New characters are also introduced with Neve Campbell voicing Simba's daughter Kiara (the Juliet character), Jason Marsden as Kovu, a lion from Scar's pride (the Romeo character), and (brace for it) a voice provided by Andy Dick. The majority of the voice cast returns from the original, including Matthew Broderick (Simba), Moira Kelly (Nala), Robert Guillaume (Rafiki), Nathan Lane (Timon), and of course James Earl Jones (Mufasa).
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Continuing the "Shakespeare on the Serengeti" storytelling idea, The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride tackles Romeo & Juliet. Despite what crazy anime fans will scream at you from their parents' basement, the original Lion King was simply the story of Hamlet told on the African Serengeti and not some vast Disney conspiracy to rip off Kimba The White Lion. So, Disney has now gone back and revisited this direct-to-video sequel and has given it a new transfer, new soundtrack, and a two-disc set that you won't mind having on your shelf next to The Lion King and The Lion King 1 1/2. Since then, the original Lion King was released DVD in an excellent special edition and a stunning transfer, so it really made that old non-anamorphic DVD of the sequel look bad. It turns out that it was also one of the first animated Disney films to be released on the DVD format. One of the first of these sequels was The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride.
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Maybe it's because they both had animated television series, so the sequels can sort of feel like movies following those series as opposed to sequels to Disney classics such as Cinderella. The two Lion King sequels and the two Aladdin sequels are actually somewhat decent.
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However, I'd say that not all of these are bad. If there's one thing people really hate Michael Eisner for, it's the nightmarish marring of Disney classics in the form of really bad direct-to-video sequels.