Comments on: The Russian Jungle Book Cartoon http://upperfortstewart.com/2007/09/11/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/ The Somewhat Amusing Blog of Ian Stewart Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:00:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bagheera http://upperfortstewart.com/2007/09/11/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/#comment-733 Bagheera Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:30:02 +0000 http://upperfortstewart.com/enthusiasm-uncertainty/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/#comment-733 I have both the English dubbed and original Russian versions in DVD (original name is 'Maugli'). I agree with you Ian about these hard-to-find jewels. According to Wikipedia, it has been a cartoon miniseries produced by Soyuzfilm in the former USSR, but has been compiled both to VHS and later to DVD. I became a fan of the Jungle Book since I joined Scouting back in my country, Peru. By the way, I agree with you all that Disney's version is crap, although it has good animation and designs, but it's not faithful to the book at all (and to think that Walt Disney said that it was according to the book, bleah!) Also I may remark that English dubbed release has been edited and many scenes were absurdly cut off (e.g., Bagheera spanking Mowgli after Baloo did it, Akela and the pack were hunting a shanbar before Shere Khan made him miss his mark - this scene is not complete in the American version, and finally, Mowgli killing Shere Khan with his bare hands). Maybe it's shocking to English speakers that Bagheera (my favorite character) is female in this version but as faulx said before, it's because of Russian language (same thing happens with Spanish, my native language, where the noun 'pantera' is female as well). Need Maugli in DVD? Try this link @ Amazon (I got Russian DVD from there): http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0001X1B0E/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1261962890&sr=1-1&condition=new Hope that helps! I have both the English dubbed and original Russian versions in DVD (original name is ‘Maugli’). I agree with you Ian about these hard-to-find jewels. According to Wikipedia, it has been a cartoon miniseries produced by Soyuzfilm in the former USSR, but has been compiled both to VHS and later to DVD. I became a fan of the Jungle Book since I joined Scouting back in my country, Peru. By the way, I agree with you all that Disney’s version is crap, although it has good animation and designs, but it’s not faithful to the book at all (and to think that Walt Disney said that it was according to the book, bleah!)

Also I may remark that English dubbed release has been edited and many scenes were absurdly cut off (e.g., Bagheera spanking Mowgli after Baloo did it, Akela and the pack were hunting a shanbar before Shere Khan made him miss his mark – this scene is not complete in the American version, and finally, Mowgli killing Shere Khan with his bare hands).

Maybe it’s shocking to English speakers that Bagheera (my favorite character) is female in this version but as faulx said before, it’s because of Russian language (same thing happens with Spanish, my native language, where the noun ‘pantera’ is female as well).

Need Maugli in DVD? Try this link @ Amazon (I got Russian DVD from there): http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0001X1B0E/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1261962890&sr=1-1&condition=new

Hope that helps!

]]> By: noel http://upperfortstewart.com/2007/09/11/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/#comment-732 noel Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:24:32 +0000 http://upperfortstewart.com/enthusiasm-uncertainty/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/#comment-732 A question rather than a comment: Could someone please tell me where I may find a copy of this Russian adaption of The Jungle Book? I had it on VHS but lost it. A question rather than a comment:
Could someone please tell me where I may find a copy of this Russian adaption of The Jungle Book? I had it on VHS but lost it.

]]> By: Mihaela "Mig" Lica http://upperfortstewart.com/2007/09/11/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/#comment-731 Mihaela "Mig" Lica Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:24:30 +0000 http://upperfortstewart.com/enthusiasm-uncertainty/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/#comment-731 No offense but I think the Russians didn't have a strike of genius to make Baghera female. It was just an accident, because in Russian BAGHERA does sound like a female name. No offense but I think the Russians didn’t have a strike of genius to make Baghera female. It was just an accident, because in Russian BAGHERA does sound like a female name.

]]> By: Ian Stewart http://upperfortstewart.com/2007/09/11/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/#comment-730 Ian Stewart Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:35:06 +0000 http://upperfortstewart.com/enthusiasm-uncertainty/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/#comment-730 Thanks, faulx! That makes way more sense now. It's a good thing "little frog" isn't feminine. That would have been even weirder. Welcome to Upper Fort Stewart. Thanks, faulx! That makes way more sense now. It’s a good thing “little frog” isn’t feminine. That would have been even weirder.

Welcome to Upper Fort Stewart.

]]> By: faulx http://upperfortstewart.com/2007/09/11/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/#comment-729 faulx Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:28:05 +0000 http://upperfortstewart.com/enthusiasm-uncertainty/the-russian-jungle-book-cartoon/#comment-729 Bagheera is female because in russian language it is unnatural to refer a panther as a male character. In Russian, panther is pronounced as 'pantera' and it is definitely feminine. (Russian language has grammatical gender, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender) Bagheera is female because in russian language it is unnatural to refer a panther as a male character. In Russian, panther is pronounced as ‘pantera’ and it is definitely feminine. (Russian language has grammatical gender, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender)

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