Anime Works
Directed by Yoshio Takeuchi
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Media Blasters)
A jungle presided over by a white lion king is invaded by greedy humans looking for a magical stone. Meanwhile, the curious young cub of the king ends up in the city and is put in a circus. At first he likes it, but then realizes the animals are being mistreated. He escapes during a fire in the big top. When he finds out that a plague has spread through the jungle and threatens his family he returns. His father decides to help the humans find the stones in the hopes they can stop the plague. He only partially succeeds. Takeuchi tries to tell an anti-violence story, but ends up showing too much violence in the process. The story takes sharp turns from cute and cuddly to frightening and harrowing. The animation is just so-so and it all seems like a Lion King re-hash (though an argument could be made it is the other way around).
You don't know what you are talking about. Disney ripped off Jungle Emperor when they made The Lion King.
ReplyDeleteAnd the animation is amazing. Traditional hand painted animation.
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