So this is interesting… side note, I left this image small so the text isn’t really readable unless you click this image.

If you have not seen avatar, DO NOT CLICK THE IMAGE. (Spoiler alert)

Not sure what I think of the claim but then again, inspiration happens all over the place. Not sure this is inspiration, sort of seems like… HELLO DISNEY, MAY I CONQUER YOUR BACKSIDE WITH MY MAN SPEAR?

Not the first time that this sort of thing has happened, but Disney did this to Tezuka, so I guess the saying is true, what goes around, comes around.

 
Tezuka’s – Kimba The White Lion

Disney’s The Lion King

Read more about Disney scooping the story from 1965 for their release of the Lion King in 1994.