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Kenya Boy (1984) [N/A]

Featuring:
Ryôichi Takayanagi, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama

Written by:
Chiho Katsura
Wataru Kenmochi
Makoto Naitô

Directed by:
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Tetsuo Imazawa


Release Date:
March 10, 1984

Original Title:
少年ケニヤ

Alternate Titles:
Jungle Boy O garoto da selva
Jungle Boy, Kenia
Jungle Boy: Keniya
Kenya Boy
Kenya Boy O garoto da Selva
Shounen Kenia on Kadokawa
Shounen Keniya
Το Παιδί της Ζούγκλας
صبي الأحراش
صبي الأحراش رائد
소년 케니야

Genres:
Adventure | Animation | Fantasy

Production Companies:
KADOKAWA
Toei Animation

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
JP: JP 

Runtime: 109

Boy gets lost in the African wild.

Overview from TheMovieDB

An 11-year-old boy who goes to Africa with his father in 1941. Because he is Japanese, the father is detained by the British. The boy joins up with a beautiful native girl, and the adventure begins.

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Overview from Open Movies

This cartoon, based on a popular manga (Japanese-style comic), centers on an 11-year-old boy who goes to Africa with his father in 1941. Because he is Japanese, the father is detained by the British. The boy joins up with a beautiful native girl, and the adventure begins, a sort of Young Indy Jones meets Tarzan.

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Rankings and Honors

Kenya Boy (1984) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.3/10

Performers

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Production

Animation Director:
Hiroshi Wagatsuma

Co-Director:
Tetsuo Imazawa

Comic Book:
Soji Yamakawa

Director:
Nobuhiko Obayashi

Director of Photography:
Masatoshi Fukui

Key Animation:
Hirohide Shikishima
Toshio Mori
Fukuo Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Aohachi
Hiroshi Oikawa
Shigeo Matoba
Takeo Kitahara
Michi Himeno
Masami Suda
Shingo Araki
Yoshinori Tanabe
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
Noboru Takahashi
Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa
Tomeko Horikawa
Kenji Yokoyama
Shinya Takahashi

Original Music Composer:
Ryudo Uzaki

Producer:
Haruki Kadokawa

Writer:
Wataru Kenmotsu
Chiho Katsura

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