This is an animated version of Yanase Takashi's picture book featuring the friendship between a mother dog, Muku-muku, who lost her puppy, and the baby lion Buru-buru, who lost her mother.
Unfortunately the movie The Kindly Lion is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Osamu Tezuka | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Takashi Yanase | Director |
| Writing | Takashi Yanase | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Kazuko Nakamura | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akihiro Kanayama | Animation |
