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Jungle Kurobe
ジャングル黒べえ
Created byFujiko Fujio
Anime television series
Directed byOsamu Dezaki
Music byGoro Misawa
StudioA-Production
Tokyo Movie
Original networkANN (MBS)
Original run 2 March 1973 – 28 September 1973
Episodes31

Jungle Kurobe (ジャングル黒べえ, Janguru Kurobē) is a children's anime series by Fujiko Fujio.

Created by the same team of Doraemon and clearly influenced by it, it tells the adventures of a Tarzanesque child and his friends in modern Tokyo. It consists of 61 episodes and was originally broadcast on TV Asahi. The show is most famous for having initial character designs by famous anime director Hayao Miyazaki of Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro, though due to Fujiko F Fujio's involvement, the final designs were done by Yoshio Kabashima, known for his work on Gamba no Bouken and Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo.

In 1989, it was deemed "racially offensive for its portrayal of Africans" and its manga and anime were withdrawn from Japanese commercial distribution, essentially becoming banned in Japan. However, TMS finally released the show in 2015 on DVD alongside Umeboshi Denka [jp], with a reprint being issued in 2024.

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References

  1. Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917. Stone Bridge Press, 2006. ISBN 1845765001.
  2. Daniel Valentin Simion (2009). Il Dizionario dei Cartoni Animati. Anton, 2009. ISBN 9788890390227.
  3. Brubaker, Charles (25 June 2013). ""Jungle Kurobe (1971)". Cartoon Research. Cartoon Research. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. Jungle Kurobe. 1973. TV Asahi.
  5. "Ask John: What's the Rarest Anime John's Ever Watched? – AnimeNation Anime News Blog".
  6. "Toei Video, Jungle Kurobe and Umeboshi Denka DVD store page".

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