Scar (The Lion King) artist Jorgen Klubien. According to the directors, "[a] patronizing quality" was vital to Scar's role in the film. Minkoff told the "Los Angeles Times", "When Scar puts the guilt trip on Simba, that's an intense idea ... probably something that is "not" typical of the other Disney pictures, in terms of what the villain does." Additionally, Scar serves as a departure from previous Disney villains because they "came off at least as buffoonish as they were sinister". Because Scar is the film's main antagonist, supervising animator Andreas Deja believed that "villains work really well when they're subtle", explaining, "to see
The Lion King (franchise) Pictures. "The Lion King" is the 32nd Disney animated feature film and belongs to an era known as the Disney Renaissance. The plot of the film is heavily influenced by William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet", and is believed to have been inspired by Osamu Tezuka's 1960s Japanese anime series "Kimba the White Lion". "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on VHS in the United States on October 27, 1998. It was directed by Darrell Rooney and co-directed by Rob LaDuca. It was first released on DVD as a limited issue on November 23,