If I really wanted to I could point out similarities between many other movies. Now with that said it's the telling of the story and the characters that can be unique. The sad truth, dear readers is that good story ideas have all been done before. Well just looking at the story of the two - the basic elements. And I feel like a good case can be made here. There are probably other things I could mention as well but to keep it short, I'm going to stick to the ones mentioned above. It makes them look even worse.ġ) Simba and Kimba are very similar names.Ģ) The many similarities in character and plot
It really made them look like they have something to hide and since people have noticed many parallels. It's safe to say that Disney handled the controversy poorly. The series has many parallels with Disney's movie, and to this day many people believe that the Lion King ripped it off. If you don't know what I'm talking about- Kimba The White Lion was a 1965 anime series created by Osamu Tezuka "The God Of Manga" adapted from his own manga.
Such as Matthew Broderick thinking originally that the Lion King was an American remake of Kimba and an official paper going around the executives calling Simba, Kimba. is Disney's original 1994 film the Lion King a rip-off? The simple answer is a Flat-OUT NO! But there are elements that share similarities. well on it's way to the billion dollars club.
SIMBA THE WHITE LION MOVIE
With the recent release of The photorealistic Lion King which is currently doing well with a Rotten Tomato audience score of 89% and the movie is also doing very well financially.