Does The Lion King copy from Kimba the White Lion.
- Kimba was inspired by Bambi. And Disney also said they were inspired by this movie (and Hamlet).
- There are many scenes and characters in TLK that are similar to Kimba. But the content is different. TLK focuses on conflicts among wildlife. Kimba is related to the relationship between animals and humans.
- Simba and Kimba?
Kimba's Japanese name is Leo (Brave). Simba in Swahili means 'lion'.
I don't think TLK copied from Kimba. What do you think?
- There are many scenes and characters in TLK that are similar to Kimba. But the content is different. TLK focuses on conflicts among wildlife. Kimba is related to the relationship between animals and humans.
- Simba and Kimba?
Kimba's Japanese name is Leo (Brave). Simba in Swahili means 'lion'.
I don't think TLK copied from Kimba. What do you think?
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Borrowed heavily from Kimba. I would be embarrassed if they didn't pay some sort of fee for 'borrowing' the idea.
Yes, The Lion King is actually a tribute to Kimba the White Lion.
no mather how much they deny it, its true even the voice actor of Simba said he was first told it was some sort of animated REMAKE of Kimba,
early concept art showed Simba being named Kimba as a white lion in the jungle
and many concept arts and scenes are heavily inspired /look too close to comfort with Kimba
Lionking took a more Hamlet influnce in storyline while Kimba dealt with civil rights and animal abuse issues by using animals and humans as a methafor.
early concept art showed Simba being named Kimba as a white lion in the jungle
and many concept arts and scenes are heavily inspired /look too close to comfort with Kimba
Lionking took a more Hamlet influnce in storyline while Kimba dealt with civil rights and animal abuse issues by using animals and humans as a methafor.
The East and West have always copied from each other. Not as much these days though. Japan has went their own separate ways and America is likewise preoccupied.
We don't care what you think about Disney, ToonEGuy.
Everything is inspired or copy other things
The Japanese used American cartoons and films as inspiration, the Americans used japanese cartoons and films for inspiration.
The Japanese used American cartoons and films as inspiration, the Americans used japanese cartoons and films for inspiration.
Both have parents that died, both saw a dead parent manifest itself in the sky through stars, both have a big black and brown antagonist lion with hyena henchmen.
The biggest difference I think is that Kimba deals with relationships with animals vs humans a good bit, a Lion King seems to have no humans anywhere.
Plus Lion King borrowed elements from Hamlet too.
The biggest difference I think is that Kimba deals with relationships with animals vs humans a good bit, a Lion King seems to have no humans anywhere.
Plus Lion King borrowed elements from Hamlet too.
It's a widely accepted theory by this point.
In the 90's I had a subscription to Animation Magazine and I read an article which addressed this suspicion shortly after The Lion King's theatrical release.
The article even featured an image that has since popped up every now and then in the otaku community: 555films5years.weebly.com/uplo…
But many have known or suspected for some time now.
In the 90's I had a subscription to Animation Magazine and I read an article which addressed this suspicion shortly after The Lion King's theatrical release.
The article even featured an image that has since popped up every now and then in the otaku community: 555films5years.weebly.com/uplo…
But many have known or suspected for some time now.
Shouldn't that be Simba asking Kimba in the mirror who created him?
Maybe, but that would probably leave most Americans asking "Who's that white cat"?
While this leaves them with the impression Kimba is a rip off of Simba? Kind of a dumb thing to draw.
But a great catalyst for sparking up controversy!
Not if people get the wrong end of the stick it isn't.
Inciting controversy is never about the truth.
We all have the same things but some people have a little bit more and a little less.
Like the same car on the highway is tripped out to the max while the same car looks dilapidated but is street legal. You understand.
It is like how the "Matrix" was made with an idea and was given a budget. The first film was great and they got more funding for the second film.
However the writer of the Matrix itself was really a college trained woman who studied in writing at a bigshot film and television school. She had entered her work into a contest and never got a reply. Then when she got wind even the FBI took the helm of the lawsuit of the "Terminator" and the "Matrix" which turned out to be one book "The Third Eye". However looking at her concept for the third eye is out of date and that of something from the 1970's or early 1980's ideas. But we are talking about something that spanned the 1990's and early 2000's. Which affected millions of other mediums and media.
Bladerunner had one movie and no sequels. Why is that? Because they based the entire movie on one book rather then carving the book into multiple films. However people made works based off or even inspired by Bladerunner.
Disney obviously made Lion King to attract Christians and bloodsuck the wallets of the upper 10% black population in such a manor that everyone believes it is for everyone. Now you have all of these yuppies and Disney-kids in college saying how auwsome Lion-King is to the point they are no longer talking about the film but the actual Play Lion King.
It is like right now a big overgrown kid man is spending over $2000 a month on Netflix for his 80 grand job that does not even require a high-school diploma. Meanwhile those same actors and actresses do not want anything to do with that one person even if there are like ten or millions of them out there.
Like the same car on the highway is tripped out to the max while the same car looks dilapidated but is street legal. You understand.
It is like how the "Matrix" was made with an idea and was given a budget. The first film was great and they got more funding for the second film.
However the writer of the Matrix itself was really a college trained woman who studied in writing at a bigshot film and television school. She had entered her work into a contest and never got a reply. Then when she got wind even the FBI took the helm of the lawsuit of the "Terminator" and the "Matrix" which turned out to be one book "The Third Eye". However looking at her concept for the third eye is out of date and that of something from the 1970's or early 1980's ideas. But we are talking about something that spanned the 1990's and early 2000's. Which affected millions of other mediums and media.
Bladerunner had one movie and no sequels. Why is that? Because they based the entire movie on one book rather then carving the book into multiple films. However people made works based off or even inspired by Bladerunner.
Disney obviously made Lion King to attract Christians and bloodsuck the wallets of the upper 10% black population in such a manor that everyone believes it is for everyone. Now you have all of these yuppies and Disney-kids in college saying how auwsome Lion-King is to the point they are no longer talking about the film but the actual Play Lion King.
It is like right now a big overgrown kid man is spending over $2000 a month on Netflix for his 80 grand job that does not even require a high-school diploma. Meanwhile those same actors and actresses do not want anything to do with that one person even if there are like ten or millions of them out there.
All things copy from everything else
Kimba was certainly an influence on LK, regardless of what the director might have said. Here's some early concept art that even showed Simba as a white lion: i.pinimg.com/736x/1f/a0/61/1fa… Even Matthew Broderick who voiced the adult Simba thought the project was related to Kimba when he signed on.
Leo doesn't mean "brave", it means "lion". It's worth noting that "Leo" was rejected by Kimba's American producers for being too cliche. "Simba" was considered but rejected because they felt naming a lion character "lion" was kind of ridiculous. No doubt "Leo" was used in Japan because it sounded more exotic to them.
Yes, the themes are different. It's largely in character and visual motif where we find the similarities.
Leo doesn't mean "brave", it means "lion". It's worth noting that "Leo" was rejected by Kimba's American producers for being too cliche. "Simba" was considered but rejected because they felt naming a lion character "lion" was kind of ridiculous. No doubt "Leo" was used in Japan because it sounded more exotic to them.
Yes, the themes are different. It's largely in character and visual motif where we find the similarities.
I watched some Kimba the White Lion episodes in Japanese. Before dying, Caesar (Panja) told Kimba's mother: " Naming our son Leo. It means BRAVE".
That's a bad translation. Leo the Lion is one of the zodiac signs based on the constellations. It is Latin for lion.
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Kimba the white lion ? That's fucking racist!
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