KIMBA THE WHITE LION CHARACTERS SERIES
of "Kimba" to NBC's New York offices the prints and all other "Kimba" - related material were then stored away in NBC's warehouse "until further notice." In early 2005, however, after many years of waiting, Right Stuf Home Video secured the DVD rights to the entire "Kimba" series (presumably, the late Osamu Tezuka, an animator at Mushi who later formed his own Tezuka Productions company, held the rights to the "Kimba" characters after Mushi went under), and, to the delight of many fans, finally released all 52 original "Kimba" episodes - digitally remastered, of course - in an "Ultra" DVD collectors' box set in June of that year. With regard to Mushi's bankruptcy, however, NBC (carrying out orders from Japan) instructed NTA at the end of their "Kimba" syndication duties in 1978 to return all syndication prints, etc. In the interim, however, two negative developments arose: (1) Mushi Productions, the animation company behind "Kimba," went out of business (bankruptcy) in June 1973 and (2) because of heightened "political correctness," some viewers were offended by the portrayal of a few human characters.
Seeing his mistake, he and the other kids find them down river, with him leading the group, and successfully gather the eggs out of the river before they could be swept down a waterfall. In the episode " Scrambled Eggs", Dash mistakenly tossed a pile of bird eggs into a river, at the time not knowing what Eggs are and mistaking them for rocks. Unlike them though, he had a few episodes dedicated to him by himself: Throughout much of the series, he is seen with Dot and Dinkie. History Kimba the White Lion (Jungle Emperor)
His earlier appearances have him with dull grey-blue fur, though later appearances show his fur a far more prominent blue. He has a long, light brown mane behind his head, going down his neck, and a rather large nose. 2.1 Kimba the White Lion (Jungle Emperor)ĭash is shown as a very young cheetah, the smallest compared to Dinkie and Dot.