The storm wrecks the ship and Kimba starts to drown in the ocean. As a huge tropical storm nears, she urges her cub out through the bars of her cage. Kimba (Leo in Japanese ) is born on the ship.
Panja is killed for his hide (but not before asking Eliza to name their child Kimba), and Eliza is put on a ship, destined for a zoo. Instead, he records the sounds of Panja and uses them to trap his pregnant mate, Eliza, who then becomes bait in a trap for Panja. A professional hunter, Ham Egg (Viper Snakely in the English dub), is called in to stop these raids.
However, he angers nearby villagers by stealing their cattle and their food to feed the jungle carnivores (in the English dub he merely frees the cattle). In Africa during the mid-20th century, as mankind encroaches, the white lion Panja (Caesar in the English dub) gives the jungle's wild animals a safe haven. See also: List of Kimba the White Lion characters
