Kimba The White Lion Ultra DVD Box Set (Limited Edition)
by Eiichi Yamamoto
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Actor: Billie Lou Watt, Gilbert Mack, Hal Studer, Ray Owens, Sonia OwensDirector: Eiichi Yamamoto
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1205 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Right Stuf
Movie Reviews of Kimba The White Lion Ultra DVD Box Set (Limited Edition)
Movie Review: So bad it doesn't even have camp value
Summary: 1 Stars
I am absolutely stunned at the one-sidedness of the reviews here. As of my writing this, all 5 stars except for one 4. Perhaps you fell in love with it as children and further romanticize the memory of it because you haven't seen it since then. Such may be deserved for some things, but least of all this. It's as if you've all been brainwashed. Now it deserves a LITTLE credit considering it came from the era of the 1960s and maybe all the stuff about equality of the animals may have been an allegory for the civil rights movement, but it went beyond absurd. It is more absurd than the most tongue-in-cheek satire the South Park guys have ever been capable of creating, and it doesn't even do it deliberately.
First of all, let me get this straight. His father, Caesar, the white lion king, believed so strongly that all animals should be free and live happily that he took livestock from farms. Oh no, he didn't eat them. He FREED them. Yes, you heard me. Awww, doesn't that just warm the cockles of your heart? The image of a LION freeing domesticated livestock so that they can prance around in the jungle, or the Okavango or wherever in Africa it was supposed to be? (they wouldn't survive a week, by the way) It makes me wonder. Just WHAT did he EAT? What exactly did the just and mighty Caesar live off of? Love? It may be possible for their bodies to tolerate soy protein or something - though it has never been done in captivity, and I don't think he had crops growing, but otherwise an adult lion needs to eat 5 or 10 pounds of meat a day on average or he'll wither away and DIE! And there is nothing bad about it. They don't eat meat out of maliciousness or evil, they eat it because they need it. There is no equality of the animals, and it is a lousy allegory to racial issues among humans. That's the mistake Hitler made in his Mein Kampf, equating interracial relations to interspecies relations.
Then there's the part where Kimba's teaching the other animals to talk. Now this part was worthy of George Orwell, though again, not deliberately! What with their goal to talk like a human, to WALK like a human. I couldn't help thinking 'four legs baaaaaaaaaaad, two legs gooooooodddddd!'. If Kimba learned to talk that's one thing, that's all fine and dandy. Ok, one lion that has learned to talk. Good for him. Nice for him to know that if he ever needs to he could put on a suit and a tie and maybe make it in the human world, make millions selling his biography maybe. But what came next was just... really, really annoying.
And then Kimba is just so tirelessly moralistic it's disgusting. Fighting is wrong, fighting is wrong, fighting is wrong, he repeats. Yeah, animals in the jungle should never HURT each other! That would be WRONG! Those bad old villainous hyenas, 'bullying' that poor deer. They should just go and eat some soybeans or something. Get some fast food. And be nice to each other. Yeah! Oh, and don't worry about where that meat the guy hands you actually came from, but object to the practices that procure it just the same (we actually see Kimba get fed meat by the first 'good' guy in episode 2).
Kimba first escaped the boat in episode 1 with the help of the rats who were being oppressed by those 'awful' cats, who were also given cliche sinister attributes. All they were missing were top-hats and handlebar mustaches. Maybe a damsel, a bunch of rope, and a train. It reminded me of a Tom and Jerry cartoon. And then why exactly is it he jumps into the ocean again? Because it's SAFER than being on the boat which is headed for a storm? Yes, kids, remember now! If you're on large ocean-liner and a storm is approaching, you should definitely jump overboard because it is much safer without a boat in the middle of the ocean in a storm than with one, because it just might sink! I think it would be far healthier to imitate Beavis and Butthead, don't you?
Of course, in Kimba's deals with humans, I've noticed that all the 'bad' ones are ugly while the 'good' ones are rather dashing. So trite. But of course it doesn't end there. The first bad one isn't just a poacher or something, he's a freaking A-bomb dealer! I mean, come ON! And then the first 'good' one (back to episode 2), who can talk to Kimba (this is before Kimba learns to 'speak' - of course they talk all the time and all non-human species can communicate amongst each other with COMPLETE ease - and we hear English - or Japanese if it was AVAILABLE as an audio track - but like in Garfield we're just supposed to imagine that's what the animal's saying in some sort of animal language that all animals but humans understand) because he's just so close to animals or something, and they escape together and journey across - what was that, the Sahara desert? He has a beautiful death leaving Kimba with the lesson that not all humans are 'bad'. Well, I've got news for you little leo. The good humans' garbage smells just as bad, and their cars' exhaust does too! The 'few bad ones' aren't the human threat you have to worry about. They don't have a monopoly on making your ecosystem vanish. I don't want to wipe out nature, nor am I using traditional Chinese medicine (i.e. body parts from endangered species) but I sit here writing this in my air-conditioned room on a planet with twice as many humans as it had when I was born and still more born-again believers in the manifest destiny thinking it's god's will to have large families, and you can't tell me that we won't wipe 'em out no matter how well-meaning some of us may wish to be.
Well, that's enough. In conclusion, I'd have to say, something earns camp status if it's bad enough. But this is just so bad, so NAIVE, I feel it loses it again. It's like Star Trek to the 10th power with its endless shallow morals! And it REALLY deserves an opinion to offset the crazy string of 5-star reviews by its patron brainwashees. I wish I wasn't suckered into trying this sucker out by its unanimous praise. Hopefully I can save a few other saps from the same with this warning. I started watching it thinking Disney was the shameless bad guy for not giving credit where credit was due, but you know what, I think I get them now: referring to this as an influence would be something to be embarrassed about!
Summary of Kimba The White Lion Ultra DVD Box Set (Limited Edition)
Osamu Tezuka based Kimba the White Lion on his long-running manga Jungle Taitei ("Jungle Emperor"). Because it was partially funded by NBC Enterprises, the show remained episodic, with no sustained story arcs. Tezuka had wanted to adapt the storyline of the manga, which traced the main character's childhood, adult years, and eventual death, followed by his son's succession. When Kimba debuted in syndication in 1966, it was the first color Japanese series to air in the U.S.Born on the ship transporting his mother to a European zoo, Kimba escapes and swims back to Africa, where he's hailed as the successor to his father, Caesar. With the assistance of wise old Dan'l Baboon, bigmouth parrot Pauley Cracker, and kindly human Roger, Kimba protects all the animals in the jungle. He insists on good sportsmanship, honesty, and friendship, sometimes to the point of priggishness.
The unabashed moralizing, cute designs, and very limited animation make Kimba feel like a throwback to the mid-1950s, when cartoon series were pitched to very young children. By the time the series aired, American kids were watching much more sophisticated shows: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Beany and Cecil, and The Flintstones. The stories have some distinctly odd aspects: Kimba insists all the carnivores switch to a vegetable diet, and, in some episodes, he sleeps with the rug made from his father's hide.
The extras include the original Japanese version of episode 1, scenes that were deleted from five episodes, and a 32-page booklet "How Kimba Came to Be" by Robin Leyden and Fred Patten (published in Fanta's Zine in 1991). Kimba has been remade several times over the decades. (Not rated, suitable for ages 5 and older: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon
Now Kimba's enchanting adventures of friendship, jungle survival and harmony return once again in this beautifully restored complete DVD collection ready to be introduced to a whole new generation of fans. Join Kimba along with his pals Pauly the Parrot, Daniel Baboon, and a charming assortment of other loveable characters, as he follows in the footsteps of his late father, the great lion king, making the jungle a safer, better place for everyone to live. This DVD Box Set collects all 52 color episodes masterfully restored on 10 DVDs plus an additional bonus DVD packed with tons of extras. Each episode is presented in order according to Osamu Tezuka's original storyline. Also includes a special "How Kimba Came to Be" booklet written by Fred Patten and Robin Leyden. From Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy, comes Kimba, one of the "first-generation anime classics" to reach American TV - the very first Japanese animation to be broadcast in color, in 1965. Fans have long remembered its catchy theme song, spectacular designs, pioneering animation techniques and gentle stories. Includes a special "How Kimba Came to Be" booklet written by Fred Patten and Robin Leyden. DVD Features: All original 52 Kimba Episodes masterfully restored, a special "How Kimba Came to Be" booklet written by Fred Patten and Robin Leyden, Original Japanese Episode 1 (with English subtitles), Interview with Fred Ladd, Deleted Scenes, Textless English Opening, Original English Closing, Original Character Art Gallery, Merchandise Gallery, and Character Profiles. Spoken Languages: English
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