OVERALL: Draw

The US, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Scandinavia, South Korea, Spain, UK, and Australian 3D Diamond Editions include both 3D and 2D versions with extensive extras. Note the US/Canada Diamond editions support the "Disney Second Screen" Picture-in-Picture app.

The US Signature Edition and UK 4K+Blu-ray releases have some exclusive extras, but drops many of the previous extras and only has the 2D version.


General notes: When compared with the original theatrical release, a few minor changes have been reported:
– The letters S-E-X (or S-F-X), which were formed by a swirling cloud of dust created, as Simba falls to the ground in despair (in one scene, few frames) in the previous releases are now "masked". More info: http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lionking.htm.
– Also, there are some crocodiles (and some birds), that have a few seconds of screen time in the “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King” sequence. These crocodiles and birds have been altered in all later releases due to co-director Roger Allers' dissatisfaction with their designs in its initial release because "in the rush of trying to get the film done, the scene kind of fell through the cracks" and wound up just using a story panel
– In addition, additional changes were made for the 2011 3D re-release version such as the removal of clouds Simba runs towards as his father's spirit disappears (although they have been restored for the Signature Edition).

Even more info can be found here:
- http://www.ultimatedisney.com/thelionking2.html.
- http://lionking.wikia.com/wiki/The_Lion_King_Series_Re-release_Changes

CUTS:

• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition America- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition America- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 Re-release Version (88:23). See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL The Walt Disney Signature Circle of Life Edition America- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 Re-release Version, however the clouds in one scene have been restored (88:23).
• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition Australia- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition Australia- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition Canada- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition Canada- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 Re-release Version (88:23). See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL The Walt Disney Signature Circle of Life Edition Canada- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 Re-release Version, however the clouds in one scene have been restored (88:23).
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition Czech Republic- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition Germany- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition Germany- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such (88:23). 2011 Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition Hong Kong- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition Italy- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition Italy- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such (88:23). 2011 Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition Poland- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition Poland- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition Scandinavia- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition Scandinavia- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such (88:23). 2011 Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition South Korea- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition South Korea- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such (88:23). 2011 2D Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition Spain- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition Spain- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL 3D Diamond Edition United Kingdom- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 3D (88:50) and 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.
• Blu-ray ALL 4K + Blu-ray United Kingdom- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 Re-release Version, however the clouds in one scene have been restored (88:23).
• Blu-ray ALL Diamond Edition United Kingdom- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts as such. 2011 2D (88:23) Re-release Version. See notes.

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Comparison added by Markus_Lang on 17/12/11
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 08/04/22

UPDATE LOG:

17/12/11: Initial entry.
18/12/11: Addition of the American and German editions.
13/05/14: Scandinavia 3D and a few tweaks.
27/08/17: Addition of the US Signature Edition release.
03/12/18: Added UK 4K 2-disc set (different to regular UK); updated Signature region coding.
08/04/22: Added Canada x3, Italy x2, Poland x2, Korea x2, Spain x2, UK 3D, UK 2D, Australia x2.