Startling similarities
Remember the renowned scene where Simba looks up at the sky and sees in the stars the image of Mufasa? Who doesn’t? In a similar way, Kimba looks up at the stars and sees the image of his dead mother guiding him.
This is just one small similarity between the films. Another major one is the idea of ‘the circle of life’, which serves as a core theme in both stories. In The Lion King, the song “circle of life,” composed by Elton John, is the opening song and one of the film’s most iconic tunes.