sure I know anno worked as an animator for miyazaki and studio ghibli, just thought I would point that out.
as for lion king it may have ripped off kimba but chistopher vogler worked on the script (uncredited), and i have read in his book that he got the idea from hamlet. ( the great shakepeare ripped off hamlet from a germanic source, I have read the original legend in saxo grammaticus) he said he also got the thematic thrust for the film from reading the works of joseph campbell, particularly the hero with a thousand faces.