & CEG Cinema Partners, 1993 (this release) Released by: Vertex Plain, July 18, 2006 Ordering links: It can be ordered from DVDabc.hu: Volume 1, Volume 2 (in Hungarian only).

2007. Kimba the White Lion Mini Set

Two years after the release of the Ultra Limited DVD-box, Right Stuf has released a "Mini Set" with 5 DVDs containing only the first 26 episodes from the Ultra Limited DVD set, and without any booklet or extras. The only weird thing is that the set can't be found on Right Stuf's website, and Amazon.com mentions Geneon Entertainment as the publisher (note: on Right Stuf's website you can buy some DVD titles released by Geneon).

DVD region encoding: 1 (U.S. and Canada) Number of episodes: 26 Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/NBC Enterprises, 1966 Distributed by: RightStuf International, August 21, 2007 Ordering links: This DVD box can be purchased on Amazon.com. 25 episodes from this release can also be bought on iTunes.

2007. Le roi Léo (second french DVD release)

This is the second version of the Le roi Léo DVD-box sets, in which both the 1965 "Jungle Emperor" series and the 1966 "Leo the Lion" episodes, dubbed in french only, are released in 5 sets consisting of 4 DVDs. It appears that this is the 1990 French airing of Leo, which means a pretty good image quality. The first 4 DVD sets were released on August 23, 2007, the 5th DVD set was released on June 19, 2008, and a complete DVD box (limited) with 20 DVDs at a reduced price was released on March 23, 2009.

DVD region encoding: 2 (Europe, Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Japan and South Africa) Number of episodes: 52 + 26 Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1965 & 1966 (original TV series) Released by: Déclic Images, August 23, 2007, June 19, 2008, March 23, 2009 Ordering links: DVD box 1: Manga Distribution, Amazon.com France. DVD box 2: Manga Distribution, Amazon.com France. DVD box 3: Manga Distribution, Amazon.com France. DVD box 4: Manga Distribution, Amazon.com France. DVD box 5: Manga Distribution, Amazon.com France. Complete DVD box (limited edition): Manga Distribution, Amazon.com France.

2008. Jungle Emperor Leo (german DVD release with soundtrack CD)

After the U.S. and the French release, on July 11, 2008 the 1997 "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie has been released on DVD in Germany as well. Just like Right Stuf's english release of the movie, this version also features german dubbing and german subtitles, plus some bonus features like the movie trailer or TV ads. However, this release is special because the soundtrack CD of the movie (elsewhere sold separately) is also included with this DVD, which makes this release a "Collector's Edition".

DVD region encoding: 2 (Europe, Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Japan and South Africa) Duration: 100 minutes Produced by: Tezuka Productions/Shochiku, 1997 Released by: OVA Films/ALIVE Vertrieb und Marketing, July 11, 2008 Ordering links: It can be ordered from Amazon.com Germany (in german only).

2010. King Of The Forest (malaysian DVD)

This is the malaysian DVD release of the 2009 Jungle Emperor Leo TV special which, along with the Japanese Audio, has Chinese, Malay and English subtitles. Although the art on the back cover of the DVD box misleads (showing images from the original 1965 Jungle Emperor series), the front cover sugests that this is the DVD release of the 2009 TV special. The original japanese DVD release is also still avalable.

DVD region encoding: 0 (region-free) Duration: 120 minutes Produced by: Tezuka Productions, 2009 Released by: Lambaian Filem, June 1, 2010 Ordering links: It can be ordered from Amazon.com, VCDDVD88.com (Malaysia), PlayTech Asia.

2013. Kimba the White Lion Complete DVD

8 years after the release of the Ultra Limited Edition DVD box RightStuf has released a re-release of the DVD set on July 9. This DVD set also features all 52 episodes of the series, it comes in a slim-profile, chipboard collectible box featuring art from the series (also featured on the complete Japanese DVD box), and is available at a lower price. However, because of that it doesn't contain neither the "Extras" DVD not the booklet that came with the 2005 DVD set. So it is something between the Mini Set and the 2005 DVD box, or, it can be called a double Kimba the White Lion Mini Set.

DVD region encoding: 1 (U.S. and Canada) Number of episodes: 52 Duration of each episode: 25 minutes Produced by: Mushi Productions/NBC Enterprises, 1966 Distributed by: RightStuf International, July 9, 2013 Ordering links: It can be ordered from Right Stuf International and Amazon.com.

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