Kimba Books

The books section of the Kimba Vintage Toy Museum.

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Vintage (Pre-1989)

Coloring book published by Saalfield.
Alternate cover for the same coloring book; this one was published under the Artcraft name. Thanks to Bob Thing for this picture.
3-volume reprint of the original Jungle Emperor Manga. Click the picture to see sample pages, showing portions of the story that inspired the episodes "The Trappers" and "Journey Into Time", and the circus sequence in the movie Jungle Emperor Leo. On sale here.
Children's board book. On sale here.
Children's board book, companion to the book above.
Three "Leo Chan" books. New 'Jungle Emperor' stories written around the time the TV series first was broadcast. Click here to check availability.
Single-volume "Leo Chan" collection, in black and white, with 16 stories. On sale here.
Animation Golden Book. Large size book featuring high-quality prints of scenes from Kimba and from Leo the Lion. Includes a cel reproduction, a poster, model sheets, and more. On sale here.
Leo the Lion Animation Graphics book from 1979. An oversized book with high-quality prints of scenes from the series showing Kimba grown up. On sale here.

Produced for 1989 TV series

2-volume reprint of the original Jungle Emperor Manga, in a large (trade paperback) size with some pages in full color. Note the title font design, which matches the title font on the Japanese version of the TV show. Click the picture to see sample pages. On sale here.
Board book featuring an adaptation of the episode in which Kimba finds his sister in a village.

Produced for 1997 movie

Large-format book with story and pictures from the movie.
Two-volume set of the original manga, in high-quality hardback format.

Recent Production

Two-volume set of the original manga, pocket size. On sale here.
Two-volume "Leo Chan" collection, including a story in which Kimba fights Claw ("Boxing"), not found in most collections. Also includes the original "splash" pages that accompanied the original publication of these stories. (See this page for examples of the splash pages.) Click here to check availability.
Two-volume "Leo Chan" collection, a fully-shaded grayscale rendition of the original color pages. Click here to check availability.
UNRELATED TO KIMBA THE WHITE LION: "Kimba" by Geoffrey Malone.
UNRELATED TO KIMBA THE WHITE LION: "Kimba the Lion", a "Real Life" Reader.
Something was changed on 2 December 2008.