As told in the great stories by Fluminox and Lagravis, Chima used to be inhabited by incipient, ordinary animals until the mysterious elemental Chi evolved them.

Only a handful of species evolved initially, but evolution increased after the war between the Phoenix and Hunter tribes, led by the warlord Fangar.

When young Prince Cragger loses his parents in the Gorge of Eternal Depth and becomes the King of the Crocodile Tribe, his sister Crooler uses Persuader Plants to force him to do whatever she wants (mostly to destroy the Lions).

He blames the substance for their newfound sentience and feeling of defeat and hopelessness, responding by throwing the Chi to the bottom of the gorge, and unintentionally awakening the Hunter tribes.

The production involved a team of 300 that were based in various locations including Denmark, Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Bangkok.

The demands of the animation required a Maya-based CG pipeline and heavy render farms, with each episode taking about 12 weeks to produce.

[49] In 2021, the co-creator of Lego Ninjago Tommy Andreasen revealed unseen concept art for Legends of Chima on Twitter.

The search for the Fire Wings was intended to be a 6-episode arc which would also have introduced Florax, Flinx's mother, chief botanist of Chima, but plans were revised.

I think the show is quite special because it tells simple children’s stories set against incredible action scenes and a very deep, immersive mythology.

"[49] On 9 July 2013, Brian Lowry for Variety commented that Legends of Chima is, "an elaborate hodge-podge culled from a half-dozen familiar properties — including the Force-like powers Laval's dad possesses and the hovering vehicles upon which characters zoom around — and appears to exist for no other reason than to sell brightly hued little action figures.

From the characters' complicated relationships to the mysticism behind the evolution of the talking animal species, this is far more than a one-dimensional tale meant to merely fill kids' time.

The music for Legends of Chima was written by Danish composer Anthony Lledo who had worked together with Peder Pedersen on the director's Indiana Jones and Star WarWars-themedgo shorts.