In the episode 'Dangerous Journey', Kimba is faced with the need to undertake a, well, dangerous journey in order to save an important member of their community. However, when Simba does have a vision of his father, it is in a cloud and (perhaps) the moon (there is a lot of light in that scene, which suggests the moon).
And, several times during the Lion King, the idea of ancestors in the stars is mentioned. There's good reason people pay attention to this: When Kimba's mother appears to him in the stars shortly after being killed, it is one of the most touching and moving scenes in television animation history. I've left for last the big thing everyone mentions when comparing the two works: the parent lion appearing in the sky. The most famous comparison of the two is the image of the lion on the jutting rock. Picture 8,9, 10 and 11:and the stampede.Īnd there is of course the opening sequence of Jungle Emperor (the Japanese version of Kimba) and the parallel opening sequence of The Lion King. Picture 6 and 7: The antagonist lion in Kimba was introduced as his 'aunt', while Scar was Simba's uncle. Picture 5 and 6.dangling from a cliff with the villain above. I couldn't believe how much alike they were.) (This scene called the matching scene from Kimba immediately to my mind. In The Lion King, they blow past this idea in under a minute, but it was a major plot element in Kimba the meat eaters tried eating plants until they hit on the idea of eating bugs. Picture 1 and 2: Both title characters turn to eating bugs to save their herbivore friends.
#SIMBA WHITE LION MOVIE#
It is my opinion that the creative people at Disney most definitely knew of Kimba as they were making The Lion King- but somehow, before the movie could be released, it was decided that the tie must be denied That alone shows how Kimba is the direct predecessor of Simba. But more than that, many examples say just the opposite of the Disney statement.ĭuring planning sessions for The Lion King, Simba started out as a white lion until one of the animators spoke up: 'Not even OUR lawyers are THAT good!' Maybe so, but notice how both characters have a tuft of hair in the middle of their foreheads, and the very unusual dark ear rim. As Robin Pen pointed out if we were to take their statement at face value, it actually means they were stupid and irresponsible. The shame of the matter is that the Disney company is sticking to their official line -that their people never heard of Kimba before The Lion King was released- even in the face of logic and evidence. And why would they have filed suit to try to prevent the showing of Tezuka Productions' 1997 Jungle Emperor Leo movie at the 1998 Toronto FantAsia Film Festival? (Jungle Emperor was the original title for Kimba The White Lion.) It seems quite simple Kimba had been kept out of sight in North America for 20 years by that time.
I know there is already an article like this but i wanted to continue it.ĭid the Disney studio steal Kimba The White Lion and rework it as their 'original story', The Lion King? They certainly give that impression with their corporate stance ('we never heard of Tezuka nor Kimba until after The Lion King was released').
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