The Lion Guard: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: The Lion Guard
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Children
• Premiere date: 2015-11-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-09-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: DisneyNOW
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 28 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 6770
• IMDb ID: tt3793630
• TVDB ID: 282756

Cast and credited roles

• Sarah Hyland — Tiifu
• Rob Lowe — Simba
• Gabrielle Union — Nala
• Atticus Shaffer — Ono
• Madison Pettis — Zuri
• James Earl Jones — Mufasa
• Max Charles — Kion
• Greg Ellis — Mzingo
• Jeff Bennett — Zazu
• Eden Riegel — Kiara
• Khary Payton — Rafiki
• Ernie Sabella — Pumbaa

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-11-22; final listed air date 2017-04-21; episode order: 26.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-07-07; final listed air date 2019-04-22; episode order: 29.
• Season 3: premiered 2019-08-03; final listed air date 2019-09-02.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Lion Guard on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.