Originally posted by Dragonrider1227@Aug 1 2004, 02:36 PM
I told my dad about this and he has a few things to say;
"I remember the Kimba opening episode. Kimba's father gets killed by poachers _not_ in a plot by his brother. Kimba and his mother get captured and put on board a ship to be sold to a zoo. Something happens to the ship, Kimba gets free but his mother can't, she pleads with her son to make his escape. He finally jumps overboard and swims back to shore. (I remember a musical number with him swimming and his mother's image appearing in the stars overhead) Upon returning to his home, I seem to remember Kimba trying to organize the animals into a government! (Hardly Disney's story.)
I've noticed that while this get _tons_ of coverage, nobody ever comments on the similarities between Aladdin and the old Sabu b&w fantasy movie (I think it was titled "The Prince Who Was A Thief" but I might be getting confused with a really bad color film with Tony Curtis!
I saw the entire 1st season not too long ago, & that seems correct. It was still an evil relative that tried to kill Kimba and take the throne, & return to the evils of eating other animals. The female did have the hero over the cliff, but she was only acting to promote the male leader of her clan. Nevertheless, the similarities are striking:
Kimba is at the mercy of the adult, while Mufasa (the voice of Vader) is likewise at the mercy of the usurper.
And what it with the Bass Baritone giving voice to a good guy? Good guys have always been tenors.
Anyway, the usurper was not a relative (I think), because his daughter was Kimba's girlfriend. The girlfriend did bear a strong resemblance to Minnie Mouse, though.
