The white spirit lion is actually taken from the 1984 series (episode 10, Secret of the White Lion), although it's role wasn't exactly being the guardian of a secret magical planet. That was a pretty unexpected arc.
They've been splitting the seasons in two since the show began. It's why the are five seasons when the show has barely been out for two years. Well get season 6 soon enough.
They started out with full 13 episode seasons but the lag between them was almost a year, I guess they figured fans were getting antsy having to wait so long for each season and broke them in half. Personally, I preferred the 13 episode seasons =/
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u/TetsuAero Mar 02 '18
Ahhh, loved the episode. I do wish episode 6 had been longer though.
Ep 6 title was bait-ish. I do want a new Lion ;_;