The Lion King was produced by an animation company.
This is a list of films from Walt Disney Animation Studios , an American animation studio headquartered in Burbank , California . The Lion King is a 1994 American animated epic musical film , produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures . It is the 32nd Disney animated feature film . Production began in 1991 concurrently with Pocahontas , which wound up attracting most of Disney 's top animators .