is an

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television series produced by

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that first ran from October 12, 1989, to October 11, 1990, on

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. It is a remake of

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's 1960s anime series ''

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''.

Original Japanese cast

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as Leo (young) *

Sakiko Tamagawa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She is affiliated with Sigma Seven. She voices Rei Kuki in '' Genji Tsuushin Agedama'', Natsumi Tsujimoto in '' You're Under Arrest'', Kazama's mother in '' Crayon Shin-chan'', and Toy ...

as Liya * Shinnosuke Furumoto as Leo (cub) * Hiroshi Masuoka as Kutta *

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as Panja * Kappei Yamaguchi as Kenichi *

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as Ham Egg *

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as Ban Shunsaku * Masako Nozawa as Gibo * Rokuro Naya as Lamp * Ryusei Nakao as Totto *

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as Coco *

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as Tony

English dub cast

In 1998 which was nearly a decade after the original Japanese release,

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(which then became Geneon Universal which is now known as NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan as of today) has gotten the rights to pick up the series and for distribution in

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under license from

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. They along with

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in Vancouver, Canada, worked together to produce an

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dub of the series with an all-star

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voice cast, using the Wordfit System and with Karl Williams serving as the director. Unfortunately, only 13 out of 52 episodes were dubbed in English and the series was left on a

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, due to the poor quality of the dubbing. From October 13, 1998 to July 27, 1999, six VHS volumes were released across North America with the first tape having three episodes and the rest having two. Episodes 2 and 3 were not dubbed for the English-speaking market mostly due to the content, despite having its importance in the series' through that particular arc. So Pioneer decided to have that arc skipped, thus having Episodes 1, followed by 4 up to 15 dubbed. On top of that, the episodes were edited heavily during production of the English adaptation dub, involving scenes cut and changed, as well as having the score entirely redone digitally, that was sampled with E-mu Proteus 2 Orchestra, being one of the synthesizers used. The music was composed by

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and John Mitchell and with the editing being handled by Gina Mueller and Eric LeBlanc. *

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*Ben Baxter *

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as Raiya * Don Brown as Caesar/Panja and Coco * Michael Dobson * Paul Dobson as Jamar *Marcy Goldberg *Christopher Gray * Saffron Henderson *

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* David Kaye as Icara *Campbell Lane *

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*Lalainia Lindbjerg *

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* Richard Newman as Old Dice *

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*Gerard Plunkett *

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as Riona *Matt Smith * Robert O. Smith as Tony *

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as Kimba/Leo (cub) *

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* French Tickner as Kutter *

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Dubbed episodes

1. Birth ("The Successor" in the Dub) 2. Promise 3. Departure 4. Friends (#2 in the Dub) 5. Homeland (#3 in the Dub) 6. Intruder (#4 - "The Invaders" in the Dub) 7. Courage (#5 in the Dub) 8. Warning (#6 in the Dub) 9. Companions (#7 - "Flash Flood" in the Dub) 10. Freedom (#8 in the Dub) 11. The Law of the Jungle (#9 in the Dub) 12. Red Wings (#10 in the Dub) 13. Prophecy (#11 in the Dub) 14. Wild (#12 in the Dub) 15. Failure (#13 in the Dub) 16. White Beast 17. Pride 18. Fighting Spirit 19. Life 20. Leader 21. Homecoming 22. Reunion 23. Migration 24. Friendship 25. Sacrifice Part 1 26. Sacrifice Part 2 27. Mourning 28. Image 29. Protection 30. Adventure 31. Trust 32. Nature 33. Paradise 34. Time Illusion 35. Threat 36. Reconciliation 37. Father 38. Best Friend 39. Nightmare 40. Escape 41. Premonition 42. Coexistence 43. Decision 44. Infiltration 45. Rebirth 46. Longing 47. Crown 48. Challenge 49. Concentration 50. Victory 51. Harmony Part 1 52. Harmony Part 2

References

External links

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