The Imaginary Okapi

The Imaginary Okapi

July 8, 2016 TV Episode The Lion Guard

Studio
Disney Television Animation
Animation studio
Disney Television Animation, Mercury Filmworks
Distributor
Disney–ABC Domestic Television

Synopsis

Beshte makes friends with a timid okapi named Ajabu who has traveled to the Pride Lands to get away from Makucha the leopard, but the guard thinks that Ajabu is imaginary due to his tendency to hide from others. When Makucha shows up in the Pride Lands however, the guard soon realizes that Beshte's new friend is real.

Characters

Kion, Fuli, Beshte, Ono, Bunga, Kiara, Simba, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki, Zazu, Mufasa, Mzingo, Zuri, Tiifu, Janja, Cheezi, Chungu

Credits

Directing

Director
Howy Parkins

Producing

Producer
Ford Riley (Executive Producer)

Writing

Writer
John Loy

Voices

Voice
Max Charles (Kion), Diamond White (Fuli), Dusan Brown (Beshte), Atticus Shaffer (Ono), Joshua Rush (Bunga), Eden Riegel (Kiara), Rob Lowe (Simba), Gabrielle Union (Nala), Kevin Schon (Timon, Chungu), Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa), Khary Payton (Rafiki), Jeff Bennett (Zazu), James Earl Jones (Mufasa), Johnny Rees (Mzingo), Madison Pettis (Zuri), Sarah Hyland (Tiifu), Andrew Kishino (Janja), Vargus Mason (Cheezi)

Crew

Created By
Ford Riley

Production notes

Song: "Life in the Pridelands" sung by Beshte and Ajabu.

The series hit air in 2016, but will be preceded by a direct-to-TV movie , The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar in late 2015. Kion, the second child of Simba and Nala, assembles his own assortment of jungle animals to protect the Pride Lands.