all ideas come from some where. Someone inspired someone and someone inspired that someone.. even if they used a lot of this material from Kimba, I don't think it will have an effect on the lion king movie or it's legacy in pop culture.
@dragknuckle in a confidential interview that I managed to get my hands on, they said the movie was based on various Biblical events and Hamlet. I also saw the alternate deleted ending in which they quote Hamlet itself.
A young prince is visited by the ghost of his dead father, who was killed by the prince's uncle, who married the queen and assumed the throne. Sounds more like Hamlet to me.
But recycling old ideas is just the circle of life...
As for the non-Kimba references, a lot of books, movies, etc. Reference other books and you know, "Imitation is flattery"! the others are just random--the scene where Bambi looks for his mother is similar, only he doesn't find her body.
I think the producers were aware of the similarities In the two lion movies, they just didn't give credit. However, the producers of 'Kimbs' did not press legal actions, so deliberate or not, nobody can say 'Kimba''s producers were cheated out.
And also, it's funny that The Lion King "copied" Kimba, which only idiots should believe, but The Lion King made so much more money...hmmm I wonder which one is better?
There is no "original" ideas any more. Making movies and writing books and things, you will always find comparisons and similarities. I honestly doubt that the creators took all those references from all those other movies, the only thing that could be really used was the Kimba references. And anyway, the creator of Kimba was friends with Disney and they had planned to do a Kimba remake eventually, and though some scenes were reused and made BETTER in The Lion King, the plots are completely diff
I agree with the first line in the video. It is really hard to make something new. And if you saw something, you maybe make someday an art or story, which have scenes from the story you have read. Sometimes it just happens without you even know. I love Lionking, because it really tells about the nature. I havent seen Kimba, but I do know it. I really dont care that they are the same. But it is stupid that TLK didnt gave credit.
You do realize that Kimba ( the dialogue anyway) was loosely inspired and based after Bambi and other western movies. Osamu Tezuka was in awe of disneys work and wanted to create full length-ed animated films because of him. Literature has been copied, overused, and twisted sense the dawn of time! Get Over IT! Not to mention, the characters Kimba and Simba are completely different characters:
@lokimischifgod One is an all out super hero who could cross an ocean when he was 2 months old, and the other who is a brat, then an emo, then a responsible adult.
The themes are also different one is base upon discrimination and world peace and the other is about family corruption and the circle of life.
@lokimischifgod The similarities are just camera angles and use of character roles but these stories are worlds apart! Stop pitting these two against each other, Kimba was a great Show, Lion king was a great Movie!
Disney's official word on the subject (or as official as you can get from the internet at least) is that the similarities are totally coincidental. It's a little more than coincidence in my opinion, especially with the facts in this video. But hey, stranger things have happened. I write on the side as a hobby, and one of my story ideas was apparently 100% plagiarized from something I had never heard of according to my friend. Like, almost word-for-word. Crazy stuff...
Lets face it, had this been Kimba the white lion the move, it wouldn't had been nearly as idolize as Lion King is today.The art and style would probable make it seem more like a lesser average movie that would have been very forgettable.Lion King on the other hand was a better directed, superior animation and was truly beautifully magnificent especially when 3D animation was taking over at the time. Lion King proves 2D is still good.
Kimba was made by Tezuka so that's why it's so inanely wacky
@TopPhilosopher1 Yeah but Kimba the White Lion was made in the 1950's and The Lion King was made in 1994. I don't think it is fair to compare the animation styles
@ecwecwecw1 What I was saying is IF this was truly a Kimba movie with the actual Kimba, chances are as obviously expected, it wouldn't be nearly as praised due to its inane wackiness and would've been another average movie that would be very forgettable.
It's really Disney's far superior directing and handling that made it a phenomenal with depth, superior plotting, care for the characters, development and very memorable not so much the animation but you are right that it has better animation.
@TopPhilosopher1 Well, there is 46 years gap between Lion King and Kimba the White Lion.Kimba aired in Japan in 1965 as The First Anime In Color.Lion King has parts that were animated with computer.You CAN'T compare it by quality of the animation,because Lion King obviously wins by being made in era when 2D animation was at it's height.It's VERY UNFAIR to compare it by that.It's like comparing Steamboat Willie and House Of Mouse.
@TopPhilosopher1 As I've said before, all Lion King would be if they were more honest with themselves was a kimba movie. All it would have required was a change of character names. All that is good about Lion King comes from Kimba.
@TopPhilosopher1 the lion king has better animation just because it came like 30 years later and had more money, besides the lion king is racist and indoctrinating as hell, so think about that "philosopher"
WHAT INTERESTS ME IS THAT THE CARTOON MAKERS SHOULD START PAINTING THE ANTAGONISTS WHITE SO KIDS COULD BE PSYCHOLOGICALLY RE-EDUCATED THAT THE ORIGINAL CORRUPTORS, IMPERIALISTS AND EXPLOITERS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT WERE WHITE SKINNED. THE PROTAGONISTS SHOULD HAVE ALL BEEN PAINTED VERY BLACK CUZ BEFORE THE COLONIAL CORRUPTION OF OUR CONTINENT & OUR GOOD MANNERS AND PEOPLES THE AFRICANS ARE ORIGINALLY GOOD HEARTED AND BLACK. BUT NW, SOME WANT TO COPY WICKED WAYS FROM THE WHITES, PINK, BROWN?!!
I'm really disappointed with Disney. Yes, Lion King is incredible and I still love it, but c'mon! Why couldn't they give credit to Kimba in the credits or something? I mean, look at this! How can Disney tell everyone all of this was just a coincidence? Yes, I know they couldn't be sued, but why couldn't they work something out with the people? Now, when I watch Lion King, I think of Kimba now :( Thanks a lot, Disney!
fuck you lion king is way more popular than kimba why do you think lion king is comming back on blu ray and 3D and KIMBA is not could it be that he is more POPULAR
@kamivideos343 this has nothing to do with wich franchise is more popular.
Although The Lion King being an outstanding film based on Hamlet it deliberatly "borrowed" ideas from Jungle Taitei without givin' any credit. even some voice actors in The Lion King thought it was an adaptation of the japanese original.
I think that the connections except the ones with Kimba are acceptable references to popular culture, made obvious in purpose. Connections to hamlet and bambi are accepted anyway.
much as i love & adore the lion king and think it's a wonderful film, some of the things mentioned here are way too similar to becoincidental. i mean, they could've at least given a /little/ bit of credit to kimba the white lion.
Are you stupid? Just because we grew up with disney doesn't mean we should let disney do what it wants. Just because we grew up with a government-run country doesn't mean we can let it do what it wants.
Don't use your emotions make judgments use your head.
Some have said "everybody borrows" when it comes to movies, plays, theater...but in this case we're not talking about a scene or just a line or phrase rather an entire concept was used and not even remotely acknowledged.
must say: very impressive. I learned a lot of new things with this video. I especially like the introduction with the quote. Just wanted to congrat u. Well done!
It wouldn't have been so terrible if they hadn't denied it. If they had acknowledged it, then great. Tezuka loved Disney. He would have been proud of the Lion King. They just need to admit their homage.
Oh brother... Are you really just discovering the fact that 'new' stories are often just rip offs of older tales? Hamlet itself is just a ripoff of Oedipus Rex, which is just a retelling of the story of Prometheus. This goes back thousands and thousands of years! You need to do a little more research on your topic before you start trying to 'objectively' judge Disney movies.
Hey! I get ideas from some movies for my stories I write eg Titanic the Poseidon Adventure, So Disney must have just thought Kimba was inspirational and The Land Before Time and Bambi! So Lay Off Lion King! For Christ's Sake!
Hey! I get ideas from some movies for my stories I write eg Titanic the Poseidon Adventure, So Disney must have just thought Kimba was inspirational and The Land Before Time and Bambi! So Lay Off Lion King!
Mr Pig is just a cultural reference! a joke the parents would understand. Sure they referenced that, because I did NOT understand that joke as a child, and I'm sure many others didn't either! haha. Hitler reference is not 'stealing' Hitler. He's not a franchise. Another parent joke...ha. Kimba/Simba, I think it's old hat now, and Disney did a better job, (and Walt put colour into Kimba cartoons)
I think it's unfair to compare the plots and say how similar they are, or existence of characters especially with Scar and Claw(?) since they both play the role of Claudius in Hamlet. They both want the throne, as did Claudius. And even when Shakespeare wrote it, it wasn't an original tale. Revenge tragedies are Senecan. They go way back. Nothing about the plot is original for either of them.
And I'm not going to deny something fishy is going on. But Disney still did a better job :)
I have known this for ages, its just the same as Avatar being a copy of Fern Gully, However you cannot deny it is one of the deepest stories to come out of Disney, It is still my favorite after all this time
And I love Scar, always have, he is the coolest disney villian ever
my dad idolizes disney and so do i like you know not the company the creator his son fucked everything up after he died but he refused to even hear me out about the lion king being a plagorized work disney couldent buy the rights to kimba so they did it the old fashioned way a big copperation does
On perhaps the biggest issue we face: sustainability, what a refreshing and eye-opening drama! Of the literary charm of the 1950 original! Leo has a profound message: coexistence/how it should be. Talk about original, each page the mind-expander-linker TEZUKA drew in his 40 years of creation is.. out of this world. His sleepless body took all tolls but I think he was happy still, for he was penning night after night to sing [the respect for]: “Go on, life.”
consumerism by giants McD’s and Disney. A pattern-made-easy. Remember what Disney did to the classics like “A dog of Flanders” and “Little Mermaid”: in the hands of the emerging ‘Disney Corp.,’ in the end they all live! on! Left in this barren cold world!, instead of going to heaven—as the originals—isn’t that the ultimate happy ending? Hey we’ve been cheated!! Simply ask a modern typical American child in a McD’s this: “Who wrote the story of ‘Little Mermaid’?” Most will tell you, “Disney.”
Though I personally think Disney ripped it off of Kimba, which was wrong and I don't agree with them doing so - the fact remains. The Lion King is a wonderful movie, and, I'll be brutally honest. I don't think Kimba is that great. So, even if you hate Disney because you love anime too much to try and see around anything else - try to let it go. And just enjoy The Lion King because it's a wonderful movie - regardless of who or what they ripped off.
@Sanimangas I admire you! :D Maybe I will go and see a bit more of Kimba - give it a second chance. You are very good at not making rage wars. However, I doubt I will ever... unlove..? TLK, and I don't think it is because I am naive, it's not even because I grew up with it. I didn't. Didn't see it till last year. I'm not trying to convert you, because I can see you aren't going to give it a second chance, and I admire that too. Thank you!
The Lion king is the best movie Disney ever made :)I usefull to me because I am an animal drawing artist,but not that good I guess...:D Walt Disney would be proud of his crew.They diserve to be respected for what they created.Thank you God for creating such an outsanding and beautifull movie.
Cool, someone who did thier research instead of just saying lion king was a copy.
Finally someone showed bambi with the ruler idea, and I didn't notice the relationship with scar and scarface(How could I not see it?)
One complain though... You said simba was originally going to be white, then showed a picture dated 2001... Do you have anything better than that? or something that doesn't look like it could easily be fan art? Besides, in animation they're white on the backgrounds first... I think
I don't know why you're so mad, and what exactly makes you think I love Disney so much, I don't know anyone who doesn't know Babmi, and the other information Was from a friends trying to go into animation, I don't know if that's how it's always done, that's why I end it with "... I think"
You shouldn't make any claims unless you have facts to support them. So instead of preaching in every video, you should do your research first and then analyze it and then see if it's justified or not.
I suggest you type down "Kimba the White Lion" on Google and then there will be a link saying "Disney's Lion King Was to be a Remake of Kimba the White Lion?"
You are an intelligent person, but you are mislead by your emotions.
MAN this is a bunch of bullcrap! i cant believe people believe this shit! lion king is the world and u now it u just dont want to admit it! kimba is good but lion king rules the road so does brother bear :3
@mycatblackie101 Hey don't get me wrong, TLK is one of my favorite Disney movies but it is obvious that it is at least based on/inspired by Kimba. The only problem is Disney co. refusing to admit it.
As for those quotes like "you talkin' to me?" - obviously a parody. Nothing wrong with that. It's totally legal.
@mycatblackie101 Hey don't get me wrong, TLK is one of my favorite Disney movies but it is obvious that it is at least based on/inspired by Kimba. The only problem is Disney co. refusing to admit it.
As for those quotes like "you talkin' to me?" - obviously a parody. Nothing wrong with that. It's totally legal.
Also that land before time reference was so stupid. You know a lot of movies use that you just think your on a role now. Your really not I saw and loved both movies and it really doesn't matter especially to a child. Also the nazi thing was suppose to be that way in Lion King geez.
@kimmijrockdork kimba was made before lion king so it cannot be copied :p and disney created the film after Tezuka died and his copyright to Kimba died with him.
So I think that the first part where The Lion King is compared to Kimba is most relevant, while the second part where it is compared to other films is more about the fact that they were intentionally making allusions to these other cultural references. The Nazi reference, for example, is a very strong reference that was very clearly intentional. It's crazy how many similarities The Lion King and Kimba have. I guess a company as big as Disney can do whatever it wants, including plagiarize.
I've seen the lion king and I have to say that Kimba has a better message. Kimba takes responsibility for his actions while Simba just runs away. Kimba is also always trying to help all the animals and not be vengeful while Simba wants to take revenge on Scar.
It doesn't help that the lion king was a carbon copy of the great series.
I applaud you for making an objective comparison between the two movies, and encouraging commenters to discuss their opinions.
In my opinion, Lion King is the worst kind of plagiarism, against a dead artist who had great respect for Disney, only to have them rip off his story, make far more money than he did off it, and later refuse to acknowledge him. Tezuka's estate can't even get the funds to sue such a huge corporation! And yet Disney go around suing daycares for use of their characters!
@serentochan So they ripped it off instead of taking it as insperation? and where did you hear about the artist liking Disney and why are you trying to spread rumors about them suing daycares?
@serentochan Also When Tezuka died his copyright to Kimba died with him, (lack of funding to renew or something) and Disney snapped the idea, I wish they at least Acknowledged his existence or thanked him. Sadly big companies like stealing ideas, I mean look at microsoft, look what Bill Gates did.
@serentochan fuck you lion king is way more popular than kimba why do you think lion king is comming back on blu ray and 3D and KIMBA is not could it be that he is more POPULAR
@serentochan Woah, first of all, the stories are not even close to similar! Just some characters and scenes. The creators of shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender have used scenes and ideas from other shows! It's not a big deal, it's using a good idea and making it better.
Kimba the White Lion, there's no doubt that the Lion King got the "idea" and some scenes from it for sure. Idk about the other stuff though, all movies out these days have a little shakespeare referense and whatnot. But Disney should still give some credit to Kimba the White Lion. Lion King by itself was a GREAT movie by the way!
you forgot the scene of the running- the EXACT scene is shown in the first episode of Kimba- even fading from his legs to him running through the desert. Copy/Pasted but with adult simba instead of little Kimba.
In Kimba new adventures, at the end of the first episode the lion that looks alot like Scar falls in the same animation as Scar when he dies. And the two fights acer near the end.
No. WHY?! Noooooo! I DID NOT EXPECT LAND BEFORE TIME REFERENCES! -hysteric sobbing from childhood memories and dino-trauma- IT'S SADDER THAN BAMBI! -sniffle, cry-
lion king is a shallow, cheesy and racist version of kimba the white lion. I remember watching a scene from kimba where he was talking with no response to the dry skin of his dead father he had hidden in some thorny bushes, and that´s was pretty impressive for me, I still think it´s great.
Inspiration is when you get a similar idea, but identical characters, identical roles, identical scenes? RIP OFF!!!
Maybe what annoy the people that believe that Kimba inspired LK (inspired, I'm not telling about plages) is the fact that Disney never admited such inspiration.
I liked your reasoning more than your movie. Not that I didn't like it too of course. I see The Lion King as a massive advertisement for Kimba. I mean I grew up with Simba and I jumped at the chance to see another lion with a similar name. However the 1960s quality lost me but that's to be expected considering I was quite young last time I saw it. Still.. I learnt something from all this. I must brush up on my Shakespeare and go watch Bambi again.
It's annoying when people say Kimba was inspired by Bambi and Lion King was inspired by Kimba. First, Kimba's creator didn't copy, he did his own thing with Kimba, and it was acknowledged that he was inspired by Disney. But Disney LIED and said it was original and they never heard of Kimba. That's not inspiration, it's stealing. They didn't get the rights.
Here I'm guessing Kimba's name was based off the word simba but just changed the first letter.
Saying that it was inspired by Hamlet is just a stunt from Disney, to keep denying they stole elements from Kimba. Heck, originally Scar was supposed to be a lone black lion with no tie to the tribe, and a rival to Mufasa, just like Bubu (Claw) was a lone black lion and a rival to Pandja (Caesar) in Kimba.
But by finally making him Mufasa's brother, and having him talk to a skull Disney can pretend it was inspired by Hamlet and thus avoid ANOTHER similarity with Kimba.
Rather than plagiarizing, I agree with the comment that Kimba inspired Lion King strongly, as did Hamlet. I guess it's...Kim-let...?
I wouldn't think that Simba having a similar name would be intentional since all the LK names meant things in Swahili. I think Simba means king or...something.
The extra similarities you put were just nice references and Easter eggs.
EXACTLY, Kimba was their INSPIRATION, yeah it was a little copied but that's why. Kimba is what inpired them to make a 4506767x better version of it. XDD
well, very often movies are made after books so i have nothing to say about tlk is inspired from hamlet. and about kimba....tlk and kimba are both cartoons ( movies) with lions so they have things in common. just like cirkuit100 said, lion king is inspired by kimba, but did not copied it like many people said ( just my opinion, you can have another idea XD ) but if we think like that, all the catroons that contains people copied each other cuz' they walk and talk XD
stupid people this is not the first time holliwood do this look at delgo and look avatar look at the girl how leap thru time and look at the wife,s traveler from holliwood this americans always steal from japan jajaj so original
Something about Kimba I had noticed is how the original story from the comic is somewhat similar to Babar, which dates back to the 1930s. It features an elephant who's mother is killed by a hunter and he flees, finding himself in Paris. He spends learns the way of humans, and his skills help him in becoming a leader once he returns to the jungle. In the comic Kimba would walk on his hind feet, speak and wear clothing.
Wow... well, even if they copied the film is is still the greatest animated movie of all time and that Kimba thing is just an anime no one will remember... I guess it wasn't good to copy though...
Wow... well, even if they copied the film is is still the greatest animated movie of all time and that Kimba thing is just an anime no one will remember... I guess it wasn't good to copy though...
the Lion King is a mixture of different movies and stories. But in some way it's unique. The story is very close to Kimba and the characters as well, but the plot is some way different with better graphics. The Lion King would be the newer version of Kimba if it had the same plot. Lion King is not influenced just by Kimba is influences by several stories so it makes it unique and difference, and in my opinion the best movie that Disney ever made ;)
Kimba was the first and the best, and Lion King copied Kimba. Disney was going to make Simba white. Until Tezuka (Kimba creators) said no. But Lion King still copied!
I have watched Jungle Emperor Leo, and i practicly know the lion King by heart. I must say yes, TLK got inspriartion from JEL, but JEL also got inspiration from Bambi, a very memorable and classic Disney film. People "take" ideas all the time, but no one cares when Superhero movie makes a Dragon FLy super hero, based and copied exactly from Spiderman. why does it matter? Because people love controversy and we should all just stop, b/c its retarded.
it was meant to be a tribute and movie remake of kimba but copyrights fell through part way through so they had to change it, thats why he used to be white, it was originally gonna be kimba. and i don't think the similarities from other movies were pointed out to say that they stole it but more for references that we would recognise
My cat's name is Simba and one of my relatives is from Kenya and said that Simba means lion king also check the back of any Lion King Movie and it will have SIMBA written on it at least 3 times I can GUARANTEE you! Simba not Kimba
Simba and Kimba was meant to be the similar, for The Lion King is a commonly told tale in Africa. Walt Disney wanted to reintroduce the story in a better version.
I think Simba actually means "lion" while Kimba means something totally different.
And I'd just point out to everyone that the various movie quotes in the Lion King (other than the Land Before Time) were just that: Quotes. They were meant to be recognized by people in the know, and this is done all the time in cartoons for comedic effect.
@CrashingThunder Actually there is evidence that Disney intended a Kimba remake and began making the movie. However they ended up being unable to obtain the rights to Kimba but were too far in the remake to just stop.
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FUCK YOU DISNEY, YOU STEAL EVERYTHING FROM MIYAZAKI AND TEZUKA AND GIVE NOTHING BACK
YOU DON'T EVEN ADMIT IT
YOU ARE A FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT CAPITALIST COOPERATION
Sanimangas 3 weeks ago
all ideas come from some where. Someone inspired someone and someone inspired that someone.. even if they used a lot of this material from Kimba, I don't think it will have an effect on the lion king movie or it's legacy in pop culture.
RickRomo 1 month ago
@dragknuckle in a confidential interview that I managed to get my hands on, they said the movie was based on various Biblical events and Hamlet. I also saw the alternate deleted ending in which they quote Hamlet itself.
Werewolffy 1 month ago
Maybe there is a way that Kingdom Hearts II, the greatest video game ever, could possibly be better.....
otaking3582 1 month ago
A young prince is visited by the ghost of his dead father, who was killed by the prince's uncle, who married the queen and assumed the throne. Sounds more like Hamlet to me.
But recycling old ideas is just the circle of life...
dragknuckle 1 month ago
@dragknuckle yeah just that someone did it 30 years before the other one and with lions as characters, that'ss not recycling that's plagiarism
heroesytumbas 1 month ago
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AnirudhTX 2 months ago
The connection between Scar and Hitler is easily made. Both speak Spanish :P
SourJovis 3 months ago
As for the non-Kimba references, a lot of books, movies, etc. Reference other books and you know, "Imitation is flattery"! the others are just random--the scene where Bambi looks for his mother is similar, only he doesn't find her body.
TXRider 3 months ago
I think the producers were aware of the similarities In the two lion movies, they just didn't give credit. However, the producers of 'Kimbs' did not press legal actions, so deliberate or not, nobody can say 'Kimba''s producers were cheated out.
TXRider 3 months ago
@TXRider Legal actions were not going to work as Disney has access to the most powerful lawyers in the world.
ninjaz293 2 months ago
It's no secret that Disney has a hate for the Islamic world. Great video though I didn't notice a lot of those references before!
FMafia206 4 months ago
Lion King is a masterpiece
Kimba is mediocre
doesnt matter if you rip something off, as long as you make it better
Ultizer 4 months ago
@Ultizer Watch it all before you call it mediocre.
elbethere 2 months ago
Have you guys also noticed:
1. "Are you talking to me?" was said by the moose from Balto 3.
2. When Simba climbs on a tree in stampede: the two opossums climb a tree in flood from Ice Age 2
bigBoltfan1 4 months ago
And also, it's funny that The Lion King "copied" Kimba, which only idiots should believe, but The Lion King made so much more money...hmmm I wonder which one is better?
KatieElefun 4 months ago
There is no "original" ideas any more. Making movies and writing books and things, you will always find comparisons and similarities. I honestly doubt that the creators took all those references from all those other movies, the only thing that could be really used was the Kimba references. And anyway, the creator of Kimba was friends with Disney and they had planned to do a Kimba remake eventually, and though some scenes were reused and made BETTER in The Lion King, the plots are completely diff
KatieElefun 4 months ago
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AMY1213141 4 months ago
The land before time clip reminds more of Bambi
AMY1213141 4 months ago
I agree with the first line in the video. It is really hard to make something new. And if you saw something, you maybe make someday an art or story, which have scenes from the story you have read. Sometimes it just happens without you even know. I love Lionking, because it really tells about the nature. I havent seen Kimba, but I do know it. I really dont care that they are the same. But it is stupid that TLK didnt gave credit.
SoulDragonit 4 months ago
You do realize that Kimba ( the dialogue anyway) was loosely inspired and based after Bambi and other western movies. Osamu Tezuka was in awe of disneys work and wanted to create full length-ed animated films because of him. Literature has been copied, overused, and twisted sense the dawn of time! Get Over IT! Not to mention, the characters Kimba and Simba are completely different characters:
lokimischifgod 4 months ago
@lokimischifgod One is an all out super hero who could cross an ocean when he was 2 months old, and the other who is a brat, then an emo, then a responsible adult.
The themes are also different one is base upon discrimination and world peace and the other is about family corruption and the circle of life.
lokimischifgod 4 months ago
@lokimischifgod The similarities are just camera angles and use of character roles but these stories are worlds apart! Stop pitting these two against each other, Kimba was a great Show, Lion king was a great Movie!
lokimischifgod 4 months ago
Disney's official word on the subject (or as official as you can get from the internet at least) is that the similarities are totally coincidental. It's a little more than coincidence in my opinion, especially with the facts in this video. But hey, stranger things have happened. I write on the side as a hobby, and one of my story ideas was apparently 100% plagiarized from something I had never heard of according to my friend. Like, almost word-for-word. Crazy stuff...
FreakinSweet1987 4 months ago
Well Disney could've given at least a little bit of credit to Kimba The White Lion
maegranil3 4 months ago
But The Lion King drawings are much better than Kimba The White Lion drawings. I'm not saying that I hate one of them, I both love the movies
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deathstar976 5 months ago
Lets face it, had this been Kimba the white lion the move, it wouldn't had been nearly as idolize as Lion King is today.The art and style would probable make it seem more like a lesser average movie that would have been very forgettable.Lion King on the other hand was a better directed, superior animation and was truly beautifully magnificent especially when 3D animation was taking over at the time. Lion King proves 2D is still good.
Kimba was made by Tezuka so that's why it's so inanely wacky
TopPhilosopher1 5 months ago 11
@TopPhilosopher1 Yeah but Kimba the White Lion was made in the 1950's and The Lion King was made in 1994. I don't think it is fair to compare the animation styles
ecwecwecw1 3 months ago
@ecwecwecw1 What I was saying is IF this was truly a Kimba movie with the actual Kimba, chances are as obviously expected, it wouldn't be nearly as praised due to its inane wackiness and would've been another average movie that would be very forgettable.
It's really Disney's far superior directing and handling that made it a phenomenal with depth, superior plotting, care for the characters, development and very memorable not so much the animation but you are right that it has better animation.
TopPhilosopher1 3 months ago
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@TopPhilosopher1 Well, there is 46 years gap between Lion King and Kimba the White Lion.Kimba aired in Japan in 1965 as The First Anime In Color.Lion King has parts that were animated with computer.You CAN'T compare it by quality of the animation,because Lion King obviously wins by being made in era when 2D animation was at it's height.It's VERY UNFAIR to compare it by that.It's like comparing Steamboat Willie and House Of Mouse.
MissHelloMara 2 months ago
@MissHelloMara I meant 29 years gap XD.I was thinking about this 3D release of Lion King,and not the 1994 original.
MissHelloMara 2 months ago
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@TopPhilosopher1 As I've said before, all Lion King would be if they were more honest with themselves was a kimba movie. All it would have required was a change of character names. All that is good about Lion King comes from Kimba.
elbethere 2 months ago
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@TopPhilosopher1 the lion king has better animation just because it came like 30 years later and had more money, besides the lion king is racist and indoctrinating as hell, so think about that "philosopher"
heroesytumbas 1 month ago
@TopPhilosopher1
You're no muther fucking philosopher you are too fucking biased.
Sanimangas 3 weeks ago
Land Before Time scene....REALLY?
"Get up" is the standard thing you say to someone who is on the ground and not moving. lol
Shirayuurei 5 months ago
WHAT INTERESTS ME IS THAT THE CARTOON MAKERS SHOULD START PAINTING THE ANTAGONISTS WHITE SO KIDS COULD BE PSYCHOLOGICALLY RE-EDUCATED THAT THE ORIGINAL CORRUPTORS, IMPERIALISTS AND EXPLOITERS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT WERE WHITE SKINNED. THE PROTAGONISTS SHOULD HAVE ALL BEEN PAINTED VERY BLACK CUZ BEFORE THE COLONIAL CORRUPTION OF OUR CONTINENT & OUR GOOD MANNERS AND PEOPLES THE AFRICANS ARE ORIGINALLY GOOD HEARTED AND BLACK. BUT NW, SOME WANT TO COPY WICKED WAYS FROM THE WHITES, PINK, BROWN?!!
darkblackgoddess 5 months ago
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I'm really disappointed with Disney. Yes, Lion King is incredible and I still love it, but c'mon! Why couldn't they give credit to Kimba in the credits or something? I mean, look at this! How can Disney tell everyone all of this was just a coincidence? Yes, I know they couldn't be sued, but why couldn't they work something out with the people? Now, when I watch Lion King, I think of Kimba now :( Thanks a lot, Disney!
dottiedots221 5 months ago
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dottiedots221 5 months ago
Nice job
busterbrown17 5 months ago
fuck you lion king is way more popular than kimba why do you think lion king is comming back on blu ray and 3D and KIMBA is not could it be that he is more POPULAR
kamivideos343 6 months ago
@kamivideos343 this has nothing to do with wich franchise is more popular.
Although The Lion King being an outstanding film based on Hamlet it deliberatly "borrowed" ideas from Jungle Taitei without givin' any credit. even some voice actors in The Lion King thought it was an adaptation of the japanese original.
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BitGridTV 6 months ago
I think that the connections except the ones with Kimba are acceptable references to popular culture, made obvious in purpose. Connections to hamlet and bambi are accepted anyway.
esenozbay 6 months ago
much as i love & adore the lion king and think it's a wonderful film, some of the things mentioned here are way too similar to becoincidental. i mean, they could've at least given a /little/ bit of credit to kimba the white lion.
beautyineverythingxx 6 months ago 2
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TsunadeFTisland11 6 months ago
@TsunadeFTisland11
Are you stupid? Just because we grew up with disney doesn't mean we should let disney do what it wants. Just because we grew up with a government-run country doesn't mean we can let it do what it wants.
Don't use your emotions make judgments use your head.
Sanimangas 6 months ago
Some have said "everybody borrows" when it comes to movies, plays, theater...but in this case we're not talking about a scene or just a line or phrase rather an entire concept was used and not even remotely acknowledged.
wordsmith681 7 months ago
must say: very impressive. I learned a lot of new things with this video. I especially like the introduction with the quote. Just wanted to congrat u. Well done!
slopatern 7 months ago
It wouldn't have been so terrible if they hadn't denied it. If they had acknowledged it, then great. Tezuka loved Disney. He would have been proud of the Lion King. They just need to admit their homage.
bobtheduck 7 months ago 8
I think both of these works are great, but there is no mistaking some of the similarities of plot, camera angles and designs.
PurpleStill 8 months ago
What a bunch of stealers
TheSitHamster 8 months ago
Oh brother... Are you really just discovering the fact that 'new' stories are often just rip offs of older tales? Hamlet itself is just a ripoff of Oedipus Rex, which is just a retelling of the story of Prometheus. This goes back thousands and thousands of years! You need to do a little more research on your topic before you start trying to 'objectively' judge Disney movies.
lupischuckle 8 months ago
Hey! I get ideas from some movies for my stories I write eg Titanic the Poseidon Adventure, So Disney must have just thought Kimba was inspirational and The Land Before Time and Bambi! So Lay Off Lion King! For Christ's Sake!
LuigiFletcher2012 8 months ago
Hey! I get ideas from some movies for my stories I write eg Titanic the Poseidon Adventure, So Disney must have just thought Kimba was inspirational and The Land Before Time and Bambi! So Lay Off Lion King!
LuigiFletcher2012 8 months ago
The Land Before Time was like my favorite movie of all time when I was 6 or something :)
Angieyt 8 months ago
Mr Pig is just a cultural reference! a joke the parents would understand. Sure they referenced that, because I did NOT understand that joke as a child, and I'm sure many others didn't either! haha. Hitler reference is not 'stealing' Hitler. He's not a franchise. Another parent joke...ha. Kimba/Simba, I think it's old hat now, and Disney did a better job, (and Walt put colour into Kimba cartoons)
MrArturoui 8 months ago
I think it's unfair to compare the plots and say how similar they are, or existence of characters especially with Scar and Claw(?) since they both play the role of Claudius in Hamlet. They both want the throne, as did Claudius. And even when Shakespeare wrote it, it wasn't an original tale. Revenge tragedies are Senecan. They go way back. Nothing about the plot is original for either of them.
And I'm not going to deny something fishy is going on. But Disney still did a better job :)
MrArturoui 8 months ago
Wow this video is so interesting :O
(but can you fix the phrase at the beginning? It should be "Argentine Writer" not Argentinian and Writter... It bugs me a lot lol)
violetsarntblue 9 months ago
I have known this for ages, its just the same as Avatar being a copy of Fern Gully, However you cannot deny it is one of the deepest stories to come out of Disney, It is still my favorite after all this time
And I love Scar, always have, he is the coolest disney villian ever
Robbase231 9 months ago
my dad idolizes disney and so do i like you know not the company the creator his son fucked everything up after he died but he refused to even hear me out about the lion king being a plagorized work disney couldent buy the rights to kimba so they did it the old fashioned way a big copperation does
GhostWatcher55 9 months ago
On perhaps the biggest issue we face: sustainability, what a refreshing and eye-opening drama! Of the literary charm of the 1950 original! Leo has a profound message: coexistence/how it should be. Talk about original, each page the mind-expander-linker TEZUKA drew in his 40 years of creation is.. out of this world. His sleepless body took all tolls but I think he was happy still, for he was penning night after night to sing [the respect for]: “Go on, life.”
lilmopeach 10 months ago
consumerism by giants McD’s and Disney. A pattern-made-easy. Remember what Disney did to the classics like “A dog of Flanders” and “Little Mermaid”: in the hands of the emerging ‘Disney Corp.,’ in the end they all live! on! Left in this barren cold world!, instead of going to heaven—as the originals—isn’t that the ultimate happy ending? Hey we’ve been cheated!! Simply ask a modern typical American child in a McD’s this: “Who wrote the story of ‘Little Mermaid’?” Most will tell you, “Disney.”
lilmopeach 10 months ago
Though I personally think Disney ripped it off of Kimba, which was wrong and I don't agree with them doing so - the fact remains. The Lion King is a wonderful movie, and, I'll be brutally honest. I don't think Kimba is that great. So, even if you hate Disney because you love anime too much to try and see around anything else - try to let it go. And just enjoy The Lion King because it's a wonderful movie - regardless of who or what they ripped off.
karaming88 10 months ago
@karaming88
Have you ever seen or read kimba? Only people with a heart an patience can look deep into it.
TLK was flat and simple so it appealed to the masses.
Sanimangas 6 months ago
@Sanimangas Interesting... TLK meant something deep to me.
karaming88 6 months ago
@karaming88
We all thought we did. Even I cried the first time I saw it.
But I grew up. TLK is full of racial and sexual subliminal messages. I find it horrible that disney would do that to kids.
Sanimangas 6 months ago
@Sanimangas I admire you! :D Maybe I will go and see a bit more of Kimba - give it a second chance. You are very good at not making rage wars. However, I doubt I will ever... unlove..? TLK, and I don't think it is because I am naive, it's not even because I grew up with it. I didn't. Didn't see it till last year. I'm not trying to convert you, because I can see you aren't going to give it a second chance, and I admire that too. Thank you!
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haibane13 10 months ago
The Lion King steals more from Hamlet than anything else.
Christina314 10 months ago
I've only recently discovered TLK stands the The Lion King
AMY1213141 11 months ago
The Lion king is the best movie Disney ever made :)I usefull to me because I am an animal drawing artist,but not that good I guess...:D Walt Disney would be proud of his crew.They diserve to be respected for what they created.Thank you God for creating such an outsanding and beautifull movie.
Kiaryciousss 11 months ago
Hey @cirkuit100 You forgot to put all of those subliminal messages in tlk
Sanimangas 11 months ago
I noticed that the scenes in Bambi and The land before time when bambi and littlefoot are searching for their mothers are a lot alike.
mypassioniatelights 11 months ago
Cool, someone who did thier research instead of just saying lion king was a copy.
Finally someone showed bambi with the ruler idea, and I didn't notice the relationship with scar and scarface(How could I not see it?)
One complain though... You said simba was originally going to be white, then showed a picture dated 2001... Do you have anything better than that? or something that doesn't look like it could easily be fan art? Besides, in animation they're white on the backgrounds first... I think
utubewatchero 11 months ago
@utubewatchero
dude WHY THE FUCK DO YOU LOVE DISNEY SO MUCH? WERE YOU RAPED BY MICKEY MOUSE AS A KID?
Sanimangas 11 months ago
@Sanimangas
I don't know why you're so mad, and what exactly makes you think I love Disney so much, I don't know anyone who doesn't know Babmi, and the other information Was from a friends trying to go into animation, I don't know if that's how it's always done, that's why I end it with "... I think"
utubewatchero 11 months ago
@utubewatchero
You shouldn't make any claims unless you have facts to support them. So instead of preaching in every video, you should do your research first and then analyze it and then see if it's justified or not.
I suggest you type down "Kimba the White Lion" on Google and then there will be a link saying "Disney's Lion King Was to be a Remake of Kimba the White Lion?"
You are an intelligent person, but you are mislead by your emotions.
Sanimangas 11 months ago
MAN this is a bunch of bullcrap! i cant believe people believe this shit! lion king is the world and u now it u just dont want to admit it! kimba is good but lion king rules the road so does brother bear :3
mycatblackie101 1 year ago
@mycatblackie101 Hey don't get me wrong, TLK is one of my favorite Disney movies but it is obvious that it is at least based on/inspired by Kimba. The only problem is Disney co. refusing to admit it.
As for those quotes like "you talkin' to me?" - obviously a parody. Nothing wrong with that. It's totally legal.
kame789 1 year ago
@mycatblackie101 Hey don't get me wrong, TLK is one of my favorite Disney movies but it is obvious that it is at least based on/inspired by Kimba. The only problem is Disney co. refusing to admit it.
As for those quotes like "you talkin' to me?" - obviously a parody. Nothing wrong with that. It's totally legal.
kame789 1 year ago 2
@mycatblackie101
SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU FAGGOT
Sanimangas 11 months ago
wow, the lion king is compared to nazies..i knew it would come to this.
horsesLcool 1 year ago
They even mentioned the Circle Of Life thing in Land Before Time, though they didn't sing about it or anything... Well, until the fourth movie. XD
It's amazing how art inspires more art. :D
VollendJatara9Jenny 1 year ago
Also that land before time reference was so stupid. You know a lot of movies use that you just think your on a role now. Your really not I saw and loved both movies and it really doesn't matter especially to a child. Also the nazi thing was suppose to be that way in Lion King geez.
kimmijrockdork 1 year ago
Ok people who think it's a complete copy is stupid. The Japanese make a lot of Disney references too but you guys are too retarded to go look that up
kimmijrockdork 1 year ago
@kimmijrockdork kimba was made before lion king so it cannot be copied :p and disney created the film after Tezuka died and his copyright to Kimba died with him.
CowsAndCrows 1 year ago
@CowsAndCrows I never said it was a copy x.x and I know it's not stealing then
kimmijrockdork 1 year ago
all i have to say is...this is why it was such a big movie
it took concepts from everywhere and put it into 1 movie
this made it easy for everyone
i think it was a good money making idea on their part
thecommenter18 1 year ago
So I think that the first part where The Lion King is compared to Kimba is most relevant, while the second part where it is compared to other films is more about the fact that they were intentionally making allusions to these other cultural references. The Nazi reference, for example, is a very strong reference that was very clearly intentional. It's crazy how many similarities The Lion King and Kimba have. I guess a company as big as Disney can do whatever it wants, including plagiarize.
raspberryicedtea 1 year ago
I've seen the lion king and I have to say that Kimba has a better message. Kimba takes responsibility for his actions while Simba just runs away. Kimba is also always trying to help all the animals and not be vengeful while Simba wants to take revenge on Scar.
It doesn't help that the lion king was a carbon copy of the great series.
ZeldaWolf55 1 year ago
I applaud you for making an objective comparison between the two movies, and encouraging commenters to discuss their opinions.
In my opinion, Lion King is the worst kind of plagiarism, against a dead artist who had great respect for Disney, only to have them rip off his story, make far more money than he did off it, and later refuse to acknowledge him. Tezuka's estate can't even get the funds to sue such a huge corporation! And yet Disney go around suing daycares for use of their characters!
serentochan 1 year ago 33
@serentochan So they ripped it off instead of taking it as insperation? and where did you hear about the artist liking Disney and why are you trying to spread rumors about them suing daycares?
kimmijrockdork 1 year ago
@serentochan Also When Tezuka died his copyright to Kimba died with him, (lack of funding to renew or something) and Disney snapped the idea, I wish they at least Acknowledged his existence or thanked him. Sadly big companies like stealing ideas, I mean look at microsoft, look what Bill Gates did.
CowsAndCrows 1 year ago
@serentochan fuck you lion king is way more popular than kimba why do you think lion king is comming back on blu ray and 3D and KIMBA is not could it be that he is more POPULAR
kamivideos343 6 months ago
@kamivideos343 that doesnt change the fact that disney stole the idea, you idiot. popularity has nothing on morals.
DiscoLuck 5 months ago
@serentochan Woah, first of all, the stories are not even close to similar! Just some characters and scenes. The creators of shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender have used scenes and ideas from other shows! It's not a big deal, it's using a good idea and making it better.
KatieElefun 4 months ago
Kimba the White Lion, there's no doubt that the Lion King got the "idea" and some scenes from it for sure. Idk about the other stuff though, all movies out these days have a little shakespeare referense and whatnot. But Disney should still give some credit to Kimba the White Lion. Lion King by itself was a GREAT movie by the way!
goe5 1 year ago 26
you are absolutely right on these things ,
the fascism part where scar looks over his lines is very clear and i noticed that myself, so i wanted to look it up and i found this vid
Thx
AmparitoVic 1 year ago
Kimba, Simba, it doesnt matter.... they all owe their royalties to Shakespeare for a little play he wrote called Hamlet.
PaytonWestlake 1 year ago 2
you forgot the scene of the running- the EXACT scene is shown in the first episode of Kimba- even fading from his legs to him running through the desert. Copy/Pasted but with adult simba instead of little Kimba.
phoenixwildfire 1 year ago
LOL! " And avoid fighting"
SemIskovic 1 year ago
In Kimba new adventures, at the end of the first episode the lion that looks alot like Scar falls in the same animation as Scar when he dies. And the two fights acer near the end.
horse14t 1 year ago
Ok you people think they just changed the first letter,no. Kimba means Leo simba means lion
glaceon101able 1 year ago
@glaceon101able 'leo' and 'lion' are the same thing.
phoenixwildfire 1 year ago
No. WHY?! Noooooo! I DID NOT EXPECT LAND BEFORE TIME REFERENCES! -hysteric sobbing from childhood memories and dino-trauma- IT'S SADDER THAN BAMBI! -sniffle, cry-
Caps lock for emphasis.
001php 1 year ago
oh guys... kimba: old comic... Lion King : best anime film ever!
Hubertinho1 1 year ago
lion king is not anime
TheAlvinandbrittney 1 year ago
lion king is a shallow, cheesy and racist version of kimba the white lion. I remember watching a scene from kimba where he was talking with no response to the dry skin of his dead father he had hidden in some thorny bushes, and that´s was pretty impressive for me, I still think it´s great.
Inspiration is when you get a similar idea, but identical characters, identical roles, identical scenes? RIP OFF!!!
heroesytumbas 1 year ago
"Nothing is invented, everything is copied"
It's a funny frase, it doesn't fit in this case
Maybe what annoy the people that believe that Kimba inspired LK (inspired, I'm not telling about plages) is the fact that Disney never admited such inspiration.
AnonimusQualquer 1 year ago
4:30 XD!!!
Hubertinho1 1 year ago
wouldn't these be good morals for 2D disney movies?
You must finished what you start
love and hate is the same
You don't know what you have until its gone
Fargosis16 1 year ago
Okay, Disney is allowed to rip off itself.
ZealousSangheili 1 year ago
I liked your reasoning more than your movie. Not that I didn't like it too of course. I see The Lion King as a massive advertisement for Kimba. I mean I grew up with Simba and I jumped at the chance to see another lion with a similar name. However the 1960s quality lost me but that's to be expected considering I was quite young last time I saw it. Still.. I learnt something from all this. I must brush up on my Shakespeare and go watch Bambi again.
saffhirephoenix 1 year ago
LION KING IS THE BEST DISNEY MOVIE EVER, ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER
shabbyproduction 1 year ago
@shabbyproduction it´s his best movie and it´s a rip off.
heroesytumbas 1 year ago
Fuck disney, man
TheHalloweenHead 1 year ago
@TheHalloweenHead no sir, fuck you
shabbyproduction 1 year ago
@shabbyproduction
I'm a girl dumbass lol
TheHalloweenHead 1 year ago
@TheHalloweenHead cool man :)
shabbyproduction 1 year ago
Anyone else think Mufasa in the clouds also looks a bit like God in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
InfernalApocalypse 1 year ago
I just want to throw in my opinions here. :)
It's annoying when people say Kimba was inspired by Bambi and Lion King was inspired by Kimba. First, Kimba's creator didn't copy, he did his own thing with Kimba, and it was acknowledged that he was inspired by Disney. But Disney LIED and said it was original and they never heard of Kimba. That's not inspiration, it's stealing. They didn't get the rights.
Here I'm guessing Kimba's name was based off the word simba but just changed the first letter.
LittleWoodenFlute 1 year ago 3
I love the lion king.. but they sure could have been abit more original.. :/
TheMoD1234 1 year ago
Though this proves SOME good points I think we should all enjoy every movie in this video! I enjoy all of these and so should all of you!
Flarefight66 1 year ago
Disney admits to Lion King being based off of Bambi and Hamlet as well as the little movie references.
nickyg 1 year ago
i learn more from this video. i can make this as a example in my report ..thanks
lordazura1 1 year ago
Saying that it was inspired by Hamlet is just a stunt from Disney, to keep denying they stole elements from Kimba. Heck, originally Scar was supposed to be a lone black lion with no tie to the tribe, and a rival to Mufasa, just like Bubu (Claw) was a lone black lion and a rival to Pandja (Caesar) in Kimba.
But by finally making him Mufasa's brother, and having him talk to a skull Disney can pretend it was inspired by Hamlet and thus avoid ANOTHER similarity with Kimba.
shakotoon 1 year ago
WOW Disney, you are totally ORIGINAL! ಠ_ಠ
leonidash15 1 year ago
Rather than plagiarizing, I agree with the comment that Kimba inspired Lion King strongly, as did Hamlet. I guess it's...Kim-let...?
I wouldn't think that Simba having a similar name would be intentional since all the LK names meant things in Swahili. I think Simba means king or...something.
The extra similarities you put were just nice references and Easter eggs.
HoshiHikari 1 year ago
EXACTLY, Kimba was their INSPIRATION, yeah it was a little copied but that's why. Kimba is what inpired them to make a 4506767x better version of it. XDD
studxmuffiiin 1 year ago
@studxmuffiiin yeah hahahah no. stfu. i'll bet you like bieber too.
TedMan55 1 year ago
Scar as Hitler xD
DisneyXDNederland 1 year ago
well, very often movies are made after books so i have nothing to say about tlk is inspired from hamlet. and about kimba....tlk and kimba are both cartoons ( movies) with lions so they have things in common. just like cirkuit100 said, lion king is inspired by kimba, but did not copied it like many people said ( just my opinion, you can have another idea XD ) but if we think like that, all the catroons that contains people copied each other cuz' they walk and talk XD
AcrylicPhilosophy 1 year ago
stop going so fast i cant fucking read it you retard
urmanciano 1 year ago
@urmanciano
You can always take a moment to pause and read if it is going to fast for you, just pointing that out.
ZeniJocasta 1 year ago
i agree with the things with kimba...but the hitler thing....XD i think that's a little bit TOO much interpretation.....but interesting video :)
SomehowCreativeYT 1 year ago
the taxi driver and pumba one was intended lol
ocachisu 1 year ago 4
hey what film what kimba in when he had the dream
agoofymoviefan 1 year ago
stupid people this is not the first time holliwood do this look at delgo and look avatar look at the girl how leap thru time and look at the wife,s traveler from holliwood this americans always steal from japan jajaj so original
Animeworld2012 1 year ago
Very nice and well put! Great job.
AshWolfForever 1 year ago
Is this German?
goldblaze93 1 year ago
@goldblaze93 no
Hyacia66 1 year ago
While I realize this is true and respect that, I still love Lion King. I mean, I saw Kimba and I didn't like it nearly as much. :-)
Inukokoro 1 year ago
Something about Kimba I had noticed is how the original story from the comic is somewhat similar to Babar, which dates back to the 1930s. It features an elephant who's mother is killed by a hunter and he flees, finding himself in Paris. He spends learns the way of humans, and his skills help him in becoming a leader once he returns to the jungle. In the comic Kimba would walk on his hind feet, speak and wear clothing.
sarentis 1 year ago
@sarentis Spends a part of his life learning the ways of humans, that is.
sarentis 1 year ago
Wow... well, even if they copied the film is is still the greatest animated movie of all time and that Kimba thing is just an anime no one will remember... I guess it wasn't good to copy though...
Jerey4Videos 1 year ago
Wow... well, even if they copied the film is is still the greatest animated movie of all time and that Kimba thing is just an anime no one will remember... I guess it wasn't good to copy though...
Jerey4Videos 1 year ago
the Lion King is a mixture of different movies and stories. But in some way it's unique. The story is very close to Kimba and the characters as well, but the plot is some way different with better graphics. The Lion King would be the newer version of Kimba if it had the same plot. Lion King is not influenced just by Kimba is influences by several stories so it makes it unique and difference, and in my opinion the best movie that Disney ever made ;)
8rylos4ever 1 year ago
Regarding the "They call me Mr. Pig" and "ARE YOU TALKING TO ME" scene.... there is a HUGE difference between parody and plagiarism.
kriss27nirvana 1 year ago 2
everyine knows that kimba copied lion king. this video is just propeganda like hitler
DickHead69able 1 year ago
@DickHead69able Uh correction. Lion King copied Kimba,
Kimba was the first and the best, and Lion King copied Kimba. Disney was going to make Simba white. Until Tezuka (Kimba creators) said no. But Lion King still copied!
SugarWolf15 1 year ago
@DickHead69able Pathetic. Kimba was around way before Lion King.
TheTwistedMFer 1 year ago
@TheTwistedMFer "Pathetic"
lol why would that be "TheTwistedMFer"?
do you actually know what the word means?
lol i sincerely doubt it
DickHead69able 1 year ago
I have watched Jungle Emperor Leo, and i practicly know the lion King by heart. I must say yes, TLK got inspriartion from JEL, but JEL also got inspiration from Bambi, a very memorable and classic Disney film. People "take" ideas all the time, but no one cares when Superhero movie makes a Dragon FLy super hero, based and copied exactly from Spiderman. why does it matter? Because people love controversy and we should all just stop, b/c its retarded.
Animepop123 2 years ago
it was meant to be a tribute and movie remake of kimba but copyrights fell through part way through so they had to change it, thats why he used to be white, it was originally gonna be kimba. and i don't think the similarities from other movies were pointed out to say that they stole it but more for references that we would recognise
kawaiiotaku08 2 years ago
sory but the lion king stole from kimba
Bandit12395 2 years ago
It's hard to read the writing.
:/
AlinaXbanana 2 years ago
My cat's name is Simba and one of my relatives is from Kenya and said that Simba means lion king also check the back of any Lion King Movie and it will have SIMBA written on it at least 3 times I can GUARANTEE you! Simba not Kimba
respectxconnect 2 years ago
The quotes taken from In the Heat of the Night and Taxi Driver may have been a parody on Disney's part.
NinjaFanpire 2 years ago
Simba and Kimba was meant to be the similar, for The Lion King is a commonly told tale in Africa. Walt Disney wanted to reintroduce the story in a better version.
DonsterDonnie 2 years ago
@DonsterDonnie Where you got that info?
TheTwistedMFer 1 year ago
Anyone mention the detail that Kimba & Simba rhyme? lol the names are even similar (1 letter off).
Pekoautika 2 years ago
I think Simba actually means "lion" while Kimba means something totally different.
And I'd just point out to everyone that the various movie quotes in the Lion King (other than the Land Before Time) were just that: Quotes. They were meant to be recognized by people in the know, and this is done all the time in cartoons for comedic effect.
MyName42 2 years ago 2
I think it was intended to be a Kimba remake, but turned out so good that they made it their own.
CrashingThunder 2 years ago
@CrashingThunder Actually there is evidence that Disney intended a Kimba remake and began making the movie. However they ended up being unable to obtain the rights to Kimba but were too far in the remake to just stop.
Kdbattista 1 year ago
@Kdbattista Where's the evidence?
TheTwistedMFer 1 year ago
Kimba supporting Peace towards nature and humans living in harmony with it is EXCELLENT.
not so much trying to change carnivores into herbivores. thats just stupid.
I like The Lion Kings naturalist veiws on that side.
MythicDude 2 years ago
LOL. yeh, like the idea of seeing a parent in the sky is only unique to Kimba and The Lion King.
MythicDude 2 years ago