Story-lines and plot structure aren't even close, the characters are stock, Simba is maybe linked, but maybe not (it's one of five names that are Swahili words, whereas 'Kimba' means nothing in any language), and the frame-for-frame, well it's hard to write a movie staring lions centrally and not get at least a few similar scenes compared to a 26 hour series staring lions centrally (and scenes featuring different characters can't be considered more than similar). If you want to convince me, give me a point-by-point analysis of the plot and characters, and do try to be objective about it, rather than the bratty little fan-boy you sound like.
Also for plot points:
Kimba's father is the king of a jungle
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Simba's father is the king of a big patch of savannah
Kimba's father is killed by a hunter (apparently) for stealing domestic cattle off human villages.
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Simba's father is killed by his brother out of greed.
Kimba is shipped off with him mother to a zoo, but escapes when the ship founders in a storm.
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Simba is chased off alone by hyenas, but escapes when he falls into a field of thorn-bushes.
Kimba nearly drowns at sea, but is taught to swim by fishes and guided to land by butterflies.
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Simba nearly dies in the desert, but is rescued at the last by Timon and Pumbaa.
Kimba is raised by two humans somewhere in the Middle-East.
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Simba is raised by Timon and Pumbaa in an African Jungle.
Kimba is eager to get home.
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Simba is not eager to go home, and is only shamed into it eventually by Rafiki.
Kimba brings the wonders of human civilisation to his jungle home.
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Simba overthrows his tyrannical uncle to allow his land to regenerate.
Do any of those actually sound similar to you? They certainly don't to me.
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jpm4444
13 years ago
wow are you reaching. The names were practically the same and the basis of the story is the same. Even in remakes of movies such as Spiderman, you can see vast changes and differences but it doesnt' mean the foundation isnt' taken from the story.
If they had enough money they would have wont he lawsuit against Disney but they didn't.
Of course it's similiar. EXTREMELY. This is one of the most blatant rip offs of all time and after Mr. Disneys' death, Disney became a corporate machine instead of an entertainment pioneer.
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goranxii
13 years ago
The names were practically the same...
Simba is one of the five names in the film that is a direct translation of a Swahili word.
and the basis of the story is the same.
The basis of
The Lion King is Hamlet, don't know about
Kimba.
This is one of the most blatant rip offs of all time...
Would you still be saying that if they'd used anything other than lions as the main characters?
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13 years ago
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goranxii
12 years ago
Actually, Kimba was invented for the American dub, the Japanese name was Leo.
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12 years ago
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goranxii
12 years ago
Until you realise that MGM couldn't possibly have claimed copyright on the name, not with both the astrological symbol and part of the scientific name of the lion (Panthera Leo in general, Panthera Leo X for subspecies, including the Barbary Lion, which is P. Leo Leo.
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Jane_Doe01
12 years ago
^Didn't read a damn word in the post above him because he's not interested in debating and details, or because of his own awareness that his low-IQ and arrested development prevent him from debating.
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