Tiger Mask reminded me of my childhood favorite.
Jungle Emperor (Janguru Taitei, resembling a Disney film very much in my personal opinion) was a series by Tezuka Osamu I
Here is a comparison of the two works and it is clear that Disney copied much of the work of Tezuka. Really, no shame when they copied that without paying some rights to Tezuka.
エアコンクリーニングおすすめランキング～みんなの評判とお掃除のプロが本気で評価
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/y-asada/leo2.html
http://reekan-j.hp.infoseek.co.jp/60ani5.html
watched mostly for the ending song more than the story...
It sounded very sophisticated then, when many anime songs at that time were just ditties.
Well, yes (I hope you are not including here W3
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And remember that it was also the first anime series in color. They put a lot of love in this series.
This one, along with the opening song and soundtrack, was composed by now famous composer and Grammy nominee Isao Tomita.
Unfortunately, I don't know why at that time it was very common that when a japanese series went international, in many countries they "shortened" the OP/ED and they put their own music or/and song, not always with much effort. It didn't happened all the time, but I think that was a mistake. Fortunately they don't do that any more.
Here is for example the OP that they had in Germany. And when it is not as good as the Japanese OP, at least they took the effort to assemble good singers and music. The OP in English or Spanish, didn't had so much luck in my opinion.
Kimba, Kimba, ...
Kleiner weißer Löwe, wir sind stolz auf dich!
Alle Tiere schenken dir Vertrau'n
keinen deiner Freunde lässt du je im Stich,
und auf deine Klugheit kann man bau'n.
Wenn den Tieren tief im Dschungel Unheil droht:
Kimba ist der Kämpfer, der sich stellt,
seinen Freunden hilft er aus Gefahr und Not,
Kimba unser kleiner großer Held,
Kimba unser kleiner großer Held!
Kimba, der weiße Löwe
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However, sometimes the change is interesting. Here is the original intro of "Sherlock Holmes" in Japanese, which I think is OK...
When it went to Spain, they tried to create something that went more with all the action showed in the OP, and I think they created also something interesting...
Es un detective de lo más singular,
sigue cualquier pista, hasta dar en el clavo.
Sherlock holmes es el único y genial.
Sherlock holmes como él no hay otro igual.
Con su lupa, con su pipa y su gabán
es inconfundible, el terror de los gatos.
Sherlock holmes es el único y genial.
Sherlock holmes como él no hay otro igual....
Nadie más tiene olfato para dar con el ladrón
o atrapar a un malvado criminal.
Al caso más difícil puede dar la solución,
pregunta, investiga, es astuto y sagaz.
Yuuu.
Es un detective de lo más singular
sigue cualquier pista, hasta dar en el clavo
Sherlock holmes es el único y genial
Sherlock holmes como él no hay otro igual.
Watson le acompaña donde quiera que va.
Es su amigo y su ayudante, siempre a su lado.
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Epigene:
Well, finally I found the lyrics of "Reo no Uta". This is a version slighly different from that of the series and have less sound effects... still very beutiful.
レオのうた
輝くたてがみ とどろくいなずま
嵐をつらぬく 白い獅子レオ
いどむ夢 しあわせを
まねく朝 ジャングルに
道はてしなく 進むレオ
流れるたてがみ ひろがるサバンナ
荒野に胸はる 白い獅子レオ
ならす鐘 なかよしの
はずむ歌 ジャングルに
道たくましく 進むレオ