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Disney's The Lion King finnaly Sued?

Disney in Lion Suit

Ten years after the release of the animated hit The Lion King, Disney is being sued for the film’s use ...

Well my theory is if the producers of the The Lion King stole a song, its likely the probably stole some of the animation ideas from Kimba too. "Once a stealer always a stealer." I think its only going to be a matter of time before someone sues them for that.

And for those of you who think Lion King is original and has its own animation. Well read these articles below.

http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm
http://reekan-j.hp.infoseek.co.jp/60ani5.html
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/y-asada/leo2.html

Tezuka Productions does not have the financial resources to sue Disney, who will simply stall and wait for their money to run out

Ultimately, the Lion King vs. Kimba controversy is a case-study in cultural attitudes toward dispute resolution. Litigation is socially frowned upon except as a last resort in Japan, and the Tezuka family, which still controls Tezuka Productions, was not interested in confronting or suing Disney. Tezuka, after all, had himself been a Disney fan. And there may also have been reluctance over giving too much exposure to the old animation series because of an ongoing lawsuit to reassert rights to the series outside of Japan (ownership of the basic story or manga books was never in dispute), and because the Tezuka people were sensitive to the previous criticism of how African natives were depicted in the manga version.

The Disney company response, on the other hand, was typical of modern American corporate culture, where denials of wrongdoing are automatically issued to stave off potential lawsuits. Ironically, the entire controversy could easily have been resolved by a simple tip of the hat to Tezuka, either in the form of a film credit or a public statement. Instead, one year later, T-shirts were still being sold at American comic conventions that showed Tezuka's Kimba in front of a mirror seeing a reflection of the face of Disney's Simba. Underneath, the caption reads, "The Lyin' King: Mirror mirror, on the wall, who created me after all?"

I mean all the good American sci-fi movies..have some kind or Japanese influence.

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I mean all the good American sci-fi movies..have some kind or Japanese influence.

No they don't,what rubbish.

Mr Mania wrote:

Quote: I mean all the good American sci-fi movies..have some kind or Japanese influence. No they don't,what rubbish.

NOTE: my quote above says Sci-Fi.

Start Wars, Martix Trilogy, and now Kill Bill just to name a few.

Martix ripped a whole Dragonball Z fight scene at the end between Neo and Smith. Lets see there are more... i'm sure others can name a whole list or movie and cartoons.

Dude the American movies, kids toys, video games, American fasion, American cartoon industry and the comic strips in the US are now being highly influenced by Japanese culture and Japanese aimation. Almost all the movies with Japanese influence seem to do well here in the States. Its not true vise-versa tho.

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Mr Mania wrote: Quote: I mean all the good American sci-fi movies..have some kind or Japanese influence. No they don't,what rubbish. NOTE: my quote above says Sci-Fi.Start Wars, Martix Trilogy, and now Kill Bill just to name a few.

I'm afraid I've never head of "Start Wars" or "Martix Trilogy," so I can't comment on them. However, I'm almost certain Kill Bill was not sci-fi. And are you even trying to assert that American movies don't do well in Japan? If so, it seems you need some education on what Japann is really like animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=5306

But i was trying to assert that Americans aren't as creative, original, or innovative as Japanese.

Basicaly you don't see Japanese artits trying to copy the American culture, because their culture is far advanced than ours.

People in Great Britain, Europe, Russia, Africa, India and China only dream to have the American way of life style and culture.

In the last few years, Japan has become a rising force in fashion-focused industries, from kids' toys to entertainment, anime, cell phones, and cars. Japanese culture is starting to influence the U.S. movies, TV shows, childrens cartoons and music.

I mean people in 3rd world countries look at US as been the culture which is superior, but here in U.S. we are slowly finding out that its not.

i was trying to assert that Americans aren't as creative, original, or innovative as Japanese

Its not true vise-versa tho.

Basicaly you don't see Japanese artits trying to copy the American culture, because their culture is far advanced than ours. Asians in general are very smart, creative, original, respectful, religious and humble.

Start Wars, Martix Trilogy, and now Kill Bill just to name a few.

People in Great Britain, Europe, Russia, Africa, India and China only dream to have the American way of life style and culture.

Ultimately, the Lion King vs. Kimba controversy is a case-study in cultural attitudes toward dispute resolution. Tezuka, after all, had himself been a Disney fan.

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Basicaly you don't see Japanese artits trying to copy the American culture, because their culture is far advanced than ours. Asians in general are very smart, creative, original, respectful, religious and humble.

That’s really laughable. Japanese culture is far advanced in comparison to American culture? Right.

I suppose your going to tell me though that the Japanese are much better musicians as well.

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Ultimately, the Lion King vs. Kimba controversy is a case-study in cultural attitudes toward dispute resolution. Tezuka, after all, had himself been a Disney fan.

Wonder if he'd still been as big a fan if he'd known they were going to steal his ideas. And if you can't see the similarities between Kimba and Simba, then I feel very, very sorry for you.

Litigation is socially frowned upon except as a last resort in Japan, and the Tezuka family, which still controls Tezuka Productions, was not interested in confronting or suing Disney.