Towards the end of the Voltron season five trailer there’s a brief shot of a white lion’s eye looking directly at Allura. What’s going on there? Why did we hear an actual lion roar over it?

The battle was not without a deep personal loss: the disappearance and possible death of black lion paladin Shiro. Consequently, there is no Voltron at the beginning of Season 3. Instead ...

Consider, in today’s productions houses, it is primarily white writers who choose the words and write the stories of these Black cartoon characters, and white actors who bring them to life on ...

Lion Forge Animation had the breakout animation hit of the year, and now it’s on a global quest to tell stories that haven’t traditionally been told. Earlier this year, a heartfelt short film ...

After the movie’s release, many were shocked by its similarities to a Japanese-created American television cartoon series called “Kimba, the White Lion.” That cartoon, about African wildlife ...

Osamu Tezuka, a Japanese animator, created the anime, "Kimba the White Lion," in 1965 ... totally thought that The Lion King was an adaptation of the cartoon he had watched as a kid.

Many black stars have voiced our ... "Bebe's Kids" and everyone's favorite dad in "The Lion King" to militant activist Huey Freeman of "The Boondocks," cartoon characters, and the voices behind ...