''The Jungle Book'' is a 3D CGI-animated television series co-produced by DQ Entertainment,

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(seasons 1-2), Ellipsanime Productions (season 3), ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, TF1 (seasons 1-2) and Les Cartooneurs Associés (season 3). It is based on the

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book of the same name.

Plot

The adventures of Mowgli, a human foundling raised by Akela's wolf pack, and his best friends, fatherly bear Baloo and playful panther Bagheera. They live in the Indian jungle where many dangers lurk, such as the mighty Bengal tiger Shere Khan. The inquisitive Mowgli often gets himself into trouble and can't resist helping animals in danger or solving other problems.

Characters

Main

* Mowgli (voiced by

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in seasons 1–2,

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in season 3) – A young human raised by wolves in the jungle, as the adoptive son of Daruka and Raksha, and the brother of Lali and Bala. He keeps a tiger claw as a pendant which he took in a battle from Shere Khan. Mowgli is never depicted as naked, as in the book. * Bagheera (voiced by Sam Gold in seasons 1–2, Abe Goldfarb in season 3) – A black panther. He is Mowgli's best friend. Unlike most other adaptations (like

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's 1967 film), Bagheera is not as wise or strict as in the book. Most animals in the jungle never dare to step in the way of the panther. He often fights Shere Khan to save Mowgli. * Baloo (voiced by

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in seasons 1–2, David Wills in season 3) – A hungry

brown bear The brown bear (''Ursus arctos'') is a large bear species found across Eurasia and North America. In North America, the populations of brown bears are called grizzly bears, while the subspecies that inhabits the Kodiak Islands of Alaska is ...

. In the series, he is bipedal, wears glasses and he is Mowgli's mentor. Baloo likes to tell stories of the jungle. *

Kaa Kaa is a fictional character from ''The Jungle Book'' stories written by Rudyard Kipling. He is a giant snake who is 30 feet long. In the books and many of the screen adaptations, Kaa is an ally of main protagonist Mowgli, acting as a friend ...

(voiced by Joseph J. Terry in seasons 1–2, Billy Bob Thompson in season 3) – An

Indian rock python The Indian python (''Python molurus'') is a large python species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is also known by the common names black-tailed python, Indian rock python, and Asian ...

who is sort of friends with Mowgli, Bagheera, and Baloo, yet moody and feared.

Seeonee Wolf Pack

* Akela (voiced by Joseph J. Terry in seasons 1–2) – An

Indian wolf The Indian wolf (''Canis lupus pallipes'') is a subspecies of gray wolf that ranges from Southwest Asia to the Indian Subcontinent. It is intermediate in size between the Himalayan wolf and the Arabian wolf, and lacks the former's luxuriant win ...

who is the most trusted leader of the Seeonee Wolf Pack and the grandfather of Phaona. He is Father of Daruka and In law of Raksha. *

Daruka In Hinduism, Dārukā is a demoness who later becomes a devi (goddess) by Parvati's blessings. She is the goddess of the forest of the same name. Her husband was a demon Daruk. Legend The Shiva Purana says Nageshvara Jyotirlinga is in 'the Daru ...

(voiced by Aaron Albertus in seasons 1–2) – The adopted father of Mowgli. Although Mowgli usually lives with Baloo and Bagheera, he visits Daruka's family sometimes. * Raksha – The adopted mother of Mowgli. She is patient and motherly, but can be stern when necessary. * Lali – The daughter of Daruka and Raksha. She is sweet, and caring, like her mother, but can be extremely protective and rebellious. Her grandfather is Akela. * Bala – The son of Daruka and Raksha. He is a brave and loyal, but competitive wolf, who often gets in trouble. His grandfather is Akela.

Villains

* Shere Khan (voiced by David Holt in seasons 1–2, Marc Thompson in season 3) – A man-eating

Bengal tiger The Bengal tiger is a population of the '' Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is considered to belong to the world's charismatic megafauna. The tiger is estimated to have been present in ...

who is the main antagonist of the series. He's territorial and going to kill and eat Mowgli, but often fails in his attempts. He has a scar on his left eye. Shere Khan lost one of his claws in an earlier fight with Mowgli who keeps the claw as a pendant. *

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(voiced by

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in seasons 1–2) – An

Indian jackal The Indian jackal (''Canis aureus indicus''), also known as the Himalayan jackal is a subspecies of golden jackal native to Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Burma and Nepal. Its karyotype is quite different (2N=78; NF=84) from that of its Eurasian and Af ...

. He is Shere Khan's sycophantic, greedy, devious sidekick where he lacks the courage to disagree with his tiger master. He is usually the one to set up traps for Mowgli so Shere Khan can eat him. *

Bandar-log Bandar-log ( hi, बन्दर-लोग) is a term used in Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) to describe the monkeys of the Seeonee jungle. Description In Hindi, ''Bandar'' means "monkey" and ''log'' means "people" – hence the te ...

– A group of

langurs The Colobinae or leaf-eating monkeys are a subfamily of the Old World monkey family that includes 61 species in 11 genera, including the black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed proboscis monkey, and the gray langurs. Some classifications split ...

who like to cause trouble for Mowgli and his friends. They live in the Cold Lair temple ruins. ** Masha (voiced by Joseph J. Terry in seasons 1–2) – A langur who is the queen of the Bandar-logs. * Jacala – A giant

Mugger crocodile The mugger crocodile (''Crocodylus palustris'') is a medium-sized broad- snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile. It is native to freshwater habitats from southern Iran to the Indian subcontinent, where it inhabits marshes ...

who would eat anyone that trespasses into his territory. * Kala (voiced by

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in season 1-2) - A black panther who looks like his rival, Bagheera, with a scar. Highly territorial and hostile towards Bagheera and Mowgli. He also has a scar on his right eye. * Phaona (voiced by Aaron Albertus in seasons 1–2) – An Indian wolf who is the grandson of Akela. He dislikes Mowgli being in the wolf pack, tries every attempt to expel the adopted human from the pack, and will stop at nothing to attempt becoming the next pack leader. Phaona's plots tend to backfire and he tends to get punished by his grandfather. * Harjeet/Harjit – A bad-tempered and highly territorial

honey badger The honey badger (''Mellivora capensis''), also known as the ratel ( or ), is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Because of its wide range and occurrence in a variety of habitats, it is liste ...

. * Kaloo – A

Crow A crow is a bird of the genus '' Corvus'', or more broadly a synonym for all of ''Corvus''. Crows are generally black in colour. The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of many species. The related term "raven" is not pinned scientifica ...

who works for Shere Khan, and has a rivalry with Tabaqui.

Other animals

* Darzi (voiced by Peter Michail/

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in seasons 1–2) – A tiny solid-red

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

without a mate or nest. Brave for her size and friendly, but poor as a messenger (as in the book) causing bird-brain and terrible memory. *

Hathi Hathi is a fictional character created by Rudyard Kipling for the Mowgli stories collected in ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) and ''The Second Jungle Book'' (1895). Hathi is a bull elephant that lives in the jungle. Kipling named him after ''hāthī' ...

(voiced by Phil Lollar in seasons 1–2) – A wise

Indian elephant The Indian elephant (''Elephas maximus indicus'') is one of four extant recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant and native to mainland Asia. Since 1986, the Asian elephant has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the wild pop ...

who is the leader of the jungle's elephants. ** Gajjini – A light violet elephant who is the wife of Hathi. ** Appu and Hita/Heetah – Hathi and Gajjini's two calves who are Mowgli's friends. * Rangoo – A colourful fruit-eating

. * Cheel – A

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. * Ikki – An

Indian crested porcupine The Indian crested porcupine (''Hystrix indica'') is a hystricomorph rodent species native to southern Asia and the Middle East. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It belongs to the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae. De ...

. *

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a short story in the 1894 anthology ''The Jungle Book'' by Rudyard Kipling about adventures of a valiant young Indian grey mongoose. It has often been anthologized and has been published several times as a short book. Book 5 ...

(voiced by

in seasons 1–2) – An

Indian gray mongoose The Indian grey mongoose (''Urva edwardsii'') is a mongoose species native to the Indian subcontinent and West Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The grey mongoose inhabits open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields ...

. Here he lives in the jungle with the other animals. Very cute-faced, ferret-sized and fearless (once even fought with Shere Khan in order to defend Mowgli). * Thuu – An

Indian cobra The Indian cobra (''Naja naja''), also known as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, is a species of cobra found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan, and a member of the "big four" species that are ...

, occasionally the leader of a cobra's nest. * Manny – A young langur monkey who is friends with Mowgli. * Oo and Boo – A couple of old

turtle Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked t ...

s. * Pavo – A

leucistic Leucism () is a wide variety of conditions that result in the partial loss of pigmentation in an animal—causing white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales, or cuticles, but not the eyes. It is occasionally spelled ...

peacock Peafowl is a common name for three bird species in the genera '' Pavo'' and '' Afropavo'' within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae, the pheasants and their allies. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are r ...

. * Alonna – A Demoiselle Crane. * Hoola/Phoola – A peacock who is Pavo's rival. * Rana – A purple Wild Pig who has a short temper. * Ravi and Vira – A

Bluebird The bluebirds are a North American group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the order of Passerines in the genus ''Sialia'' of the thrush family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas. ...

couple. * Chota – A young Tiger cub who is friends with Mowgli after when he was looking for his mother. * Ponya – A

red panda The red panda (''Ailurus fulgens''), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzzle ...

. * Langur – A Himalayan monkey. * ChuChip/ChooChip – A young Sambar Deer whom Mowgli befriends. * Bella – A female bear that Baloo falls for, but she's actually trying to get rid of Baloo, but she later reformed after she and Baloo Recouncil. * Lori and Barashinga is a deer with the same name who dreams of becoming one of

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's flying

Reindeer Reindeer (in North American English, known as caribou if wild and ''reindeer'' if domesticated) are deer in the genus ''Rangifer''. For the last few decades, reindeer were assigned to one species, ''Rangifer tarandus'', with about 10 sub ...

, Lori is a

Loris Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine mammals of the subfamily Lorinae (sometimes spelled Lorisinae) in the family Lorisidae. ''Loris'' is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, ''Nycticebus'' is the genus conta ...

who is always worried about Bara. * Ackney is an

Indian Giant Squirrel The Indian giant squirrel or Malabar giant squirrel (''Ratufa indica'') is a large multi-coloured tree squirrel species endemic to forests and woodlands in India. It is a diurnal, arboreal, and mainly herbivorous squirrel. Distribution and ...

. *

Gaur The gaur (''Bos gaurus''; ), also known as the Indian bison, is a bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986. The global population was estimated at a maximum of 21,000 m ...

Chital The chital or cheetal (''Axis axis''; ), also known as the spotted deer, chital deer, and axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. It was first described and given a binomial name by German naturalist Johann Christian Po ...

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Production

Tapaas Chakravarti, Chairman & CEO of DQ Entertainment, says: "The second season of Jungle Book was a simple decision after the tremendous success of the first season and the inherent demand by the global broadcasting community. Jungle Book already has a tremendous fan following and has created the need to see more and more of Mowgli and his jungle friends by the kids. We are confident that the second season will also be a tremendous commercial success. It will be followed by a TV Movie special, a Christmas special, a Halloween special and many other spin-offs. The partnership with ZDF is symbiotic in the sense that we are producing several other projects with them." In 2012, DQ Entertainment announced a 3D feature film based on the animated series which was released in 2013. The film is produced by Tapaas Chakravarti, and directed by

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and Kevin Johnson.The Jungle Book
. ''www.bcdb.com'', 13 April 2013 In October 2015, a third season was announced, which would be co-produced by Ellipsanime to air in 2017.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

References

External links

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