Disney Lion King Ripped Off From Kimba

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


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    23 Responses to “Disney Lion King Ripped Off From Kimba”

    1. 1
      Weakly Says:

      I would be more impressed if you found a Disney movie that didn’t completely rip off some prior art. “Imagineers” indeed!

    2. 2
      z Says:

      This shocks you? Let me guess: you’re one of those people who think The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bambi, and Beaty and the Beast are all Disney’s too, right? Look ‘em up. All Disney does is alter art for children.

    3. 3
      lolz Says:

      Old news. Disney ripped off Atlantis too from Nadia: Secret of Blue Water, without giving proper credit.

      That said, Lion King is still one of the best animated movies ever, regardless of whether they ripped off Kimba or not.

    4. 4
      gp unlimited Says:

      […] mal ein Beweis, daß du in der Comic-Industrie nur mit RipOffs wirklich weit kommst: Kimba, der weisse Löwenkönig. Nur zur Referenz: Kimba war zuerst. Offizielle Aussage von Disney (siehe auch Text auf der Site): […]

    5. 5
      vc Says:

      This is nothing new. This link/copy/ripoff was exposed back when the Lion King came out like a decade+ ago. There are also many sites on the web that discuss the stolen idea and material. I think it’s fairly common knowledge that Disney ripped it off. The shitty part is their continued denial of any of it. It just makes them look even worse. Disney has sucked big time for years now anyways.

    6. 6
      rommel Says:

      the issue is not that disney did not create the story. the problem lies with their artwork. they can present the story in a million ways but they chose to copy someone elses idea. and that is hypocritical of disney since they are very protective of their “artwork”.

    7. 7
      purple Says:

      Welcome to 1994

    8. 8
      Trip Hop Clan » Blog Archive » Disney Lion King Ripped Off From Kimba Says:

      […] As if we didn’t already know that there are no original ideas, comes proof. […]

    9. 9
      rammer Says:

      Disney is notorious for ripping off others’ ideas and then vehemently defending their own copyrights.
      Sad thing is that they have the lawyers and money to keep this up indefinitely.

    10. 10
      Foxq44 Says:

      Big F’ing deal-io, Come on, I would be more concerned about my paycheck, then this crap.
      I mean, seriously: Get a job, invent something to help mankind, But please, stop whining about if a kiddy’s movie is ripped of, from another kiddy’s movie, or not.

      People, This kind of thinkin “Killed” people back in the 70’s, ya know!

    11. 11
      Anonymus Says:

      Um, come on people. I was one who didn’t know about this, and so I found this interesting. Stop complaining.

    12. 12
      VVarchersnipe13 Says:

      Ok, guys i’de hate to break up the pitty party, but these are all really old movies, I think its time that all of you who are still in battle about this,whatever side you’re on, you definetly need to get over it. I mean come on! you ‘ve been fighting about it since 1994 when lion king came out! Five the F***ing thing a rest!

    13. 13
      Peraru Says:

      Okay, enough, yes disney rips off other peoples stuff. But you know what, Disney rocks! There old style of artwork is amazing, cause the stuff they do now isn’t nearly as good. But Classics are still classics and so Lion King isn’t a classic and it was ripped off, but you know what, I still consider it to be on of the best Disney movies! Stop fussing over it…..disney rocks ^^ I will always fight on their behalf

      -Peraru Peach 18

    14. 14
      Lou1 Says:

      You need to stop hating on Disney, who ever gather this info are just mad that they didn’t come up with the idea first, Disney, and Dreamworks are the best movie producers in the world, you all are just a bunch of whinning pansies that try to start trouble, and if you have something you’d like to say to me please hit me up on myspace.com, I’d love to prove you wrong. Oh and it’s kinda low to be talking about a dead guy like that. KMA

    15. 15
      CheTaN Says:

      well wat i found interesting is disney’s attitude of vehemently opposing the copying of stuff wat it has already copied. Suddenly they seem to be just as good (or bad) as thepiratebay and aXXo… but only richer :P

    16. 16
      lionkingfan Says:

      You know what? I don’t care if Lion King did rip off Kimba anyway. I mean, the Lion King rules! Just because some cheesy Japanese or whatever comic or show or whatever dosn’t mean that Lion King isn’t better. Who’s ever even really heard about Kimba anyway until they stumbled across this?

    17. 17
      irene Says:

      Ha! i knew it from the start lion king is a ripoff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    18. 18
      Shanikaaaa :) Says:

      You are just being stupid
      Lion king was made b4 Kimba btw ;)
      and they dont look anything alike.
      lioon king is better :D

    19. 19
      ally Says:

      ummmm Shanikaaaa… u r really dumb…. kimba was made WAYYYYYYY before lion king….. to be exact kimba was created in the 1960’s and lion king was made in 1994….. even the most retarded person would be able to figure that one out

    20. 20
      Paisley Says:

      I didn’t hear about this before because I was born in 1993. This is very surprising; I always knew Disney was rubbish because they use the same story plots for everything, but this really did shock me.
      Despite all of this, I do love Lion King, but it is disgusting that Disney ripped someone off to make it.
      I like to write stories and draw manga comics (although they are just mess around things) but now I, aswell as others I’m sure, am a bit concerned about wether to ever release something we’ve worked hard on without Disney stealing it.

    21. 21
      Chrissie Says:

      Well… it is quite cheeky that they did copy it but i am so glad that they made Lion King! I love Lion King and always watch it, to see this is shocking but i think we all know which one is the best…
      I don’t mind that they copied it; Lion King’s art is brilliant and look at that. Singers can copy other peoples songs if they ask and you never know if they have asked, so i think it’s fine, well done Lion King!

    22. 22
      kiara Says:

      I love lion king and disney rocks!! they have beautiful animations and great songs and very emotional.lion king is sad and funny and have great characters

    23. 23
      Chazoman Says:

      Some of these people sound like the Chris Crocker guy, “LEAVE DISNEY ALONE!” You guys suck. How would you like it if you published a movie, I came along and watched it, copied almost everything about it, put my version of your work out, said it was MY IDEA, and made more money? On top of that, people told you to stop bitching cause my version was awsome and better than yours? You people need to suck my dack.

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