Tarzan cartoon anime

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Summary: It’s easy to walk into Tarzan somewhat skeptical. After all, Disney has done the “jungle” thing twice before (Lion King and Jungle Book) and it’s not unreasonable to ask, “What will they show me that hasn’t already been done?” If that thought has crossed your mind, prepare to be pleasantly surprised. Disney’s third foray into the wilds of Africa uses fresh animation techniques to make this jungle among the most lush and exhilarating backdrops ever used for a feature-length cartoon. Rolling waves and rippling lakes. Rustling trees and cascading waterfalls. The dimension and texture of this wilderness might make viewers forget that it’s artificial.

One of the major differences from the Disney cartoon and the books, and certainly from the Filmation series – where she is completely absent – is the predominate use of Jane Porter. Aside from using Jane as a damsel in distress Burroughs often found himself at a loss as to what to do with her, even going so far as to dabble with the idea of , but in Disney’s The Legend of Tarzan Jane is front and center with her man through all their adventures. Not only does Jane appear in every episode she is most often integral to the story, and even saves the day once and awhile. How well she is portrayed in this series makes me almost forgive them for making her British.

With Tarzan it’s a wonderful, triumphant return to something which is far more fundamental – glorious old-fashioned storytelling – and a step valiantly and successfully into a new visual lexicon. In the face of the onslaught of Pixar’s expansive digital revolution, Tarzan fuses the hip style of Japan’s Anime graphics (big eyes, sharp features, kinetic action) with old time Disney (the comedy elephant Tantor is pure Jungle Book) and a solid use of computer aided whizzkiddery (Tarzan motors through the jungle by ‘surfing’ on tree branches in a dizzyingly cool kind of 3D video game manner).

The review was not as positive, stating the film “falls way short of Disney’s best output” and featured “weak comic relief”. The review concluded, “Lacking the epic sweep of or , and laced with feeble background songs from Phil Collins (inexplicably awarded an Oscar), this King of the Swingers may be merchandise-friendly, but it’s no jungle VIP.” Michael Wilmington of the , while giving the film three stars, wrote that “lacks that special pizazz that the string of Disney cartoon features from through all had”. He found faults in the film’s removal of all African characters, lack of romantic tension between Tarzan and Jane, and the songs by Phil Collins, comparing them unfavorably with Elton John’s “showstoppers” for . He wrote “depriving the characters of big numbers weakens the movie”.