La Garde du Roi Lion

My 4 year old enjoys it. I think some of these reviews forget it's for young children

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 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!

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.

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.