Alan Zabaro wrote:
[...]
> that would come up. Other names to look up if you want
> to read about some of the history: Fred Patten,
> Carl Macek, Streamline.

I found an interview with Fred Patten; there's an
interesting perspective here on how the conflict
between NBC (which was underwriting Kimba) and
Tezuka (who was creating it) ended up making a
show that was probably better (in the audience's
opinion) than the no-compromise versions suggested
by NBC and Tezuka. The interview is at
http://www.anime-tourist.com/article.php?sid=25

Alan Zabaro