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Opinion: Is The Lion King Really A Rip-off of Kimba the White Lion?

[This essay is original written for Chinese readers and is directly translate into English to reach a wider reader] [My English is poor, I hope the grammar and wording errors will not cause misunderstanding or inconvenience.] The Chinese version is available here: https://www.zhihu.com/question/34892480/answer/579734800 The CG remake The Lion King is coming this summer, several video clips has been spread widely on Bilibili [YouTube-like Chinese website], Weibo [Twitter-like Chinese website], and Tieba [Chinese forum website], pointing out that a number of similar scenes between The Lion King and Kimba the White Lion and some behaviors of Disney, saying that The Lion King is a complete rip-off of the Lion King. (Notice: The following pictures I show do not mean to criticize these people, I just want to prove that these rumors is widespread.) (Videos from YouTube on Bilibili) (Tieba) (Weibo) I have heard of this Simba & Kimba controversy, wh
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