Jungle Taitei (1989)

Birth

As the story begins, the backstory of Androcles (Kimba's white lion ancestor) is told. The white lion was worshipped like a god by the pharaoh until it was stolen. In the present time, the human village is having trouble with the white lion, Panja, because he sets the animals free into the jungle. Jake (Ham Egg) and Kutter agree to "take care of" the lion because Ham Egg can use the lion's hide for profit. Ham Egg and Kutter carry out a plan by capturing Eliza, Panja's mate, in order to lure the white lion within shooting range. Panja is shot and killed in front of Eliza. She tells Panja that she has his cub that will soon be born. Panja asks if the son can be named, "Kimba (Leo)". Eliza is taken to a ship to be sold to a zoo. Kimba is born on the ship. Eliza tells Kimba that he must go back to the jungle to take his father's place. Kimba resistantly jumps off the ship into the ocean. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Promise

This episode takes place after Leo escaped the ship and meets Kenichi and Dr. Ban (Mr. Pompous (Dr. Mustache)). Leo visits a zoo and meets jungle animals for the first time. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Departure

Kenichi and Dr. Ban (Mr Pompous) decide to send Kimba (Leo) back to Africa because of the distress that the locals have when they see a giant lion cub roaming around the city. Meanwhile, Kutter and his assistant, Bread, are trying to steal and capture Leo in order to make a profit off of him. Kenichi goes with Leo initially to a safari park in Africa to say goodbye. After Kenichi finds out that Bread secretly went with them, he helps Leo escape to the Panja's jungle. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Friends

Leo walks to his father's jungle while a vulture is chasing him. He notices that every animal runs away as Leo tries to talk to them. Leo meets Coco and Tony as they are trapped in a trap that Hamegg (Jake) set. Hamegg remembers Leo as the white lion born on the ship and attempts to kill Leo, despite a giant tornado in the distance. Meanwhile, Leo also meets Bubu (Jamar) and Toto (Shaka) as they try to defend the throne. Coco, Tony, and Leo eventually escape both the humans, Bubu and Toto. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Homeland

Continuing from last episode, Leo is back at his father's jungle and meets Lyra (Raiya) for the first time. A fire starts from a crashed plane and Leo must figure out a way to put the fire out while searching for an herb that Raiya needs for her master, Leona. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Invader

A large boat invades the jungle with a hunter (Sir Gillan (Giran)) on board along with his wife, Gina, Antonio and Saba. Coco tells Kimba (Leo) about his find and they go to investigate. Kimba (Leo) soon learns that he can't get too close or he'll get shot by the hunter. Rolo (Lalo) the cape buffalo gets shot by the hunter as the boat passes by, not even coming back for the kill. His father, Bob (Altis) wants vengeance. Kimba (Leo) thinks of a reasonable plan to get rid of the humans from the jungle by ramming fallen trees into the boat, causing it to sink. Kimba (Leo) finds his true sense of belonging in his father's jungle and plans to live there as long as he lives. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Courage

Nani the okapi (Kapi’s mom) gets captured by Conga and the Skull Rock Tribe. Leo and Kapi go to their village to save her. Once Conga realizes that Leo is a white lion, the tribe focuses on capturing him instead. Kapi finds the courage to save Leo when he gets cornered by the tribesmen. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Warning

A hot air balloon appears in the jungle, causing Kimba (Leo) and his friends to be suspicious. Kimba encounters Marody and his two grandsons Keruru & Amaji, who are Barbary lions, thought to be extinct. They manage to drive Kimba away from Marody's cliff. The people in the hot air balloon however are after the Barbary lions. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Fellows

The episode opens with Kimba (Leo), Tommy (T.K.), Coco, and Kurosaji getting all of the animals in the Jungle to high ground before the storm can flood the Jungle. During this, Flora gets killed and swept away by the flash flood, and Kimba finds Pago (Sierra) and later a domestic cow named Manwela. He brings them both back to his den to wait out the storm. After the storm passes, Manwela tries to get back home, telling Kimba that she can't live in the wild as she is domesticated. Kimba decides to give her a day in the Jungle to let her decide for herself. He tries to find homes for both Sierra and Manwela, but with no luck. Manwela eventually reaches the plains, and considers actually staying, but she sees her owner and saves Kimba (Leo), getting shot. She gives birth to her calf before she dies, and the calf is taken back home with the farmer. Leo returns to the Jungle and finds that Pago (Sierra) is adopted to another herd. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Freedom

Kimba (Leo) meets his aunt, Leona for the first time, un-expectantly in a human village run by women. He also meets Laiya (Raiya) again, who is a servant of Leona, saving them from a raging river nearby. Leona is seen as a goddess to the village and wish that Kimba (Leo) joins them. When meeting each other, Leona wishes that Kimba (Leo) stays in the village along with the humans that try and capture him. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

The Law of the Jungle

A herd of elephants have come to Panja's Jungle, while Bizo is bullying other animals. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Red Wings

Kimba (Leo) is curious about an eagle taking care of her nest when a panther shows up to eat them. While scaring the panther away, the eagles' mother, Martha (Masa) is resistant to trust a lion. When she realizes that Kimba (Leo) protected Myu from the leopard above their nest, Martha (Masa) begins to build his trust. For a reason that that is unknown to him, Kimba (Leo) wishes to help Myu fly, whatever the cost. When taken to Marody (Malody)'s cliff, Marody (Malody) can't fathom why Kimba (Leo) is wasting his time on a trivial task. Marody tells the story of Gamera, a legendary bird that gain the power of flight from will power alone, along with a thousand red feathers to create red wings. Myu wanders off towards Stone Mountain, where Gamera lives to see if he could learn to fly like him. Kimba (Leo) eventually catches up to Myu, who has been interrupted by a snake. Once they climb to the top, they encounter, "Gamera" who is actually Martha (Masa) in disguise from the staining hot springs nearby. Myu is courageous enough to take a feather and fly on his own. They all meet the real Gamera, have a brief encounter, but was a misunderstanding as Gamera was protecting his children from the nearby threat. Kimba (Leo) recognizes the true meaning of destiny. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Prophecy

Kimba senses a threat is coming to the jungle, but no one believes him as the jungle has been quiet. Kimba's paranoia soon lands him into trouble with Claw (Bubu) and Cassius (Toto). Kimba's attack by Claw and his refusal to fight back, leads to Marody and his grandsons forcing Kimba to fight back. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Wild

Failure

When a volcano erupts not far from Panja's jungle, it causes damage to the jungle. Seeing the damage done to his father's jungle, Kimba (Leo) begins to get more abrasive as he struggles to do everything at once, worrying his friends and the other animals. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

White Beast

Lyra had noticed that Leo has started to change since she had first met him. She reveals over the episode to him that he has gotten more brutal and cruel in his fighting style and shows no mercy to his enemies. Meanwhile, Leona gets captured by poachers so that they can sell her for profit. Leo and Laiya chase the hunters and rescue Leona. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Pride

Kimba (Leo) goes into exile and journeys out into a desert. There he meets an elderly Barbary lion named Crave, who has lost his pride. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Fighting Spirit

Kimba (Leo) continues his exile, coming across a coalition of vicious cheetahs hunting him down for trespassing into their territory, learning an important lesson. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Life

Kimba (Leo) continues on with his exile, continuing further outside of Panja's jungle, Kimba (Leo) must learn the facts of life and death before he can finally return home. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Leader

Kimba (Leo) realizes after his journey that he is happiest with his friends and promptly decides to return to his former jungle. On the way, he encounters some poachers who are hunting for mountain gorillas. He happens to run to a den of mountain gorillas nearby. He meets Garu, Giru, Zeo and their leader, Silverback. The poachers capture the baby gorillas nearby. As Kimba (Leo) helps defend the gorillas from the poachers, he learns what it means to be true and just leader - not a boss or a king. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Homecoming

As Kimba (Leo) makes it back to the jungle, he's greeted with fanfare. But he's is stuck between a rock and a hard place: wanting to abide by the laws of Panja's jungle and defending it from Bubu. All the animals decide to stand up together against Bubu and Toto. They are driven out of the jungle. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Reunion

Leo's human caretaker, Kenichi, returns to Africa and meets his little white lion friend again. Leo is unable to recognize Kenichi, but he realizes that he is not like the other humans that want to destroy the jungle. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Migration

Different kinds of animals are migrating to Panja's Jungle. As coco states: "it's starting to look cramped here!" A cape buffalo herd run by Rog is challenging Bob in order to stay there. But their main concern was getting away from the poachers. Out of desperation and trying to stop the conflict, Kimba (Leo) gets emotional, not knowing what to do to stop them in his inner struggle. This makes the fighting cape buffaloes rethink their actions. Coco also helps Kimba (Leo) finds his den where he will live. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)

Friendship

Tony finds a gun and recklessly starts swinging it at Coco. He accidentally fires it and injures a baby monkey. Due to the laws of Panja's jungle, Tony is driven out of the jungle. He meets up with Bubu and Toto, who were also exiled. Sneakily, Bubu manages to gain Tony's trust to let his guard down. (Source: Jungle Emperor Leo Wiki)