The Lion Guard
2016 TV series by Ford Riley / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lion Guard is an American animated television series developed by Ford Riley[2] and based on Disney's 1994 animated feature film The Lion King. The series was first broadcast with a television film 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.[3] It is the second television series to be based on The Lion King, the first being The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa (1995–1999). The Lion Guard is a sequel and spin-off to The Lion King, and takes place during the time-gap within Disney's 1998 direct-to-video sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride,[4] while the third and final season takes place in parallel with the film's second act, with the final two episodes serving as an epilogue.
The Lion Guard | |
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Genre | Children's adventure Education Coming-of-age Comedy drama Musical |
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" (Seasons 1–2) performed by Beau Black "The Power of the Roar" (Season 3) written by Ford Riley and Beau Black performed by Michael Luwoye |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 74 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Ford Riley Howy Parkins |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Disney Television Animation |
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Network | Disney Channel (2015) Disney Junior (2016–2019) |
Release | January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15) – November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)[lower-alpha 2] |
The second season premiered on July 7, 2017, followed by the third on August 3, 2019,[5] with the series finale airing on November 3 the same year.