Jungre de Ikou (1997) (V)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Yûji Moriyama

Writers:

Kiyoshi Fukumoto (dramatisation)
Yôsuke Kuroda (screenplay)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy

Plot:

Natsumi Rokudou,a spunky 10 year old girl from Japan receives a strange statue from her dad who's an...

Plot Keywords:

New Guinea | Magic | Anime | Jungle | Large Breasts

Cast

Sendai Eri	...	Natsumi Rokudo / Mii (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Ongo (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto	...	Rongo (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki	...	Aham (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Takuma Kusanagi (voice)
Sumie Baba	...	Nami Kuki (voice)
Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi	...	Fuyuhiko Rokudo (voice) (as Ryunosuke Obayashi)
Mako Hyôdô	...	Haruka Rokudo (voice) (as Mako Hyodo)
Satohiko Nakajima	...	Itsuki Kusanagi (voice)
Alex Korenori	...	American Soldier (voice)
Akiko Yajima	...	Manami Izumikawa (voice)
Hatunori Miyata	...	American Soldier (voice)
Shigeru Sakano	...	American Soldier / Additional Voices (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki	...	Ryoubaninn De Niro (voice)
Takehiro Murozono	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Also Known As:

Jungle de Ikou (USA)
Let's Go to the Jungle (USA) (informal literal English title)
Welcome to the Jungle! (USA) (informal alternative title)

Runtime:

86 min (3 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | USA:TV-MA

Company:

Studio Fantasia

Trivia:

The brief close up of the newspaper date hints that the story takes place in July 2009.

Quotes:

Ongo: [Ongo is extolling how good Mii's breasts are] When it comes to symbolizing Earth's power,small breasts don't cut it, period!
Natsumi: [remembering her first period] Period, huh?
Ongo: Not that period, I mean the punctuation mark.
Natsumi: Oh, just what the heck do you mean by that?
Takuma: Period? What's that? Is it something you could eat?
Natsumi: [embarrassed] Uh, I didn't say anything!
[defensive]
Natsumi: Hey Takuma, you're probably reading a dirty magazine, aren't you?
Takuma: Hell, no!
Takuma: [Natsumi looks at the newspaper, sees Mii's picture, and reacts in horror] Take a look! Ain't she da bomb?

Soundtrack:

J

Hilariously inappropriate anime

I'll heartily recommend this for fans of off-the-wall anime in the school of Jungle wa itsumo hale nochi guu, Captain tsubasa, Super gals kotobuki ran and Sexy commando sugoiyu. The plot centers on a 12 year old girl given the power to change into a massively chested fertility goddess by performing a "sexy dance" (how she learns this is one of the funniest scenes ive ever seen), and her subsequent use of this 'power' to save the world from a demon. The film never skips a chance to show off her panties for some reason, and there is so much juvenile sexual innuendo scattered throughout the three episodes it had me shaking my head and grinning madly in disbelief. This is quite a strange little collection of ideas they put in motion. Essentially the movie is about gigantic breasts and showing them off in the most ludicrous contexts imaginable, such as surfing on a flying whale or squished against the canopy of an F15 fighter.

If you take this for what it is; Slapstick comedy with a slightly oversexed but entirely benevolent heart, youll find it to be quite an entertaining and lovable flick. I know it had me in stitches at certain points. Seven out of ten! :)