Originally Posted By pwrof3 Check out this video. The Lion King compared with Kimba: The White Lion. Disney claims this is all "coincidence". <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4GR0DconsU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...R0DconsU</a>
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 Old news is old. Lion King is Kimba Star Wars is Hidden Fortress There is no real "original" idea anymore (and there hasn't been for a long time) Everything is a slight copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy...
Originally Posted By SFH Every story is about someone wanting something and having trouble getting it.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 ^^ Even the Simpsons already knew that. I'm sure someone can dig up the clip on youtube of the Simpsons making fun of the similarities. - Anatole
Originally Posted By Anatole69 I couldn't wait for someone else to find it, here it is: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keBl9QvtXdk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...l9QvtXdk</a> - Anatole
Originally Posted By FerretAfros And here I always was thinking that The Lion King was Hamlet mixed with The Count of Monte Cristo.
Originally Posted By pwrof3 I think the worst point is that Disney will not admit that they used Kimba as a base for The Lion King. They just keep denying it.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 ^^ Why would they? It would just open themselves up for a lawsuit. - Anatole
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I think the worst point is that Disney will not admit that they used Kimba as a base for The Lion King. They just keep denying it.<< The creators of both had the specifically stated intent of doing Hamlet with African animals, and both admitted being profoundly influenced by a little flick called Bambi. Gee ... I wonder what sort of animal we should get to be Hamlet? And let's see ... what other well-known animals are there in Africa? And with 52 episodes, it would be amazing if you *didn't* find scenes in Kimba that matched up with some Lion King footage. When this controversy was being stirred by our wonderful mass media, the Disney Litigationeers made matters worse by making some snarky comments about Kimba and its creator Osamu Tezuka, claiming that no one at Disney had ever heard of same, which was obviously absurd, especially since Uncle Walt had personally given Tezuka a tour of the Disney studio in the early 60s. But no, The Lion King was not a rip-off of Kimba, Aladdin doesn't tell kids to get nekkid, and Donald Duck didn't cuss. But the thing about The Rescuers is true. ;-)
Originally Posted By DlandDug Not this one again! For starters, Tezuka Osamu didn't create Kimba the White Lion. He did create Jungle Taitei Leo. When the animated series was purchased for rebroadcast in America, the American producers renamed the lead character Kimba. His name in the original series is Leo. As in Leo the Lion. Here's a good synopsis of the sprawling story of Jungle Taitei Leo, which was told in a series of manga (comics) and an animated series: >>Expansive views of wild Africa open (and close) JUNGLE TAITEI. The story is quick to mention that lions don't normally live in the jungle, while at the same time dramatizing the swift and effective justice that white lion Panja metes out to those who disrupt his unusual kingdom. But even wise Panja can't escape human avarice, and, through white men goading on local tribesmen, he is slain and his lioness-wife is taken captive. As a reward for arranging Panja's death, the white men receive a mysterious gem, a Moonlight Stone, whose significance grows slowly throughout the story. While being transported on a ship bound for London, the lioness gives birth to a white lion she names Leo. She tells him of his birthright as a prince of a jungle kingdom, and, knowing that life in a zoo is not for him, sends him out of the ship and back toward Africa. (The ship is soon after lost in a storm.) Leo, after numerous adventures, winds up not in Africa, but a civilized country. There, he meets a likeable Japanese boy named Kenichi, along with his likeable uncle Hige-Oyaji ("old man whiskers"). In addition, Leo encounters Mary, an arrogant and megalomaniac girl, whose father happens to be the mastermind behind Panja's death. Through various events, all of these people wind up traveling back into the heart of Africa in search of more Moonlight Stones, which are said to contain vast power. By then, however, Leo has learned quite a bit about human civilization, to the point where he insists on wearing clothing and is disturbed by scenes of death. His first glimpse of dark jungle has him crying for houses and roads. Many adventures await Leo and his human friends, replete with shades of Egyptian myth, Tarzan stories, and cheesy B jungle movies. Eventually, though, a grown-up Kenichi, Mary, and Hige-Oyaji leave the jungle, and a grown-up Leo manages to bring a surprising amount of civilization to his now beloved domain. He and his animal friends have fought for peace, started a restaurant, learned to speak "in human," and later will build a pyramid-like castle for the royal lion family.<< <a href="http://www.ex.org/4.1/27-manga_jungletaiteileo.html" target="_blank">http://www.ex.org/4.1/27-manga...leo.html</a> And this is the story that Disney ripped off... how?
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Am I the only one who just emerged from this experience with a real desire to watch the Lion King again? Possibly whilst eating a Monte Cristo...
Originally Posted By Anatole69 ^^ I've never been that fond of the Lion King. I feel like it has individual moments that really stand out, but the weakness of the plot really takes me out of the movie. I feel like most Disney films are the same way though, except for the few really dazzling ones. - Anatole
Originally Posted By mawnck >>He did create Jungle Taitei Leo etc.<< All true, but beside the point. Kimba is what the Disney folks would've had access to in the US, and Kimba is what they're accused of ripping off. The series was partially financed by NBC Films, so Tezuka made drastic changes to the story to make the show more acceptable to them (although they ended up censoring it anyway). <a href="http://www.kimbawlion.com/history.htm" target="_blank">http://www.kimbawlion.com/history.htm</a> >>And this is the story that Disney ripped off... how?<< Same continent, same gathering rock, same Nazi hyenas, same parrot sidekick .... Oh wait .... Like Love, the Circle of Life, and obscure Abba dance records, the Kimba/Simba thing just goes on and on and on. I wonder how many episodes of Kimba that pwrof3 has actually seen? I bet he/she can't even sing the theme song for us.
