
It was distributed internationally by The Japan Foundation and in 2018, it was added to Amazon Prime in the United States. In 1998, Pioneer Entertainment released a short-lived English dub of 1989’s Jungle Emperor TV series (renamed to The New Adventures of Kimba the White Lion), produced with Vancouver’s Ocean Group.ĭigital Sound Magic previously produced an English dub of Tezuka Productions’ 2004 Black Jack anime series. This version of the show was created under questionable circumstances. A controversial 1993 re-dub of the original 1965 anime was recorded in Toronto by Zaza Sound. The Jungle Emperor franchise, better known in the English world as Kimba the White Lion, has some Canadian history. The animals retain their original Japanese names, rather than use ones from prior localizations of the franchise. Additional voices were performed by Aimée Ayotte, Alexander Dickman, Asia Mattu, Brent Hirose, Christian Lagasse, Christy Ho, Colin Amor, Geoff Sugiyama, Jared Raman, Josh Goring, Karilynne Davies, Liana Bakker, Mason Brown and Sean Sonier.Īt the request of the rights holder, the dub changes the names of the human characters to make them more accessible to English-speaking children. Holloway, David Godfrey as Toto, Marlie Collins as Elisa, and Stash Bylicki as Goda.

It stars Daphne Santos as Leo, Carolyn Yu as Kevin, Jesse Inocalla as Ken, Sunni Westbrook as Coco, Bradley Duffy as Panja, Ken Ruffelle as Dolf, Veronica Long as Dr.

Recorded last year and distributed overseas by The Japan Foundation, the dub was directed by Karilynne Davies. While the special had previously been dubbed for a 2010 broadcast on Cartoon Network in South East Asia, RetroCrush’s release features a new English version produced by Burnaby’s Digital Sound Magic. This marks the first time the special has been officially released in North America. The 2009 TV special re-imagines Osamu Tezuka’s Jungle Emperor manga in a more modern setting to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Tezuka’s birth and the 50th anniversary of broadcaster Fuji TV. Early last month, Digital Media Rights’ free RetroCrush streaming service launched a new English dub of Tezuka Productions’ Jungle Emperor: The Brave Can Change The Future.
