How far did Simba go when he ran away from home? It's a question many have perhaps wondered, but given how Chinlund was tasked with re-creating the world of The Lion King in realistic fashion, he actually had to calculate it out. "I remember watching the original Lion King] movie and never could figure out how far Simba ran away for him to grow up independently. How far away did he actually run?" Chinlund mused. "I love the first film but geography was a huge problem for me on that movie. It's an animated movie so they used the available slipperiness of illustration to change scale. Pride Rock changed shape and scale throughout the movie so I don't think it was their intent to deliver like a tight geographical piece, but it did frustrate me as a designer." And so Chinlund set out on building a world map to answer the question. They decided that Simba was out there three or four days crossing the desert before he wound up on the shore of Cloud Forest, so if a cub travels about 12 miles a day, Chinlund gives the rough estimate of 50 miles.
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05-03-2025 alle ore 08:39