http://variety.com/2016/tv/features/voice-director-kelly-ward-brings-out-roar-in-lion-guard-1201680305/
It's an interview with viice director kelly ward. Kelly later in the interviews says that tlg won't shy away from the darker, sadder aspects of living in the pridelands. They've been given creative freedom to not pull many punches.
What this means exactly I don't know.