LOL Sorry but this guy's an idiot who's done no research, judging from the way he talks about the Lion King vs. Kimba debate. xD
No offense to The Lion King, of course. I love that movie. But I also love Kimba, and it's pretty much been admitted that Disney "borrowed" from it.

ANYWAY, now that I think about it, it is a lot like Babar, too. xD

The guy who wrote the article is me, by the way. *Grins.* The purpose being to point out the pointlessness of the whole [something] ripped off [something else] thing.

LOL OH. Well Hi. I love you, but you may want to look into that whole Kimba/Lion King thing. xD

...Anyway

I feel the same EXACT way. I mean, some stuff you see is a 100% obvious for-money rip-off (electronics do it all the time), but when it comes to art, movies, books, etc., a little bit of influence, or in come cases, outright "borrowing" happens, and it's not always a bad thing. In fact, someone once told me that any good story is simply a mixing-together of seven or so good stories the author heard in his lifetime. And that makes sense to me, and I see no hurt in it. AT. ALL.

Which is why, on a related note, I think people who actually yell at each other over the Kimba/Lion King thing are being ridiculous -- they're both amazing works of art, and not only is it OK to like both -- it's very reasonable.

I already know all about it, which is how I felt I could make fun of it. If I was trying to be serious, I wouldn't have used Internet speak to represent Kimba fans. :) Actually, come to think of it, I probably would've, but I also would've dedicated more of the article towards debunking the Kimba/Simba debate.

Personally, I didn't think there'd be so much in common between Babar and The Lion King until I actually began to look closely at both stories. What's interesting is that originally, Scar was supposed to throw Simba off of Pride Rock, but then the fire was going to close around him and consume him. In other words, Scar was going to end up dying exactly like the Hunter did.

I wonder... what the other four stories were that were mixed into The Lion King?

OH THANK GOD.
After you said it was you, I thought, he can't possibly think that way then, he must be kidding. xD

Hmmm...
So far we have...Kimba, Babar, and Hamlet, correct? I bet we could think of the other four eventually. x3

If you're wondering about why I singled Rindimo out when I posted this, it's the kind of silliness that he and I used to post to a Lion King group we belonged to. :)

Also, I admit it was bait. ^^ *Playful grin.* I do think that it's a little silly that a point in favour of "Disney ripped off Kimba" is that Simba's name rhymes, when Simba's name is Swahili for "lion". You can't get any more co-incidental than that. :) But yeah. ^^

We'll just have to pay very close attention to everything made before 1994 (probably before 1989, actually).

Well, not to get into this old bit again, but Simba's name was originally Kimba, and was changed to Simba because, the famous quote is, "Even our lawyers aren't that good."

...I think that all started when at some meeting, a woman said something like, "Disney movies are known for their sweet and caring mothers -- when will we see that again?" and someone at Disney told her, "Wait until you see Kimba's mother -- she should live up to your expectations", or something like that, and that's the only reason anyone knows "Kimba" was his original name. xD

Again, I don't give a rat's butt that the Lion King was inspired by Kimba -- Walt Disney and Osamu Tezuka were friends, and probably both would fin humor in the fact that it happened. But I mean. Come on. xD I wish more people would just accept it, is all. xD

...Off topic -- omg...I'm so hungry...

That is a good point, that there hadn't been any mothers in Disney movies for a while there. Ariel's mom didn't make an appearance, Belle's mom didn't make an appearance, we didn't know either of Aladdin's parents, and come to think of it, I don't think we ever met Pocahontas's mom, and that movie came after The Lion King. Going back a little further, I'm pretty sure we didn't meet either of Oliver's parents either. I'm glad for Sarabi's presence in TLK.

Oh dear. You should eat something, silly pup. :)

And to draw from my old otaku philanderings, Kimba the white lion was originally titled "Jungle Emperor Leo." It was changed to Kimba for some odd reason when it was imported into the U.S. .... which is really strange since the freakin' title was already in english... Ah well-- What happens, happens.

...I can see that whoever suggested seeing "Kimba's mother" could have very well been speaking with tongue-in-cheek. ;) I'm certain most of the animators grew up watching Kimba, and I'm just as certain they were well aware of the history, and significance of doing a lion-themed movie after someone else created a huge saga about one searching for a way to have pred and prey live together in harmony. ;)

Yeah, I think I remember hearing that Kimba's name was originally going to be "Simba" in America because "Leo" was considered "lame". xD But Simba seemed too boring since it meant "lion", so they interesting-ified it by changing the S to a K. x3

I don't mind the name Kimba, I kinda like it more than the original Leo, but I guess that might be because Kimba was introduced to me as "Kimba", and not Leo. xD I found out that he was "Leo" later.

> Hey Rindi, if you're watching, top this!

Hrm, well... Let's see...

The Lion King is a lot like Monty Python and the Holy Grail-- No wait... that was a parody.
Terminator Two! Oh wait... parody.
star wars?
el nin~o?

eh... I don't know if this is quite on target for my expertise? ;)

I'm sure you'll come up with some kind of Lion King related craziness. You always did back on TLK-L. :)

Oh, you have no idea what sparked inside my brain. ;) I have been meditating on an idea to create the greatest TLK parody of alllll time! And the worst part of it is... I want to animate it in segments. It would be my masterpiece for the fandom, if I ever create it. ;)

Are you sure you're going to have the time to do something like that? I hope this isn't going to end up as the Lion King fandom's Duke Nukem Forever. ;)