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chakkra on 29 May 2020
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sundin13 said:
chakkra said:

Both of them feature male lions as main characters, one called (S)imba and the other called (K)imba, both characters have a talking bird as sidekicks, both had their father killed when they were cubs, both of them talked to their dead father in a vision on the clouds. And both shows feature a black haired lion with a scar in its left eye as a villain (with a group of hyenas as henchmen). 

And to add insult to the injury, there are plenty of shots that are eerily similar, like WAY too similar. Take a look at this video and go to 01:04 for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHps2iC8W3o

I haven´t watched the show so I am not really able to say how much different they were able to make it to avoid a lawsuit, but to say it is not even inspired by it?

That video you posted shows clips from the 1997 Kimba film, so by your own logic, Kimba must have ripped off the Lion King... That 1:04 clip? From 1997.

Oops.

If what you say is true then I suppose the creators of that specific movie decided to copy The Lion King, which it would be totally fair in my opinion; but that doesn´t negate the fact that they are way too many similarities between the two shows to deny that there was at least an inspiration from it.