FAQ: Q - What song is this? A - "Hollow" by Cloudeater Q - Who are these characters? A - Mostly the characters from Lion King 2, but also some characters from TLK, the lion guard, and some old lion king books. Q - Why are there comments here from before the video was posted?? A - My videos are posted early for patrons! For just a dollar, you could have watched this video early, too! :P Q - Are you going to run a MAP of this? A - Nah Q - Can I run a MAP of this (or touch tone telephone)? A - sure, i guess leave a comment and ask. Must have completed one map in the past. thank Q - Can I use part of this animatic (or touch tone telephone) to practice animation/redraw? A - Sure, but please put a link in the description back to it. thanks!

she was so blinded by hate and so misguided she didn't understand that she wasn't only damaging herself but her son. She spent so much time looking at others spending time with their cubs, envying them, but she couldn't see that affection was waiting directly at her side. In him.

I love how she is looking down at Nuka when he is born, but only starts to hate him when Scar does. She would have been totally fine with him if Scar accepted him. She followed Scar so devotedly that even though she was angry at him, she accepted that Nuka was simply a failure because Scar thought so. Her hatred and anger blinded her from what he child really needed. She didn't even realize how much damage she was actually doing to Nuka til AFTER he died. :( ALSO: She sees that Nuka is upset when she has her new babies and starts to go after him. Her expression isn't angry. I think she genuinely cares, but she got so caught up in what happened with her mate that she didn't think about it afterwards. She's literally consumed by her bitterness! AND: In the last few minutes of her life, she loses literally everything. Nuka, Vitani, Kovu, and her own pride. Only seconds before she dies does she figure out what she's been doing wrong all these years.

Dang this really humanizes her character-I love that it shows multiple sides to her, some we never got to see in canon

i love how the more hatred zira feels, the darker the background gets as it hit the darkest shade, it flipped back to white, realizing how she really was living her life based off of anger and hate just as she realized, she fell into the river had this been the original cut (zira's suicide) it wouldve made it chilling even more still, very good job

Poor Little rat nuka

Ok 1. I absolutely love the way you draw lions 2. I love how Zira’s like “oh yeah that my hubby” and the other lions are just like “god no why please stop.”

3:23 Her cubs "Go mommy, go!" The rest of the pride "...help..."

I like the idea of Scar being Nuka's father. That would explain why he would be jealous of Kovu because Nuka WAS Scar's son but not Kovu

Wow this and “touch tone telephone” were really cool glimpses to see how you interpret the story, motivations and heartaches of female villains!

This is what I consider cannon for Zira it makes sense why she loved scar so much

01:21 Lionesses: Oh god please HELP us. Sarabi: my dear mufasa my beloved simba why did you have to go :( Zira: *Laughs in Ah yes thats my hubby*

This animatic is better than the Live Action Lion King *Because it makes sense*

I like how at the near end the background ( or atmosphere) gets darker symbolizing the turning point where Zira was finally losing it. She lost two sons, she was loyal to someone who never loved her in return, her youngest who was supposed to be her pride and joy betrayed her. The animatic gives off the amount of rage and hatred Zira truly has for the world. It is only until the end that she finally lets go of all that anger in a split second, but a split second too late. She is the only character I will ever like from any of the Lion King movies or spin offs.

This song is also used for Mapleshade. The same song for two amazing female cat villains. I love it.

3:19 I love how everyone is just in shock and in surprise,but then u see Zira’s son and he’s like,”Well, he deserved it ,no?” 😂

0:01 One second in and already and we already got a piece of art right here. I mean look at that lion. Perfect.

0:00 Ah yes, such a realistic lion on the pride rock.

I love this so much!!!! I never really thought much about tlk2 mainly cuz my mother took the liberty to name me after Simba's daughter. But I love how you interpreted Zira!!!

You just explained the whole lion king even Mufasa and Scar’s father death

Ahh u added the part where she kills kopa I always thought that was a cool fanon thing that people made

THE WHOLE PRIDES FACE WHEN ZIRA KILLED THAT LION LOL 😂😂😂

3:11 when your sibling eats your pizza rolls

Love this!!! And also you’re right, Kovu and Vitani are the same age (at least I’m sure since they’re both cubs in the beginning of TKL2 and Nuka’s a teen)

It’s so nice seeing her story explored more, especially with scar, in the films the pair never show emotion but hatred and anger and you really expressed them well!

Holy heck I’ve never seen this kinda theory before and along with the animatic. I think this has to be the best I’ve ever seen!!!!

There is not enough TLK content on youtube and i LOVE this.

I love Zira. Really cool, the personnal touch. We don't know if Zira really hate Mufasa or even if she knows what Scar did to him. But, that's nice anyway !

I absolutly love this! TLK2 has been my all time favourite movie since I was very little and ive always loved zira! Its really nice to see somthing from her perspective this is amazing and you did a wonderful job!!

1:44 lookit dat cute lil potato face 🥰

Zira is underrated as a HUGE Zira fan i have to say this

I feel bad for Zira. Her father treated her so badly and killed her mom.

Haven’t seen Lion King in AGES yet I still remember basically everything in Lion King 2. Bruh, flashbacks anyone? Well done video! 😄👍🏻

Am I the only one who kinda head cannons that Zira changed her name (if you look at her wiki it says her name means hate) I think originally she had a name that was much more positive or loving in meaning but after being struck with grief and having her mate (who she adored and was loyal to above everything) killed she changed her name to Zira, completely abandoning her roots to lead a rebellion of lionesses to avenge scar, her mate, the one they saw as a leader, as THE true king.

I always felt bad for Nuka! Poor babiee he was so neglected, and he just wanted to make his mother proud! Not to mention when he died trying to impress her!

I love what you did with the shading! I mean the way it was white at the begining and then slowly got darker, then the flash to white again at the end.

Zira: *Is Scar's wife* Simba as the new King: This should end well!!

Zira reminds me of a character name purple haze of Shen Shixi's book«Garnett dream».Their experiences are somewhat similar.

this is gorgeous; absolutely love the detail where it starts getting darker towards the end, then all of a sudden it becomes bright again. really adds a nice touch to it.

I love how the animatic just gradually gets darker~ Nice work, once again!

You should do Nuka next! I love him and want to get in more depth with his point of view to this and how he felt growing up! :)

this is amazing... i love that it’s darkening the deeper zira gets into her hatred and in her last moments it snaps back to light as it becomes clear to her how blind she was to hate and perhaps regret for what she did. i feel so bad for nuka :(

I just wanna say.. I love this, for a reason called I love how the ending credits foreshadow Ziras death! It’s all just so amazing in other ways besides that, 10/10 for you bud uwu

Ohhh I love this!!! I’ve been wanting to make a PMV to this song for a while, so cool to see this!!!

As soon as I saw the black mane, I screamed: “SCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR”

MY FRIEND LOVES ZIRA :OOOOOO AND I LOVE ZIRA OML ZIRA TIME IM DEADDDD

This is so good I love the expressions they make in your is gotten a lot better!

Ack this is so good I love it!! You should have made it a map I could just imagine it but I understand nobody is always up for hosting a map call. It’s still really good! I love the song you introduced me to its now in my playlists!

This is such a beautiful animatic! I love your style and the song is perfect for this character!

0:48 this face is so cute

I honestly love the song Hollow and this animatoc is just great aaaaa-

FINALY ! UHHHUUU ! MY GOOODDD YOU DRAW KOPAAAAA >>>>3333

2:50 - 3:18 this gives me Mapleshade vibes 😂😂😂

HOLY this was really amazing! I love love love your take on the interlude between TLK1 and TLK2! Smashing job with this animatic🤟🤟 have more depth to Zira than I thought possible!

I've always thought of Kovu and Vitani being in the same litter. They're the same size, Vitani never gets upset at Kovu being loved more than Nuka, etc.

This is... So amazing... I could see the lion gaurd/ lion king storyline kind of it was honestly just amazing..

Wow this is incredible well directed!! I was like THIS NEEDS TO BE FULL ANIMATED MAP!! Because, this story makes so much sense! I love the camer angles, and you have some great director talent!! I dream this will be map that I could join one day!! Awesome work!! ;3;

I've never ever so liked Nuka before, but, thanks to you, I keep going to like him!

Im low-key wondering if there could be an au where Scar saw the outcome of Kovus future and chose him over his own son to just create peace, being dead can make you think that if you could change one thing what would it be? I really think it would be interesting for Scar to just genuinely be nice at least once in the afterlife, or if Scar picked Kovu at birth maybe a past king or even his mothers spirit told him that Kovu would be the best option...

3:33 aww Zira being a sentimental mommy

I love how you ended this with the flowing river where Zira was last seen *DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN* To those who don't know why: Zira and the Outland lions attacked the Pridelands and ended up with Kiara and Kovu (totally butchered those names) stopped their parents from fighting. I forgot how Zira ended up hanging on to the cliff edge but Kiara rushed to her and offered her help. Zira didn't take it and let go of the cliff edge and fell into the river *D E D*

Love how in some scenes her big eyes make her look so adorble even when training Kovu to kill. It really just shows that she is a beautiful lioness who went a dark path and she was not as old as we all thought

3:12 Me when my brother wakes me up in the morning.

3:11 That's honestly me when someone touches my snack stash

I'm seeing a lot of stuff of people really loving Zira recently and I kinda love it (Shame what lion guard did to her character)

1:58 she doesn't even seem upset seeing Scar get killed...maybe she knew it was hopeless to try and save him or maybe she felt so broken after Nuka was rejected by him and how he didn't really seem to care for Zira after he became king (letting all the power get to him, he didn't even seem happy when she was pregnant again unlike the first time...)

I liked the idea that in the original story board zira kills herself and says no like if you watch that deleted scene its so creepy how she says it

This animatic fully embodies the reason I adore the story implications of lion king 2, and you’ve brought them all to life. Well done!! :)

By seeing this incredible animatic I myself am so inspried to do my own Storyboard. Thank you for showing us this:D

omg this looks so incredible! zira is my fave character from TLK and im so happy you made this animatic! this song also really suits her

Turned out so Good :3

Im so glad someone finally gave a valid reason for Zira and her pride to become Outsiders. Killing Kopa would of given a great reasoning

I love tlk content! It’s one of my favourite fictional universes!

Your video was recommended to me by KZfaq and I'm so glad it was I love this and your art style and the story behind this too! Love this work it's so amazing

I should be homework, but I'm here, watching this amazing video!

Woah! I love the lion king and this made my day. But I am a bit confused because at times I can't tell which character is which other than that this is great!

i just noticed.. the darker the screen gets the more evil zira becomes 0_o

This is so beautiful

Lovely! I really enjoyed it 15/10 It really gives more life it Zira

This really explain how Zira life happened I love it. the song fit perfectly with her. It’s amazing.

OMG THIS IS AMAZING AAAAAAAAAA. One if the best TLK fan made things I've ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!

Poor Nuka, Scar is a meanie poopoo for leaving >:(

I feel like I understand so much more about Zira now! This animatic is crazy good!

This is the better story of zira and scar you are so talented keep it up!

OMG I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS!!! You go by exact head canon as me and it makes me so excited to know that you watched the new season of the lion guard and added in the one Zira-looking male lion. Any TLK maps soon??

2:11 theres a smiley face in a lion back leg

Now I know why Nuka hates Kovu

wow!!! this is so cool! i love seeing different interpretations of zira!!

Awww. Man, I love Zira, and this is amazing. Love the song, too. I will have to check that out. And it's weird if Vtani and Nuka are in the same litter. Male lions are bigger than female lions, but still, Nuka was too big to be Vtani's twin. I liked that part about your AU, that they were only half-siblings.

I love how this shows a little bit of back story in TLK that we really don't get to see in the movies

2:52-Was Zira about to have a talk with Nuka?

The ending of this gives me so many goosebumps stg 👀👌 this is SO well done

I have watched this so many times. congratulations

tbh I spent like five minutes wondering what TLK2 meant

Actualy if you look at the lion king 2 Kovu says he met scar. I'm preety sure Nuka isn't Scar's son eather or he would use it against Kovu been the chosen one.

One thing I think Simba did seriously wrong was judge the cubs on the sins of their parents. He banished Nuka with Zira even though he was just a cub and acted with lots of hostility towards Kovu when he was a cub and when he saved Kiara because he was Scar’s son. That was Simba’s biggest flaw.

omg was awesome! your AMV is super well done I wait to see it finished ^^

amazing work ahhhh I have no words to describe this!!! it's so emotional and pulls you in with every brushstroke, every note!!!

Yo this story is PERFECT, holy lord. It would make everything make sense.

Love this! I used to really like the uncannon and cannon lore and backstories people made from the lion king when I was younger! this really took me on a trip! : ')