The Lion Guard
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Adventure Children's adventure |
| Developed by | Ford Riley |
| Directed by | Howy Parkins |
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| Opening theme | "Call of the Guard" performed by The Lion Guard Chorus |
| Ending theme | "Here Comes the Lion Guard" performed by Beau Black |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 23 (+ 1 pilot) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Ford Riley |
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| Original release | November 22, 2015 – present |
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| Official website | |
| The Lion Guard (Music from the TV Series) | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | January 8, 2016 |
| Genre | Children, pop, world, soundtrack |
| Length | 34:43 |
| Label | Walt Disney |
The Lion Guard is an American animated television series developed by Ford Riley based on Disney's 1994 film The Lion King. The series was first broadcast with a television movie, titled The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar on Disney Channel on November 22, 2015 and began airing as a TV series on January 15, 2016 on Disney Junior and Disney Channel. It is the second television series to be based on The Lion King, the first being Timon & Pumbaa (1995–1999). The Lion Guard is a sequel to The Lion King and takes place during the time-gap within the 1998 film, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
In March 2016, it was announced that the series has been renewed for a second season.
The series centers around Kion, the son of King Simba and Queen Nala, the younger brother of Kiara and the prince of the Pride Lands, who, as second-born to the Lion King, becomes the leader of the Lion Guard, a team of animals who protect the Pride Lands and defend the Circle of Life. Kion, along with his friends Bunga the honey badger, Beshte the hippopotamus, Fuli the cheetah and Ono the egret, sets out to keep the Pride Lands safe and protected from animals who do not respect the Circle of Life.
The following characters from The Lion King movies appear in this series:
Kion, the second-born cub of Simba and Nala, discovers that he has the ability to channel the roars of the great lions of the past, giving him fierce power, just like his great uncle Scar, who had the same power before him, but who tragically misused it. At the instructions of Simba and Rafiki, he forms a team called the Lion Guard to stop a group of hyenas, led by Janja. As Kion chooses his non-lion friends, Bunga the honey badger, Ono the egret, Beshte the hippopotamus and Fuli the cheetah, to populate it, Simba scolds him for not taking his new responsibilities seriously but when they save Kion's sister Kiara from a herd of stampeding gazelle and defeat Janja and the hyenas, Simba realizes that Kion has protected the Pride Lands and is indeed ready to lead his new Lion Guard.
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