Most lost media researchers lean toward Theory A, because the exact string appears on a 2006 RapidShare log discussing a “Hungarian to English vocal track sync.” Part 3: Content Analysis – What Happens in the Film? Based on a surviving 20-minute fragment uploaded to the Internet Archive in 2015 (since removed for copyright), here is the plot of the “Engl Upd” version:
This article reconstructs the history, content, and cultural context of the 1995 adult animated feature The Shame of Jane – and its peculiar association with Tarzan – based on surviving reviews, VHS rips, and forum testimonies from the early 2000s. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a wave of unlicensed adult animation studios emerged in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. They produced direct-to-video parodies of public domain characters, targeting the then-unregulated adult market. The most notorious was the Shame of series produced by a phantom Hungarian studio called Kék Hold Productions (Blue Moon Productions). tarzanxshameofjane1995engl upd
An animated title card reads “Tarzan x Shame of Jane – English Updated Version 2005.” Crude but energetic 2D animation shows Jane, an anthropologist in a khaki shirt, arriving at a jungle outpost. Tarzan is depicted as a wild, grunting figure with exaggerated muscles. Most lost media researchers lean toward Theory A,
If you manage to find an authentic copy, archive it properly. Describe it in detail. Because films like The Shame of Jane – weird, offensive, unique, and clumsy – are the true underground of animation history. And the “English updated” version is its strangest, most loving tribute. Have you encountered this film or the “Engl Upd” files? Contribute to the r/lostmedia wiki or contact the Internet Archive’s curated adult animation collection. Tarzan is depicted as a wild, grunting figure
The “shame” element derives from a colonial officer, Captain Smithers, who captures Tarzan and forces Jane into a humiliating performance of “civilized” manners – tea parties, corsets, and waltzes – to break her wild spirit. Unlike mainstream porn parodies, the film leans into surreal, nightmarish sequences (a hallmark of Eastern European adult animation).
Tarzan breaks free, leading a tribe of monkeys to smash the colonial hall. Jane rejects both Smithers’ world and Tarzan’s primitive simplicity, walking alone into the jungle. This existential ending confused many viewers expecting pure erotica.