The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2015) Set in the African Savanna, the film follows Kion as he assembles the members of the 'Lion Guard'. Throughout the film, the. The series was first broadcast with a television movie, titled The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar on Disney Channel on November 22, 2015.

1. The Lion Guard: Return Of The Roar

. Original release November 22, 2015 ( 2015-11-22) – present ( present) External links The Lion Guard is an American animated television series developed by based on 1994 film. The series was first broadcast with a, titled The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar on on November 22, 2015, and began airing as a TV series on January 15, 2016, on and Disney Channel. It is the second television series to be based on The Lion King, the first being (1995–1999). The Lion Guard is a sequel to The Lion King and takes place during the time-gap within the 1998 film. The second season premiered on July 7, 2017. A third season was commissioned in March 2017.

Contents. Plot is the son of King and Queen, the younger brother of and the prince of the Pride Lands.

As the second-born of the Lion King, he 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, Beshte the hippopotamus, Fuli the cheetah and Ono the, sets out to keep the Pride Lands safe and protected from animals who do not respect the Circle of Life. Characters. Main article: The Lion Guard. (voiced by ) – A cub who is Simba and Nala's son, Mufasa's grandson, Kiara's younger brother, the Prince of the Pride Lands, and the leader of the Lion Guard as well as its fiercest member. He serves as the main protagonist of the series. He often exclaims 'Hevi kabisa!'

His battlecry for the Lion Guard is 'Till the Pride Lands end, Lion Guard defend!' . (voiced by ) – A who is the bravest member of the Lion Guard. He is Timon and Pumbaa's adoptive nephew and Kion's best friend.

His battlecry is 'Zuka Zama!' . (voiced by ) – A who is the fastest member of the Lion Guard, the only female member and Kion's friend. She is also the first female animal to ever serve in the Guard as mentioned in The Rise of Scar. Her battlecry is 'Huwezi!' . (voiced by ) – A who is the keenest of sight of the Lion Guard and Kion's friend.

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He often exclaims 'Hapana!' . (voiced by Dusan Brown ) – A who is the strongest member of the Lion Guard and Kion's friend. He often exclaims 'Poa!' His battlecry is 'Twende Kiboko!' The Lion King alumni The following characters from movies appear in this series:.

(voiced by ) – A lion who is Mufasa's son, Nala's mate, Scar's nephew, and Kion and Kiara's father. He is the King of the Pride Lands. Simba and Bunga share a history of having lived with Timon and Pumbaa.

(voiced by ) – A lioness who is Simba's mate, and Kion and Kiara's mother. She is the Queen of the Pride Lands. (voiced by ) – A lion cub who is Simba and Nala's daughter, Mufasa's granddaughter, Kion's older sister, the Princess of the Pride Lands and its future queen. (voiced by ) – Simba and Pumbaa's wisecracking friend. Timon is Bunga's adoptive uncle. Schon previously voiced Timon in.

(voiced by ) - Simba and Timon's warm-hearted friend. Pumbaa is Bunga's adoptive uncle.

Sabella reprises his role from and its spin-offs. (voiced by ) – A wise old who serves as a Royal Mjuzi (a Pride Lands term for someone who is a knowledge keeper and an advisor) for the Royal Family of Pride Rock. In The Rise of Scar, Rafiki takes on an apprentice named Makini.

(voiced by ) – A and Simba's majordomo who supplies news via the morning report of the Pride Lands. (voiced by in Return of the Roar, reprising his role from The Lion King, in later episodes) – Simba's father, and Kion and Kiara's paternal grandfather who was killed in the original film by a wildebeest stampede orchestrated by his younger brother Scar. Since his death, he lives on as a spirit that gives Kion advice on how to get through any tough plight. (voiced by ) – A black-maned lion who is Simba's deceased uncle, Kion and Kiara's great-uncle, and Mufasa's younger brother. He is the main antagonist of the second season. Scar was once the leader of a Lion Guard before Kion and also had the Roar of the Elders, but the power went to his head and he began to believe that he should be king instead of Mufasa. He lost the Roar after he used it to destroy his fellow Lion Guard members when they refused to help him overthrow Mufasa.

Later in life, he orchestrated his brother's death with the help of his. After being defeated by Simba in a vicious fight, he was mauled to death by the hyenas when he tried to pin the blame of Mufasa's death on them. By the end of The Rise of Scar, Kion unknowingly summons Scar back as a fiery spirit after he uses the Roar in anger when Janja provokes him. In 'Let Sleeping Crocs Lie,' Scar takes in Kiburi's float and announces his plans to unite all the animals in the Outlands to takeover the Pride Lands and defeat the new Lion Guard and Simba, who remain unaware that Scar has returned. In 'Divide and Conquer', Kion briefly witnesses Scar's spirit before it vanishes, but is unsure of what to make of it. Only a strange scorch mark remains, which Rafiki recognizes as a sign of terrible evil, and goes to consult the paintings of the past to be sure.

The Outsiders – A group of lions that were loyal to Scar. After a failed takeover following Scar's death, Simba banished them to the Outlands where they tried to invade the territory that Jasiri's clan lives in. Kion defeated them with the Roar of the Elders which sent them flying to the Outlands' termite mound area. (voiced by ) – A lioness who is the mother of Kovu, Nuka and Vitani and the leader of the Outsiders.

She was a loyal follower and close ally of Scar. After a failed takeover following Scar's death, Zira and those involved were banished to the Outlands with her family by Simba. (voiced by ) – A lion cub who is the chosen successor of Scar, Zira's youngest son and the younger brother of Nuka and Vitani. Prior to the series, he briefly befriended Kiara. Marsden previously voiced adolescent Kovu in. (voiced by ) – An adolescent lion who is the oldest son of Zira, the older brother of Kovu and Vitani, and a member of the Outsiders. Dick reprises his role from Simba's Pride.

(voiced by ) – A lion cub who is Zira's daughter and the sister of Nuka and Kovu. Chabert reprises her role from Simba's Pride. Supporting characters. Tiifu (voiced by ) – A lioness friend of Kiara's who is somewhat more sensible than her constant companion Zuri. Zuri (voiced by ) – Another lioness friend of Kiara's who is somewhat vain and hates getting dirty. Jasiri's Clan – A clan of who live in the Outlands and respect the Circle of Life.

Xvideo er software for windows 7. Unlike Janja's clan, Jasiri and her hyena clan respect the Circle of Life and mostly scavenge for food. Jasiri (voiced by ) – A friendly female spotted hyena living in the Outlands who allies with Kion. Madoa (voiced by Maisie Klompus) – A spotted hyena who is Jasiri's sister and is part of her clan.

Tunu (voiced by Crimson Hart) – A spotted hyena cub and brother of Wema who is part of Jasiri's clan. Wema (voiced by Fiona Hart) – A spotted hyena cub and sister of Tunu who is part of Jasiri's clan. Makuu (voiced by ) – An arrogant and hot-headed who is the leader of his float after he defeated Pua in a 'mashindano.' In the first season, Makuu and his float antagonized the Lion Guard and caused trouble. In season 2, Makuu has reformed from his trouble-making ways as he works to become a better leader for his float and the Pride Lands. Makini (voiced by ) – A young who becomes Rafiki's apprentice.

She is one of a few characters who knows that Kion speaks to the spirit of Mufasa. Big Baboon (voiced by in Return of the Roar, in later appearances) – An who is the leader of a baboon troop in Nyani Grove. Gumba (voiced by Jacquez Swanigan) – A young olive baboon who is a part of Big Baboon's troop. Basi (voiced by ) – A who is Beshte's father and leader of a hippopotamus pod. Pua (voiced by Gerald C. Rivers) – The former leader of the local Nile crocodile float. He was challenged by Makuu to a 'mashindano' (a fight for dominance in the crocodile float where the winner becomes the new leader of the float and the loser has to leave).

Upon being defeated by Makuu, Pua left the float. Thurston (voiced by ) – A handsome yet dimwitted who is the leader of his herd. Kwato (voiced by Lyons Luke Mathias) – A young plains zebra foal who is part of Thurston's herd. Mbeya (voiced by ) – An old who is the leader of a black rhinoceros crash. Ma Tembo (voiced by Lynette DuPree) – An with a broken right tusk who is the daughter of Amanifu, an old friend of Simba's who dies early in the series.

She and her elephant herd reside in Kilio Valley. Mtoto (voiced by Justin Felbinger) – A young African bush elephant calf who is part of Ma Tembo's herd. Mtoto’s mom (voiced by Virginia Watson) – An African bush elephant who is part of Ma Tembo’s herd. Zito (voiced by Nick Watt) – An African bush elephant who is part of Ma Tembo's herd. Johari (voiced by Ace Gibson) – An African bush elephant who is part of Ma Tembo’s herd. Twiga (voiced by ) – A who is the leader of her giraffe herd. Juhudi (voiced by Ivy Bishop) – A young Masai giraffe calf who is Twiga's daughter.

Shingo (voiced by ) – A Masai giraffe who is part of Twiga's herd. Mbuni (voiced by ) – A cheerful who is the leader of her flock. Muhanga (voiced by Russi Taylor) – An. Muhangus (voiced by ) – An aardvark who is Muhanga's mate. Kambuni (voiced by ) – A young ostrich chick. Shauku (voiced by Jacob Guenther) – A young pup. Tamaa (voiced by CJ Byrnes) – A who can imitate the voice of any animal.

Muhimu (voiced by in the US version, in the UK version ) – A plains zebra who is the leader of a herd of zebras that the Lion Guard leads to Mbali Fields. Hamu (voiced by Lyons Luke Mathias) – A young plains zebra foal who is Muhimu's son. Shortly after being born, he helped the Lion Guard fend off Janja, Cheezi and Chungu.

Swala (voiced by Tunisia Hardison) – A who is the leader of her herd that the Lion Guard leads to Mbali Fields. Ajabu (voiced by ) – An who travels to the Pride Lands to get away from Makucha. Pack – A pack of aardwolves that live in the Pride Lands and only come out at night.

The Lion Guard accidentally mistook them for hyenas until Kion cleared things up and fended off Reirei and Goigoi. The aardwolves are known for keeping the termite population down. Mjomba (voiced by ) – A grumpy and impatient aardwolf.

Ogopa (voiced by ) – A bright and bubbly aardwolf. Haya (voiced by ) – A nervous and shy aardwolf. Laini (voiced by ) – A who is the seemingly leader of her group. Badilli (voiced by ) – A friendly cream-colored from Mirihi Forest in the Back Lands who was driven out of his territory by Mapigano. The Lion Guard had to train him to have enough courage to drive off Mapigano.

Vuruga Vuruga (voiced by Virginia Watson) – An who is the leader of her herd. Kiara once presided over their Royal Buffalo Wallow. Young Rhino (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) – A young black rhinoceros calf. King Sokwe (voiced by ) – A king who is Majinuni and Hafifu's father. He and his troop of mountain gorillas live in the Theluji Mountains. Hafifu and Majinuni (voiced by and ) – Two mountain gorilla princes and sons of King Sokwe who come to the Pride Lands to deliver a message to Simba.

Hadithi (voiced by ) – A legendary who faked having invented the Hadithi Spin. Bupu (voiced by ) – A stubborn who is the leader of his herd. Boboka (voiced by ) – A sable antelope who is part of Bupu's herd. Chura (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) – An. Kifaru (voiced by ) – A poor-sighted. Mwenzi (voiced by ) – A who is Kifaru's tickbird and best friend.

Uroho (voiced by ) – A who is the leader of the Traveling Baboon Show. He and his fellow baboon performers Mwevi and Mwizi stole food from around the Pride Lands, but later saw the error of their ways when the Lion Guard saved them from Janja's clan. Mwevi and Mwizi (voiced by ) – Two yellow baboons who are members of the Traveling Baboon Show. Kulinda (voiced by ) – A who leaves her egg in Ono's nest while she builds a new nest that is safe from predators. She later names her baby Ona, in honor of Ono. Tumbili (voiced by Ace Gibson) - A who is the leader of his troop.

He grew tired of Furaha's antics and sent him away. Chama (voiced by ) - A young fun-loving African bush elephant who used to be part of Ma Tembo's herd. He, Mzaha, and Furaha are best friends and share a tree together near Big Springs. Mzaha (voiced by Cade Sutton) - A young fun-loving sable antelope who used to be part of Bupu's herd. Furaha (voiced by Mekai Curtis) - A young fun-loving Zanzibar red colobus who used to be part of Tumbili's troop. Nyuni (voiced by ) - A.

Dhahabu's Herd - A herd of plains zebras that live in the Back Lands. Dhahabu (voiced by ) - A rare golden zebra who is the leader of her herd. Bunga admires her greatly.

Raha (voiced by ) - A plains zebra who is Starehe's brother and part of Dhahabu's herd. Starehe (voiced by ) - A plains zebra who is Raha's sister and part of Dhahabu's herd. Hodari (voiced by ) - An who dreamed of being in a crocodile float. Makuu made him an honorary member of his float due to his bravery when confronting Kiburi. Antagonists. Janja's Clan – A clan of male that live in the Outlands and do not respect the Circle of Life.

Janja (voiced by ) – A cunning and ruthless spotted hyena who is the leader of the clan. Cheezi (voiced by Vargus Mason) – An excitable spotted hyena and one of Janja's henchmen. Chungu (voiced by ) – An unintelligent spotted hyena with a slightly heavier build than the other hyenas. Nne (voiced by Beau Black) – A sly and stout, but smart spotted hyena.

Tano (voiced by ) – A devious and sloping but smart spotted hyena. Mzingo's Committee – A committee of that live in the Outlands and is allied with Janja's clan.

Mzingo (voiced by ) – A calculative white-backed vulture who is the leader of his committee. He sometimes serves as Janja's spy and scout. Mwoga (voiced by ) – A foolish and devious white-backed vulture who is a member of the committee.

Ushari (voiced by ) – An who often conflicted with Bunga and would get disturbed whenever the Lion Guard was near him. In The Rise of Scar, Ushari finally gets fed up with the Lion Guard disturbing his peace and inadvertently finds out that Kion talks to Mufasa's spirit. He informs Janja of this which leads to the two of them orchestrating events that enable them to summon Scar's spirit. Reirei's Pack – A pack of that live in the Outlands. Reirei (voiced by ) – A clever and manipulative black-backed jackal who is the leader of the pack. Goigoi (voiced by ) – A greedy and dimwitted black-backed jackal who is Reirei's mate. Dogo (voiced by Jacob Guenther) – A black-backed jackal pup who is one of Reirei and Goigoi's sons.

He has blue eyes compared to the other pups who have brown eyes. Kijana (voiced by ) – A black-backed jackal pup who is Reirei and Goigoi's daughter and Dogo's sister.

Makucha (voiced by ) – A cream-colored from the Back Lands who tracks Ajabu to the Pride Lands since okapis are rare creatures. Makucha is later revealed to be the leader of his leap which is first shown when the Lion Guard was looking for water in the Back Lands during a water shortage in the Pride Lands. Mapigano (voiced by ) – A cream-colored African leopard who bullied Badilli upon invading his territory in Mirihi Forest in the Back Lands. Mpishi (voiced by ) – An who travels to the Pride Lands looking for a rare meal.

She once teamed with Mwoga to target Kulinda's newly-hatched chick. Shupavu's Skulk – A group of who are friends with Ushari, serving as his spies in the Pride Lands. Shupavu (voiced by ) – A sneaky, skeptical skink who is the leader of her group. She dislikes being close to Pride Rock. Njano (voiced by ) - A skink that works with Shupavu.

Nyeusi (voiced by ) – A stealthy skink that works with Shupavu. Kiburi's Float – Former members of Makuu's float who were kicked out and banished from the Pride Lands for their treachery towards Makuu and Simba.

Kiburi (voiced by ) – An arrogant who was part of Makuu's float. He and his followers defied Makuu's orders which led to them working with Ushari. While Kiburi challenged Makuu to a 'mashindano,' his three followers tried to attack Simba from behind only for the Lion Guard to intervene. Kiburi and his followers were kicked out of Makuu's float upon his loss and were exiled to the Outlands by Simba, with Kiburi vowing to have his revenge someday.

Upon running into Ushari again, Kiburi and his followers were led to where Scar's spirit is and formed an alliance with him. Tamka (voiced by ) – An overconfident and unintelligent Nile crocodile who is one of Kiburi's followers.

Nduli (voiced by Jorge Diaz) - A Nile crocodile who is one of Kiburi's followers. Kenge (voiced by ) – An enormous and ferocious, and acquaintance of Ushari who dislikes being called 'little'.

His venomous bite induces temporary paralysis. Production The series was announced by Disney on June 9, 2014, on the run up to the first film's 20th anniversary. General manager Nancy Kanter stated: 'It's kind of like meets.' The series' announcement came after a meeting between Kanter and Disney chief executive.

Iger suggested to Kanter that Disney Junior should consider producing content to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Lion King in 2014. Disney had shown early footage to young test audiences, who were able to make suggestions, such as adjusting the look of the hyenas. Disney Consumer Products launched a line of toys to tie into the television series, as well at book titles based on the series such as Return of the Roar, Can't Wait to be Queen, Bunga the Wise, Meet the New Guard, Fuli Finds Her Place, Join the Lion Guard! And Kion's Animal Alphabet.

A sneak peek of The Lion Guard was shown at the 2015. On August 12, 2015, a sneak peek was shown, with new information that the television movie was scheduled to air in November 2015 to be titled The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar. On October 9, 2015, it was announced that Return of the Roar would premiere on November 22, 2015, on Disney Channel. On coming up with the idea, the series' creator and executive producer stated that at the end of The Lion King 'We see and as king and queen and Rafiki’s holding up the cub. In, we learn that is Kiara the cub and she’s going to grow up to become queen.

I’ve got two kids, and usually stories are about the oldest child or an only child. I was really interested in a second born cub.

What would his role be if Kiara’s gonna grow up to be queen?' Riley explained that he was inspired by his 8-year-old son.

'Every Thursday he and his buddies go to the park and they have this imaginary superhero team and they have all these imaginary adventures. That’s when it hit me. Let’s have a group of superheroes in the Pride Lands – The Avengers meets The Lion King!'

When asked where the show fits into the timeline, Riley explained that in The Lion King 2; 'Kiara meets Kovu and they get into trouble. The very next scene, Kiara is fully grown and off on her first hunt.

Clearly there’s a few years gap in there, so we’re filling that gap with The Lion Guard.' When choosing the members of the team, Riley stated 'The qualities came first. If we’re going to have this superhero team, we want them to be fierce and brave and strong and fast and keen of sight. Those are the qualities of our five animals in the Lion Guard. The lion is going to be the fiercest.

The bravest is the honey badger, hippo the strongest, cheetah the fastest, and the egret – egrets have sort of binocular vision which gives them depth perception which most birds who have eyes on either side of their head don’t, so Ono our egret is the keenest of sight. They’re the best of the best within the Pride Lands.' Riley also noted the inclusion of into the series; 'It’s one of those things that struck me about The Lion King that there’s all these Swahili phrases. I wanted to have that element in the series as well, so we’ve actually hired Sarah Mirza, who literally wrote the book on English-Swahili translations. We’ve been using Swahili not just in names of characters and places but also in the language of the show itself. Like ‘Zuka zama’ which is Bunga’s catchphrase and ‘Sisi Ni Sawa’ song. All of the characters have catchphrases which mean real things in Swahili.'

On the series, Riley stated: 'We want it to feel epic and so we’re trying to draw from as many epics in classical literature and classical television in addition to The Lion King itself.' Riley noted that protecting the Circle of Life is the main theme of the series; 'The animals who respect it don’t eat too much, allow for the grass to grow, and larger animals to eat smaller animals. Our bad guys come from those that don’t respect the Circle of Life. They just want to eat and wreak havoc.'

In terms of giving The Lion Guard the same look as the original film, director stated: 'We were very mindful to hold the essence of The Lion King, through the look of the background environments to the actual characters. We did extensive research and were also able to obtain some original model sheets. The challenge with The Lion Guard was capturing the stunning beauty and look of The Lion King, so when one of my friends, Barry Atkinson, who worked on The Lion King as a background painter, became available, we brought him in. He shared a lot of insight when it came time to look at examples that the new backgrounds artists had done. Then another friend of mine, Mike Surrey, came in to talk to the animators and the storyboard artists. He was the animation supervising director on on The Lion King.

So we've pulled in some favors.' Speaking on the show's educational aspect and tone, Parkins said: 'We have multiple characters and stories to tell, so we've used the Circle of Life as sort of a nice story arc to the entire series as well as the feature. For the research we've done, we've been able to take facts about the animals in the and some of the habitat information and either work them into the stories or create entire stories based on an actual fact. Without being overly educational, we are very educational.

It's been a fun thing to run with through the entire storytelling process. We have to be mindful of the two to seven audience.

We have the music, the chase sequences, a lot of comic relief, as well as our villains, so there will be some dark moments. But we tend to pull back a little more than they did on the original movie or on a movie, for example, like.' Episodes. Main article: Season Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired November 22, 2015 ( 2015-11-22) 26 January 15, 2016 ( 2016-01-15) April 21, 2017 ( 2017-04-21) 26 July 7, 2017 ( 2017-07-07) TBA Spin-off A short-form series called It's UnBungalievable starring Bunga and Ono premiered on and on January 9, 2016. In the series, Bunga and Ono pick two animals to compete in contests such as 'Who's Quicker?'

'Who Has Better Hair?' And 'Who's Hungrier?' The series features live-action animal footage provided by Disneynature. 'Who's Quicker?' . 'Who's Mightier?' .

'Who Has Better Hair?' . 'Who's Hungrier?' . 'Who's the Better Babysitter?'

. 'Who's Cuter?' . 'Who's Sillier?' . 'Who's Louder?' .

'Who's Brainier?' .

'Who's a Better Flyer?' Broadcast Like its American counterpart, Return of the Roar premiered on November 22, 2015, on in Canada, while the series premiered on January 17, 2016, on, two days after its American premiere. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Return of the Roar premiered on on February 8, 2016, while the series premiered on April 13, 2016. In Australia and New Zealand, the pilot debuted on February 6, 2016, and the series began airing on February 28 on. In Southeast Asia, Return of the Roar premiered on March 20, 2016, on (April 11, 2016, on ) and the series premiered on April 17, 2016, on Disney Junior block in Disney Channel. It aired in in New Zealand and 7flix in Australia. Home media DVD releases Distributed.

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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 of 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.