Tarzan: Man of the Jungle (anime)

Tarzan: Man of the Jungle (Tāzan: Janguru no otoko; 偉大なターザン) is an anime that is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs book.

Summery
John and Alice Clayton of England with their baby son James Clayton are shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in the year of 1869. They build a house in order to survive the jungle, meanwhile a group of Mangani gorillas are living their lives led by the great silverback Kerchak with his mate Kala and their child Takut by his side.

Six months later, a rival male gorilla named Belzal challenged Kerchak for leadership of the family & during the struggle for dominece, Kala is attacked by the Bakanga, Sabor. Takut is killed by the massive feline which leaves both Kerchak and Kala heartbroken from the lost of their first child. At the same time, Alice succumbs to a fever and passes away. A depressed John has an encounter with Kerchak, at first he was afraid because of what he heard about gorillas, he prepared himself for an attack, but Kerchak got himself between John and his family, that is when John realized that what he heard about gorillas was wrong.

One day, John is attacked & killed by a Bakanga, but Kerchak was able to kill it before it can kill anyone else. Now alone without anyone, James has no chance of surviving, but then Kerchak's mate Kala adopts the human baby.

One day after many adventures Tarzan now 20 years old when a group of humans arrived and two worlds become intertwined with one another.

Humans

 * Kazuhiro Nakaya & Billy Kametz as Tarzan/James Clayton (ジェームズ クレイトン): the main protagonist of the movie. the son of John & Alice Clayton. After his human parents died he was adopted by a female gorilla named Kala and is raised in the African jungle by the Mangani gorillas, he loves to play pranks on his ape family. brown hair with light blue eyes. He is a great imitator who mimic the jungle creatures.
 * TBA & Ryan Nicolis as John Clayton (ジョン クレイトン): Tarzan's biological human father and nobleman of England.
 * TBA & TBA as Alice Clayton (アリス クレイトン): Tarzan's biological human mother and a noblewoman married to John.
 * TBA & TBA as William Cecil Clayton (ウィリアムセシルクレイトン): the paternal cousin of James, he serves as contrast to Tarzan.
 * TBA & TBA as Jane Porter (ジェーン ポーター): the daughter of Archimedes and Tarzan's love interest. She has red blonde hair with eyes. A great singer, artist,
 * TBA & Michael Sorich as Archimedes Q. Porter (アルキメデスQ.ポーター): A professor
 * TBA & TBA as Samuel T. Philander (サミュエル T フィランダー): Archimedes colleague
 * TBA & TBA as Paul D' Arnot (ポール ダーノット): A French explorer and soldier
 * TBA & TBA as Robert Canler (ロバート キャンラー): explorer and hunter
 * TBA & TBA as Miranda Belle (ミランダベル): William's fiancee
 * Nikolas Rokoff (ニコラス ロコフ): A villianous Russian count
 * Alexis (アレクシス)

Waziri
The Waziri are an African tribe that have a friendly relationship with Tarzan who are feared by slave traders and rival tribes.


 * Basuli (バスリ)
 * Muviro (ムビロ)
 * Usula
 * Waranji (ワランジ)

Animals

 * Noriko Hidaka & Willow Johnson as Kala (カラ): Kerchak's mate, and Tarzan's adoptive Mangani mother. She saved an infant Tarzan after John Clayton was killed by a Bakanga.
 * Unshō Ishizuka & Neil Kaplan as Kerchak (カーチャック): the alpha Mangani silverback of the Tarzan's gorilla troop, Kala's mate and Tarzan's adoptive father. once he was warm and loving but after the death of his child, he became somewhat. but can be sweet and caring when he wants. He is protective of his family espcially Kala. He is wary of Tarzan because of his hairless appearance. Has somewhat of a Tsundere actor.
 * Aoi Yuki & Anjali Kunapaneni as Terkin (ターキン): Tublat's daughter, a major character and Tarzan's best friend.
 * Gen Sato & Brandon Winckler as Mungo (マンゴ): gorilla
 * Ken Narita & Jamieson Price as Tublat : A Mangani silverback & Kerchak's brother. He serves as his brother's right hand in the troop and Tarzan's adopted uncle. A wise, humorous. respected his brother.
 * TBA as Karnath (カルナス): a silverback.
 * TBA as Haka: gorilla
 * TBA as Tana: gorilla
 * TBA as Neeta: Kala's second child after the death of the first child and Tarzan's adopted sister.
 * TBA as Chulk: gorilla
 * TBA as Gunto: gorilla
 * TBA as Tantor (タンター): the elephant
 * Sabor (セイバー): a fierce Bakanga that has

Fauna

 * Gorilla Mangani, Chimpanzees, Bushbabies, Mandrill, Colobus Monkeys, Bonobos, Baboons, Drill
 * Elephant
 * Civets
 * Leopard, Golden cat, Bakanga
 * Okapi
 * Bongo
 * Marshbuck
 * Duiker
 * Flying foxes
 * Red River Hog
 * Pangolin
 * Hippo
 * Giant Squirrel
 * Otter
 * Chameleons
 * Python, Mamba
 * Crocodiles
 * Hornbills
 * African grey parrot
 * Serpent Eagle
 * Kingfishers
 * Hawk-eagle
 * Weavers
 * Eagle Owls
 * Shoebill
 * Congo Peafowl/Peacock
 * Nandi Bear

Episodes

 * 1) Shores of the Jungle
 * 2) Adopted by the apes
 * 3) TBA

Differences from the novels
This version of Kerchak is more of a father to Tarzan in this than any other forms of the character in media.

Rather than being their own species as in the novels, the Mangani are instead a species of gorilla that is unknown to science.

Tarzan and his interactions with the African natives is more peaceful than in the novels.

In the anime, William has his heart on marrying a woman named Miranda Belle instead of Jane Porter in the novels.

Jane Porter has red blonde hair in the anime.

Trivia
Like the many versions of the character including the Disney version, Tarzan wears the traditional loincloth. The series takes much inspiration from Disney's 1999 Tarzan animated film like the it's themes of family, love, bravery, loyalty, the accepting others for who they are, and the charming aspect. Like in the Disney animated film, Kala survives to the end. The series also takes a little inspiration from The Boy and the Beast anime film.

Shown their work: Gorilla troops often have more than one silverback in a group. Male gorillas will roar, scream, or hoot when threatened and do their famous chest thumping, they have their hands open and a "popping" sound is produced instead of thumping. Most of the animals in the show are from the rainforests of Africa.