This film follows the first The Lion King (1994) movie, following Simba's second child, Kion. But takes place before the second movie The Lion King: Simba's Pride (1998), with the Lion Guard TV series' season 3 covering the events of the 1998 sequel movie.
The film is followed by a television series which aired in January 2016.
In the German dub, Stefan Krause replaces the late Eberhard Prüter as Zazu.