Episode 1 - Never Judge a Hyena By Its Spots

[cleargreenwater]

Yeah, I'm thrilled they finally gave good PR for hyenas and sort of made it a number one priority by making this episode one of the first ones right out of the gate, while most the old fans are watching still & before the newness wears off. Yay And Jasiri was cute. Great start! :3

This is also the first Lion Guard thing I've sat down & watched. I have to say, Bunga is not as terrible as I thought he'd be. He does not look half as blue in the show as he did in promo materials and I haven't watched enough for him to get annoying yet. Fuli on the other hand. Doesn't help either that her styling looks the least like original TLK art style. But someone on one of the other threads said a mouthful talking about characters in kid's shows breaking the fourth wall. I am SO happy this show doesn't do that, it seems so classy for a children's show to tell a story start to finish & I didn't even realize how rare it is anymore.

All & all I really like Kion. Although IDK, with all his crew listing off all the things Kion wouldn't have done wrong that they did, he sure could've given them a landmark they were all familiar with in the first place xD

Is there any place online I can find the one hour intro special for this show? Someone here said it wasn't on Disney Junior website anymore, as usual I'm super late.

[Sharifu]

I ended up buying the Season Pass on Google Play for $30. But the next day, Kanu sent me a link to a website where you can watch cartoons for free, and it seems stable, oh well.

Is there any place online I can find the one hour intro special for this show? Someone here said it wasn't on Disney Junior website anymore, as usual I'm super late.

This is the website Kanu gave me. Here's the link for "The Return of the Roar" (The Pilot Episode): http://kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/The-Li...Movie?id=66780

And here is the first two episodes: http://kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/The-Lion-Guard (And I assume future episodes will be there too)

Now, about the episode, "Never Judge a Hyena by it Spots", I liked this episode quite a bit. I've always liked the hyenas, even though they are usually the villains. But it's nice to see them in a good light too, and Jasiri is a cute character. I really like the song "Sisi ni sawa". I have listened to it quite a lot on the soundtrack, even before I saw the episode. One of the best songs in the series in my opinion.

I am really impressed with this show so far, it's gone past my expectations of what I thought this show was going to be. Like Kanu said, some of the animation (like the walk cycles) seem a little wonky sometimes, but other than that, I think it looks great. The facial expressions are animated nicely. And the backgrounds are beautiful. This is the kind of show I really wanted as a child too, instead of The Timon and Pumbaa show. It's nice to have a show that Timon and Pumbaa aren't the main stars.

But someone on one of the other threads said a mouthful talking about characters in kid's shows breaking the fourth wall. I am SO happy this show doesn't do that, it seems so classy for a children's show to tell a story start to finish & I didn't even realize how rare it is anymore.

I agree! I have seen other Disney Junior shows break the fourth wall, and I am very glad they decided not to do that with this show. For that reason, I feel this show can be more entertaining to older audiences as well.