This story revolves around the grown-up Leo and his family (childhood friend Lyre as his wife, Rune who is the spitting image of Leo, and Rukkio who is the spitting image of Lyre). In the original story, the ending was quite tragic and brought tears to the eyes of the audience, but the ending was altered to a happy one for this animated film. This change emphasizes the "bonds of family."
(c) Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. / Mushi Production
Broadcast via Fuji TV network / 23 minutes / In Color/ 26 minutes
Mushi Production / October 5, 1966 - March 29, 1967, Wednesdays 7:00-7:30 PM
The 6th Nippon Tele-Film Technical Award in 1967 (the 14th episode)
Original Manga: Tezuka Osamu
Producer: Yamamoto Eichi
Chief Director: Hayashi Shigeyuki
Animation Director: Katsui Chikao
Original Picture: Saito Hiroshi, Hikone Norio
Art Director: Ito Nobuharu
Backgrounds: Suzuki Morishige
Trace: Taguchi Kazuko
Coloring: Matsumoto Futaba, Hidaka Akiko
Shooting Director: Misawa Katsuji
Editing: Furukawa Masashi
Sound Director: Tashiro Atsumi
Sound Assistant: Aketagawa Susumu
Effects: Aketagawa Susumu, Tsukioka Hiroshi, Urakami Yasuo, Tashiro Atsumi, (Mushi Pro group for Effect)
Data Processing: Nozaki Yoshihiro
Music: Tomita Isao
Conductor: Morita Goichi
Music Performance: MGA
Theme Songs:
"The Song of Jungle Emperor Leo": lyrics and music by Miki Toriro, arrangement by Tomita Isao and vocals by Happy Beans
"Leo's Song": lyrics by Tsuji Masaki, music by Tomita Isao and vocals by Hirota Mieko
1 The white king
1966/10/05
2 Confrontation on the vast plains
1966/10/12
3 The blue-maned Zanba
1966/10/19
4 Pygmy's death fete
1966/10/26
5 Rune's adventurous trip
1966/11/02
Rune goes to the savanna alone, and is astounded by nature's miracles...
Staff
Screenplay: Tsuji Masaki Rendition: Katsui Chikao
6 Huge beast Donbe
1966/11/09
The gorilla Donbe is in a danger, surrounded by baboons, but then Leo....
Staff
Screenplay: Tsuji Masaki Rendition: Kitano Hideaki
7 The golden bow
1966/11/16
A leopard man confronts a magician. Leo and Rune go to help...
Staff
Screenplay: Tsuji Masaki Rendition: Hayashi Shigeyuki
8 The secret of the moonlight stone
1966/11/23
The peoples of country A and country B confront each other over the moonlight stone at the foot of Mt. Moon....
Staff
Screenplay: Tezuka Osamu Rendition: Tezuka Osamu
9 The bird of terror
1966/11/30
A big flock of peregrine falcons are carried to the jungle in a tornado, and they begin to attack the animals. The animals fight back desperately. During the fight, another tornado suddenly hits the jungle...
Staff
Screenplay: Tsuji Masaki Rendition: Seyama Yoshifumi
10 Ricaons do not cry
1966/12/07
Rick loses the fight with another ricaon for the position of boss, so he tries to prove that he is the real boss by attempting to kill Leo. He wins Rune and Rukkio over to his side, and when the children are nearly swallowed up in a muddy stream, he tries to save them...
Staff
Screenplay: Tsuji Masaki Rendition: Nagashima Shinji
11 Panja goes to town
1966/12/14
Panja's fur, which Rune had put outside, is stolen. When the boy Riander puts on the fur, a cheetah attacks him. Leo, who has been following the boy, saves him, but he is running a high fever. He recovers after an operation, and then a policeman appears chasing Leo and Rune...
Staff
Screenplay: Tsuji Masaki Rendition: Kitano Hideaki
12 The poachers' forest
1966/12/21
Leo and Rune try to take a round-eared elephant away from poachers and back to the jungle. Leo also brings along Bado, who is insane, but he becomes violent on the way and is captured by humans. Leo tries to be a decoy...
Staff
Screenplay: Komiya Satoshi Rendition: Yamamoto Eichi
13 The duel in Ruber Valley
1966/12/28
The Black Panther Totto is almost made sacrifice to the devil's waterfall. When he tries to eat the children, Leo, in an attempt to kill Totto, knocks down Mandy, who tries to stop Leo. Leo falls into despair...
Staff
Screenplay: Sakamoto Yusaku Rendition: Sakamoto Yusaku
14 The howling glacier
1967/01/05
15 The lonesome tomb
1967/01/12
16 The black tusk in the jungle
1967/01/19
17 The devil's waterfall
1967/01/26
18 Confusion in the locomotive
1967/02/02
Humans attack Bizo, the son of the boss elephant. Rune, who tries to help him, is also captured. The two escape chained to each other, and wait for a train in the valley...
Staff
Screenplay: Tsuji Masaki Rendition: Katsui Chikao
19 The stone fortress
1967/02/09
Rune starts building a stone house, but elephants that hate humans are opposed to it. So Rune has a fight with the boss' son Bizo for the house.
Staff
Screenplay: Tsuji Masaki Rendition: Tsukioka Sadao
20 The white cliff
1967/02/16
Animals are dying one after another because of a dam. Leo is furious but Kuroyon, the person in charge of the dam, persuades Leo to evacuate the animals.
Staff
Screenplay: Tsuji Masaki Rendition: Hirata Toshio
21 The one who sold the jungle
1967/02/23
22 The elephants' graveyard
1967/03/01
23 The silver wolf
1967/03/08
24 Adventure on a volcanic island
1967/03/15
25 The sun will rise again over the King's castle
1967/03/22
26 Mt. Moon is forever
1967/03/29