On: Did Disney's The Lion King Rip Off an Old Japanese TV Series? (1999)

[gjkood]

I remember as a child watching Kimba the white lion. If I remember rightly it was translated from Japanese. There were some amazing Japanese Animes then as now.

I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and Disney was just being sincere. With permission I am sure if it indeed was based on the original Kimba show.

Kimba..Simba.. Nope can't see any coincidences there.

[pyre → gjkood]

The "Simba" one is the most likely to be coincidence though. "Simba" is the word for lion on Swahili.

[gjkood → pyre]

Thats interesting. I didn't connect that. The word for lion in some Indian languages is 'Simha' or 'Simham'.