Simba the White Lion?

[Chumvikingpride]

It would be stupid to kill TLK...
But why so much resemblance?
I still do not understand

[Eli_Ayase]

Its just a concept and simba means lion from swahalie

[Jiirani]

Yeah but Kimba was meant to be called Simba but it was too common so they changed it.

[Eli_Ayase]

Kimba? bah humbug lol srry! kimba isnt a swahali word and the movie is about the africa and swahali is african so they did it right to change his name

[Nadra]

[quote="NatalieTheLionQueen"]Kimba? bah humbug lol srry! kimba isnt a swahali word and the movie is about the africa and swahali is african so they did it right to change his name[/quote]
Actually the word "kimba" has a couple of meanings in Swahili. It means "dung" and "corpse"... I'm pretty sure that Kimba's name doesn't come from Swahili.

[AdAstrα]

I don't know what to think about this really...because the similarities are so many there is really no way they could all be coincidental. But I don't necessarily see why it had to become such a big deal. Filmmakers steal each other's ideas pretty much all the time. It seems to me like people just search for excuses to bash Disney in every way possible.

[crystally]

Maybe Kimba is taken from Zulu? A lot of names in TLK are taken from Zulu so maybe Kimba too?

[quote="QueenOfPrideRock"]I don't know what to think about this really...because the similarities are so many there is really no way they could all be coincidental. But I don't necessarily see why it had to become such a big deal. Filmmakers steal each other's ideas pretty much all the time. It seems to me like people just search for excuses to bash Disney in every way possible.[/quote]

This. My point exactly.

[atouchofgrace]

[quote="QueenOfPrideRock"]It seems to me like people just search for excuses to bash Disney in every way possible.[/quote]
Very true right now. It seems there's a "Pixar makes movies, Disney makes cartoons" attitude lately...

[AdAstrα]

[quote="atouchofgrace"][quote="QueenOfPrideRock"]It seems to me like people just search for excuses to bash Disney in every way possible.[/quote]
Very true right now. It seems there's a "Pixar makes movies, Disney makes cartoons" attitude lately...[/quote]
Exactly. And back in the day it was usually about Disney films dealing with topics that were considered inappropriate by some people. More of a "Disney did this, Disney did that, now let's boycott Disney!" -attitude. It's all completely insane.

[InvaderMeer]

I think it was, but that dosen't make me like TLK any less. I personaly find Kimba to be very boring. Disney has also "borrowed" other movies and claimed them to be their own. It's a very well known fact in various Titan A.E. fan circles that what Disney calls "Treasure Planet" is just a copy of Titan A.E..