Simba is a fictional character and the protagonist of Disney's
The Lion King franchise. Introduced in the 1994 film
The Lion King, Walt Disney Animation's 32nd animated feature, the character subsequently appears in
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) and
The Lion King 1ÂŊ (2004) as well as the 2019 remake of the original film. Simba was created by screenwriters Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton. While Mark Henn served as Simba's supervising animator as a cub, Ruben A. Aquino animated the character as he appears as an adult.