The Akim tv series

There will be a plausible 2d/3d animated adaptation of Roberto Renzi and Augusto Pedrazza’s Akim. It’s going to be made by 

Given that the comic book continuities of Akim are quite inconsistent thanks to being written and drawn by various cartoonists mainly in Western European countries, it’s for the best that such an adaptation will be a seasonal anthology. To make an impact on the world of online tv outside of Western Europe, it’ll also have more drama than even Jungle Emperor Leo can handle! 

Season 1 has a North Carolingian character based on early illustrations of his otherwise British comic book counterpart. Unlike said comic book Jim Rank, his hair and eyes are both brownish, and he clearly is mixed race. A Coastal Deep South version of Rita Turner is going to be rather less ‘stay in the kitchen’ and more like a mishmash of Spider Gwen and Jane Parker. They have two adoptive kids instead of one. As a young schoolboy coming to Tigora (basically Western Uganda, but with a different and more fictional name) for a science expedition, his parents were unfairly culled out and he went into hiding in a village peopled by hairy snowmen-like creatures. 

Season 2 has a Pakistani character from the province of Balochistan. He is implied to be a redhead Balochi street urchin who sometimes travels through both South Asia and Eastern Africa for expeditions of lost cities and more. Then he gets married to a dark haired girl and has a son with her. 

Season 3 has a British Isles character who definitely is comic book Jim Rank with a different name. He was raised and adopted by various animals as a young child after his parents (from a somewhat wealthy part of Liverpool) have plane crashed to death, making him bereaved. His eyes are said to be blue-green but his skin is olive and his hair is otherwise onyx black all around, suggesting that he is an assimilated Romanichal. 

Season 4, the final one, is a prequel which instead has a man who really is named Akim. Otherwise he’s a character based on Mala and is much lesser known than the other Akims. He is actually a strong willed Alas man of the Ketambe rainforest in Sumatra, raised by various animals with his siblings after their parents died. It’s also more local, replacing the country hopping of the other three seasons with much more thrilling movements through the liana ridden woods where he lives.