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Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle

Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 20, 1994

Runtime

0h 46m

Genres

Animation, Adventure, Family

User Score

66%

Original Title

Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle

Production Companies

Jetlag Productions, Cayre Brothers, GoodTimes Entertainment, VCL Communications

Director

Toshiyuki Hiruma

Description

Leo is the lion king of the jungle, but unfortunately he doesn't know well what a king's job is. He believes it is his right to do as he pleases, even if it means disrupting the peace of others or being plain rude to them, as a king, Leo thinks everyone should look out for his well-being and comfort. One day, Leo meets a lion cub named Tooey whose mother has been recently taken away and who comes to Leo for help, being as selfish as he is, Leo turns the young lion away. However, after several different adventures, Leo learns what his place as a king is and how he must behave and treat the creatures who have almost lost all faith in him. Leo rallies the jungle animals to the rescue, and in the epilogue, the narrator Michael Donovan says that Leo asked Tooey's mother to be his queen, and the cub himself grew into a strong young lion, now called Leo II and one day he would be the Jungle King.