Jungle Tanuki

Jungle Tanuki
Kanji	ジャングルタヌキ
Romanized	Jangurutanuki
Type of anime	TV
Premiere date	July 13, 2001
Finale date	December 19, 2003
Number of episodes	128
Staff
Source material	Manga Jungle Tanuki by Katsushi Niwa
Script/Storyboard	Kiyomi Nakajima
Character Design	Keiji Ishii
Animation Director	Keiji Ishii
Art Director	Katsumi Wakino
Music	Sōichi Terada
Theme Song Performed by	Serani Poji
Producer	Yumi Shimizu (TV Asahi) Etsumi Yamauchi
Director	Yōichi Tomikata

Jungle Tanuki (Kana: ジャングルタヌキ) is a 10-minute TV anime produced by Studio XYZ and aired on TV Asahi between 2001 and 2003.

Synopsis

Ponmaru the Tanuki used to be owned by a wealthy little girl, but she accidentally dropped him off a private jet into the ocean during a trip to a paradise island, and he woke up on a jungle island. Now Ponmaru starts a new life on the jungle island with new animal friends.

Cast

All voice actors are represented by I'm Enterprise.

• Rie Kugimiya as Ponmaru, the little Tanuki in the jungle.
• Maria Yamamoto as Lessa, a red panda with a crush on Ponmaru.
• Minoru Shiraishi as Rai-sama, the self-proclaimed king of the jungle.
• Satoshi Mikami as Zozo, an elephant who acts like a Japanese old man.
  • Mikami also provides the opening narration in episodes before 2003.

Theme Songs

Lyrics and Composition by Tomoko Sasaki

Opening

1. "A Fishman's Story (さかな男の物語)" by Serani Poji (2003 episodes)
2. "Christmas on Ice (アイスクリスマス)" by Serani Poji (final episode, christmas special)
   Arrangement by Masayuki Kumahara

Ending

1. "Fifteen Seconds (１５秒)" by Serani Poji
   Composition and Arrangement by Yukihiro Fukutomi