YMS Highlights - Typo deepens Kimba rabbit hole

[@FortoFight]

At this point I don't think the Kimba video will ever be finished. The real Kimba video is the friends we made along the way.

[@BugVlogs]

ULOIRAR Adam confirmed the video will out second week of May

[@sunday1409]

@@BugVlogs its about making friends along the way.

[@PalitoSelvatico]

I feel like I watched it already

[@DrachonaTheWolf]

But I didn't make any friends... (cue violin)

[@expendableindigo9639]

It’s been 17 years...

[@alara4006]

Adam needs a deal with Netflix this is a full documentary at this point.

[@stanko00001]

The only hole in his reasoning (which I think is just a hole in my understanding) is that if the 97 movie is based on a manga that came out pre-lion king, then Lion King might have lifted from it. Someone who knows more than me, please explain.

[@ahajordon001]

@@stanko00001 Part of his argument is that there are some simularities, but not enough for it to be copyright infringement. And a lot of the simularities are likely to be coincidence.

[@2devious724]

@@stanko00001 It is an adaptation of the last half of the manga, but the Lion King esque visuals, like the cubs being lifted to be seen by all of the animals, were not present.

[@stanko00001]

Ahh okay. I knew I was missing something.

[@bergsdal]

At this point Adam needs an pat on the back and a hug for the work he is doing

[@ClassyAntiVenom]

The ultimate irony of this entire rabbit hole is that Adum dislikes BOTH parties. He hates Disney because they're money hoarding scumbags with no integrity and he hates the Kimba franchise for it simply being terribly annoying and stupid overall. And yet he's watched EVERYTHING the Kimba franchise has to offer (which is something even the fans haven't done it seems) all in order to defend Disney. This is the weirdest timeline.

[@davidgomez7882]

I don't think too many people really care about the Lion King "ripping off" Kimba. I believe people just want to antagonize Disney (which I can't really blame them) but never really did any research.

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

@@davidgomez7882 But that's kinda like CNN making shit up when talking about Trump even though he says and does so much that's worth criticizing.

[@davidgomez7882]

@@G-Mastah-Fash I honestly don't understand what you just said (Must be me being a dumbass) but whereas CNN have a big reach and it's taken for granted by many people; the Kimba crowd have no real sway in public reception (legal dispute aside) They act out of incendiary feelings and spite against Disney (or ignorance depending on the person) and they're mostly people online.

[@xblade149]

Well he likes the 80s tv series and 1997 movie. It wasn't that bad at all. But the other shows we're pretty meh

[@GundamPilot6315]

He's doing this for daddy Scar, of course

[@blinkonce3934]

I still remember when this kimba thing was going to be a small thing adum was going to add to his lion king review... wow we’ve come a long way

[@LookADistarction]

Is the Lion King video even out yet?

[@LookADistarction]

Thanks!

[@BrunoBritos]

@@LookADistarction hes now working on the kimba, then hes gonna finishe the lion king

[@shoobamocha]

Perfectionism

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

@@LookADistarction It's gonna be 90 minutes

[@wackmidi]

Adum gonna end up winning the Nobel Prize for his work on Kimba

[@sunday1409]

Nobel prize oto nobel prize.. i'll be rich!

[@igornowicki29]

Pulitzer's prize*

[@williamw2529]

Lol hope he wins something. He seems stressed over this BS.

[@espantapajaros33]

Adum will end up being the person with the most Kimba knowledge in the world. Tezuka will manifest in his dreams and thank him for the dedication.

[@matttillenburg5644]

*manifest in the moon

[@espantapajaros33]

@@matttillenburg5644 why didn't I think of this, that's even better

[@moonmannd7501]

Copying myself from another comment, but: His dedication for accuracy and debate has led him to begrudgingly becoming the only Kimba expert on the internet. He's like the Steven Colbert for this tiny, self-righteous furball and he never even wanted to be

[@MrPlaylist1991]

I want to like your post but it has the magical 69, so I'm going to not like your comment but say I like it instead.

[@Blackheartzero]

No, it has to be legit. One of Adam's friends needs to dig up Tezuka's body, turn it into a skinsuit and wear it, go to Adam's house and give him words of encouragement while pretending to be Tezuka. That's the _True_ Kimba way!

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

I wanna get off Mr. Tezuka's wild ride. It never ends.

[@sicariusflamus3033]

Please speak English into Mr. Tezuka

[@OblivionGamer92]

This is a great example of how misinformation can be like a game of Telephone. A typo that was probably just a mistake by an intern was reference in a book as fact, and that spread throughout the community until even Adam thought it was a true.

[@sori_osori_]

Honestly Adum's journey into the deep rabbit hole of Kimba allegation is a documentary itself. Enough to win Best Documentary on This year's Academy awards

[@sunday1409]

The part about rabbits comes from alice and wonderland. It was a film.

[@YourPrivateNightmare]

you could probably get it greenlit as a Netflix documentary. Hell, maybe you can get Disney to fund it, they'd probably like the good PR

[@eyeseaweed]

With limited movie releases this year there’s a chance. I’m sure Disney would push for him at the Oscars. Lol

[@sori_osori_]

@@eyeseaweed Yeah I think so too. With movies being limited it might actually be possible

[@Wired4Life2]

Nah, he'd most likely get snubbed by the Academy. Just like _The Thin Blue Line, Hoop Dreams, Crumb, Blackfish, Life Itself, Jane, Three Identical Strangers, Won't You Be My Neighbor,_ and _Apollo 11._

[@RickRaptor105]

At this point Fredrick Knudsen has to invite Adam for a Down the Rabbit Hole episode

[@SamitadeMilanesa]

Yo, a collab between the two would be dope

[@TSS4EVER]

I once had to make a presentation about Tezuka’s work, he has an official website with the animation and manga timeline, both japanese and english. Its unquestionable that the 1987 year was a typo based on the official site.

[@billyworkmna]

This would have been early 90s internet, it's so unlikely to still be up.

[@TSS4EVER]

@@billyworkmna I did my research 2 years ago. tezukaosamu.net/en/ its fairly easy to search on the japanese web btw, using the good kanji keywords.

[@fr0nkenstein593]

@@billyworkmna Maybe try the wayback machine. It has archived the internet

[@FrightNFight]

18:09 so inadvertently hilarious and wholesome. Adam deliriously spitting straight facts at this guy who hasn't a clue what's happening, him being like "my bad" and Adam just going "no my bad, I'm too deep in the kimba hole"

[@queenzigzag]

this vid is gonna be longer than the movie

[@YMSHighlights]

So far it's over an hour and thirty minutes.

[@nujs1337]

@@YMSHighlights holy shi. i gotta stock up on soda and snacks for this one

[@che_sidim]

It's gonna be longer than the series ...

[@michaelstrong5383]

@@YMSHighlights With that length, it's already the most anticipated film of this year.

[@AlfredSoul]

What movie exactly? The- '97 MOVIE?!

[@janberkemeier7406]

Tune in next week for "Kimba rabbit hole destabilizes the South Korean government"

[@funguy398]

Maybe north Korea?

[@Nobody-hc2bo]

Fun Guy what’s the difference? AmIRiGhT?

[@mikemimson4771]

Human Rights

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Who wins? Countless people who are fans of Kimba The White Lion and instantly believes The Lion King is a rip off. OR One Canadian horse with research.

[@FortoFight]

Horse wins. The next movie should have a monarchy of horses that have overthrown the lion regime.

[@michaelstrong5383]

The horse obviously. Though, considering the "research" those people have made (like saying the warthog in that one Kimba episode is a lot like Pumbaa, or Zazu and that parrot are exactly the same character), I doubt they're fans of Kimba.

[@Thecatdrums3]

Horse easy

[@beeburn2880]

Bold of you to assume that the people who believe that The Lion King is a Kimba rip off have even watched anything Kimba related.

[@Ehh.....]

A typo.

[@TheWhiteOcelot]

I'm convinced Adam is the most educated person on Kimba living that wasn't literally part of the production of it.

[@moonmannd7501]

There's unironically a very distinct, not at all unlikely chance of that being the case now. Jesus.

[@ImCliffordToday]

“Tezuka, who loves Tezuka...” Well, it’s good to have a little bit of self love

[@deltoroperdedor3166]

O chin chin gadaiski nan dayo

[@KayeHalliwell]

That poor user triggered Adam so hard. Giving him someone to direct all this confused frustration toward...

[@westide3050]

1997: **exists** Adum: >:0

[@xyzzy219]

Adum mad

[@alliezah]

I have a PhD in Kimba thanks to Adam

[@darienwest4748]

I can't wait to learn AP Kimba History with Professor Adum

[@Voeris1]

@@darienwest4748 Ayyy papi, here's an apple 4 u 🍎 😍 ... what? .. go .. under your desk? 😳 😏

[@skydiamsteam6005]

Voeris ohboy

[@xyzzy219]

@@Voeris1 wtf hahahahahss

[@Jayshiver]

We are now all Kimbalogy doctorates

[@mariokarter13]

Imagine being an unpaid intern and making a typo that results in a decades long conspiracy.

[@NoConsistency]

someone needs to make an animation of Adam falling down the Alice In Wonderland rabbit hole but instead of funhouse mirrors and stuff its just clips of Kimba.

[@robotdude2206]

I remember months ago when Adam first expressed doubt that The Lion King ripped off Kimba, some brainlet in the comment section told Adam that he was wrong and needed to do more research. 😂😂😂

[@deltoroperdedor3166]

Adum now: "It's over, Anakin! I have the high ground!"

[@The-kr9rb]

seems that person didn't do any research themselves

[@isaiahwilliams2642]

Yeah, "research" as in watch manipulative videos and read bullshit books that blatantly lie or repeat mistruths. And not once did ANY of those people mention watching the Anime itself.

[@plasmatize8494]

I love the way he said "Oh my god, another book?" as in "Get me out of this rabbit hole I just wanna get back to reviewing other lions already!"

[@Rakinjo2]

"If it's sourced I can look at the source though." - YMS, 2020. THANK YOU! Fuck, I wish more knew how to actually use Wikipedia. The world would be so much more informed about basic shit if people understood this basic fucking principle. They probably wouldn't assume that a TV-show from 89 was actually a movie from 97.

[@lucasmartina6303]

It appears Fred Patton, who was once an enemy, has now become a powerful ally

[@Thecatdrums3]

Star Wars has a laserdisc release in 1993 that did not change the copyright on the packaging to the correct year of manufacturing, it still say 1992 from the first time it was released, only on the discs did they mark the correct year of manufacturing. So I would say that your hunch of it being a typo especially In the 90’s is very plausible since many typos of that kind occurred during that period in films and tv release. Also the way it fades to an all black screen with different compression on it is a dead give away it was added later, almost like they initially forgot the copyright on it. I’m sure you could find that trailer without that copyright at the end.

[@_M_4]

Following YMS' Lion King Saga is so fascinating. The finished videos will probably end up being some of my favorite content of all time.

[@IW-ow9cp]

Yeah, it's completely illogical that this level of animation would be completed before the film goes on a 10 year hiatus. Unlike Live-action, which can release a trailer then reshoot the whole movie in a fairly short time frame, when the actual animation process starts, it's usually a good sign that the film is nearing completion. If you look at the first trailers for Disney animated films of the 90's, including "The Lion King," they will just be starting or midway through the animation process, so the trailer will show mostly storyboards, behind the scenes footage, and even interviews. The closest an animated film has come to that kind of hell is Richard Williams' "The Thief and the Cobbler," which was in production hell for about thirty years, from 1964 to the 90's. Appearantly at one point in the 70's, he made 3 hours of animation, but no trailer had been made, and then he had a fallout with the producers who kept the footage, so he had to start again from scratch. If the 97 movie had this much completed animation in 87, something must have really thrown off post-production, or the film would have needed to be re-animated. But a lot of the footage shown is clearly final.

[@JFTC709]

Also the animation is clearly mid/late 90s animation and not mid/late 80s animation. Just based on how it looks I would say it's overwhelmingly unlikely that it was produced in '87.

[@pkpyro2000]

In a world of misinformation one man horse gay stands up for the truth. Adam “Yms” Johnston is The Horse Detective The Kimba Files will be released later this year. Trademark 2010

[@punishedbarca761]

Bojack Horseman clearly stole this whole plot, what a bunch of hack frauds.

[@prageruwu69]

@@punishedbarca761 bojack ripped off kimba, there are animal main characters

[@jordanjoestar-turniptruck]

For the sake of argument, even if this movie was in production hell, why would Disney send spies across the world to steal storyboards from a studio that's struggling enough to have their movies in production hell?

[@btbwilkinson]

Adum: "This book is the most researched thing on this situation." Me with perspective from after his Kimba review: "Not anymore!"

[@dylan9025]

Not EVEN the Kimba Crowd

[@che_sidim]

The word Shouchiku just breaks Adum.. lmao

[@toaster9922]

I can’t wait for this entire thing to be a down the rabbit hole episode.

[@IACOIACOIACO]

somebody call Fredrik Knudsen

[@YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

Can we all agree that it's frightening when Adam gets actually pissed off

[@LowReedExpert1]

In theory, if someone were to actually write a dissertation on the Kinda situation, could they have the YMS review as a reference and source? Dude's putting enough effort for it to be a paper

[@alexlee4154]

Possibly, but you might be better off just stealing all of his primary sources

[@lisadikaprio]

I mean technically you could - my schools always accepted youtube, tho they never accepted wikipedia. But it'd better to reference the sources that adum referenced, not adum himself.

[@YMSHighlights]

Adam is like Wikipedia in this scenario. He's got a shit ton of info, however he is not the source of said info. You would need to cite whatever sources Adam used.

[@ryngobrody1627]

You don't need to cite the review as a source, adum's not using any unique research or new information. All you need to do is cite the correct episodes with timestamps.

[@darienwest4748]

A lot of non-Kimba fans hop into the Lion King/Kimba debate on the side that The Lion King ripped off Kimba and have no idea what they are talking about, and ends up stirring up drama between everyone. A lot of Kimba fans are fine with Kimba and The Lion King co-existing but there's always some people who are going to ruin it, whether they are in the Kimba crowd or not.

[@michaelstrong5383]

All I'm getting from this project is that those fans have no idea what the word "ripoff" even means.

[@Nobody-hc2bo]

I just think a lot of people hate Disney and will find any reason, real or not, to justify that because cOrPoRaTiOn BaD There are lots of real reasons to criticize Disney, you don’t need to make shit up.

[@urt1202]

@@Nobody-hc2bo I can tell you disney bad, but I don't need to say that Disney rippoff something, I just need to think about anything they had done a week ago and that will prove it (ajam, #the4thbewothyou ajam)

[@darienwest4748]

@@Bourikii2992 If you're posting THOSE LINKS, I can tell this is the first YMS video/highlights you've ever seen. If you're trying to argue on this channel, maybe watch the points you are arguing against instead of spewing bs.

[@Bourikii2992]

@@darienwest4748 Watched the other videos already lmao. Once again. Can easily rip off 1 minute of a couple scenes each. Adumz's argument is basically "hurr durr plot not same can't be copy". www.bing.com/videos/search?q=last+Jedi+escape+from+la&view=detail&mid=1FCE7FE97EB44BA37E161FCE7FE97EB44BA37E16&FORM=VIRE Totally not a rip off. The first 2 hours are completely different.

[@Daniel_Soto]

Aaron Blaise is a former Disney animator who worked on the original lion king, and has a youtube channel. I mention this because I think he might help you clear some of this stuff.

[@veronicadar1382]

This channel is not run by Adam

[@Daniel_Soto]

@@veronicadar1382 ....oh

[@DradthemercenaryXV]

I really like how you highlight the comments to make the viewing feel more organic, please keep at it

[@aliendrone]

Adam is losing his mind with this... this is gold..

[@mnhguy]

Things I'm waiting for in 2020: 1: Bars to open back up 2: The Last of Us Part 2 3: Kimba and Lion King reviews

[@hikari67]

TLOU 2 oof...

[@donaldwalrus4029]

Robert Bartson : (posted 1 hour ago...) me: wow this didnt age well.

[@qualivia]

Read the leaked Last of Us part 2 script

[@Mozthx]

read the spoilers

[@LoudWaffle]

"Hello yes it's me, Doctor Adum 'YMS' Highlights, PhD in Kimbology."

[@rossbatchelor]

Thanks for these videos dude. I'm a big YMS fan and this stuff has been real interesting, but I never have the time to watch full livestreams. You're doing an honourable service dude.

[@apollo1493]

Adam has become Jake Gyllenhaal’s character in Zodiac

[@GHAMVs]

Y'all remember when this just started out as a Lion King review?

[@evanrussell4211]

Wikipedia gets too much hate. Yeah it has a good amount of untrue things posted on it, but the sources to many subjects are pretty legit. It's super useful to find good sources for research. There's more positives than negatives.

[@YMSHighlights]

I agree. But the most important part of a Wikipedia article is the citation. Citing Wikipedia is just as silly as citing a KZbin video.

[@michaelstrong5383]

Apart from editing pages to say stupid stuff (no idea why that website even allows that), I don't get the hate either.

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

The reason Wikipedia gets hate is because it's user based. The moderators are users with bias. There's no one to uphold a neutral/purely scholarly perspective and anyone can submit edits. If you look at a page like Gamergate (I know, I know) you'll see that it's clearly run by people with a bias. If you're going to use Wikipedia as a start for finding sources and you do the rest of the groundwork yourself (using your brain and visiting the sources instead of directly sourcing a wiki page) then sure you can use wikipedia for good.

[@jesskfca]

this may be Adam's magnum opus

[@clayjack9969]

That’s gonna be the lion king 2019 review.

[@Jayshiver]

@@clayjack9969 as if that will come out in the next few years lol

[@EthanSchmethan]

Every time I see the same false arguments for “unga-bunga Disney ripped off Kimba,” I want to commit Moonfasa.

[@ConanTan]

It's 1997!

[@PhoenixWakeStudios]

Adum brings up a great point. Ignore what Wikipedia says, follow the sources it cites. Usually you will get a much clearer picture with many more anecdotes than the editorialized Wiki entry.

[@meggerz5687]

When your undergrad paper turns into your Ph.D thesis...

[@leonardoluizleal4409]

You heard of the bite of '87, now prepare for the trailer of (actually, totally not from) '87

[@cosplayingchao]

The copyright of 87?!

[@ConanTan]

Not even the Kimba crowd!

[@LookADistarction]

I’m glad to see that Bigweld from Robots the movie is still alive.

[@MattHawes]

After all this research, Adam is going to be the premier scholar on all things Kimba related. Certainly, he is at the very top in the western world!

[@zoolio]

Someone out there will never know that their small typo gave Adam several sleepless nights

[@CanalPapaco]

I've never seen a typo create one hell of a mess like this one before.

[@oneofthechampagnes5482]

The person who typed out 1987 as a copyright had no idea what their mistake would become 😂

[@MrNotSpecified01]

Adam's gonna end up discovering that the kimba controversy is a cover for some conspiracy or cult or some shit. That is the only way this can get any deeper.

[@callysibben416]

this is going to be the best 10 hour documentary ever

[@mann-nova9392]

I hadn't even considered that but you definitely dealt with the troubled perspective in a way that I am swayed to believing it's a typo. Good on you man.

[@bullshit505]

adum, the Kimba-historian. not even a fan of the series, just stuck in the rabbit hole. lol

[@moonmannd7501]

His dedication for accuracy and debate has led him to begrudgingly becoming the only Kimba expert on the internet. He's like the Steven Colbert for this tiny, self-righteous furball and he never even wanted to be.

[@TAGMovieProductions]

He was so mad haha I remember being on that stream in the middle wondering what was going on and I asked him one of those questions in this video.

[@maximillionpegasus5160]

Lmao was it the "maybe it was a re-release?"

[@TAGMovieProductions]

Maximilion Pegasus No, it was “What is the package on the DVD say?”

[@jackwhiskers2624]

I am more hyped for the kimba video than the lion king yms after seeing all of this now tbh.

[@munjee2]

5:22 There is a possiblity that the title wasn't romanised probably , I remember one time Google translated josuke as tetsuke

[@YMSHighlights]

Google Translate is particularly unreliable when Japanese is involved.

[@TheHubajoob]

This Kimba shit feels like some sort of gypsy curse Jon Favreau laid upon Adam

[@TheSuperQuail]

You're doing the lion's share of work on this project.

[@kastiffia9431]

The voices used for chat were super creepy. Good job.

[@ahmetnazmibozhuyuk2609]

I want to binge watch Kimba then see adams streams uncut at this point.

[@henryhammond7393]

Well I found one. Someone challenged me in the comments of the Kimba review and was like ‘Do you actually believe the 1997 movie was made in 1997?? Adam is just trying to be controversial by taking a side against what is widely accepted.’ I felt dumber just reading his argument...

[@gutsfiend6678]

lmao these YMS episodes are never going to come out

[@BugVlogs]

Gutsfiend Da Mane YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP RIGHT NOW

[@stijnvandrongelen5625]

But they did, and there was much discontent.

[@samanderson5774]

Nah feeling pretty content

[@Daniel_Nye]

Another thing about it is if the copyright date on the trailer was right, that would be really inefficient and be really expensive to release a trailer for a film that gets shelved for 10 years. Trailers usually publish to a cut of the film that is months close to release, teasers about a year. To have a trailer hit when the film won't release 10 years later just doesn't functionally and financially make any sense.

[@braydondunn4340]

I love the voices you give twitch chat

[@YMSHighlights]

acapela-box.com/ Most of them are randomly selected. The exceptions being that I do "Will (Far Away)" for my posts as GrandSalamancer, and "Will (Old man)" for Imaginary Fanboy (Reference to this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYSYaqahjddjftU).

[@Robb1977]

I thought tracing renassiance art to the correct artist. No signatures, and sometimes not even a commission sheet to reference, was next to impossible. But oddly trying to uncover production of an animated movie from the 90s is proving just as difficult.

[@TheSLATEcleaner]

Disclaimer: years are talking about release, assume involvement is leading up to that year The director of Jungle Emperor Leo, Yoshio Takeuchi, narrows the production schedule considerably. More importantly, he was *also the screenwriter* for Jungle Emperor Leo, meaning he was absolutely critical for all stages of the production process. He directed 2001 Ya Monogatari, an OVA that released in June 1987, with a bunch of other work prior to that that makes it unlikely for him to have been working on JEL during the period prior to it. Then his output slows, with two works under his directing credit coming out between 2001 Ya Monogatari and Jungle King Leo - a short in 1993 and a full movie in 1996. He did the screenplay for works in 1990 and 1988, and was an animation director for Akira (yes, that Akira) in 1988. He would've been super busy in 1987, but using the power of inference we can assume (somewhat safely) his work in Akira (along with his earlier work directing episodes for The Rose of Versailles and Space Cobra) is what got him the job, since otherwise his catalog leading up to that point was mostly less well-received work. Here's my best educated guess. If you combine this information with what we can glean from the release history of Tezuka Productions, you can get a good picture of what was going on in their studio during the development of this film. Tezuka Productions doesn't typically have more than one series per year. Additionally, there's a glaring five year gap between the 1991-92 run of the Dear Brother anime and the 1997 releases of Jungle Emperor Leo and Bible Stories. Yoshio Takeuchi is coming off his first movie in 1987 and [as we can infer from his total disinterest in episode directing between 1986 (Honeybee in Toycomland for TMS) and 2002 (Beyblade)] is looking to direct again. He works in the animation department for Akira while trying to find another production company willing to put him in the director's chair (he notably works for a ton of different companies during this period). Sometime between 1988 and 1991 most likely, this gets the attention of Tezuka Productions, who've been wanting to release a film version of Kimba. They bring him on to start working on the screenplay. It's likely this is why there's a big gap in time for the studio and Takeuchi here. He has to find a way to adapt a 52 episode anime and the older three volume manga series it's based on into an hour-and-a-half. He's got a bigger budget than he's accustomed to and, with the death of Tezuka himself, a ton of pressure to get it right. In parallel, Disney is in production for the Lion King. Development begins in 1988. The Lion King goes into actual production in 1991 alongside Pocahontas. Names start getting attached. Word spreads. The Lion King is looking at a 1993 release date. Tezuka Productions might have been looking at a 1993 release date for Jungle Emperor Leo, but then they panic because they're going to being going head-to-head with The Mouse with lion movies when they're smaller. So they delay. Unfortunately for them, The Lion King gets delayed by rewrites. The Lion King finally releases in mid 1994. It's a massive success. Tezuka Productions is then in the awkward position of having a movie that's going to be completely ignored because "the greatest animated movie of all time also centered around lions" just came out. So they wait it out. Maybe they have some rewrites, but probably they don't since Yoshiro Takeuchi directs a full-length movie that comes out in 1996, meaning he would've been working on it in 1995 if not 1994. The Lion King doesn't just do well in theaters though, it crushes in home video too, becoming the best-selling VHS ever when it's released in March 1995. At this point, Tezuka Productions have been sitting on Jungle Emperor Leo for probably 3 years. They've moved on in production - Bible Stories comes out in '97, so we know it was being worked on in '96 if not also '95. They're just biding their time for Disney to quiet down a little to release JEL, which they get an opportunity to do when Hercules comparatively stumbles in 1997. TL,DR; Using Yoshio Takeuchi and Tezuka Productions' release history, it appears primary production for Jungle Emperor Leo took place between 1991 and 1995, with development beginning in 1989 or 1990 in conjunction with the Tezuka Kimba animated series. Takeuchi's work on the screenplay means it couldn't have started development until after 1988 and the short film he was working on meant he wasn't working on JEL exclusively during 1993. Tezuka Production was busy animating Dear Brother in 1990-91, and were likely planning to focus more on JEL once that run was finished. Then The Lion King goes into production in 1991, throwing a huge wrench into things. They aren't ready or otherwise willing to release in 93/early 94, so they decide to wait out The Lion King to see if they need to do any altering of their own film. The Lion King gets huge and delays them further since they know JEL will do terribly if they release it in the newly-saturated talking lion animated feature market, meanwhile Takeuchi has either moved on or does some work with rewrites then moves on and starts work on his next directorial project through 1995 for an eventual 1996 release. This is all guess work, but it's the best I can figure things with the sources available.

[@2devious724]

I cannot believe the lengths these people went to justify their hatred for The Lion King. I'm still mad at myself for trusting the word of that one lady, since she was a respected, long-time participant in another fandom. I just took her word for it, and that was foolish of me.

[@michaelstrong5383]

There was a time when I first heard about this controversy and doubted my love for Lion King as it's my all time favorite movie. But eventually, I realized it was all just coincidences rather than ripoff. The further Adam's research for all this goes, the further I begin to see how ignorant these "sources" who claim that Lion King ripped off Kimba are, even to the point of actually not seeing Kimba.

[@2devious724]

Michael Strong Same here! I’m glad I’m no longer ashamed of loving one of my favorite movies.

[@2devious724]

depressed cockroach Don’t worry, a lot of us are in the same boat and I have a feeling that many more will join us.

[@abigaileldritch]

I love when Adum asks “WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?”

[@bgs7529]

The amount of research that goes into is........... ADAM I RESPECT YOU SO MUCH

[@pentelegomenon1175]

If that copyright date is correct then the movie would have to be completely finished in 1987 but only got distributed a decade later, even though there was a Kimba show that debuted in 1989. Scripts have copyrights, but those are different from movie copyrights which is what production companies are far more concerned with. So unless there is any other reason to believe otherwise, this should be treated as a typo.

[@chopmopjeter18]

Holy shit I can finally witness the mental breakdown of a KZbinr and it's all caused by a japanese anime about a fun lil lion.

[@lilmovieperp3599]

I'm glad Adam is wearing his Marvel Cinematic Universe shirt.

[@alex_greensand]

I fully agree with the editor here 18:28.

[@Kmd-lq6gd]

The term "Kimbahole" would be used in journalism for generations!

[@crimsonpirate9]

When you realize the kimba video will never release and it will just be a series of live streams

[@heisenbaj]

Petition for this YMS to replace Enter The Anime on Netflix!

[@hello11197]

Adam’s inability to read the word Shouchiku amazes me. Again and again and again.

[@ismaelramirez3265]

I would not want to be on the other end of a debate table with this guy lol

[@Sciencegames21]

Adam gonna discover how epstein really died at the end of all this

[@mrgaudy1954]

Images of Kimba carting around Epstein’s hide intensify

[@JFTC709]

Epstein ripped off Kimba

[@atsartanis2337]

And so, I booked a flight to Japan.

[@friendlypup5650]

Adum’s gonna turn into jack from the shinning

[@Ghoulif]

These vids make my day

[@13TeK11]

someone save this man from his madness!

[@Neko0Hyuga]

this kimba video is desrtoying adum omg

[@TheAkuandr3zShow]

Yo, coming home to see these videos waiting for me is a blessing upon the day, thanks you so much.

[@Mariorox1956]

I'm so tired I read this title as "Typo deepens Kimba's hole" _Forgive me_

[@munjee2]

16:30 as a law professor I object to this statement

[@uknownada]

25:21 Has this source been shown on stream yet? Because the only time I ever heard that this would be the case was because that's why Disney's execs withheld release for the movie for a while, with lawsuits and stuff, because they thought it was a rip-off of Lion King. I think everyone thought that was just ignorant higher-ups at Disney who didn't know any better. Now that might be true??? I'd love to see the source on this.

[@kikikyami]

Really appreciate your compilations :) it makes it all so much easier to follow everything thats happening. And its great context for when the reviews eventually come out. Im not gonna watch all those streams :') i will give my view to you instead! Thanks!

[@TheExarion]

5:38 - Imagine telling someone who's done this much research on a conspiracy about a cartoon and has a rich history of videos where he's clearly knowledgeable about how the internet works and how with-the-program he is in general that Wikipedia isn't aLwAyS ReLiAbLe.

[@Chronoplague]

Before watching Adam’s streams, I was under the belief that Kimba inspired The Lion King, however, I always assumed that the Jungle Emperor Leo feature film was attempting to piggy back off Disney’s success.

[@randomfox12245]

I mean, if it wasn't for the neurotic conspiracy around Kimba that exists purely because of a bunch of people just straight up lying, I would think the NATURAL ASSUMPTION anyone would come to is that '97 Kimba movie was made in an effort to capitalize on the Lion King. Like, obviously. But instead the conspiracy goes on. I'm really looking forward to when his video is finally done, because literally all you ever see anywhere online where Kimba is even passingly mention, you just see people spouting the same shit and it has always driven me up the wall.