The manga was adapted into a 50-episode anime television series produced by Group TAC, broadcast on TV Tokyo between October 1993 and September 1994.

The series is about Tar-chan, a young man who was raised in the African savanna by the chimpanzee Etekichi, and his adventures protecting his home, his wife Jane, and his animal friends.

Written and illustrated by Masaya Tokuhiro, Jungle King Tar-chan was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from March 21, 1988, to June 11, 1990.

[11][12] A 50-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Group TAC was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 14, 1993, to September 29, 1994.

[19] Jungle no Ōja Tar-chan: Sekai Manyū Dai Kakutō no Maki for Super Famicom, developed by Bandai, was released on September 17, 1994.