Disney Lion King Ripped Off from Kimba?

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Maverick, Apr 28, 2007.

  1. Maverick

    Maverick Lord Vader

    Was it a mere coincidence that Disney's Lion King bear so much resemblance to Kimba The White Lion by Osamu Tezuka? Even the names 'Simba' and 'Kimba' comes so near. Disney's line goes like this 'Our people never heard of Kimba before The Lion King was released'. Animation buffs believe that Disney ripped off Kimba to create The Lion King.
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    Check out the 10 pics of similarities between the two and judge for yourself after the jump.
    Source: KimbaWLion

    Look and judge for yourself!!!

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  2. xiaojia

    xiaojia Well-Known Member

    wow.. where you find those.. so Kimba came first?

    ohno.. you just spoilt the image of one of my fav disney movies.. now that I know they are a rip off..
    -evil im going to boycott Disney. lol.. nah.. I'll just take that off my list.

    Any ideas where I can find Kimba?
     
  3. DuchSauce

    DuchSauce Well-Known Member

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    Probably, I wonder what else Disney may have stolen. It's still a great movie.
     
  4. Maverick

    Maverick Lord Vader

    There is an active link in the starter story :D
     
  5. DuchSauce

    DuchSauce Well-Known Member

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    It's obvious they stole the idea, but admitting it would mean foregoing all profits from the movie, sequels, merchandise, broadway show, etc.
     
  6. WinterSky

    WinterSky Well-Known Member

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    omg amazing find, disney's all about the money eh?
     
  7. xiaojia

    xiaojia Well-Known Member

    lol.. nice subtle move there..
     
  8. Maverick

    Maverick Lord Vader

    Here is the clip:
    [youtube]L0Z2kRdDVgI[/youtube]
     
  9. adrianc

    adrianc Well-Known Member

    they are fuckers in disney. Stole ppl money
     
  10. DuchSauce

    DuchSauce Well-Known Member

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    Ahh that episode was so long ago, now I get it. I wonder if Tezuka will ever get credit for it.
     
  11. xiaojia

    xiaojia Well-Known Member

    Mav: lol.. you really are resourceful.. too bad the audio is out of sync.
     
  12. goo wak jai

    goo wak jai Well-Known Member

    th picture where they weere standing on the cliff looked the most similar i reckon
     
  13. Maverick

    Maverick Lord Vader

    The Americans say that we Asians are copying things. But they are doing the same!!!
     
  14. Veincentury

    Veincentury Well-Known Member

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    Disney has been using a lot of bullying tactics to get whatever they want so I wouldn't be surprised and they are so big.

    For example they lobbied copyright laws such that Mickey now is still owned by Disney for like another 20 yrs. before it becomes public owned.

    They have also stolen various ideas as well. The lion king song was stolen. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-07-08-lion-king_x.htm
     
  15. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

    im SUEING!
     
  16. don

    don ello

    wow....can't believe disney stole their stuff......kimba that was create in the 1960s and simba in like 1994
     
  17. Maverick

    Maverick Lord Vader

    O, no. They killed Kimba! Those bastards!!! :D LOL
     

  18. we'll we're the ones who do it so blatantly... whereas they copy and make subtle changes to it so you won't notice...
     
  19. Awwww who cares!!
    Lion king rocked!! ^^