| Jungle Kurobe | |
| Ja Kanji: | ジャングル黒べえ |
| Creator: | Fujiko Fujio |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Osamu Dezaki |
| Music: | Goro Misawa |
| Studio: | A-Production Tokyo Movie |
| Network: | ANN (MBS) |
| First: | 2 March 1973 |
| Last: | 28 September 1973 |
| Episodes: | 31 |
is a children's anime series by Fujiko Fujio.
Created by the same team of Doraemon and clearly influenced by it, it tells the adventures of a Tarzanesque child and his friends in modern Tokyo. It consists of 61 episodes and was originally broadcast on TV Asahi.[1] [2] The show is most famous for having initial character designs by famous anime director Hayao Miyazaki of Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro, though due to Fujiko F Fujio's involvement[3], the final designs were done by Yoshio Kabashima, known for his work on Gamba no Bouken and [4] .
In 1989, it was deemed "racially offensive for its portrayal of Africans" and its manga and anime were withdrawn from Japanese commercial distribution, essentially becoming banned in Japan.[5] However, TMS finally released the show in 2015 on DVD alongside Umeboshi Denka, with a reprint being issued in 2024.[6]