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This guy, Lew, used to work in my office and his kids watched this show. Every so often, he would poke his head in my door and blurt out, 'Kimba, mount me!" I still laugh at the reference and have no idea how that fit into this kid's show. maybe he liked the whole jungle love concept.

I never realized til now,how much Kimba influenced my morals,my sense of treating all with equality and sensitivity.I wish I was brave like Kimba.I learned alot from this show,and the storylines were deep,and often tragic.The creators treated the audience as if we were intelligent and mature enough to handle it(and we were!)Kimba is still my hero,self sacrificing,honest,brave and sensitive!!ALEASE BRINK DAVIS

Never jumped.Adored this show.I wanted to be Kimba,even though I am a female.I used to play "Kimba" running through the woods,one of my friends would play "Kitty".I never saw this show again until this year,on dvd!Its every bit as fun as I remembered it.I wanted to be fearless like Kimba.The only thing that creeps me out about this cartoon is the fact that Kimba keeps dragging his dead fathers hide around with him...he talks to it,sleeps next to it,cuddles with it,asks it advice,and even puts it on and runs across the plains in it.Did they used to censor this out in the USA?I cant seem to remember it..I know Kimba misses his Dad,but this seems rather ghoulish.Please Kimba,give youe father a decent burial!!All kidding aside,I will always love this series!! Alease

A coupla things here.(Regarding the two dDIsney issues brought up) First the Lion King was ripped off of this. (I know the Japoanese guy, Ozamu Tezuka(?) creator, was fond of DIsney but he died before TLK came out..it had its own share of lowbrow humour and other problems in addition..)

In addition Bluto was renamed due to a misconception that distributor Parampunt owned the character, due to their popularized of the old E.C.Segar one-shot (which he prefered over recurring supporting characters!) in Popeye, even though the character and animated version coincided (Popeye the strip predates the cartoon. The King Fetaures Syndicate cartoons were the ones with the Brutus name and it was due to sloppy research over who owned the rights between the parties involved. BTW they found out soon enough. I've heard the Disney story too.)

Sorry to be so shallow, but I so liked this show as a child until my mother pointed out that Kimba was voiced by a woman. Things were never the same since.

Never jumped. But I do agree with the person who commented about the similarities (DODGY RIP OFFS) seen in "The Lion King" which I loved as well, but come on,SIMBA? KIMBA? And Kimba WAS visited by his dead parent (was it his mother or father?). And Dan'l Baboon was simply given a Carribean/African accent and morphed into Rafiki. I liked them both! "Who lives down in deepest, darkest Africa? Who's the one who brought the jungle fame?...

I LOVED this show in the 60's! Kimba was always so kind and brave.
It was on UHF and we used to take turns moving the antenna to get better reception...LOL...MEMORIES!!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uYXuCu8apL0

This program never jumped because it was incapable of doing so. The elements were far too perfect for anything to go wrong. Incidentally, that guy who said the show "sucked" should not only watch his language, but consider the fact that just because he only watched it because there was nothing else on, that doesn't have to apply to "anybody." If there wasn't anything on he wanted to watch, why didn't he go outside or something? He'd better keep his opinions to himself, or else I'll cram that shark down his throat!

"Who lives down in deepest darkest Africa? Who's the one that never wears a frown? Who believes in doing good and doing right? Kimba the White Lion is the one". Do you all still think it "never jumped"? or will you, like me, still have this song in your head for the next 48 hours?

Just a correction: Billie Lou Watt, the voice of Kimba, was a female, she died 2001. Fortunately Kimba is now available on VHS and DVD, and I have started to watch it again for the first time after nearly 30 years, when I saw the series as a little child. Even as an adult I am extremely impressed by most of the episodes. While the graphics are bad compared to modern standards, the story and drama are astounding. Many episodes have more of a story - complex and rich - than many two hour movies of today. Additionally, Kimba has a strong ethical and moral message, much more complex and refined than in other cartoons. Kimba values life, friendship, self-sacrifice, compassion, forgiveness, courage, steadfastness, independence and strength. My favorite episode is "Battle at Dead River" which has such an intriguing storyline, complex plot and emotional drama that it would suffice for more than one regular movie, let alone for a 25 minute cartoon episode. Re-watching the series as an adult brought me several "They can't do this!" moments, as in "Too Many Elephants" when Kimba fails to convince a stubborn and selfish Elephant leader and indeed the whole herd perishes, or in "A Revolting Development" where Kimba offers himself as food for Claw to save other animals. Pretty severe stuff for little children to watch. Yet I enjoyed the series immensely as a youngster. Looking back, I am convinced it influenced my own ethics quite substantially. Sorry for my enthusiasm. I couldn't help it.

Kimba: The White Lion was truly an Anime classic, all done by an anime and manga master, Osamu Tezuka. He was a true legend that brought us another classic Astro Boy. Infact, I've noticed that both Tezuka's shows were dubbed by the same voice actor, and one man named Billy Lou Watt. He is the one that did the voice of both Astro Boy and Kimba. It's a good thing these classics are now on DVD (as I've just brought them recently), they were a true kind of art.

Oh yes I could never forget kimba like others I too ran home to watch the show. But I lived in New York City and the carried it on PIX television CH 11 Officer Joe Boltan and Capt. Jack Mcarthy. I loved the show, I must thank JUMP THE SHARK for listing the show and allow us to comment. A true ray of joy entered my mind after reading the comments ............ Thank You again J.T.S

It never jumped the shark! I loved this show. I used to watch it in repeats about 1984. I used to watch it on the old black and white tv I had in my bedroom. I felt the exact same way alot of you did when the Lion King came out - they ripped off Kimba.

This may have been a dream, but I'm pretty sure I remember one time when I was very young and balling my eyes out at a scene where Kimba is swimming out to sea crying out for his dead mother, and the ghost of his mother starts talking to him from the sky ... then I saw a bit in the Lion King where the ghost of Simba's father is talking to him from the sky... DODGY RIP OFF!