Question: DVD's of "The Lion King 1½" were initially available in what year?
About the article "The Lion King", section "Sequels and spin-offs".

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The entire classic series was released on DVD in April 2007.
Prior to that, only two other DVDs were available: "Action Stations", containing what are believed to be some of the better episodes, and "Snow Business", containing the Christmas special (which was noticeably absent in the classic series boxed set) and two other episodes: "Safe with Sam", which emphasizes fire safety and which has not been shown by the BBC since November 1990, and "Rich and Famous".
A further DVD of original episodes was available from the newspaper The Sunday Mirror in 2006, but only contained two episodes.
The majority of the 2005 season has been released in several DVD's. 
The Lion King Celebration was a parade based on the animated film "The Lion King".
It was designed to tell story of Simba, the protagonist of "The Lion King", as if it were a tale passed down in Africa for generations.
It parade featured six floats designed around different aspects of Africa, dancers dressed in animal costumes and a Pride Rock float featuring Simba and Nala.
The parade ran at Disneyland from June 1, 1994 to June 1, 1997, after which four of the floats were moved to Disney's Animal Kingdom for the Festival of the Lion King show. 
Sequels and spin-offs.
Between 1995 and 1999, the characters of Timon and Pumbaa received their own animated show, "The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa", which ran for three seasons and 85 episodes.
Ernie Sabella continued to voice Pumbaa, while Timon was voiced by Quinton Flynn and Kevin Schon in addition to Nathan Lane himself.
In 1998, a sequel entitled "" was released on VHS.
The film centers around Simba and Nala's daughter, Kiara, who falls in love with Kovu, a male lion who was raised in a pride of Scar's followers, the Outsiders.
2004 saw the release of another "Lion King" film on DVD, "The Lion King 1½".
It is a prequel in showing how Timon and Pumbaa met each other, and also a parallel in that it also depicts what the characters were retconned to have done during the events of the original movie.
Symoné released a five-track EP with Hollywood Records on January 1, 2004 prior to the release of "This Is My Time", containing "Backflip", "Bump", "Overloved", "What Is Love?
", and "Mystify".
Released to promote the full-length album, the EP was only available in select stores and is now very rare.
Recorded late into the production of the album, "Backflip" was the lead single official from "This Is My Time".
Four songs from the album were incorporated into soundtracks from Disney films: "The Lion King 1½" with "Grazing in the Grass"; "" with "This Is My Time"; "Ice Princess" with "Bump"; and "Go Figure" with "Life Is Beautiful". 
Fictional character biography.
The first Lion-Mane resided on Earth-Two.
This version was a human with feline features and heightened strength.
He was initially a henchman of that world's Catwoman who betrayed him and buried the loot in the forest.
Lion-Mane was captured after that.
Years later, Lion-Mane orchestrated a prison riot and took the guards hostage.
Huntress infiltrated the prison and challenged Lion-Mane into 1-on-1 fight.
If she could win, Lion-Mane would release the hostages, or if Lion-Mane won, she would have to reveal the location of the treasure Catwoman buried in the forest.
The fight was tough and almost a draw, but eventually Huntress was able to defeat Lion-Mane.
In the meantime, police had arrived and with nobody leading the prisoners, they were easily captured.