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  • I <3 both!I drew a crossover of Nala and Lea/Kitty

  • Hey is the song in the video the theme song to the Highlinder the series?

  • ok so Disney got promising but i did ant see them credit kimba and why should them get paid for it if its not the original design and people complain in art if one thing looks similar but it comes to kimba and the lion king then its ok? i love both shows dont get me wrong there where amazing but they should have said ideas from kimba the white lion and whatever else and great video fitting :) but they should not get away with things like this just my opion please dont flame

  • I think we are all missing the best part of the video: When Freddy Mercury screams, "Bring on the girls!"

  • god harsh reality because I love the lion king

  • yeaah Kimba obviously came first lol

  • Simba is totally the best <33

    Hes so cute! I love Simba <3

    Lion king is one of mah fave movies :D

  • @AvaniMagic I grew up with that movie and grew up to love it till now

  • yay! I share you're linking for both series! Jungle taitei (jungle emperor) and the lion king! They are like sibilings! X3

  • Growing up, Kimba was my favorite cartoon. I remember it well. Of course when Disney came out with the Lion King, I thought it was a rip off. I'm now convinced they are separate entities, both with their own endearing qualities. Kimba a fond memory of my childhood and Simba, a wonderful animated movie brought to life in an amazing Broadway show that everyone should see once in their lifetime.

    Great job on the tribute. Perfect song. Queen has always been my favorite!!!

  • Queen and Kimba..what a brilliant idea! Both my favs.

  • Kimba is way cuter then simba. way way way way cute!!!

  • I think it's insanely depressing how similar the two are D8

  • @Brolytheultimate8 Yeah, tell me about it. So depressing that I did a college term paper on Disney and their crazy ways. There are parts in the movie where Disney copied the worded script of Kimba 100% verbatim. And like KHwhitelion mentioned, Disney never asked permission to use any of it: characters, scripts, scenes, etc., or gave credit. Boo, disney. :-/

  • No words, pretty completely awesome video.

  • when i watched kimba he sounds like astro boy

  • Clearly, with the precise social organization and basic characters, there is no question. It could NOT be a coincidence. I noticed that recently as I watched Kimba. I would theorize someone in the story making process was attempting to make a tribute to one of their childhood favorites. The name link alone seems to imply this. Lion king is a much more sophisticated rewrite of Kimba, employing Shakespearean plotting. You're right that the fundamental problem is they don't cite sources.

  • What I can't stand is people saying "Who cares Disney copied Tezuka because TLK is great." I care. And so does over half the population. And what if TLK wasn't so great? Then it would matter? And what about: "It's a coincidence! They're not that alike." WAKE UP, PEOPLE!!!! IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE! Just because your in love with Disney doesn't make them innocent.

  • they both rock sooo much!!!

  • im glad u made a tribute to both of these stories because honostly, im sooooo fucking tired of the two of these works being compared to each other. i personally had never heard of kimba until recently so after searching a few videos on yt i discovered the concerns of copywrite. yea yea, i saw the similarities but there were so many differences too, im still convinced that most of it is just coincidence. i still like lion king better though, no matter how many things it has in common with kimba

  • I think this is the best. Disney real stole it. but, Disney make the characters a little bit diffrent.

  • When is it Kovu and Rune's turn?

  • oh, come on! haven't you seen until now 2 cartoons that are alike? i didn't watch kimba but this lion is different of simba!!! and IF tlk coppied kimba (even if i don't think so but hey, everyone think something else XD ) , who cares? its a beautiful story with nice characters! this is all that matters!

  • Really cool, Thanks.

    KImba and Simba Rock!!

  • Well, they were both "born to be kings." :-)

  • Great video! Power to the Kimba AND Simba fans!

  • this video is so cool!

  • Creator of Mickey Mouse and the Creator of Astro Boy FRIENDS?!

    That is Sooooooo cool!

  • wow

  • Kimba all the way!

  • Kimba the white lion the best! simba no not so much not when it looks like well almost the exact thing 0_O

  • I think kimba the lion

  • this is soooo good

  • I LOVE KIMBA

  • I Luv both!!

  • Won't post for me? on this show? Why? we need mor quality tv. Remember Kimba all way back to 1967-68 cause very few great shows that teach to stand for what is right anymor. So great, still remembered with heart. and love. Hey Producers we need Kimba back, Archies, and etc. the greats without changing them. So much of the greats are not original. We want the originals. The GREATS. wITH LOVE. In Christ, the only left to stand for what is right any more. Goodness junky shuldn't be a bad thing. A+

  • hey all, don't blame lion king for this, blame Disney for copying Kimba the white lion, but, you all can see that TLK is much better, no offense , its just my opinion, and don't say TLK is a crap or something like that, maybe some ppl really like it.

  • I love Kimba, this brings back memories from when I was a kid. I remember watching this when I was 4. The LIon King is obviously a copy. I am not suprised, I have said for years that there has not been talent in Hollywood for a long time, there is no imagination or origination just copies.

  • ling king is still so much beta!!!!!

  • i watched this and thought that lion king might be a remake of kimba the white lion don't you think?

  • kimba was created first lion king copied kimbas show but still good job

  • simba is way better

  • so ture the th twins XD

  • Love Disney there are some very cool shows.

  • atually disney was very good friends with the maker of kimba so they let them disney use their idea so its not stealing

  • I know Tezuka and Disney were friends, but lion king was made 30 years after Disney died, and 20 yrs after Tezuka died.

    Disney--run by Eisner at that point--claims TLK is an original story with original characters. Not so. The story is based of Hamlet, and the characters based of Kimba.

    It's not like when Tezuka asked Walt to turn Bambi into a Manga. Disney didn't ask or give credit.

  • @KHwhitelion Its funny that TLK was based off Hamlet: Did you ever notice how Kimba makes many references Sakespeare's play "Caesar"? The father was named Caesar, and his enemy is Cassius, who is almost successfull in one episode at destroying the Jungle/Roman Empire by giving a public speech behind his back, turning the furry citizens against him to create chaos and take control.

  • Both of them are cute!

  • the lion king DID steal the ideas from kimba..

  • disney stole "the lion king"  from kimba.

  • At first I was all like 'wtf is this music' and then I was all like 'ah its queen' and settled down.

  • OMG We soooo need to vote on this. This is better than last year's election. Epic video :)

  • This video was one of the first Kimba videos i ever watched on Youtube 2 years ago.

    Good job.

    Of course Kimba The White Lion is better than Simba any day.

  • SIMBA RULES!!

  • Kimba is the english name given to the white lion. His real name is Leo, Jungle Emperor Leo. So, in a sense Simba is different from Leo but there are similarities that can not be denied. I like both the shows and I grew up with the Lion King but I also got a glimpse of Leo the White Lion too when I was younger but never saw the show. Never crossed my mind the shows were similar except the names.

  • I love this!

    xD

  • No offense i luv lion king too but seriously Disney needs their own ideas kuz kimba? simba? all the other lions? gettin in trouble, savin the girl, having a predecessor? Kimba came out in 1950, and Simba came before. Disney's weird.

  • i think you mean simba came after.

  • kimba looks pretty sad 2 me :P

  • i really don't like the song...

  • i love this video i especially like simba he is the best

  • I'm too young to be familiar with Kimba, but I loved The Lion King when I was younger and Queen freaking rules!

  • It's good you should check it out (kimba)

  • I loved it!! ^__^

  • wondeful!

  • So where can i find a Kimba video? it sounds pretty cool. And if it's compared to Simba, it must be pretty outstanding. Unless it's not in English or German. idk any other languages other that those 2.

  • I love both too! I don't see why people have to argue about them.

  • la Disney ha copiato molto dagli anime anche se non lo vuole ammettere,good work!^^

  • why did this make me smile

  • Is this song by Queen?

    And I lvoe Kimba and Simba!

  • Yes-it was the theme for Highlander

  • wow... i cant believe how EXACTLY alike kimba and the lion king are.

  • Awesome effort. I think it's great.

  • ich find ja, dass der könig der löwen viiiiiiiieeeeel schön gezeichnet ist!

  • Both shows have there upsides, and though they have similarities, they also differ alot...

    Kimba had humans in it, Lion King did not.

    Kimba is more cartoony and cute

    Simba is more realistic and... cultural? idk

    Kimba was a rare color, while Simba was normal

    Kimba had less musical parts in it (if any?)

    Lion King had alot more musical sequences.

  • Kimba had plenty of musical parts!

    See the song Kimba sings when he asks his father for courage, sing a human song, Kitty's song... many songs. Don't forget openings and endings!

  • @weylin6 Correction. Simba is much more cartoony and cute, Kimba had a true circle of life (Someone's dead? welp, weeping time is over, time to feast upon its flesh!)

  • @weylin6

    pretty pointless post

  • i love the lion king and kimba, but i do agree that they both are simaler. none is better than the other in my opinion. (i mean, check out my username!) yes, when simba was first created in production (when lion king was called "king of the jungle") simba was white. i don't think the lion king 2 looked alike that much, except for the fact that kiara and kitty kind of look alike.

  • The lion king is very similar to tell you the truth, there is a character in the new advantures of Kimba called Keruru who looks almost identical to Kovu and origionally Simba did have two childeren, Kopa and Kiara.

  • i wanna watch kimba now.  O3O

  • i do love simba more but it is true that he is a ripoff from kimba. Apparently Disney are being sued for it.

  • the point here is that simba is a ripoff from kimba...lol theres a whole website dedicated to the subject :) still disnay did a really good job with the project...did you know that at first stages of development...simba was white?

  • Great vid! I always enjoy reading the comments when these two lions are put together. Its like putting two wires together and watching the sparks. I favor Kimba.

  • Well Kimba is cuter.

  • lurv them both

  • Interestingly put together... Well, after seeing this, I must say that I've got the proof that my heart should belong only to the little white lion... Because Kimba the White Lion is the one!

  • My mom flipped when she saw this vid. She was saying the same thing and going AHHHHHHHHH the whole time.

  • they both rock, but i think simba and stuff is more realistic and cultural and stuff

  • I was used to kimba from growing up. When it took me a bit to get used to the Lion King. I have a bias towards Kimba.

  • There must be more of Queen's music on youtube than that of any other artist(s).

  • I like Simba more

  • There Can Be Only One.....

  • BTW awesome vid! ^^

  • both kimba and simba are great! but kimba is better! ^^

  • To you question "Well... Whaddya think?" I.... LOVED IT!!!!

  • cool effects!

  • The lion king is also simmilar to Bambi in allot of ways.

  • kimba reminds me more of bambi but lion king and Kimba have some similararities to them

  • i still like kimba more knowing the lion king copied it although when i was little and didnt know about kimba i used to like the lion king and btw i barley found out about kimba today lol my mom was telling me some shows she used to watch when she was little

  • kimpa copied simba

    Or simba copied kimba?

  • simba copied kimba cause kimba was released in the 60s and the lion king was released in the 90s

  • i dont care if one copied the other!!! The both rock!!!! altho simba and nala are WAY more attractive and look more like real lions.

  • that was AWESOME!!!!

    (i like simba better)

    (kimba looks like a mouse)

  • yep kimba looks sorta like astro boy. hmmm simba looks more "realistic" i guess. and uhh simba is newer. but kimba is a cutter name (that dose not count)

  • WOW!

  • awesome as a hardcore TLK fan when I found out about the old anime series (inspired or not for the making of TLK that's for another day...) I was like blown away...cool to see the two lion universes (no pun intended) be shown in both a positve light as oppose to competing..I see them as two sides of one story...like siblings? any thanx for making this vid, way worth it.

  • Really nice video!:) But I just have to say... Kimba looks kinda like a rat combined with astro boy xD He's cute in his onw way, don't get me wrong, but still...x)

  • Even though Tezuka (creator of Kimba) was copied by Disney, which is the truth, it is no coincidence from what I have seen from this video and other videos, Tezuka would actually be proud of Disny because in Japan they like the remakes of many anime/manga

  • ya, I know, and he knew Disney, too. that's the sad thing tho. If Disney had still been alive when TLK was made, I'm sure he would have given credit to Tezuka.

  • ya, and they knew each other too. that's the sad thing, tho. If Disney had been alive when TLK was made, I'm sure he would have given Tezuka credit

  • And I love this music and the point this makes. 5/5 and faved :D

  • you did SUCH A GOOD JOB!ive only seen the lion king and i grew up with it, so its only my opinion to think that simba is better.but then again now that i have looked at this video,they are very similar. please everyoe dont say that the lion king"stole" from kimba, cause that makes me sad.its ok to have an inspirational story right? you kimba lovers should be glad to think that an amazing film like the lion king took inspiration from kimba!they said it was from hamlet.

    p.s - I <3 LION KING !

  • hehe, hey, I grew up with lion king before Kimba, but once I did some research, I couldn't deny the fact that disney copied it. sorry to make you sad, I like the lion king too in some aspects. but justice must be done, and i will not back down from this protest until and if disney ever DOES admit what they did. btw, Kopa is MY favorite tlk character....but disney is now denying HIS existance, too.

  • oh yeah ive heard of him! he was simba and nala's first child, and i think zera killed him ? then in the 2nd movie when kiara is talking to him " you cant turn your back on them." then kiara goes "why?" and simba doesnt answer :o its ok ive done a little research too and i have to agree they are too alike to be a coincidence lol. yes i think your right they should give credit to kimba :)

  • :D  yes! they should! and they should acknowledge Kopa's existance, and should also do at least one more movie about what happened to him!

  • Is this a song By the band: Queen?

  • yes

  • kimba is adorable!!! and awsome vid

  • A little too similar I think but they are both brilliant !

  • both good but the disney one is better animated

  • Well yeah...Kimba came out way back in 1965 and the Lion King came out in 1994. It only makes sense that the Lion King would be better animated.

  • the lion king took many ideas and concepts from kimba but the movie was an animal version of hamlet

  • I think both are good. I agree, they did take a lot of ideas from Kimba and I love Kimba, but I love The Lion King, as I grew up watching it and it is my dad's favourite film, too.

  • i love simba more i figured out that disney did not copy it but recreated kimba. i only love simba more because i loved him forever.

  • nice video but kimba is better

  • 1:04 Kimba is like Rocket Boy or somthing.xD

    BTW even though Kimba was created first, The Lion King is better. Everybody knows that.

  • the movies seem way too alike...

  • That's because Disney created Lion King first as a "remake" of Kimba, but they couldn't secure the rights for Kimba, and they made Lion King instead, but still, Lion King took A LOT of things from Kimba.

  • Kimba = mature theme than The Lion King (TLK), considering most of what I've seen of it included guns. However, there is a great degree of fanbase that came with it. I enjoy Kimba more now that I'm older. TLK was more child focused, and carried less of a fanbase. However, the characters and plot were easier to follow, and it was my favorite movie. TLK is for a young audience, and Kimba is for an elder one. Ppl love both of them. Take your pick, and stop arguing about which was better.

  • I was born in 1994, and i grew up watching The Lion King, and not long ago i found out about Kimba. I love them both the same. You did sooooooooooooooo well on this vid! Even though i saw The Lion King first. Kimba is still an awesome anime!

  • wow simba was a blatant company of kimba. hands down, kimba is 10000 times better than simba

  • The simalarities are quite uncanny are they not?. There are alot of rumours about where the story for The Lion King came from, I've heard somewhere that The Lion King is based on Hamlet, but I think Kimba is the main inspiration. Has anyone ever noticed how simalar The Lion King is to Bambi?.

  • kimba isn't well drawn but both movies are good.

  • 1966, compared to 1994. is that really a fair judgement?

  • i agree

  • SIMBA WAS BETTER

  • well...kimba came first in 1966, then walt disney copied it and made it better in 1994...

  • exactly! but the jungle emperor movie in 1997 was by far the best. way better than lion king!! At least I think so

  • I wanna see more Kimba & Kitty!

  • I like the both of them so fucking much! :D

  • what the hell is a kimba LOL lion king rules

  • *coughlookitupbeforeyouinsulti­tfoolcough*

  • um...kimba came b4 the lion king!

  • exactly!!

  • i think lion king is better than Kimba,and i love Simba

  • OMG I LOVE THIS!!! Awsome vid. Kimba rocks!

  • Kimba, Simba, Same type of monkey, same type of bird, both talk to the stars, both on the big rock thing, and more! Kimba came first, so which one copied which?!?!? I think the Lion King might of did it better, but still copied thwe entire thing almost.

  • i agree!!!

  • lol sooo cute the lion king and kimba both rule my little cousions love kimba more but lol the lion king was cuter

  • Lion king is great like Kimba the white lion

  • I couldn´t believe it! It´s just great! Congratulations!

  • ok first of all the people who made "kimba" cant draw 4 crap. second of all the whole lion king copied thing is stupid! it was just a coincidence that the plot of the movie was the same. by the way the lion king was cuter :)

  • LIAR! TLK was copied, kimba came out in 1965, abnd for the record, it wa the first colored am=nime and i think cartoon EVER. second, the one who created him was the father of anime, the walt disney of japan; osamu tezuka. check your info sources before you try to create an argument with me.

  • it wasnt a coincidence at all, but i dont condemn disney for using past ideas. it happens all the time and always will; no idea in the day and age could ever be original. but dont diss how kimba was drawn. it's incredible for its time. just as lion king is incredible for its time 30 years later.

    but i agree, lion king is cuter :)

  • disney got sued for it and lost this is old news

  • It's pretty obvious that TLK is a ripoff. I can't believe it's even an argument.

  • cuz kimba came out in 1966! and the manga was in the 1950s! of course disney did better. and btw, disney so did copy kimba, in terms of similar situation and character design.

  • Lion King is awesome.

    Disney did much better!

  • sorry.. but disney didn't sleal kimba. there is a book named "the jungle's king" and from that book was based the lion king.

    another thing, where is kimba friend's (kimon y tumba?)hahaha... disney improved that history better

  • Sorry, but Kimba /was/ stolen. Walt Disney's son wrote "The Jungle's King", and Walt Disney actually talked to the creator of Kimba The White Lion. The creator of Kimba The White Lion said he got his inspiration from Disney's "Bambi". Anyway, both Walt Disney and the creator of Kimba The White Lion (who's name escapes me right now -__-) died before The Lion King was made.

  • tezuka. Osamu Tezuka. ^_^ he created Kimba.

  • Disney's official stance is that any resemblance is coincidental.

    Disney's official stance is that any resemblance is coincidental.

    Disney's official stance is that any resemblance is coincidental.

    miracles happen. i believe.

  • i think the lion king is so much cuter...but i like kimba too!

  • we have DVD and she says her name is leia. and then i went on the web, and i said kitty

  • lion king did copy or "was inspired" by kimba

  • It was inspired by Kimba, just as Kimba was inspired by Bambi.

  • mm....I don't think so. Kimba came out in 1965, and the manga in 1950. when, exactly, did Bambi come out??

  • AWSOME!!!!!

  • disney its a fucking parody itself......hail to the originality......even the name..its almost the same....they should at least put a name like 

    simba the not white lion

  • great collage. But kind of makes evident that Dysney based the Lion King on these characters. And the story was kind of based on it too. I remember watching Kimba in Dominican Republic when I was a kid. more than 15 years later Dysney comes with "an original story"...Everyone screamed at the screen that day! Dont' get me wrong, the movie was great, but it was not ariginal!

  • THIS has GOT to be made into a MOVIE!!!!!!!

    THIS IS AWSOME!!!!!!!

  • I'm flattered^^ thank you!

  • Disney's cartoons are more complete but Kimba rules! I watched those on UHF channels back when I was a kid. I have the DVD's today. There is no doubt that the story was already told decades before Disney took it. I wonder if they had the decency to pay for it?

  • i have the answer to that, *clears throught* simba copied kimba, or as my mom says it kimba "inspierd " simba.

  • we have two dvds of this. it was my mom's fave show. does anyone know wut happens to kimba and kitty(or wut ever her name is, i went to the web and it said kitty, but on the show, it was leia or something) anway does anyone knows wut happens to them? *excited look in eyes

  • the dub, her name is kitty. in japanese, its leia. and yes, they get married and have two cubs.

  • I don't like the way they drew Kimbas wife either. =P

    I thought it would've been pretty cool if they made a white lioness with no relations to Kimba.

    Theyd have more generations of white lions, plus I think Kitty is a bit umm, idk I just don't really like her, no offence lol.

  • Lion King copied kimba. or at least thats the highly-suspected rumor. Kimba came out in 1950 (the manga did)and the show in 1966. Lion came was made in 1994. hmm.....which is more likely ot copy which?

  • Well I went on a site and it really does seem like Lion King copied, there were so many similiar pictures I couldn't believe it. The only thing before that I thought were the same were their names Simba and Kimba.