The Jungle King (also known as: Enchanted Tales: The Jungle King) is a 1994 American animated musical film produced by Golden Films and distributed by Sony Wonder. Diane Eskenazi, the founder of Golden Films, was the producer, director and storywriter for the film, as was the case for other animated films made by Golden Films.

Plot

Taking place in a jungle, the film is about an anthropomorphic lion named King Maximilian III, a grumpy, selfish and obnoxious king who rules the main part of the jungle in an unpopular monarchy. He constantly makes preposterous laws and oppresses his subjects, though he is oblivious to how much he is hated by the angry animal citizens, due to how his main servants, the hyena Chancellor (with his dancing parrot assistant, Ricardo) and gorilla General Glump, constantly flatter and cajole towards him. One of the few cases where Max is astute to political problems is when he inspects his troops on parade and remarks how undisciplined they are. Meanwhile, Max's twin brother, Irwin, who is kind, timid and friendly, wants to write and illustrate a book about jungle birds, but has made little progress, only having finished illustrating his pet bird, Daphne.