Bagheera even though Baloo defends Mowgli while the protective black panther shelters the boy. No scars are visible on the cartoon Disney drawings of Bagheera to hint at his captive past either. Bagheera is also one of the major characters left out of the "TaleSpin" series which used several "Jungle Book" characters. However, many of Shere Khan's employees and military personnel are black panthers very similar in appearance to Bagheera. In the prequel cartoon series "Jungle Cubs", Bagheera was voiced by Elizabeth Daily and Dee Bradley Baker, and was often made fun of by his friends, especially the bully Shere Khan.
Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli jungle with Baloo, Kaa and Bagheera while ending up having to deal with the plots of Shere Khan and Tabaqui. The Japanese opening and closing themes, ""Get UP ~Aio Shinjite~ (Get UP ~I Believe in Love~)"" and ""Chikyuu No Ko (地球の子 lit. "Child of the Earth")" are sung by the Japanese vocalists Toshiya Igarashi and Shiori Hashimoto respectively. Music from the Japanese version of Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics was recycled for the anime. The French version features similar opening and closing themes. The English opening and closing themes, ""Wake Up"" and ""A Child is learning"", are both sung by the