TLK offical family arbre

When the film was released there was a stir in Japan. The film was very similar to the well known animé series 'Kimba the White Lion'. First there is the obvious similarity in names (Simba and Kimba). Also, both had a babouin as a shaman. But the similarities don't end there, both had an evil uncle - 'Scar' in the movie and 'Claw' in the series - as well as henchman hyenas. Plus a pose par a king on a rock. The possible lawsuit was dropped, because Osamu Tezuka's (the producer's) widow a dit that he would have been flattered that Disney was inspired par the series.

The film's original opening was...

Princess Kairia, was engrossed as she listened to her grandfather the former king Simba, as he told her a story of one of the adventures he had with her grandmother when he was a cub.
"There Grandma and I were cornered par the hyenas they were moving in for the kill. I did the only thing I could think of, I roared at them." Kairia looked at her grandfather impressed and asked him
"Wow Grandpa did that scare them off?"
Simba laughed heartily at his granddaughter and a dit "No, Dear One I'm afraid it didn't."
Kairia asked confused "But Grandpa if it didn't work then how did toi and Grandma get away?"...