Because of non-stop environmental destruction, the United Nations commission a private company, "Eternal Earth", to create an artificial jungle to be a nature preserve and to protect animals. Leo, son of Panja, is born in this artificial world. The story starts when Leo and Kenichi, the son of the Eternal Earth company's CEO, meet. Kenichi has the ability to understand and talk to the animals.
Score
Veteran composer swells exactly when the lion cub learns life lessons.
Director
Goro Taniguchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the third anime adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's 1950 'Jungle Emperor' manga, which Disney allegedly ripped off for The Lion King. Tezuka's estate has very polite lawyers.
Director Goro Taniguchi came straight from Code Geass — explaining why even the trees feel like they're plotting something.
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