Since they all mentioned the manga god Osamu Tezuka and Astro Boy also talked, let's talk about another of his works, the Forest Emperor.
The story of the Forest Emperor is not too complicated, the king of the forest, the white lion Panga, died tragically under the gun of the human in order to save his wife who was captured by humans, and his wife gave birth to the little white lion Leo on the hunting ship, and the little Leo, with the help of well-wishers, went through all kinds of tribulations, and finally returned to the African savannah and became the story of the king of the forest.
At that time, the first Forest Emperor to see was also in the comic strip format, when I was a child, I had no concept of the manga author, I only felt that this and Astro Boy's style were like that kind of round feeling, until I grew up, I didn't know that it was the work of the manga god Osamu Tezuka.
The Forest Emperor seems to be a fairy tale, but in fact, the relationship between the characters is still quite realistic, especially after Leo returned to the African forest to become the Forest Emperor, what needs to be dealt with is not only the relationship with humans, but also the resource disputes between animals and animals, and even the lions have a variety of different factions, the original only three episodes are not very deep, but in the cartoon With the slow development of the story, the little white lion Leo slowly grows up, and the number of happy times is less and less.
The Forest Emperor made an animation in 1965, which is also the first color animation in Japan, and since then there have been many remakes, which have also been introduced in China, and it seems that I have seen it when I was a child, but the age is too old, and the plot has long been remembered.
There is also a public case between the Forest Emperor and Disney, that is, the plagiarism problem between the Lion King, when the Lion King was released, it caused a lot of dissatisfaction among Osamu Tezuka fans, believing that this was a kind of iron fan, Osamu Tezuka, the Japanese girl manga king Michizushi Nakaman to take the lead in attacking, sent a public joint letter to question Disney about this matter. The joint letter consists of 80 manga artists, including Tetsuya Chiba (Asuka Noboru), Fujiko F Fujio (Doraemon), Shinji Mizushima (Poetry of Baseball Maniacs), Hiroshi Nagai (Demon Man), Monkey Punch (Lupin III), Takao Yaguchi (Mihei, a fishing fan), Ichijo Yukari (Yukari Club), Kenshi Hiroba (Kenshi Shima), and Hyako Sugiura (Hyakuro), for a total of 488 people. However, Osamu Tezuka's family is still relatively stable, saying that even if Osamu Tezuka is alive, it should not be too calculating (remember the Astro Boy comic book incident, the generosity of the god of manga may not really care), so it will not be over. As for whether this Lion King has copied the Forest Emperor in the end, it can only be seen in the opinion, I personally think that whether it is plagiarism or not, at least there is a reference to the tribute.