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  • For those idiots who want Disney to give compensation for the story line that was supposedly 'stolen', Disney only owes Shakespeare credit in that respect. kimba and simba may sound similar but simba actually means lion in Swahili. Also to one of the comment about simba being originally white, either this person is colour blind or saw I rough lion sketch the artists started off with. Simba's first design looked like lambert the sheepish lion from the Disney short !!!!!!

  • Mortal Kombat and how do you think history and most original and a copy of a movie where you will see Raiden, Goro, Shang Tsung, Liu Kang kick (name of the film in Brazil and The Big Trouble in Little Forbidden, and Big Trouble in america in Little China) GREEN IDEA AND CHARACTERS iN ALL OF LA WOULD BE MUCH COINCIDENCE THAT THEY DO NOT speak

  • the lion king drawing the other newest design and the very old not to compare this drawing but only as Lion King and a copy so very innocent people feel that the original Lion King and more have to be very naive to disney also steals for profit that and truth of gaming companies shark eats shark

  • I remember seeing a poster from when they were still conceptualizing The Lion King. Simba was originally supposed to be white.

  • Great video for two unforgetable lions/characters

    

  • both series a lot of our childhoods marked, very good choice of song

  • i think rip off is a strong word in this situation. its not like they stole the story line....at least i dont think i never saw that show but everyone else tells me the storys are different. Just because there are similar animals doesnt mean it was stolen and the whole rock and ghost dad thing...i love the lion king so i hate to say but it seems hard to say its not similar but either way the lion king is defently better. and even if disney are a bunch of scum bags they use to make good movies

  • In a 1995 episode of The Simpsons, a parody of the Lion King's Mufasa says to Lisa Simpson, "You must avenge my death, Kimba...er, I mean Simba!"

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  • @Kemonoaya How did Tezuka steal the story from Bambi in Kimba? They are nothing alike. I'm sure Bambi inspired Tezuka, he was a big fan and even adapted it to a comic (that is also called Bambi). How is the enemy the same? Sure it's man in both, but that is very common in a lot of things about animals. Besides people are completely differently in the two. And sure lions can't survive without meat, but they can't talk either or create schools, restaurants or post offices all of which Kimba does.

  • This is the original Lion King. :)

  • Disney takes all the credit and money for the success, who are they to 'assume' that Osamu would be flattered? Was his name mentioned, honored? Nope. Now Disney even reproduce this story and I highly doubt Osamu would be part of the credit.

  • maybe "the lion king" was mostly originated in "kimba" o: tho with a new story and stuff

  • aaahhh yes, kimba, kimba the white lion. its been long since i haven't seen him in an anime channel, feels like years tho, but still its good to bring back memories. :)

  • @christ0pher420  - You really need to acknowledge how advanced and groundbreaking Kimba was, being one of the first coloured animes ever, and I think even Tezuka's first coloured anime too. Just because the drawing styles are different, and Kimba is older and less flashy, doesnt mean you need to insult the original king of the jungle.

  • Kimba and simba and their father at 2:05 are Simular to each other

  • Kimba the White Lion was such a beautiful, touching show... I can't believe Disney ripped it off and gave neither credit nor aknowlagement to Tezuka Productions...

  • @Foxgirlgamer

    Thats the world of money. It's never personal....just business :/

  • Yo pensé k el rey León era original,pero no lo es,prefiero kimba

  • DISNEY GOT IT FROM KIMBA LOL

  • the fact that disney is lieing is undeniable but at the same time tezuka did get something in return. he got a licence to adapt bambi into a manga, plus he was a fan of disneys, so by that logic im sure disney had some "inspiration" in at least some of tezuka's work. im not on either side. tho i dont know much about kimba and have always been a lion king fan, i can see the beauty in both and have respect for the time and effort put into both.

  • I think I will like both ^_^ I usually always prefer anime but Kimba looks so interesting^^ I really don´t think it wasn´t stolen.

  • i think lions are awesome

  • lion king is better

    cause they actually look like lions and not rats

  • I think Simba & Kimba are brothers.

  • The Lion King is better. I don't think it was a ripoff. That's just silly. Anywho, who cares. Their just movies XP

  • If did or didn't it doesnt matter. The end result is the best animated movie of all time, a movie that touched hearts all over the world. The creator would be proud that his series inspired that. Kimba while cute and art, its just a saturday morning cartoon. TLK is a masterpiece .

  • ADMIT THE TRUTH DISNEY! ADMIT THE TRUTH! NOW!! Give the rightful creators their compensation and credit, scumbags!!

  • I was so happy to see Tezuka there no offence to Disney the Lion King is a wonderful movie but Kimba is still a heartbreakinng piece of art.

  • who cares if one movie was based off another, it happens all the time. It's how artists grow and whichever project turns out better, will be rewarded.

  • Say what you like about the Lion King being better than Kimba, there would be no Lion King if there wasn't a Kimba.

  • @muffysheep So wait.

    We HAVE to like Kimba better than TLK just because it was inspired.. ? I don't see your point, here.

  • @MikeMsDaughter11 No, not at all, I'm just saying that Kimba shouldn't just be forgotten about and respect should be paid to it. I honestly like both Kimba and Lion King the same amount and it makes me sad how quick Kimba gets judged cause of how its old it is and pushed to the background.

  • Okay, I was reading this Article about how "lion king" was stolen from "Kimba the white lion" and they even got sued! I personally believe that The creators where pissed off at the creators of lion king for making there lion actually look like a lion and not look like a freaking over grown rat :) so lion king is way better

  • @christ0pher420 Except Disney did not get sued. The original creator of Kimba was dead by time The Lion King came out and he was a huge Disney fan (he saw Bambi 80 times). They didn't sue because they assumed he would have been flattered.

  • @Ancalagon3

    Really? I assumed they didn't sue because they knew that they would lose.

    Silly Disney. Thinking they can rip Tezuka without anyone ever noticing.

  • @Ancalagon3 The people who made kimba the white lion were given money to stay all hush hush.They said they were a small company and nothing good would come of suing a a big company like Disney with a lot of lawyers. But in the end the tried to sue them

  • @TheWwepredictor Can I get a source for that?

  • @christ0pher420 the style is from the 40's alsoa thief that makes the stole object more pretyier is still a thief

  • @christ0pher420 lion king is gay

  • @christ0pher420 gotta remember that japanese animation was still kicking off at this point. they didn't have the years of experience that disney studios had. and even then kimba's animation was impressive as hell for an asian film at that time period.

  • E....EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE! T.T

  • @KitaharaZBubble Maybe.......But that means anime doesn't exist so you LIE!

  • @TheBLUE342 What the HeCk are you talking about?!

  • @KitaharaZBubble I dunno......... CUPCAKES? :P

  • @TheBLUE342 T.T I can't eat cupcakes!

    You said that on purpose you, mother fluffer.

  • @KitaharaZBubble Ok.Srry!!!  So.........

  • @TheBLUE342 Pikachu...-___-"

  • @KitaharaZBubble Oddish....

  • @TheBLUE342 ???? >.>

  • this is still a shoker to me i feel like disney bit off a movie but made it different so it can be produced. i love this video :) and its awesome knowing how Simba and Kimba connect.

  • How awesome would it be to have Kimba and Simba meet? "Hey there. Turns out our kingdoms have been neighbors this whole time. Some bad shit's going down so maybe we should work together to deal with it."

  • Lion King= BEST MOVIE EVER AND ALWAYS WILL BE :)

  • @Del5269 Avoid Confused Matthew. He may convince you otherwise.

  • @09EmBeR90 I totally agree with you. I love them both too and not apart of this Kimba VS Simba debate either. GO KIMBA AND LION KING!!!!!!!!!!

  • Nice vid. I just say that the cubs from Kimba looks like mice xD

  • I really don't get the Kimba VS Simba wars going on. Why can't we all just agree that they're both awesome?? I'd actually picture the two as friends. Ugh. People.

  • @09EmBeR90 you are right

  • Who was the old man?

  • Disney says they NEVER seen Kimba. Someone saw it on NBC in the 60's or in Japan. Pay up Disney it made Disney more money than any other film in Disney Vault. 2011

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  • Can't we just enjoy the video, and the fact both movies are good? I hate to see all this argument!

  • @KipekeeUnique i agree 100% i mean i like both

  • Bloody Hell Disney... I think I prefer Kimba after seeing this. The animation shots are really, really good considering when it came out!

  • I personally think the Lion King is much better.

  • @KitsuneGIRL1111111 It has better animation quality, that's all there is to it.

  • kimba made in 1965 but relised 1966 then a upgraded one in 1989 called jungel empor then lionking 1994 which copyed a few diffrent things really but there all good and of course it look better beacuse of the dates there made

  • i think this is great and true cuz in a way they are ... one

  • dang, I still want to see the rest of the kimba episodes before the movie, and the movie before I see this in case of spoiler, dang.

    The characters even though sort of the same animals have very different personalities.

    In fact different personalities, different mood, different lesson, different story.

    That makes it different! Sure, it was probably inspired by The white lion, but not enough for them to need to give credit.

    Isn't credit only given to stuff with copyrights? did kimba have them?

  • i see the lion king as an up graded tribute to kimba rather than a rip off. :D

  • Disney movies are great but it's sad to find out that most of the brilliant stories that contributed to the company`s success were not their own ideas. They just took all time popular children stories and animated them, nothign else and they want to take all the credit :( In that respect, I think Pixar is way better, at least, as far as I know, they've created the concepts for all their movies and movies like Wall-E are superb, they do deserve applauses!

  • @Mangara99 it kinda was there own idea. the only similiarites i see is the rock and the ghost dad. everything else i think should not be compared. they did not rip the story line off. people make to big of deals out of these kinds of things

  • Hilarious

  • @roXy3tiger I so agree :D

    Simba is way better! Hes much cuter and better drawn :D

    I love the lion king <33

  • I love anime...but I have to say I will ALWAYS think of Lion King as one of the best movies ever made. Whether it was "Copied" or not.

  • Kimba's character first appeared in a comicbook in the year 1950.

  • WHAT THE HECK!!!I never heard of kimba or leo when was the character made and when was tlk made...they seem the same lol.

  • @laylalove123 kimba was made in 1965 and lion king 1994

  • ok lion king is based of the story of kimba but the graphics of lion king are better

  • Yeaahhh!!! TEZUKA RULES !!!!! ...........and Disney : please stop to steal greatest storys.

  • simba is waaaay better!!! he is more cute and much better drawn :P

  • sorry kiddies, no mater how close they are, nor who copies off who, Disney is better then anything that comes out of Japan.

    Disney animation>anime

  • @WillowRib I'll take Hayao Miyazaki and Satoshi Kon over anything Disney has ever done.

  • @Tazz2006 did i say you needed to agree with me?

  • i cried ;-;

    wow, i never realized how close the two movies were

  • Im glad that you made this. Im only just discovering Kimba this week, and this video really cleared up some questions of mine. Thank you!

  • I almost cried, this was cut wonderfully

  • this is a good video because they used lion king and kimba and some of leo but great video

  • I find there are too much pieces of Kimba....

  • Kimba grows up?!?!?!?!?!

  • @KingArmorKing NOOOOOOOO JUST LIKE SIMBA SO SAD!

  • Good job man!

  • You can tell that Disney ripped off kimba, really just think about it.

    For Example;

    The characters are almost identical. Theres the prince lion with Daddy issues, The lion girlfriend, wise baboon and annoying parrot, and the villian is their uncle or aunt

    The plot is basicly the same, several scenes are ripped off

  • 0:52 is that...B-Blood?

  • @MikeMsDaughter11 no, if you look close it is someone hugging him

  • @MikeMsDaughter11 No. Thats a person.

  • @MikeMsDaughter11 It's actually snow. The guy who's holding Kimba is wearing a red jacket.

  • @Okamidachisan Fft, I know that know. I posted that comment when I was the biggest noob ever. xP

  • @MikeMsDaughter11 XD Don't feel bad about it. I thought the same thing when I first saw this movie when I was little. (I was 9 years old at the time.)

  • @Okamidachisan It's kinda hard to tell, but if you look hard enough, you can see it's a jacket. xD

  • @MikeMsDaughter11 Lol, I know! I was pointing that out. XD =^w^=

  • very sweet and adorable...just love lion king and kimba

  • from 016 the sense is so sad

  • from 3:45 the sense is so sad

  • ASWOME ASWOME

  • The Lion King so better than Kimba... c´mon people.... humans? in the wild nature? with lions talking? so unrealistic...... thats so ...so bad.... i dont mind if this is a stolen idea or whatever.. but disney took this bad cartoon and made a masterpiece^^

    sry people who like this kimbashit but pls accept my opinion...

  • Anime was inspired by Disney, I perfer Simba. ._. Cause I never knew about Kimba since the Rotten Tomoatoes review

  • I will always love Lion King. I can't help it. it's epic. The characters. the songs, the voices, the plot, the art...

    I feel bad that Disney copied certain aspects from kimba though.

  • Great Enjoyed it !!

  • admito ke disney le copio a kimba pero debo admitir ke me encantan ambos

  • woa the similarities are pretty intense

  • disney obviously took some scenes off of kimba the white lion and remade it into their own. i don't wan to post a link, coz i don't want to be flagged as spam, but you can google for yourself kimba vs simba and you might find some comparison of video stills from both shows.

  • omg i love Kimba, i grew up with kimba and simba :):):):):)

  • Very nice :)

  • Even if Kimba came first, The Lion King defintley did the better job.

  • @cantonsoccer12

    That's a matter of opinion but you will find out of people that have seen both, more will prefer Kimba.

  • kimba is such a more beautiful lion than simba when they are both grown adults

  • for some reason i hate kimba O_O

  • there is a difference between copy and based off. And this is a COPY

  • @ArminMeiwes23 Well, Kimba came before The Lion King, so The Lion KIng is a copy.....

  • @ErXX0 that's what i mean, sorry about the bad english

  • @ArminMeiwes23 Oh, It's okay<3 but both are very good, I'm a big fan of Walt Disney but I love Kimba more than The Lion King.

  • simba means lion in swahili

  • I love this video! normally Simba and Leo(kimba) are compeating but in this video they are just one :D

  • I actually think the lion king/kimba controversy was actually a blessing in disguise. If I had not heard about it I would have never known what a cool show Kimba was. It also helped me get over my dislike of anime. And It all happened because of the Lion King.

  • DISNEY HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?????

  • That would be awsome if disney made a movie about kimba and simba meeting eachother

  • Nah, should be made someone besides Disney or Tezuka Productions, interesting thought though.

  • Omg best video comparison of these 2 different animations ever. You are completely unbiased in taking the best of both. Btw at 0:06 he reminds me of Black Jack. o__o

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  • this is just so well done!

  • simba

  • SIMBA WOULD WHOOP HIS CANDY ASS LOL

  • Besides the fact Simba and Lion King are one hundred percent a blatant rip off from Kimba, wait no no Simba would lose, Disney is pure evil and plagerists and, oh by the by, look at what Disney has become, just look, Hannah and Jonas...I think I win this convo, so I say good day, and don't reply, I won't aknowledge your idiocy :D

  • brilliant video!!! :)

  • such a white cracka XD

  • i love both movies :D

  • This is gorgeous. First video I've seen that actually brings both fantastic movies together. I applaude you.

  • LOVE THIS!

    but at 1:42--what was that from?

    Kimba will always be my favorite, but I do love TLK too!

    btw YAY TEZUKA! Very clever!

  • It is from Tezuka Osamu Story: I am Son-Goku.

  • Who cares if Simba is a copy of Kimba? EVERYTHING is a copy(or elaborate modification) of an original-even humans!

    Besides they are both very cute!!

  • They ARE.

    The only reason ppl care bout Kimba vs Simba is because Disney claims TLK is an original work NOT copied by anything.

    But it IS--of Kimba (Design wise) and Hamlet (Story)

  • c some one who under stand u can even check when simba and kimba where made so there prof ty khwhite lion even the names r the same it so anoyes me

  • ?

    sorry I didn't really understand what you said.

    But I DO know the dates each came out

    Kimba:

    1951--anime in 1965, remake in 1989

    lion king--1994

    new kimba movie--1997

    simba's pride--1998

  • whoops srry im just um srry im an idiot srry khwhitelion

  • You're not an idiot. don't worry.

    I'm just one of those ppl who knows WAY too much about both movies :P

  • aw ur so nice buddy

  • jungle emperor leo 2 - 2009

  • -GIR imitation- Oh, what's that?

  • @KHwhitelion Well, there ARE a lot of story elements from Kimba as well, though, yes, it is primarily Hamlet...and Nazi Germany for some of Scar's part.

  • @KHwhitelion slightly unfair to say disney was wrong to use a shakespeare plot line because that's not uncommon at all. romeo and juliet references are everywhere!

    But yeah, the kimba thing is undeniable.

  • but still kimba is origanal u can even find just cant wait 2 be king the origanal kimba form

  • I know that!

  • to saakneppervidem, more than half of the population knew kimba 20yrs before the lion king.

    u sound like u r in a country that a single country present the whole world, like any sports only americans play, they call the champ "world champions". as NASCAR, CART, NBA, MLB. may be americans call their national table tennis champion as world champion too.

  • i no

  • I saw both movies, and I still don't know how TLK ripped off JEL. They are totally different. The lion king is more realistic about a cub who believed he killed his father then finds out the truth and goes back to be king. JEL is about humans coming to the forest and searching for a stone and the cub going to the circus.

  • no kimba is more its happened many times before so there

  • WTF? That makes no sense in a reply to my comment.

  • stupid i was answer ing a f*** question

  • Then you replied to the wrong person, no need to call names, is there?

  • oh really i am soooooooooooo srry its just

  • i agree. it was a blatant rip off. it was wrong. however. there are good evils in the world. tlk is one of my favorite movies. one of the absolute best movies created ever, regardless of what it was based on or ripped off of. and for that, i'm glad the rules weren't followed, because 1.) There would be no Lion King, which meant a whole lot to a whole lot of people. and 2.) People would not be seeing this rejuvenation in Kimba. Both movies are beautiful.

  • no one know who kimba was before lion king

  • I don't really care if Kimba came first. I still like the Lion King better, but that's just my opinion :)

  • Fucking...amazing...

  • Kimba and Simba..Perfect.

    I don't know why people say Disney was ripping off Kimba. It was supposed to remake,Disney does remakes of fairytales all the time.

  • well cindeeralla wasnt all bad even the second and third film

  • What about there other fairy tales? Though,they are a lot different from the original ones..Much more "cuter",not dark and violent.

  • yeah but disney never publicly announced it as a remake they acted as if was there own original idea

  • 1) Disney of course took a.. lot from the original JT; they just never admitted it, and that's a mistake.

    2) As Tezuka's son always says, Master Osamu would be honored to know he inspired Disney, because Disney was his inspiration from the very beginning: where do you think Atom's round eyes come from?

  • @catone82 I totally agree with point number two. As for the whole Kimba versus Simba controversy, lets just agree that they are BOTH great stories and leave it at that.