The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2015)

Directed by

Howy Parkins

Genre

animated film, adventure film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

44 min

Rated

G

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 1,221 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is the pilot movie for a TV series set in the Lion King universe. It shows how Kion, Simba's son, becomes the leader of a special team of animals who protect the Pride Lands.

action-packedfamily-friendlyupbeatheroiceducationaladventurouslightenergetic

What happens

The Lion Guard is an American animated television series developed by Ford Riley based on Disney Animation'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. 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, with the third season taking place in parallel with the film's second act, followed by the final two episodes of Season 3 serving as a continuation to that film. The second season premiered on July 7, 2017. A third and final season was commissioned on March 15, 2017, and premiered on August 3, 2019. The series finale aired on November 3, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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