The Lion Guard (Animation, English)
Genres: Adventure, Children
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2016-01-15
Ended: 2019-09-02
Network: DisneyNOW
Country: US
Airs on: Saturday
Air time: 09:00
Average rating: 5.6
The Lion Guard will recount the efforts of Kion, the son and youngest child of Simba and Nala, to assemble a team of animals to protect the Pride Lands. Some characters from The Lion King, its 1998 sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and 2004's The Lion King 1½, will appear such as Kiara, Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki, Zazu, Simba, Nala and Mufasa. It will also feature new characters including a cheetah named Fuli, a hippopotamus named Beshte, an egret named Ono and a honey badger named Bunga, who will serve as Kion's friends.