40 Films in Robotech: The Jungle Book (1967) & Becoming the Man Short Film Fundraiser
To be clear, we’re talking only about The Jungle Book original, hand-drawn animated classic here… ROBOTECH MENTION: While The Jungle Book is not mentioned by title in any Robotech material, a common line of dialogue that vaguely references a scene in The Jungle Book is used in the TV show, comic book, and Jack McKinney novelization of the same scene. Early on in what is the TV Episode #74 entitled Annie’s Wedding , our crew of Robotech rebels find themselves on the jungle floor of an Invid bio-colony. Their leader Scott explains a plan to build a raft to transport their war machines on the river leading out of the jungle. The youngest rebel gleefully volunteers to supervise the raft building when an older rebel Rook chastises her with the line below… A panel from Page 2 of Comico Robotech: The New Generation comic issue #14. The same line appears in the TV show and novels. The film Rook is referring to can be any number of films. I Googled “vines...
