Disney has been known to take a lot from fairy tales and other sources to create their famous films, but with Kimba it almost seems that The Lion King pulled a major ripoff of the movie in the way they formed the characters and the world. The Disney animators of course don’t admit that they did in fact rip off the Japanese TV series at all, citing that they knew nothing about the series until they’d already released the film. Plus the fact that The Lion King received more attention worldwide than Kimba ever did failed to really help Kimba’s case. But the similarities are really hard to deny since side by side they almost like the same exact movie, complete with many of the same characters that people came to know and love.
The story is even very similar since it details the life of a young lion cub that would be king and the scarred lion that would attempt to take over the kingdom. It’s not often that a person criticizes Disney and has any ground to stand on, but Kimba and The Lion King are way too similar in appearance to ever be mistaken for completely different material. A few things were changed obviously and a few key points were made different in order to give Disney the leeway they needed to avoid plagiarism altogether, but looking at this video you can easily see that there is no longer any need to deny it. The Lion King pulled a fast one on people by creating a film that was taken almost entirely from the Japanese TV series. That might seem despicable to a lot of people and it really is to be honest, but the fact of the matter still remains that The Lion King, for all that it did copy from Kimba, is still considered to be the superior production since so much more went into it and it’s been recognized worldwide as a truly wondrous film that people have grown up to and seen as an inspiration in their lives.
Disney needs to own up to this one finally since no matter how imaginative their people are, and they are no doubt, the correlation between the film and the TV series is just too close to be denied. The show, which aired in the 1960’s, was no doubt long forgotten by many and never thought of by many more before The Lion King came out, but now that this has come to light it’s time for Disney to own up and really give credit where it’s due. Since that’s not likely to happen though it’s enough at this moment to think that people will be able to open their eyes and see the truth if they really want to. It’s not hard to take a look at both of these and see the similarities that are inherent in the story.
A lot of us love Disney and the stories they put out, but with as big as they’re getting now it wouldn’t take but a moment to acknowledge where they get their material now and again.
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