50 reviews
Not as bad as everyone is saying
A fun adventure.
The Lion Guard TV show is definitely more entertaining than the introductory movie. Now that they've introduced the lead characters and explained the backstory they're able to move onto mini fun adventures. Each week you get introduced to a new African species with all their quirks and issues which keeps it fresh.
I do find it somewhat hard to believe that all the animals are dumber than five young members of the lion guard though. So it's not a super realistic show. I also wish they put a little more thought into the musical numbers. They're pretty obvious and not particularly catchy.
Overall it's a nice fun show.
I do find it somewhat hard to believe that all the animals are dumber than five young members of the lion guard though. So it's not a super realistic show. I also wish they put a little more thought into the musical numbers. They're pretty obvious and not particularly catchy.
Overall it's a nice fun show.
- Shopaholic35
- Apr 15, 2016
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Not as disappointing as many others think.
The show itself doesn´t look terrible but it doesnt look great. It completely changes the characters of Kiara and Simba. But there are a few stand out moments. Such as any of the three episodes with Jasiri (voiced by Maia Mitchell), Jasiri is a friendly, sassy, clever, kind-hearted and overall a very likable character. But overall the show is mediocre because it messes up the first 3 Lion King movies.
- zacharychitwood
- Mar 23, 2018
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Sadly Stereotypical
Not Bad
It's pretty good for a preschool show. IMO it's better compare to the pilot episode. However there are two things wrong. One of them is a badger named Bunga, and he is so annoying. The other one is how the LG stop other predators having a meal. I know it's a little kids shows, but really. I'm not saying that they should show all that killing and stuff on screen,but have the LG stop messing up with the food cycle. I know that young children don't like to see that type of stuff, but we shouldn't teach kids that carnivore are evil. Like I said show all that stuff off screen and have the Lion Guard stay out of the food chain or "the circle of life".
@ sazzle_sparky and other negative reviewers The songs may not be that great, but how can you call them terrible? They catchy and good and well sung. How are the voices annoying? They're not annoying (expect for the white birds voice). The voices of Fanbutt and Dum-Dum are annoying.
@ sazzle_sparky and other negative reviewers The songs may not be that great, but how can you call them terrible? They catchy and good and well sung. How are the voices annoying? They're not annoying (expect for the white birds voice). The voices of Fanbutt and Dum-Dum are annoying.
- mandyj-25696
- Mar 16, 2017
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The storyline grows brilliantly from season to season
My young son and I watched this show together every night before I put him to bed. His favorite Disney movie was Lion King and we discovered Lion Gaurd after subscribing to Disney+. There are not a ton of children's shows I can tolerate or even enjoy watching episode after episode in full as an adult. Lion Gaurd is an absolute exception - we enjoy watching each show together in full (only 23 minutes with no commercials on the streaming service).
There are a lot of good messages and lessons in the program - tactfully well delivered. The voice acting and accent range is wonderful. All in all, a very well done show. I hope a new 4th season comes out soon (we just started over with season 1 again).
Well done Disney+ for introducing us to this fantastic extension of the Lion King universe.
There are a lot of good messages and lessons in the program - tactfully well delivered. The voice acting and accent range is wonderful. All in all, a very well done show. I hope a new 4th season comes out soon (we just started over with season 1 again).
Well done Disney+ for introducing us to this fantastic extension of the Lion King universe.
- jdavidgaskin
- Jul 9, 2020
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This could offer so much more
- kristynapokorna
- Aug 9, 2017
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Better than the purists say!
I regard the Lion King as not only my favorite Disney movie, but one of my favorite movies of all time. When I first heard about this show, I was skeptical about the idea of centering on Simba's son Kion. I've seen the first batch of episodes so far and you know what? I love it! Contains all the things that made the movie so successful: memorable characters, zippy music, and a well written story that has some deep themes as well. This one is no exception. It may be a kids show, but there's plenty for adults to enjoy here as well as it contains themes of environmental conservation and racial tolerance (more metaphorical as it was shown in Don Bluth's Land Before Time). The characters are well drawn both in appearance and personality wise as each has his/her own strengths and weaknesses whether in defense or story-wise. I even love the epic intro with a great African Choir singing, plus the way that characters say some Swahili words make this equivalent to what Roger Ebert said about the first movie that it becomes "a learning experience as well as entertainment". Thumbs (and paws) way up!
- reddragonhero17
- Feb 19, 2016
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Weak,dated,depressing and forgettable. Joining elite club of crap.
- davidspisovatel
- Jul 5, 2016
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Cute show
When I heard that Disney was doing another cartoon based on one of their best movies, I was excited. I'd heard a lot about the show, and decided to give it a chance. Even if I don't have cable, I have other ways of watching The Lion Guard. All the members of the Lion Guard are cute, being young and all, and the research for the show was well done. They use a lot of Swahili words in their speech. Perfectly appropriate considering the setting is in East Africa.
I don't claim The Lion Guard is better than the Lion King. I do claim that it's fun to watch if you wanted another spin-off of the Lion King. For that, it's worth watching the whole first season just to see how it all starts. I'd heard a lot of not-so-good things about Return of the Roar, so I started with the first episode of the show. And I wasn't disappointed. It's a nice little reunion with old friends.
I don't claim The Lion Guard is better than the Lion King. I do claim that it's fun to watch if you wanted another spin-off of the Lion King. For that, it's worth watching the whole first season just to see how it all starts. I'd heard a lot of not-so-good things about Return of the Roar, so I started with the first episode of the show. And I wasn't disappointed. It's a nice little reunion with old friends.
- Keyan-the-Eagle144
- Aug 8, 2017
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I think The Lion Guard is an insult and a mistake.
No offense, but personally, i think this show is an insult to my childhood memories of The Lion King. I was a child in the 90s and grew up with The Lion King. The Lion King came out when i was 4 years old and was one of my favourite Disney movies of my childhood and of all time. I even loved parts of the sequal, The Lion King 2 Simba's Pride as an 8-year-old. I still have all of my Simba, Nala, Kovu and Kiara toys from my childhood.
But I really don't like this sequal to it at all.
The songs in it are very annoying and bad and they just lack character, melody, meaning and depth, because they are too wordy, random and fast. Simba's new son is very, very annoying. I hate Kion's high, stupid, irritating voice. And his character is very boring and a goody-goody-two-shoes. He always does everything right and never makes any mistakes or gets into any trouble. Kion is always able to take down any enemy he encounters in a matter of seconds with "the roar". This makes the storylines very, very tedious, repetitive and boring. Because the same thing happens in every episode of The Lion Guard. Kion's best friend, Bunga, is extremely annoying and irritating. Bunga is a total mistake. And together, both Bunga and Kion are like the two "Scrappy-Doos" of the series, as in "the giant, big mistakes" who never should have been included in the story at all. I hate Bunga's stupid voice and stupid, repetitive catchphrases (e.g. "Unbungalievable" and "Zuka Zama"). And i think Disney are always being very sexist, because they never made Kiara a hero, even in The Lion King 2. In the Lion King 2 and in The Lion Guard, Kiara is often portrayed and displayed as a scared, helpless and weak victim, and often needs saving, protecting or rescuing, just because she's a girl/lioness. Kiara is Simba's heir, but just because Kiara's a girl/lioness, they always make Kiara into a damsel in distress and a victim who always needs help, and they decided to give Simba a new son with the role of defending and protecting the Pride Lands. Technically, Kiara is Simba's second born cub. I read in an original book of The Lion King that Simba's first born cub was originally a boy cub. And in The 6 New Adventures book series, Simba's first and only child was a son. They named him Kopa. So, technically, Kiara should have been the second born cub and the leader of The Lion Guard. The hero and main character of the original Lion King film of 1994 was a male lion and heir of The Pride Lands (Simba). We have already had a male hero of The Pride Lands in The Lion King. So why do we need another male heir and lion cub being the strong, tough hero again in a sequel of The Lion King? Why did Simba specifically have to have a son to lead the lion guard? What was wrong with making a lioness the hero of the sequal to The Lion King for a change and a difference in contrast with the original film? What was wrong with giving Kiara the role of defending and protecting the Pride Lands? Is it just because she's a girl, and is therefore deemed as too weak to defend The Pride Lands? Furthermore, if The Pride Lands already have a King and Queen to rule The Pride Lands, who lead a pride of lions to protect and defend the territory, why does Pride Rock suddenly need a whole new team called Lion Guard to do this job? If there is a Lion Guard defending and protecting The Pride Lands, then what's the point, importance and role of the King and Queen of The Pride Lands? The Lion Guard outshine the The King, Queen and the first born Prince/Princess of The Pride Lands, and make them look pointless and useless.
This is why this show just upsets the original storylines of The Lion King and is an insult to it's memory. It was a bad idea. And it's a very cheap, badly made, crap show. The animation is terrible. It's horrendous. I wish they would take this off TV and stop producing DVDs of it. It's just awful. It upsets me whenever i see this show advertised. So i just prefer to pretend that The Lion Guard doesn't exist.
Summary: I think The Lion Guard is an insult and a mistake.
But I really don't like this sequal to it at all.
The songs in it are very annoying and bad and they just lack character, melody, meaning and depth, because they are too wordy, random and fast. Simba's new son is very, very annoying. I hate Kion's high, stupid, irritating voice. And his character is very boring and a goody-goody-two-shoes. He always does everything right and never makes any mistakes or gets into any trouble. Kion is always able to take down any enemy he encounters in a matter of seconds with "the roar". This makes the storylines very, very tedious, repetitive and boring. Because the same thing happens in every episode of The Lion Guard. Kion's best friend, Bunga, is extremely annoying and irritating. Bunga is a total mistake. And together, both Bunga and Kion are like the two "Scrappy-Doos" of the series, as in "the giant, big mistakes" who never should have been included in the story at all. I hate Bunga's stupid voice and stupid, repetitive catchphrases (e.g. "Unbungalievable" and "Zuka Zama"). And i think Disney are always being very sexist, because they never made Kiara a hero, even in The Lion King 2. In the Lion King 2 and in The Lion Guard, Kiara is often portrayed and displayed as a scared, helpless and weak victim, and often needs saving, protecting or rescuing, just because she's a girl/lioness. Kiara is Simba's heir, but just because Kiara's a girl/lioness, they always make Kiara into a damsel in distress and a victim who always needs help, and they decided to give Simba a new son with the role of defending and protecting the Pride Lands. Technically, Kiara is Simba's second born cub. I read in an original book of The Lion King that Simba's first born cub was originally a boy cub. And in The 6 New Adventures book series, Simba's first and only child was a son. They named him Kopa. So, technically, Kiara should have been the second born cub and the leader of The Lion Guard. The hero and main character of the original Lion King film of 1994 was a male lion and heir of The Pride Lands (Simba). We have already had a male hero of The Pride Lands in The Lion King. So why do we need another male heir and lion cub being the strong, tough hero again in a sequel of The Lion King? Why did Simba specifically have to have a son to lead the lion guard? What was wrong with making a lioness the hero of the sequal to The Lion King for a change and a difference in contrast with the original film? What was wrong with giving Kiara the role of defending and protecting the Pride Lands? Is it just because she's a girl, and is therefore deemed as too weak to defend The Pride Lands? Furthermore, if The Pride Lands already have a King and Queen to rule The Pride Lands, who lead a pride of lions to protect and defend the territory, why does Pride Rock suddenly need a whole new team called Lion Guard to do this job? If there is a Lion Guard defending and protecting The Pride Lands, then what's the point, importance and role of the King and Queen of The Pride Lands? The Lion Guard outshine the The King, Queen and the first born Prince/Princess of The Pride Lands, and make them look pointless and useless.
This is why this show just upsets the original storylines of The Lion King and is an insult to it's memory. It was a bad idea. And it's a very cheap, badly made, crap show. The animation is terrible. It's horrendous. I wish they would take this off TV and stop producing DVDs of it. It's just awful. It upsets me whenever i see this show advertised. So i just prefer to pretend that The Lion Guard doesn't exist.
Summary: I think The Lion Guard is an insult and a mistake.
- sazzle_sparky
- Apr 17, 2020
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It's fine
My 4 year old enjoys it. I think some of these reviews forget it's for young children
- robrodecker
- May 25, 2020
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I don't care if it's a kids show. This has ruined the film franchise for generations to come.
- ravsten428
- Aug 12, 2017
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A Decent Show
Overall I enjoy this show. The voice acting is good, the music is pretty good, most of the characters are likable, the animation is good most of the time and the backgrounds in this show look amazing! Also I love Janja. He's by far my favorite character/villain in the show because he's so entertaining to watch and he even gets his own little character arc which leads to his redemption.
One of the things I don't like about this show is Simba and Kiara's new personalities, but they're not the main focus of the show and only have a few episodes revolving around them so it doesn't bother me much.
Another thing I could do without is the magic roar. Kion has a magic roar that can blow his enemies away. Almost every time Kion is faced with a situation that's hard to get out of he ends up using his magic roar to fix it. Surrounded by bad guys? Use the roar. Need to defeat an army of outlanders? Use the roar.
The magical roar ruins any tension this show might've had by having it fix almost all of their problems. It makes the villains seem weak and non-threatening because Kion can just roar them all away and that's the end of it until the bad guys come back and get roared away again in the next episode.
Hell, my favorite episodes are the ones where Kion doesn't use the roar and actually has to fight and use a strategy to win.
(This last one is a bit of a nitpick but they ruined the cheetah designs in this show. They look nothing like the ones in The Lion King)
Basically I think it's a well writen show about teamwork, forgivness, leadership, dealing with responsability, and controling your emotions. The show has some bad qualities but it's still enjoyable.
One of the things I don't like about this show is Simba and Kiara's new personalities, but they're not the main focus of the show and only have a few episodes revolving around them so it doesn't bother me much.
Another thing I could do without is the magic roar. Kion has a magic roar that can blow his enemies away. Almost every time Kion is faced with a situation that's hard to get out of he ends up using his magic roar to fix it. Surrounded by bad guys? Use the roar. Need to defeat an army of outlanders? Use the roar.
The magical roar ruins any tension this show might've had by having it fix almost all of their problems. It makes the villains seem weak and non-threatening because Kion can just roar them all away and that's the end of it until the bad guys come back and get roared away again in the next episode.
Hell, my favorite episodes are the ones where Kion doesn't use the roar and actually has to fight and use a strategy to win.
(This last one is a bit of a nitpick but they ruined the cheetah designs in this show. They look nothing like the ones in The Lion King)
Basically I think it's a well writen show about teamwork, forgivness, leadership, dealing with responsability, and controling your emotions. The show has some bad qualities but it's still enjoyable.
- pimjenkins
- Jan 24, 2021
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Absolutely awful
- RalfieDelites4u
- Sep 2, 2023
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Satisfying
A lot of people may say this series wasn't good and I'm not going to lie there is room for improvement but if you stick with the show long enough there is plenty of enjoyment to be had that immediately you finish the final season you'll finish it with a huge smile across your face
- ibram-23283
- Jan 9, 2020
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Something's missing...
So we're just going to pretend Kiara was never born?
- sheischanelle
- Jan 28, 2020
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For the 4-7 Yr Old Watcher!
This show is specifically marketed to the 4-7yr old age group and for that it's spectacular. Not sure why grown adults feel the need to bash it because they can't comprehend the show's objective.
- fastjagdriver
- Oct 22, 2021
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It's a kids Show
David Bythewood, its a kids show, nothing more,nothing less, you are seriously reading way too much into the show. I have a child of my own and he enjoys The Lion Guard and I think, if you have children, they won't be reading too far into it as you are right now. On another note, why does the show have to be based on lions and their actual behavior in society when it's a kids show? Do we need to portray the fact that KION would be eaten because the male pack lion eats their own male cubs! Or the fact that the entire pack is consisted of mating with their own family members. On top of the fact that lions hunt live prey. Why would they show that on a kids show? yes hippos are aggressive in real life but again, as a Kids show, there would be no need to show aggression. Kids don't want to see animals eating each other, animals being aggressive. Kids shows are to teach a lesson, to put them to bed, or to entertain depending on age. Hyenas are depicted as bad because in your so called favorite original lion king, they are bad and work with scar. The show is called lion guard and is based around kion and his friends. There is no need to have a backstory of how female hyenas stay back to raise their young. And as shown in the show not all hyenas are bad since kion made a friend with a female hyena.. by the way poombah is spelt Pumba.... simba obviously said not to have any other species other than lions in the lion guard because it's called the LION guard, but it is in no where racism considering kion create his group with different species of animals.... the music is of course never going to top the lion king but why does it need to? It is geared towards sound and easy words for little kids. It is on Disney JUNIOR.
- patjmurrayus
- Jan 17, 2016
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Doesn't deserve the high score at all
I didn't even get through the first episode.
Terrible quality animation They've forgotten there is a sequel to the Lion King and Kiara should be older in the series This is non canon NOT canon.
Terrible quality animation They've forgotten there is a sequel to the Lion King and Kiara should be older in the series This is non canon NOT canon.
- NatashaJAmos2015
- Sep 4, 2021
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I was skeptical, and it took me a while, but it's grown on me.
First off, the bad. It's not as good as The Lion King. There was no way it could have been. It also does strange things with the lore, adding characters, letting Kion interact with his ancestors at a moments notice. Some of the voice acting is meh, some of the songs are sung by 13 year old children. Mufasa, Simba, and Nala's voice actors are different. Janja and his hyenas are, well, "furbrains".
But for all that, it has its charms. It reminds me of The Land Before Time. And if they'd actually gone for that feeling, instead of "it's the Lion King meets The Avengers" it might have actually been good. But even if it was by accident, they still hit that tone. Some of the one-time characters have been excellent. The characters grow and learn. Some of the songs are actually decent. Every episode, someone learns something--and it's often a genuine lesson. Some of the humor is childish, and some of it is more subtle.
I think the biggest thing is to not take it too seriously. It's a children's show, not a masterpiece.
But for all that, it has its charms. It reminds me of The Land Before Time. And if they'd actually gone for that feeling, instead of "it's the Lion King meets The Avengers" it might have actually been good. But even if it was by accident, they still hit that tone. Some of the one-time characters have been excellent. The characters grow and learn. Some of the songs are actually decent. Every episode, someone learns something--and it's often a genuine lesson. Some of the humor is childish, and some of it is more subtle.
I think the biggest thing is to not take it too seriously. It's a children's show, not a masterpiece.
- darthtommyc
- Jun 24, 2018
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didn't do a good job reason reason
Kiara and kovu our Cubs in the lion guard while they should be adults in the lion guard based off the Lion King that doesn't make any sense at all why they did that didn't do a good job so don't bother watching this show.
A Great Movie and Show for a New Generation
A Good start, but a TERRIBLE ending
- fantaje-16336
- Sep 16, 2022
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