#jungle emperor

[astroboyart]

Source: Rakuten

The 2025 Osamu Tezuka calendar is listed with it's cover art on the website for the Japanese company, Rakuten.

The cover art follows a snake theme with 2025 being the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac.

This calendar is set to release in September 2024.

[mediummushroom]

leo/kimba stickers are in my shop now! are you a jungle emperor fan?

[creek-nymph]

Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)

[r0bitadraws]

I wanted to try drawing as many of Tezuka's characters using Abisalli's expression meme.

This week and next week are gonna be busy for me so I decided to just post what I finished recently. I plan to keep going.

[sukalaap]

Just a pair of unlikely heros of Japanese origins who have at least two other things in common: They both run around 24/7 & their respective villains have "Egg" in their names.

And what better way to celebrate Eggus Christ Day than illustrate the latter for the funni? Well HERE YA GO!

Also yes, reused that Nerdy Kimba/Leo design from that previous crossover pic because he's such a loveable goober!

BONUS PIC:

[tehmhachi]

Jungle Emperor '89

Jungle Emperor '89, in essence, is about the animals and people of the African Savannah fighting off the influence and military power of other countries who would seek to take advantage of them and destroy their environment for resources that would be used for consumer goods, as well as the people of the Savannah learning to coexist with and respect the animals that live with them.

Is it good? No. Is it fun? Maybe. Did I like it? Absolutely. Starting with the bad, even if you ignore the premise of Panja's Jungle and pacifist lions, it's just not a very good series on the whole. Sometimes the episodes lull or the writing quality is poor, or the conflicts don't make sense, which is especially apparent in the build up to powerful scenes or an arc, and can cause certain moments to fall flat. Yet, and here's the good, each conflict and arc brings something interesting to the table, and the apparent criticism of military involvement in other countries in the name of taking resources or seeking conquest in and of itself is a very refreshing take on the matter even despite the writing. Each arc and critical moment has something to say, something that you can hold onto and think about. Something meaningful that I can relate to the modern day. Whether it be Leo's struggle between peace and instinct/violence, or the ongoing conflict of corporations using force (military power) indiscriminately and uncontrollably, or simply the veneration of life as this beautiful thing that should be loved that serves as the undercurrent for all of Tezuka's works.... These are all things that are still relevant to us today. Yes, it's full of pacifist ideals that just don't pan out in reality. You can't ask someone to have a change of heart when they only see you as an obstacle or a play thing, or just plain wrong, because they're not out there trying to get their mind changed. But we need to hold onto this beauty, this art, this notion. I can't really find the words for it, we just need this.

If nothing else, Jungle Emperor '89 is a series of potential. It really does have the potential to be a very magical and innovative peace of animated history, but for one reason or another it just happens to drop off. Even still, to me, it was worth watching, because I could see the potential. I can see what the directors, authors, and artists were going for.

[diehardgngfan]

I rewatched the first two episodes of Kimba the White Lion (1965). I have a new appreciation for the original anime and the Jungle Emperor series as a whole. It’s just so good!

[n0kkuout]

Here is a scene from the reading musical drama Jungle Emperor performed in June.

Look at Kenichi wearing glasses!

[sketch-shepherd-art]

Was talking some Kimba stuff on Discord and got inspired to do this idea... a little re-imagining that rather than Leo/Kimba carrying around and wearing his dead father’s hide around for guidance he’d instead wear Panja’s claw or tooth on a necklace 

Like I get it, I’m pretty sure Tezuka intended it to be the equivalent of carrying around the ashes of your deceased loved ones, but idk. Imo there could have been way less creepier ways to translate that idea rather than literally wearing the skin of your dead dad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[chernobog13]

A real life Kimba the White Lion (aka Jungle Emperor).

[killersandy]

TPOTMS page 365-367.

Full comic:

[astroboyart]

Source: Osamu Tezuka official website

All 12 artworks for the 2025 Osamu Tezuka calendar have been revealed! Of note: many obscure characters within the Tezuka Star System are featured in the artworks this time around.

The 2025 Osamu Tezuka calendar will be released on October 1, 2024 according to the official Osamu Tezuka website.

[atomoo]

Ok. I can’t recall if I reblogged this before or not but. Someone needs to do a deep dive 2+ hour long video of this iceberg and if I must be the one to do it then so be it.

what level of tezuka obsession are you on

[petday]

[burakku-jakku]

NEWS: A new Tezuka themed gashapon set has been revealed. This set, called "Osamu Tezuka character sitting," will be produced by Bandai. This set will release in Japan sometime in September of this year.

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[tehmhachi]

I just finished watching Jungle Emperor '89 and its got me so fucked up I cant stop thinking about it... like Leo (Kimba) literally let himself get shot because he wanted the fighting to end. He wanted the pain to end and for everyone to live in peace. After all his fighting and struggling for a utopia where animals can live in peace, waging a war against the military who was coming in for mineral resources in Panja's Jungle, struggling with himself, his instincts, and his need to eat, he was rewarded with pain again and again until he died for it. His last words really hurt the most. The peaceful look on his face right after being shot, fading in and out as spikes of pain radiated through he body as he struggled to survive and get one final message across.

"Who are you really fighting against? It's just you and us here... And... We won't fight anymore. What is it you want? Why must you kill for it? I don't want anyone else to die... I don't want to die either... But... if I have to, I'll... I'll let you take my life. But after that... please... don't kill anyone else..."