What the reviewer missed while he was busy being cute was to check the sources he had referred to. When he said, "Like in The Lion King, a bird flaps through the forest spreading news of the "royal" birth, and all of the animals come to pay homage", he obviously overlooked the fact that the corresponding scene in Lion King was actually derived from the opening theme sequence of the Japanese TV show. The opening of Jungle Emperor Leo is more a case of the Japanese producers taking back what was theirs to begin with.