Original subtitles

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[snort]

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I am life.

[growls]

[thunder]

[purrs]

I am death.

I give everything.

[grunts]

[bellows]

But I take all.

[yelp]

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I am the Savage Kingdom.

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[trumpets]

[growl]

The old queen is dead.

Now the greatest hunter takes the throne.

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She leads the most brutal army in the realm.

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Matsumi.

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But the kingdom will test the new queen.

[grumbles]

There are many, Matsumi,

who would kill to own the great marsh.

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[snorts]

[trumpets]

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[grunting]

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Matsumi's young have a direct line to the throne.

She must make them warriors.

[grunting]

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She is scarred mother...

and commander.

[snorting]

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[squealing]

[growling]

[squeals]

[growling]

Your daughter shows promise.

She has gifts your sons do not.

She will be your heir.

[snorting]

[squeals]

[snorts]

[squealing]

[growling]

There is more to leading than just killing.

Matsumi, the provider,

must hold this volatile gang together

and appease her brutal king...

Sekekama.

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Nobody eats before him.

Least of all, his sons.

♪

[flies buzzing]

Even Matsumi yields.

[growling]

[roars]

Colossal, violent...

[roar]

...unpredictable.

All hail the king.

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The great marsh.

Matsumi's inheritance.

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[elephant trumpets]

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Control this water, and you control everything.

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[grumbling]

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[birds chirping]

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Many want to take this from you, Matsumi.

To keep it, you'd better build your pride.

[whoop]

Armies and murderers

are gathering in strength...

[roar]

...massing beyond the marsh.

♪

[roaring]

Only the king can keep these threats at bay.

[roaring]

But his empire is vast...

and Sekekama must protect it all.

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While he defends the south with his brother...

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...the north is vulnerable.

[groans]

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Insurgents grow bold.

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They know the king is away.

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[yipping]

Get off our land.

[yipping]

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Hyenas infect the kingdom like a plague.

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Where there is one, there will soon be many.

War is coming.

[birds chirping]

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The great marsh is the glory of the realm.

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So much to win.

So much to lose.

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Let them play a little longer.

They know nothing of the game in store.

[bird chirping]

♪

Matsumi's cubs must grow quickly.

Soon they will have to fight to protect their marsh.

♪

[distant roaring]

Distant roars carry on the wind.

Rivals prowl the hills and forests of the north.

[screeching]

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The ragged queen of the north.

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She leads a small but ambitious pride.

[growls]

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They, too, would kill for the marsh.

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[growling]

They terrorize and take from all who cross their path.

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[growls]

♪

[thunder]

The kingdom places enemies on all fronts.

[thunder]

Only the strongest will hold the marsh.

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[thunder]

[rain falling]

♪

♪

Matsumi needs more soldiers.

More teeth, more claws.

It's time to mate.

This is Sekekama's divine right.

♪

♪

Don't get too close,

your father knows nothing of mercy.

Matsumi belongs to the king alone.

[distant zebra braying]

♪

[birds calling]

[growls]

[bird calling]

[squawking]

[roaring]

[distant roaring]

[grumbling]

♪

♪

Sekekama gives no second chances.

But Matsumi needs his services,

whatever the price.

♪

[thunder]

Just keep him away from the pride.

[growls]

[roar]

[thunder]

♪

[chirping]

[bellows]

[purrs]

[roars]

♪

♪

He is beyond their help.

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Goodnight, sweet prince.

♪

[screeching]

The king is calmed.

Her duty done.

♪

Matsumi returns to an unsettled pride.

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♪

Never leave them again.

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The cost of Sekekama's services has been paid for in blood.

[distant roaring]

[growls]

The kingdom is ancient and blind.

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It protects no one.

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♪

You carry Sekekama's cubs, Matsumi.

Keep him close.

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Only he can defend your pride.

[roars]

♪

On the sand ridge that skirts the marsh,

an insidious army builds in strength.

[yipping]

Hyenas breed generation after generation of soldiers

in secret.

♪

[growls]

More teeth, more jaws.

[growls]

Ready to bring the fight

to the lions.

Tick, tock.

♪

[purring]

♪

[buffalo grunting]

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Matsumi needs to harden her youngsters.

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They need to learn to kill.

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A dangerous rite of passage.

Some die in the test.

The scars are carried for life.

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[grunting]

[grunts]

♪

[birds calling]

♪

[grunts]

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Nerves fail Matsumi's heirs.

[roars]

[bellowing]

[roaring]

[hooves thundering]

This is how it's done.

Watch and learn.

[bellows]

No time for fear.

No time for mercy.

♪

[roars]

[thud]

[buffalo bellows]

They all eat well,

thanks to the king and the queen.

But her youngsters are not stepping up.

They're not maturing fast enough.

♪

[birds calling]

♪

The hyenas grow restless.

[squawking]

Murderous scouts push ever deeper into the kingdom.

Soon, they will infiltrate the marsh.

[squawking]

[birds calling]

♪

The kingdom doesn't care who lives or who dies.

But every cub must learn to kill

just to survive.

♪

♪

Today, Matsumi will give birth.

♪

[birds squawking]

The queen must leave her pride again.

♪

Newborns need a place of safety.

♪

Matsumi heads for the hill where she was born.

♪

[snarls]

The den is not what it used to be.

♪

This has become a leopard's rock.

♪

[scuffling]

[growling]

♪

[growls]

♪

[growls]

♪

♪

There is no safety here for cubs.

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[grunting]

♪

[flies buzzing]

♪

On the edge of the marsh...

Matsumi has her cubs.

♪

[mewing]

But only two.

[purring]

♪

[mewing]

Enemies are closing in from all sides.

♪

They just need time to grow.

♪

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A leaderless pride grows restless.

♪

[purring]

They find Matsumi's scent.

♪

♪

It's too soon.

They're too small.

♪

[growling]

♪

Outnumbered by her murderous family

that knows nothing of gentleness.

♪

[mewing]

♪

[mewing]

♪

[squawking]

Instinct is hardwired,

and Matsumi can do nothing.

♪

[mews]

There is no malice here;

they are just lions.

Her lions.

♪

[squeals]

♪

[growls]

♪

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Both cubs are dead.

But there is no time to mourn.

[roars]

With enemies on all sides...

[roars]

Matsumi's next move will decide the future.

[birds chirping]

♪

Kings rule.

But dynasties are built on the shoulders of queens.

Yet in one savage sweep,

the kingdom can take all.

[trumpets]

♪

Matsumi's precious marsh is withering.

And the great thirst begins.

♪

Exodus.

With no water, the herds begin to leave

for the vanishing river in the north.

[grumbles]

♪

Only the dead remain.

♪

When the scavenging is done, the pride may starve.

♪

Matsumi alone must provide salvation.

♪

Leave the young pride to hold the marsh.

Follow the herds.

♪

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[purring]

[grunting]

[squirrel chattering]

There is nothing more dangerous than a queen wandering alone...

[grumbling]

...in an unknown land.

[screeches]

[purrs]

[bellows]

Her cubs dead, Matsumi's scent reveals

that she is ready to mate.

[bird shrieking]

[grunting]

[squawking]

[distant roaring]

[squawk]

[distant roaring]

[whoop]

[squawk]

Never trust the intentions of strangers.

♪

Especially nomadic males.

♪

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Her scent has betrayed her.

♪

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[purrs]

You cannot escape this.

♪

[purring]

To reject him would be a death sentence.

♪

[growling]

But the king follows his queen's trail.

No one steals the queen.

♪

[growling]

[growling]

♪

♪

The bloodied nomad is banished.

♪

[squawks]

Sekekama and Matsumi are together.

But their pride is now alone.

♪

Back on the great marsh.

Leaderless and inexperienced,

their youngsters can do nothing but scavenge.

[snarls]

[yipping]

♪

Hyenas thrive in times of chaos.

[yipping and whooping]

They feed on weakness and uncertainty.

[whooping]

The day has come.

[whooping]

[yipping]

♪

♪

[growls]

[yipping]

[roaring]

[yipping]

♪

[yipping]

[roaring]

[roaring, yipping]

[birds chirping]

Humiliated,

what's left of the pride leaves the marsh to the enemy...

[growls]

...and heads north in search of their leaders.

♪

[growling]

♪

♪

Reunited,

but without their great marsh...

♪

There's only one place to go...

♪

...to follow the herds deeper into hostile territory.

[birds chirping]

The queen of the north sees the approaching army.

Outnumbered, she knows there is no place for her here.

♪

[vultures squawking]

The winds of change blow.

♪

[buffalo lowing]

♪

The vanishing river, where the lost herds wallow.

Now's the chance to begin again.

♪

♪

[bellows]

♪

The massing of the herds gives the buffalo an edge.

♪

The dust and the chaos defeats them.

♪

[squawking]

If they don't kill, their new beginning will be their end.

♪

[chattering]

[growl]

[bellow]

♪

[grumbles]

[trumpet]

[grumbling]

Strangers in a strange land.

♪

Life will get no easier.

[whooping]

♪

Matsumi has led them this far.

She can do no more,

unless the pride rises behind her.

♪

Together they would be unstoppable.

No more juvenile pursuits.

♪

[grumbling]

♪

♪

[bellowing]

♪

Carve through the dust.

Make the chaos your strength.

♪

Work as one and conquer this realm.

♪

♪

[grunts]

♪

♪

[snorts]

♪

♪

[bellows]

♪

[bellowing]

Matsumi's daughter rises to the challenge.

A young queen in the making.

♪

[bellows]

♪

[bellowing]

♪

[snorting]

♪

[growls]

♪

[growling]

Matsumi... mother, warrior, leader.

♪

All hail the queen.

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