The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (later retitled The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride) is a 1999 American direct-to-video animated musical romantic comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Australia and released on May 1, 1999 by Walt Disney Home Video (aka Buena Vista Home Entertainment). The film is the sequel to the 1994 Disney animated film The Lion King. It was later re-released as a special edition DVD on March 16, 2004. It was also re-released again on Blu-ray alongside The Lion King and The Lion King 1½. The Blu-ray edition was "placed into the Disney Vault" on April 30, 2013.
The film centers around Simba and Nala's daughter, Kiara, who falls in love with Kovu, a male lion who was raised in a pride of Scar's followers and Simba's enemies, the Outsiders. Desperate to be together, they must overcome the two obstacles that are keeping them apart: Kovu's mother, Zira, and Simba's prejudices against the Outsiders. It also centers around Simba's father-daughter relationship with Kiara, who has a desire for taking care of herself and being on her own, under her father's protection.
Discussion began about the possibility of a sequel to The Lion King before the first film even hit theaters.[1] Most of the original cast reprised their roles from the first film, apart from Rowan Atkinson, who was replaced by Edward Hibbert as the voice of Zazu in this film and its follow-up/predecessor The Lion King 1½, and Madge Sinclair, who was the voice of Simba's mother Sarabi in the first film, but died in 1995 after the release of the first film. Her character was written out and does not appear.
Appearences in EDP Projects[]
- Top 10 Best Animated Sequels he awards The Lion King II: Simba's Pride the #6 spot on the list, and all while he talks about it, footage from the film is shown.
- Top 10 Worst Films Based on a Cartoon a song from the movie, "Not One of Us" serves as the theme song for this episode.
- AniMat's Top 10 Favorite Disney Animated Films