Did the
Disney studio steal
Kimba The White Lion and rework it as their "original story",
The Lion King? They certainly give that impression with their corporate stance ("we never heard of
Tezuka nor
Kimba until after
The Lion King was released"). And why would they have filed suit to try to prevent the showing of
Tezuka Productions' 1997
Jungle Emperor Leo movie at the 1998 Toronto FantAsia Film Festival? (Jungle Emperor was the original title for
Kimba The White Lion.) It seems quite simple;
Kimba had been kept out of sight in North America for 20 years by that time. And once you can see the two together...
Tezuka, 1965
Disney, 1994
Disney, 1994
Tezuka, 1965
Look at the evidence and judge for yourself. But what gets me, is why would they not admit that it's a remake?
Cinderella, Pinocchio, Snow White, Tarzan...the list goes on. Are we to believe that 99% of Disney movies are original, because, you know what...they're not! (If you want some more evidence, someone far geekier than myself went to a lot of trouble. Check out:
Simba )
I'll leave you with this thought. Why do they make these terrible straight-to-dvd sequels when they could do this crossover?
Disney, 1994
Tezuka, 1965
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