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==Criticisms==

==Criticisms==

Ever since production and the release of ''The Lion King'', the movie has been accused of plagiarizing ''Jungle Emperor Leo'': a 1950s manga and 1960s anime from Japan about the adventures of a white lion cub, created by Tezuka Osamu. People had often compared Simba to Leo/Kimba due to their names sounding familiar (even though the name Kimba was created for the English dub, hence being called ''Kimba the White Lion'' in English, while the name Simba means 'lion' in Swahili), and they had done the same for the other characters and the premises themselves. Several sources, however, are certain that the two are completely unrelated, and Tezuka Osamu was even a friend of Walt Disney's, making artwork of some of Disney's works like ''Bambi'' out of admiration.

Ever since the production and release of ''The Lion King'', the movie has been accused of plagiarizing ''Jungle Emperor Leo'': a 1950s manga and 1960s anime from Japan about the adventures of a white lion cub, created by Tezuka Osamu. People had often compared Simba to Leo/Kimba due to their names sounding familiar (even though the name Kimba was created for the English dub, hence being called ''Kimba the White Lion'' in English, while the name Simba means 'lion' in Swahili), and they had done the same for the other characters and the premises themselves. Several sources, however, are certain that the two are entirely unrelated, and Tezuka Osamu was even a friend of Walt Disney's, creating artwork of some of Disney's works, such as "Bambi," out of admiration.

The lions from ''The Lion King'' are accused of being fascist and racist leaders due to not allowing the hyenas to come into the Pride Lands, ignoring what Scar allowing the hyenas in had done to the environment. As for the hyenas, several hyena researchers were not happy with how the hyenas in the movie are portrayed, as maniacal gluttons when real-life hyenas hunt more than they scavenge and are intelligent animals. However, this portrayal may be due to lions and hyenas being natural enemies in the wild, this movie also being more in the point of view of the lions.

The lions from ''The Lion King'' are accused of being fascist and racist leaders due to not allowing the hyenas to come into the Pride Lands, ignoring what Scar let the hyenas do to the environment. As for the hyenas, several hyena researchers were unhappy with how the hyenas in the movie are portrayed as maniacal gluttons, when in reality, real-life hyenas hunt more than they scavenge and are intelligent animals. Disney had reportedly not listened to these hyena researchers during the movie's production, thus leading the researchers to sue Disney upon the movie's release. However, this portrayal may be due to lions and hyenas being natural enemies in the wild, and the movie also takes a more lion-centric perspective.

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