Don Rico's wife, actress-dancer Michele Hart q.v. was the rotoscope model for "Jana"
Jana (voiced by B.J. Ward) is essentially a female version of Tarzan who traveled to the rain forests of South America in search of her lost father (whom she never finds). Her father vanished in a boating accident when she was still a child, but the introduction shows that he survived.
Jana's necklace which doubles as a throwable weapon and makes a high-pitched resonating sound when thrown (somewhat similar to the chakram that would be the weapon of choice for the later, live-action Xena, Warrior Princess).
A total of 13 original episodes of Jana of the Jungle were produced in 1978, with the first eight broadcast as part of the second half of The Godzilla Power Hour from September 9 to 28 October 1978.
The Jana character also made a cameo appearance piloting a rocket-car in an episode of Yogi's Space Race in 1978.