History Anime / TheJungleBook

* AscendedCharacter: Mowgli's wolf family is given more depth than the original story.

* FatBastard: Both Abdullah and Riswan are as cruel as they are corpulent. The former helped Buldeo kidnap Jumeirah and her family and threatened to have them burned to death as witches, while the latter is a greedy slimeball who will do anything for profit including murder or selling Mowgli to a circus after drugging him.

For the most part, it follows the book more closely than some adaptions, although it incorporates some elements from the Disney version. An InternationalCoproduction between Creator/NipponAnimation of Japan and Doro TV Merchandising of Italy, the series had 52 episodes, was directed by Fumio Kurokawa (''Anime/PrincessSarah'', ''[[Anime/AiNoWakakusaMonogatari Little Women]]''), and broadcast on Creator/TVTokyo. While it shares many of the tropes of the same studio's ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'', it was not part of that franchise and aired on a different network. An English dub, made in Canada, saw partial home video release in the U.S., while the French dub aired in Canada on [[Creator/{{CBC}} Radio-Canada]] and later on Ontario's La Chaine Francaise (now TFO).

For the most part, it follows the book more closely than some adaptions, although it incorporates some elements from the Disney version. An InternationalCoproduction between Creator/NipponAnimation of Japan and Doro TV Merchandising of Italy, the series had 52 episodes, was directed by Fumio Kurokawa (''Anime/PrincessSarah'', ''[[Anime/AiNoWakakusaMonogatari Little Women]]''), and broadcast on Creator/TVTokyo. An English dub, made in Canada, saw partial home video release in the U.S., while the French dub aired in Canada on [[Creator/{{CBC}} Radio-Canada]] and later on Ontario's La Chaine Francaise (now TFO).

For the most part, it follows the book more closely than some adaptions, although it incorporates some elements from the Disney version. An InternationalCoproduction between Creator/NipponAnimation of Japan and Doro TV Merchandising of Italy, the series had 52 episodes, was directed by Fumio Kurokawa (''Anime/PrincessSarah'', ''[[Anime/AiNoWakakusaMonogatari Little Women]]''), and broadcast on Creator/TVTokyo. An English dub, made in Canada, saw partial home video release in the U.S., while the French dub aired in Canada on Ontario's Francophone public network La Chaine Francaise (now TFO).

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Kichi the red panda, Tabaqui the striped hyena (in the book he is a jackal), Chil the Brahminy kite, and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the Indian mongoose. More obscure Indian fauna appear as well, such as sambar deer, langurs, mugger crocodiles, and dholes. In episode 10, Fargas's stories feature Asiatic lions and a gigantic Komodo dragon.

** French: "C'est moi Mowgli" (It's Me, Mowgli), sung by Alexandre, which saw 45 single release in France.

For the most part, it follows the book more closely than some adaptions, although it incorporates some elements from the Disney version. A Creator/NipponAnimation production, the series had 52 episodes, was directed by Fumio Kurokawa (''Anime/PrincessSarah'', ''[[Anime/AiNoWakakusaMonogatari Little Women]]''), and broadcast on Creator/TVTokyo. An English dub, made in Canada, saw partial home video release in the U.S.

* CanadaEh: The English dub was recorded in Montreal, and the voices will sound familiar to anyone who's watched such Creator/SabanEntertainment dubs as ''Anime/TheLittlBits'' and ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats''.

* AdultFear: In the first episode, Mowgli's human parents were frantic when searching for their son. And the fact that they accidentally fell to their deaths without finding their child made it a lot worse.

* WordSaladTitle: ''Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli'', although it's a little easier to decipher than others: it is the Mowgli stories of "The Jungle Book" adapted into a ''shonen''-age-targeted anime.

* CanadaEh: The English dub was recorded in Montreal.

* HumansAreBastards:

* MythologyGag: One of the scenes involving Mowgli and Jumeirah has the man-cub watching her retrieve water from a nearby stream using a jug. This is almost exactly like the ending of the [[Disney/TheJungleBook Disney movie]] when Mowgli first meets Shanti.

** Averted with Kaa, who is much more helpful to Mowgli than [[Disney/TheJungleBook the Disney version]], his characterization being more closely adapted from the books. Unlike the Disney adaptation he is neither weak, nor cowardly; he is in fact the only other non-human besides Haithi who Shere Kahn outright fears and it's well justified. The few times they face off, Kaa wipes the floor with him.

* AdaptationalDistillation: In the original book, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the Mongoose is in an entirely separate story from Mowgli's tales, but the producers obviously decided that since he is among best known characters in the book, such a cute hero should be included in the series.

* AdaptationalDistillation: In the original book, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the Mongoose is in an entirely separate story from Mowgli's tales, but the producers obviously decided that since he is among best known characters in the book, such a cute and badass fellow should be included in the series.

* AdaptationalDistillation: In the original book, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the Mongoose is in an entirely separate story from Mowgli's tales, but the producers obviously decided that since her is among best known characters in the book, such a cute and badass fellow should be included in the series.

** Hindi: ''Jungle Jungle Baat Chali Hai'' (जंगल जंगल बात चली है), was very popular, original music by Vishal Bhardwaj and lyrics by Gulzar.[8][9]

* BattleBoomerang: Mowgli's weapon of choice, but then it's replaced with a knife.

* BigGood: Akela to the wolves, Hathi to the jungle.

** Buldeo is a prime example.
** The villagers after being spurned by Buldeo's lies.

For the most part, it's follows the book more closely than some adaptions, although it incorporates some elements from the Disney version. A Creator/NipponAnimation production, the series had 52 episodes, was directed by Fumio Kurokawa (''Anime/PrincessSarah'', ''[[Anime/AiNoWakakusaMonogatari Little Women]]''), and broadcast on Creator/TVTokyo. An English dub, made in Canada, saw partial home video release in the U.S.

* AlphaBitch: Literally with Lala,
but she gets better.
* AlternateForeignThemeSong: The original Japanese version of the opening and ending songs are ''"Get UP ~Aio Shinjite~ (Get UP ~I Believe in Love~)"'' and ''"Chikyuu No Ko (地球の子 lit. "Child of the Earth")'' sung by the Japanese vocalists Toshiya Igarashi and Shiori Hashimoto. However, some other dub versions are:

* AlphaBitch: Literally with Lala, but she gets better.

* CanonForeigner: Jumeirah and her family, Kichi the red panda, and Mowgli's human parents.

* InterspeciesRomance: One point Lala has developed a crush on Mowgli (despite her earlier antagonism). Bagheera and Baloo talked about this with Bagheera pointing out the obvious barrier. Fortunately it was one-sided, and she eventually settled down with one of the wolf brothers instead.

* MythologyGag: One of the scenes involving Mowgli and Jumeirah has the man-cub watching her retrieve water from a nearby stream using a jug. This is almost exactly like the ending of the Disney movie when Mowgli first meets Shanti.

* RaisedByHumans: Bagheera.
* RaisedByWolves: Mowgli.

For the most part, it's follows the book more closely than some adaptions, although it incorporates some elements from the Disney version. The series had 52 episodes, was directed by Fumio Kurokawa (''Anime/PrincessSarah'', ''[[Anime/AiNoWakakusaMonogatari Little Women]]''), and broadcast on Creator/TVTokyo. An English dub, made in Canada, saw partial home video release in the U.S.