The Lion King 1½

The Lion King 1½
Details
Other titles	The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata
Countries	United States Australia
Language	English
Recording studio	LA Studios
Channels	Disney Channel (United States) Sky Cinema Disney Playhouse Disney
Services	Disney+ YouTube Google Play Store Apple TV iTunes Amazon Prime Video Microsoft Store Fandango At Home
Release	2004-02-10

The Lion King 1½ is a 2004 American animated musical adventure comedy film produced by the Australian branch of DisneyToon Studios and released direct to video on 2004-02-10.

The film takes place before and during the events of The Lion King, mainly focusing on Timon & Pumbaa as well as how they met each other.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Timon	Nathan Lane
	Pumbaa	Ernie Sabella
	Ma	Julie Kavner
	Uncle Max	Jerry Stiller
	Simba	Matthew Broderick
		Matt Weinberg (younger)
	Rafiki	Robert Guillaume
	Nala	Moira Kelly
	Shenzi	Whoopi Goldberg
	Banzai	Cheech Marin
	Ed	Jim Cummings
	Zazu	Edward Hibbert
	Bashful	Jeff Bennett
	Donald Duck	Tony Anselmo
	Doc	Bill Farmer
	Sleepy
	Goofy
	Grumpy	Corey Burton
	Happy	Kevin Schon
	Lost Boys	Shaun Fleming
	Peter Pan	Blayne Weaver
	Sneezy	Bob Joles
	Snow White	Carolyn Gardner
	Stitch	Chris Sanders
Additional voices		Tress MacNeille
Alex Manugian
Del Roy
Andrea Wolfson
Cam Clarke
ADR Loop Group		Sally Ann Brooks
David Cowgill
Cooper Cowgill
Rachel Crane
Jackie Gonneau
Moosie Drier
David Hiller
Wendy Hoffman
Mark Robert Myers
J. Lamont Pope
Kane Ritchotte
Andre Sogliuzzo
Clay Savage
Aaron Spann

Technical staff
Casting by		Jamie Thomason
Voice directors		Jamie Thomason
Bradley Raymond
Recording engineer		Carlos Sotolongo
Assistant engineer		David Guerrero
ADR engineers		Carlos Sotolongo
Cameron Davis
Loop Group mixer		Doc Kane
ADR Recordist		Jeannette Browning
Recordist		Erik Flockoi

Music

Song		Singer(s)
Digga Tunnah		Chorus
That's All I Need		Nathan Lane
Hakuna Matata		Nathan Lane
Ernie Sabella
Jungle Boogie		Kool and the Gang
Digga Tunnah (Reprise)		Chorus
Digga Tunnah Dance		Lebo M.
Vinx
Grazing in the Grass		Raven-Symoné

International versions

	Language	Title
	Albanian	Mbreti luan 3: Hakuna Matata
	Arabic (Egypt)	الأسد الملك ٣: هاكونا ماتاتا
	Arabic (Standard)	الأسد الملك ٣: هاكونا ماتاتا
	Armenian (voice-over)	Առյուծ արքան 3: Հակունա մատատա
	Azerbaijani (voice-over)	Kral Şir 3: Hakuna Matata
	Bulgarian	Цар лъв 3: Хакуна матата
	Cantonese	獅子王3：Hakuna Matata
	Croatian	Kralj lavova 3: Hakuna Matata
	Czech	Lví král 3: Hakuna Matata
	Danish	Løvernes Konge 3: Hakuna Matata
	Dutch	De Leeuwenkoning 3: Hakuna Matata
	Finnish	Leijonakuningas 3: Hakuna Matata
	French	Le Roi lion 3 : Hakuna Matata Le Roi lion 1½ (Canada)
	German	Der König der Löwen 3: Hakuna Matata
	Greek	Ο Βασιλιάς των Λιονταριών 3: Χακούνα Ματάτα
	Hebrew	מלך האריות 3: האקונה מאטאטה
	Hindi	द लॉयन किंग 3: हाकुना मटाटा
	Hungarian	Az oroszlánkirály 3: Hakuna Matata
	Icelandic	Konungur ljónanna 3: Hakuna Matata
	Indonesian	The Lion King 1½
	Italian	Il re leone 3: Hakuna Matata
	Japanese	ライオン・キング3 ハクナ・マタタ
	Kabardian	Аслъан пэчъахь 1½
	Korean	라이온 킹 3
	Lithuanian (voice-over)	Liūtas karalius 3: Hakuna Matata
	Malay	The Lion King 1½
	Mandarin (China)	狮子王3：Hakuna Matata
	Mandarin (Taiwan)	獅子王3：Hakuna Matata
	Norwegian	Løvenes konge 3: Hakuna Matata
	Persian	شیرشاه یک و نیم
	Polish	Król Lew 3: Hakuna matata
	Portuguese (Brazil)	O Rei Leão 3: Hakuna Matata
	Portuguese (Portugal)	O Rei Leão 3: Hakuna Matata
	Romanian	Regele Leu 3: Hakuna Matata
	Russian (dub)	Король Лев 3: Хакуна матата
	Russian (voice-over)	Король Лев 3: Хакуна матата
	Slovak	Leví kráľ 3: Hakuna Matata
	Spanish (Latin America)	El rey león 3: Hakuna Matata
	Spanish (Spain)	El rey león 3: Hakuna Matata
	Swedish	Lejonkungen 3: Hakuna Matata
	Thai	เดอะไลอ้อนคิง 3
	Turkish	Aslan Kral 3: Hakuna Matata
	Ukrainian	Король Лев 3: Хакуна матата
	Uzbek (voice-over)	Qirol Sher 1½
	Vietnamese (voice-over)	Vua sư tử 3

References

v - e - d (franchise) Animated films The Lion King (1994) • Simba's Pride (1998) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) Live action films The Lion King (2019) • Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) Series Timon & Pumbaa (1995) • The Lion Guard (2016) Video Games Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games (1995) • Simba's Mighty Adventure (2001) • Simba's Big Adventure (2003) • Disney TH!NK Fast (2008)

v - e - d 1990s DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) • The Return of Jafar (1994) • A Goofy Movie (1995) • Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) • Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) • Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World (1998) • Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) • Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) 2000s The Tigger Movie (2000) • An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) • The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) • Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) • Return to Never Land (2002) • Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) • Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) • 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) • The Jungle Book 2 (2003) • Piglet's Big Movie (2003) • Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) • Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) • Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) • Mulan II (2005) • Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) • Tarzan II (2005) • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) • Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) • Kronk's New Groove (2005) • Bambi II (2006) • Brother Bear 2 (2006) • The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006) • Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) • Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007) • The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) • Tinker Bell (2008) • Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009) 2010s Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010) • Pixie Hollow Games (2011) • Secret of the Wings (2012) • Planes (2013) • Pixie Hollow Bake Off (2013) • The Pirate Fairy (2014) • Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) • Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular (2014) • Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)