1998. Jungle Emperor Leo (LaserDisc)

This isn't the release of the "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie from 1966, it is the release of the 1997 Jungle Emperor Leo movie. 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 version), Rya(Kitty's name in the original version), Rune and Rukyo.

Duration: 99 minutes

Produced by: Tezuka Productions, 1997

Released by: BMG Japan, January 21, 1998

Catalog number: BVLA-38

Where to buy it online? It can be ordered from JpopHelp.com.

 

2001. Jungle Emperor Leo (DVD)

This isn't the release of the "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie from 1966, it is the release of the 1997 Jungle Emperor Leo movie. 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 version), Rya(Kitty's name in the original version), Rune and Rukyo.

Duration: 99 minutes

Produced by: Tezuka Productions, 1997

Released by: Pioneer LDC, October 25, 2001

Catalog number: PIBA-3082

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. The CD with movie soundtrack can be ordered from the CD releases page. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD from JpopHelp.com.

2001. Jungle Emperor Leo: Symphonic Poem (DVD)

This is not a remake of the original episodes, but the story of Kimba (actually, just the first episode of the 1965 TV series) told in a totally different way - completely without words. Instead of it, you can experience a beautiful musical storytelling. The music in this movie is made by Isao Tomita (composer of the musical score/background music for the 1965 TV series) - he made it by rearranging his music from the 1965 TV series. This music was released on LP in 1966 and 1976, and on CD in 1985 and in the 90s, before using it as the music soundtrack for this movie. The pictures in this movie are new and specially made for this music and this occasion.

Duration: 60 minutes

Produced by: Tezuka Productions, 1991?

Released by: Nippon Columbia, November 21, 2001

Catalog number: COBC-4104

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com.

2001. Jungle Emperor Leo (DVD)

This is the official DVD release of the original 1965 Jungle Emperor Leo (Kimba the White Lion) TV series which contains all 52 episodes. It also contains the original cast of voices and music soundtrack.

The first DVD-box set contains first 25 episodes, while the second one contains the remaining episodes 26 to 52.

Number of episodes: 52

Duration of each episode: 25 minutes

Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1965

Released by: Nippon Columbia, November 21, 2001 (box 1), June 29, 2002 (box 2)

Catalog numbers: XT-1279, XT-1310

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2) and from Amazon.com Japan (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2). NEW: North-American visitors can purchase these DVD sets from JpopHelp.com (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2).

However, I would suggest the limited edition of the Jungle Emperor Leo complete box (see below) that contains all episodes from the 1965 "Jungle Emperor Leo" and from the 1966 "Go ahead Leo!" series and has a much lower price (circa $180, instead of over $600 for previous DVD-boxes with the 1965 and 1966 series).

2002. New Jungle Emperor Leo (DVD)

Although it was made in Japan from 1988 to 1989 as a remake of and a sequel to the original "Jungle Emperor Leo" and "Jungle Emperor Leo - Susume, Leo!" series, it didn't have bigger releases until this one. This was Osamu Tezuka's (author of Jungle Emperor - Kimba the white lion) idea of making the completely new Kimba series, which he didn't see finished and released because of his unexpected death in 1989. These 1989 Japanese TV series were on TV in Japan from 1989 to 1990 and in France in 1990.

The first DVD-box set contains first 28 episodes, while the second one contains the remaining episodes 29 to 52.

Number of episodes: 52

Duration of each episode: about 20 minutes

Produced by: Tezuka Productions, 1989-1990

Released by: Pioneer LDC, July 25, 2002 (box 1), November 22, 2002 (box 2)

Catalog numbers: PIBA-3132, PIBA-3150

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2) and from Amazon.com Japan (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2). NEW: North-American visitors can purchase these DVD sets from JpopHelp.com (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2).

2003. Jungle Emperor Leo - Susume, Leo! (DVD)

"Jungle Emperor Leo - Susume, Leo!" is the original name of what was called "Leo the Lion" while it was broadcasted on TV in the U.S. in 1984. It is the sequel to "Kimba the White Lion", but Kimba is grown up here, and is called Leo (Kimba's original name).

The DVD-box set contains all 26 episodes on 5 DVDs.

Number of episodes: 26

Duration of each episode: 25 minutes

Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1966

Released by: Columbia Music Entertainment, May 21, 2003

Catalog number: XT-1394

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com.

However, I would suggest the limited edition of the Jungle Emperor Leo complete box (see below) that contains all episodes from the 1965 "Jungle Emperor Leo" and from the 1966 "Go ahead Leo!" series and has a much lower price (circa $180, instead of over $600 for previous DVD-boxes with the 1965 and 1966 series).

2005. Osamu Tezuka Animation World (DVD)

This DVD-box set contains 3 movies by Tezuka/Mushi Productions: the 1966 "Jungle Emperor Leo" movie (finally!), the 1964 "Astro Boy: The Brave in Space" movie and a rare anime, 1965 "New Treasure Island".

This DVD release is important since it is the first (official) release of the 1966 "Jungle Emperor" movie.

Total duration: 220 minutes

Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1964, 1965, 1966

Released by: Columbia Music Entertainment, April 02, 2005

Catalog number: XT-1707

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com.

2005. Jungle Emperor Leo complete box (DVD)

This is complete japanese Leo (Kimba) DVD-box set released as part of the "Osamu Tezuka Anime (Animation) World" series containing 15 DVDs with all episodes (from the previous DVD releases) of the 1965 "Jungle Emperor Leo" and of the 1966 "Go ahead, Leo!" episodes.

This DVD box has been recently re-released at a reduced price (see below).

Number of episodes: 78 (52+26)

Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1965, 1966

Released by: Columbia Music Entertainment, September 21, 2005

Catalog number: XT-2074

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com.

2008. Jungle Emperor Leo complete box (limited edition; DVD)

Same as the above DVD set, except this is a reduced-price reissue, released in honor of the 80^th anniversary of Osamu Tezuka's birth. Along with a lower price, it also comes with a bonus: two 40-page booklets and one 32-page booklet about the "Jungle Emperor" series.

Number of episodes: 78 (52+26)

Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1965, 1966

Released by: Columbia Music Entertainment, July 23, 2008

Catalog number: XT-2667

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com.

Total duration: 220 minutes

Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1964, 1965, 1966

Released by: Columbia Music Entertainment, July 23, 2008

Catalog number: XT-2709

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan, from Amazon Italy and from Amazon.com Japan. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com.

2009. Jungle Emperor Leo: Symphonic Poem (2009 revised edition; DVD)

On the occasion of 80^th anniversary of Osamu Tezuka's birth a new and revised version of the Symphonic Poem (also released in 1991 and in 2001) has been recorded and released. Along with a new orchestra performance, this version of the Symphonic Poem has an additional narration audio track (which can be switched on/off). The DVD is accompanied by a CD (actually a HQCD - HiQualityCD) soundtrack, and a bonus DVD with 16 Tezuka's original illustrations to the Symphonic Poem.

Duration: 60 minutes

Produced by: Tezuka Productions, 2009

Released by: Columbia Music Entertainment, October 21, 2009

Catalog number: COZX-411

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan, from Amazon.com Japan, from Amazon.com, from Amazon.com Canada, from Amazon.com UK, from Amazon.com Germany and from Amazon.com Italy. It can also be bought from iTunes Japan.

2010. Jungle Emperor Leo: Leo's Courage Changes the Future (DVD)

This is the DVD release of the 2009 Jungle Emperor TV special. It comes as a standard and as a special edition. While the standard edition comes with the original jacket, pictured-label, character correlation diagram and director comment sheet, the special edition also comes with original sleeve package, Yoshitaka Amano card set and original changeable jacket. It also comes with a bonus DVD with the movie trailer, art setting guide, and some other features.

A malay DVD with several (incl. English) subtitles has also been released in 2010.

Duration: 120 minutes

Produced by: Tezuka Productions, 2009

Released by: Pony Canyon, March 15, 2010

Catalog number: PCBE-53567 (standard edition), PCBE-53566 (special edition)

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan (standard edition, special edition) and from Amazon.com Japan (standard edition, special edition). The CD with movie soundtrack can be ordered from the CD releases page. NEW: North-American visitors can purchase this DVD-box from JpopHelp.com (standard edition, special edition).

This "DVD book" is actually a DVD with the best selection from the 1965 Jungle Emperor series and the accompanying A4-sized book.

The episodes that form this "best selection" are: Go Child of Panja (Go White Lion), The Animal School (A Human Friend), Memory of The Continent (Fair Game), The Duel of Konga (Battle At Dead River), The Winged Ruler (The Flying Tiger), The Great Jungle Chorus (The Trappers), Restaurant Riot (Restaurant Trouble) and The Strange Giant Insect (The Gigantic Grasshopper).

Duration: 210 minutes

Produced by: Mushi Productions, 1965, 1966

Released by: Treasure Island, March 24, 2012

ISBN: 9784796698207

Where to buy it online? It is available from CD Japan and from Amazon.com Japan.

This picture book is produced based on the illustrations that Osamu Tezuka drew from the first episode “Go, White Lion" for Isao Tomita’s LP record "Jungle Emperor - Symphonic Poem". The music from that LP was later made into a movie in 1991 and it was released on DVD twice.

Number of pages: 24

Size: A4

Released by: Juritsu-sha, November 30, 2014

ISBN: 9784901769731

Where to buy it online? It is available only from Amazon.com Japan (for now).

Almost 25 years after its first TV airing, and to commemorate 55 years of Osamu Tezuka's animation debut, the New Jungle Emperor Leo will be re-released (the first DVD was released in 2002) in 2 DVD-box sets as part of the "Osamu Tezuka anime collection".

The first DVD-box will have 7 DVDs and the second one will have 6 DVDs. The release dates are November 3 and December 2.

The first DVD-box set contains first 28 episodes, while the second one contains the remaining episodes 29 to 52.

Number of episodes: 52

Duration of each episode: about 24 minutes

Produced by: Tezuka Productions, 1989-1990

Released by: Happinet Pictures, November 3, 2015 (box 1), December 2, 2015 (box 2)

Catalog numbers: TZK-81, TZK-91

Where to buy it online? It can be pre-ordered from CD Japan (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2) and from Amazon.com Japan (DVD-box set 1, DVD-box set 2).