"Kimba the White Lion" was a Japanese manga (comic book) from the 1950s that became a cartoon show (anime) in the 1960s. In addition to having a similarly-named protagonist ("Kimba" as opposed to "Simba") the "Kimba" cartoon and "The Lion King" feature extremely similar characters: a wise monkey character, hyenas as comic-relief villains, a dead father who appears to his son in the clouds, and an older relative (an aunt in "Kimba" and an uncle in "Lion King") who serves as the main antagonist.
Ironically, Osamu Tezuka,the creator of "Kimba" and the popular series "Astroboy", drew from Walt Disney's early work as inspiration for his own artistic style, and he even received permission from Walt Disney to make a manga adaptation of Disney's "Bambi".
Check out the difference between them-
1965 and 1994
Either-way Lion King was a totally awesome movie. :D
Uuum, Actualy it mostly rips off Jungle emperor leo, the 1980's Kimba The White Lion Movie, And the pic that should have been featured next to scar killing his bro was sylvester trying to kill kimba. Plus it also Rips on hamlet.
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