Sunday, 31 May 2020

Deep in the jungle, here comes Mowgli

The jungle book’s Mowgli has various live action incarnations.

Infant and Toddler incarnations
Daniel and David Valdez as toddler Mowgli - the only known twins who played Mowgli onscreen, themselves barely toddlers when the Korda brothers filmed the first live action jungle book adaptation. 
Kendrick Reyes as toddler Mowgli - possibly the only toddler Mowgli incarnation onscreen in the 21st century.
Josue Cerdas as toddler Mowgli - the only toddler incarnation of Mowgli in a tv show.

Kid incarnations
Sean Naegeli as young Mowgli - the first live action kid Mowgli incarnation onscreen. 
Ryan Taylor as young Mowgli - this incarnation is that of a young newbie. 
Yu Zheng Zhang as young Du Zhe Ming - a Taiwanese variant of kid Mowgli or his manga inspiration. 
Yunhao Kou as young Mo Ge Li - a PRC version of kid Mowgli. 

Preteen and Teen incarnations
Jamie Williams as Mowgli - this incarnation is that of a speechless fellow.
Neel Sethi as Mowgli - perhaps the most successful incarnation onscreen. 
Brandon Baker as Mowgli - this incarnation is that of a playful teenager. 
Rohan Chand as Mowgli - this rowdy incarnation is both a quadruped and a biped. 
Sean Price McConnell as Mowgli - the only other incarnation to wear wrapped pants. 
Sabu as Mowgli - known as both the first known incarnation of Mowgli onscreen, and the first one to wear wrapped pants.

Adult incarnations
Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli - one of the two incarnations to actually get married onscreen.
Derek Hsuan Jui Chang as Du Zhe Ming - a Taiwanese variant of adult Mowgli or his more direct manga inspiration. 
Ray Tianyu Ma as Mo Ge Li - a PRC variant of adult Mowgli.

Saturday, 23 May 2020

Being Ian: the show that made my childhood possible

Being Ian, co-created by Ian James Corlett.

Its intro is an homage to Hollywood, and of course its monsters. It is also about Ian Kelley, part-Polish and part-Scottish Canadian wannabe filmmaker. 


Thursday, 21 May 2020

Tarzan artists

Tarzan artists and how iconic they are

Hal Foster was the first Tarzan artist who ever made Tarzan comic strip artworks. 

Rex Maxon and Gray Morrow were the all time longest serving Tarzan artists who ever made Tarzan comic strip artworks individually.  

Burne Hogarth was the first Tarzan artist who ever did a pair of Tarzan graphic novels. 

Jesse Marsh was the all time most prolific Tarzan artist. 

Joe Kubert and Russ Manning were the all time greatest Tarzan comic book and strip artists. 

Frank Frazetta was perhaps the all time greatest Tarzan artist.

John and Sal Buscema were the greatest siblings who ever made Tarzan comic book artworks individually. 

Living artists

Pablo Marcos is the all time longest serving Tarzan artist. 

Thomas Yeates is the greatest living Tarzan artist.


Thursday, 14 May 2020

Tarzan and the Jungle Book dubbing comparisons

Non Disney

Tarzan

Filmation - English (Tarzan Lord Of The Jungle, Italian (Tarzan Il Signore Della Giungla), Galician (Tarzán O Rei Da Xungla), Portuguese (Tarzan O Rei Da Selva/Tarzan O Deus Macaco/Tarzan O Rei Das Selvas), Croatian and Serbian (Tarzan Gospodar Džungle/Тарзан Господар Џунгле), Spanish (Tarzan El Señor De Los Monos/El Rey De La Selva/Tarzan El Amo De La Selva/Tarzan El Rey De La Jungla), German (Tarzan Der Herr Des Dschungels), French (Tarzan Le Seigneur De La Jungle), Korean (밀림의왕자 타잔), Mandarin Chinese (小泰山)Greek (Ταρζάν ο άρχων της ζούγκλας) 

Golden Films - Thai, Russian (Тарзан повелитель обезьян), English, Turkish, Portuguese (Tarzan E Os Macacos), Greek (Ταρζάν των πιθήκων), Spanish (Tarzán De Los Monos), Hebrew, Hungarian (Tarzan Kalandjai A Dzsungelben), German, Arabic (طرزان زعيم القرود), French (Tarzan De La Jungle) 

Dingo Pictures - Turkish, Spanish (La Leyenda De Tarzán), English, French, Dutch (Tarzan De Heer Van De Jungle), Danish (Abernes Konge), Greek (Ο Άρχοντας της Ζούγκλας), Portuguese (O Garoto Das Selvas/A Lenda De Tarzan), Italian (Tarzan Il Re Della Giungla), Swedish (Apornas Kung), Finnish (Apinoiden Kuningas), German

Constantin film - Punjabi (ਟਾਰਜਨ/ਟਾਰਜ਼ਨ), Hindi (टार्जन/टार्ज़न), Armenian (Տարզան), Ukrainian, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese (丛林之王), Kannada (ಟಾರ್ಜನ್), Spanish, Russian (Тарзан), Thai (ทาร์ซาน), Serbian and Croatian, Dutch, Georgian (ტარზანი), Czech and Slovak, Korean (타잔), Tamil (டார்சான்), Arabic (طرزان), Portuguese, German, English, Greek (Ταρζάν), Dutch, Bulgarian, Danish, Bengali (টারজান), Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Italian, Persian (تارزان), Vietnamese, Hebrew (טרזן), Romanian, Burmese (တာဇံ), Malayalam (ടാർസാൻ), Telugu (టార్జాన్), Urdu (ٹارزن), Latvian (Tarzāns), Icelandic (Tarsan), Afrikaans, Marathi (टार्झन), Lithuanian (Tarzanas), Nepali (टार्जन), Gujarati (ટારઝન), Sinhala (ටාසන්

41 Entertainment and Arad Productions' Tarzan and Jane - Mandarin Chinese, Hindi (टार्ज़न और जेन), Korean (타잔과 제인),  Japanese (ターザンとジェーン),  Georgian (ტარზანი და ჯეინი)  Finnish (Tarzan Ja Jane) Armenian (Տարզանը և Ջեյնը), Hebrew (טרזן וג'יין), Arabic (طرزان وجين), Indonesian (Tarzan Dan Jane), English, Dutch (Tarzan en Jane), Greek (Ταρζάν και Τζέιν), Russian (Тарзан и Джейн), German (Tarzan und Jane), Spanish (Tarzán y Jane), Polish (Tarzan I Jane), Italian,  Portuguese (Tarzan Jane), Thai (ทาร์ซานและเจน) Danish, Swedish (Tarzan och Jane), French (Tarzan et Jane), Norwegian (Tarzan og Jane), Hungarian (Tarzan és Jane) 

The Jungle Book

Soyuzmultfilm - Russian, Armenian (Մաուգլի/Ջունգլիների գիրքը), English, Japanese (ハーロック/モーグリ), Dutch (De Avonturen Van Mowgli), Italian (Maugli), Mandarin Chinese (莫格利歷險記/冒險毛格利/冒險無忌/冒險毛格利歷險記)Filipino (Pakikipagsapalaran Ng Mowgli), German (Abenteuer Von Mowgli/Die Abenteuer Des Mowgli) Portuguese (O Livro Da Selva - A Historia De Mogli), Thai (การผจญภัยของเมาคลี), Hindi (मोगली की साहसिक), Czech (Kniha Džunglí), Polish (Maugli/Księga Dżungli), German, Swedish (Berättelser Om Djungler), Danish (Moungli/Mowgli Dreng Frå Junglen), Korean (의 모험 모글리), Finnish (Viidakokirja), Bulgarian (Маугли Момче от джунглата), Serbian (Мовгли), Hungarian, French 

Chuck Jones Enterprises' Mowgli's Brothers - German (Das Dschungel Buch), English, Hebrew (אחיו של מוגלי), Korean (정글의 소년 모글리)Polish (Mowgli I Jego Bracia)

Nippon Animation's The Jungle Book: Shonen Mowgli - Japanese (ジャングルブック少年モーグリ), Bulgarian (Книга за джунглата), Czech and Slovak (Knihy Džunglí/Kniha Džungle/Kniha Džunglí), Serbian and Croatian (Knjiga O Džungli/Књига о џунгли), Spanish (El Libro De La Selva/El Libro De La Jungla), Polish, Russian (Книга джунглей), Finnish, French (Le Livre De La Jungle), Japanese, Icelandic (Skógarlíf), Italian (Il Libro Della Giungla), Hindi (जंगल की कहानी/मोगली), Tamil (ஜங்கிள் புக்), Portuguese (O Menino Lobo/O Livro Da Selva), Malayalam (ജംഗിൾ ബുക്ക്), Bengali (মোগলি/বাঙ্গালী), German (Das Dschungel Buch - Die Serie), Mandarin Chinese (森林小泰山/森林王子 少年毛克利), Hebrew (מסיפורי ספר הג'ונגל), Dutch (De Jungle Boeken/Het Jungle Boek), Hungarian (A Dzsungel Könyve), Greek (Το Παιδί της Ζούγκλας/Το βιβλίο της Ζούγκλας), Arabic (ماوكلي/ماوكلي فتى الأدغال/ماوكلى فتى الادغال/كتاب الغابة), Danish (Junglebogen), Swedish (Djungelboken), Norwegian (Jungelboken), Kurdish (ماوکلی ڕۆڵەی دارستان), Telugu (మౌగ్లి), Korean (정글북), Ukrainian (Книга джунглів), Turkish (Ormanlar Prensı Mogli)

Saban’s Jungle Book - English

Golden Films - Polish, Japanese (ジャングルブック), Swedish, Serbian and Croatian, Spanish, English, Czech, French, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Thai (เมาคลีลูกหมาป่า)

UAV Films/Bevanfield Films - Finnish, English (The Secret of The Jungle Book), Hebrew, Dutch, French

JetLag Productions - JapaneseBulgarian, Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese (小泰山/森林小子), Greek, French, Hungarian, Hindi (जंगल बुक), German, Turkish (Ormanın Kitabı), Portuguese, Slovenian, Serbian and Croatian, English, Arabic (كتاب الأدغال), Hebrew, Polish 

BKN International's Rikki Tikki Tavi to the Rescue - Czech, Korean, French, English, Spanish, Serbian and Croatian 

Magic Images’ Jungle King Saro - Korean

DQ Entertainment - Hindi (द जंगल बुक/जंगल बुक), Serbian and Croatian, Korean (정글북), Czech, Estonian (Džungliraamat), English, Telugu (ది జంగిల్ బుక్), Portuguese, Tamil (தி ஜங்கிள் புக்), Serbian and Croatian, German, Japanese, Lithuanian (Džunglių Knyga) Latvian (Džungļu Grāmata), Swedish, Arabic, French, Hebrew, Gujarati (ધ જંગલ બુક/જંગલ બુક), Romanian (Cartea Junglei), Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Marathi (जंगल बुक), Spanish, Mandarin Chinese (丛林之书), Vietnamese (Chuyên Rừng Xanh/Cậu Bé Rừng Xanh), Bengali (দ্য জাঙ্গল বুক), Finnish, Turkish (Ormanın Kitabı/Orman Çocuğu), Persian (کتاب جنگل), Catalan (El Llibre De La Selva), Kannada (ದಿ ಜಂಗಲ್ ಬುಕ್), Icelandic, Punjabi (ਦ ਜੰਗਲ ਬੁੱਕ), Thai, Ukrainian (Книга джунглів), Arabic, Malay (Buku Hutan), Macedonian (Книга на џунгла), Nepali (जंगल पुस्तक), Thai (หนังสือป่า)

Expies

Nikkatsu's Shipwreck Story - Japanese (難船ス物語) 

Toei's Wolf Boy Ken - Japanese (狼少年ケン), Portuguese (Ken O Menino Lobo), Italian (Ken Il Ragazzo Lobo) French (Ken L'Enfant Loup), Hungarian (Ken A Farkasfiú), Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese, Korean (늑대소년 캔/늑대소년), Spanish (Ken/Ket Pepito El Niño Lobo), English (Ken The Wolf Boy), Russian (Кэн мальчик-волк)

Blye Migicovsky Poductions' The Jungle Boy - English, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese, French (L’Enfant De La Jungle), Portuguese (O Menino da Selva), Spanish (El Niño De La Selva/El Niño De La Jungla), Turkish (Orman Çocuğu), Serbian and Croatian (Mali Tarzan/Мали Тарзан), Hindi (जंगल क बेटा), Bulgarian (Момчето от джунглата), Persian

Avo Film's Tommy: Lost In The Jungle - Italian (Tommy A Spasso Nella Giungla), Swedish (Tommy Vilse I Djungeln), Croatian (Tommy Gospodar Džungle), Czech (Tommy Chlapiec Z Divočiny), English