History YMMV / KimbaTheWhiteLion

* TearJerker: See Tesuka's [[TearJerker/OsamuTezuka page]].

** To be fair, the "accepting responsibility" angle was imposed on the film relatively late in pre-production via ExecutiveMeddling, and (in some versions of Kimba/Jungle Emperor) Kimba's son Rune had a similar character arc complete with a self-imposed exile ending in [[spoiler: Rune also returning to inherit his kingdom upon his father's death and seeing an apparition of his father in the clouds]]. And if you take the first part of Kimba, includes that element as well as removing the humans to focus entirely on the RightfulKingReturns part of the plot; do the necessary changes this, and compressing it into a 88 min. movie, would require (like merging the flamboyant, [[spoiler: ex-Nazi]], father-killing Hamegg/Viper, who sent the main character into exile and [[spoiler: was defeated and forgiven by him just to end up mauled by another villain]], with the dark-furred, black-maned, tyrannical usurper Bubu/Claw, who has a group of Hyena comic-relief henchmen and a scar over his left eye, into Scar, and giving Kenichi/Roger and his uncle's roles to the comedic animal sidekicks, creating Timon and Pumbaa) what you end with would be pretty close to the Lion King.

*** And THAT has lead to fans of ''The Lion King'' hating ''Kimba'' because of ''Kimba'''s FanDumb. It's the circle of [[FandomRivalry haaaaaaaaaaate]]!

* FanDumb: The [[VocalMinority rabid segment]] of the fandom who [[{{Hatedom}} hates]] ''Disney/TheLionKing'' for [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks ripping off Kimba]] is far more successful at driving people away from Kimba than they are at winning them over. It doesn't help that TLK and Kimba have different narratives.

** To be fair, the "accepting responsibility" angle was imposed on the film relatively late in pre-production via ExecutiveMeddling, and (in some versions of Kimba/Jungle Emperor) Kimba's son Rune had a similar character arc complete with a self-imposed exile ending in [[spoiler: Rune also returning to inherit his kingdom upon his father's death and seeing an apparition of his father in the clouds]]. And if you take take first part of Kimba, includes that element as well as removing the humans to focus entirely on the RightfulKingReturns part of the plot; do the necessary changes this, and compressing it into a 88 min. movie, would require (like merging the flamboyant, [[spoiler: ex-Nazi]], father-killing Hamegg/Viper, who sent the main character into exile and [[spoiler: was defeated and forgiven by him just to end up mauled by another villain]], with the dark-furred, black-maned, tyrannical usurper Bubu/Claw, who has a group of Hyena comic-relief henchmen and a scar over his left eye, into Scar, and giving Kenichi/Roger and his uncle's roles to the comedic animal sidekicks, creating Timon and Pumbaa) what you end with would be pretty close to the Lion King.

** To be fair, the "accepting responsibility" angle was imposed on the film relatively late in pre-production via ExecutiveMeddling, and (in some versions of Kimba/Jungle Emperor) Kimba's son Rune had a similar character arc complete with a self-imposed exile ending in [[spoiler: Rune also returning to inherit his kingdom upon his father's death and seeing an apparition of his father in the clouds]]. And if you take first part of Kimba, includes that element as well as removing the humans to focus entirely on the RightfulKingReturns part of the plot; do the necessary changes this, and compressing it into a 88 min. movie, would require (like merging the flamboyant, [[spoiler: ex-Nazi]], father-killing Hamegg/Viper, who sent the main character into exile and [[spoiler: was defeated and forgiven by him just to end up mauled by another villain]], with the dark-furred, black-maned, tyrannical usurper Bubu/Claw, who has a group of Hyena comic-relief henchmen and a scar over his left eye, into Scar, and giving Kenichi/Roger and his uncle's roles to the comedic animal sidekicks, creating Timon and Pumbaa) what you end with would be pretty close to the Lion King.

* FanDumb: The [[VocalMinority rabid segment]] of the fandom who [[{{Hatedom}} hates]] ''Disney/TheLionKing'' for [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks ripping off Kimba]] is far more successful at driving people away from Kimba than they are at winning them over. It doesn't help that TLK and Kimba have different narratives, and that if they actually bothered to watch TLK, they'd probably come to the conclusion that it's a [[CompositeCharacter Composite Story]] of Kimba, ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'', and ''{{Hamlet}}''.

** It's also a good idea to not mention ''TheLionKing''.

* FanDumb: The [[VocalMinority rabid segment]] of the fandom who [[{{Hatedom}} hates]] ''TheLionKing'' for [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks ripping off Kimba]] is far more successful at driving people away from Kimba than they are at winning them over. It doesn't help that TLK and Kimba have entirely different narratives, and that if they actually bothered to watch TLK, they'd probably come to the conclusion that it's a [[CompositeCharacter Composite Story]] of Kimba, ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'', and ''{{Hamlet}}''.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: There is much controversy over whether the 1994 Disney film ''TheLionKing'' is a ripoff of ''Kimba'' or not.
** The main similarities are the character designs and setting - the story of ''TheLionKing'' is more about accepting responsibility - Kimba is more about using authority wisely, and Kimba also deals with [[HumansAreBastards greedy]] or [[HumansAreFlawed unaware]] humans messing things up for the animals.

* {{Accidental Innuendo}}: The show is full of them. Seriously, if you watch the series on YouTube and read the comments, half of them are about something involving sex.

* BrokenBase: So, is the 1989 series unnecessary and destroys everything the original series stood for, or is more realistic and better than the original series?

-->'''Claw''': Alright,(now talking to his [[GoldFishPoopGang hyenas]]) take care of her boys!

* {{TearJerker}}: See Tesuka's [[TearJerker/OsamuTezuka page]].

** It's also a good idea to not mention TheLionKing.

* HypeBacklash: So, is the 1989 series unnecessary and destroys everything the original series stood for, or is more realistic and better than the original series?
** It's also a good idea to not mention The Lion King.

* FanDumb: The [[VocalMinority rabid segment]] of the fandom who [[{{Hatedom}} hates]] ''TheLionKing'' for [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks ripping off Kimba]] is far more successful at driving people away from Kimba than they are at winning them over. It doesn't help that TLK and Kimba have entirely different narratives, and that if they actually bothered to watch TLK, they'd probably come to the conclusion that it's a [[CompositeCharacter Composite Story]] of Kimba, ''{{Bambi}}'', and ''{{Hamlet}}''.

** When I rewatched the series, I always thought that in the episode 'The Wild Wildcat', Wiley Wildcat raped Kitty. So whenever someone said that he 'hurt' Kitty, I just laughed so hard!

* TheWoobie: Leo in the 2009 special embodies this trope to begin with. He hasn't yet learned to hunt properly, and even the *prey* laughs at his pathetic attempts. Considering the original Kimba/Leo swam the seas to get back home and learned early on to get tough, this cute-but-less-confident Leo comes as a bit of a surprise to fans.

* TheWoobie: Leo embodies this trope to begin with. He hasn't yet learned to hunt properly, and even the *prey* laughs at his pathetic attempts. Considering the original Kimba/Leo swam the seas to get back home and learned early on to get tough, this cute-but-less-confident Leo comes as a bit of a surprise to fans.

* MemeticMolester: Claw has became this ever since the episode ''Battle at Dead River'' where he tries to marry Kitty. And then there's the exchange they have when they first meet:

-->'''Claw''': Alright,(now talking to his [[GoldFishPoopGang hyenas]] take care of her boys!

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