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The Little Prince (French: Le Petit Prince; Italian: Il piccolo principe) is an animated children's television series inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel The Little Prince that began broadcast in late 2010. The series was created by Method Animation and the Saint-Exupéry-d'Agay Estate Production, in co-production with LPPTV, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Fabrique d'Images, DQ Entertainment and ARD, in participation with France Télévisions, WDR, Rai Fiction, Télévision Suisse Romande and satellite operator SES S.A.
The Little Prince | |
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Genre | Action Adventure |
Based on | |
Written by | Christel Gonnard[1] |
Directed by | Pierre Alain Chartier[2] |
Voices of | Gabriel Bismuth Bienaimé Franck Capillery Guillaume Gallienne Marie Gillain[3] |
Composer | Frédéric Talgorn[1] |
Country of origin | France Italy Switzerland |
Original languages | French Italian German |
No. of seasons | 3[4] |
No. of episodes | 78[4] |
Production | |
Executive producer | Cédric Pilot[2] |
Producers | Aton Soumache Alexis Vonarb Dimitri Rassam Cédric Pilot[2] |
Running time | 26 minutes |
Production companies | Method Animation DQ Entertainment Rai Fiction LP Animation La Fabrique d’images Sony Pictures Home Entertainment ARD SES S.A.[2] |
Original release | |
Network | France 3 (France) Das Erste (Germany) TSR (Switzerland) Rai 2 (Italy, seasons 1-2) Rai Yoyo (Italy, season 3) |
Release | December 24, 2010[5] – December 20, 2015 |
It was produced by Aton Soumache, Alex Vonarb, Dimitri Rassam and Cedric Pilot, co-produced by Jean-Marie Musique, Christine Parisse and Tapaas Chakravarti, and developed for television by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patelliere with Romain Van Leimt. Main character creation and adaptation was done by Bertrand Catignol, with art direction by Gabriel Villate and Pierre-Alain Chartier. Storyboard supervision was done by Augusto Zanovello and Jean Charles Andre, and script edition by Christel Gonnard. The original score for the series was composed, orchestrated and arranged by Frederic Talgorn, and performed by WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln.
The series aired in over 150 markets around the world.[6] It was distributed as 36 mini-movies, each encompassing an individual story line, as well as 78 half hour episodes, where those story arcs are split into multiple parts. An English version, created by Ocean Productions, began airing in Canada on TVOntario on November 6, 2011. It also began airing on Knowledge Network on January 8, 2012.[7] In Australia, it began airing on ABC3 on August 19, 2012.[8] In the United States, the series launched alongside Primo TV on January 16, 2017.[9] Clips of the series are available online on YouTube.
B 546 episodes 1–2, The Planet of Time:
B 311 episodes 3–4, The Planet of the Firebird:
B 222 episodes 5–6, The Planet of Wind:
B 678 episodes 7–8, The Planet of Music:
D 455 episodes 9-10, The Planet of Astronomer/The Star Snatcher's Planet:
B 356 episodes 11–12, The Planet of Jade:
B 370 episodes 13–14, Planet of the Globies:
D 333 episodes 15–16, The Planet of Amicopes:
D 444 episodes 17–18, The Planet of Gehom/Gehom's Planet:
W 5613 episodes 19–20, The Planet of Traniacs:
J 603 episodes 21–23, The Planet of Bubble Gob:
B 723 episodes 24–25, The Planet of Carapodes:
B 782 episode 26–27, The Planet of Giant:
B 743 episodes 28–29, The Planet of Ludokaa:
H 108 episodes 30–31, The Planet of Lacrimavoras:
C 669 episodes 32–33, The Planet of Coppelius:
C 0101 episodes 34–35, La planète des Okidiens (translated The Planet of the Okidians):
A 42692 episodes 36–37, The Planet of Libris:
C 333 episode 38–39, The Planet of Cublix:
D 555 episodes 40–41, The Planet of Ashkabaar:
X 442 episodes 42–44, La planète du Gargand (called The Planet of the Gargand in English dub, or The Planet of Gargand on guides):
B 901 episodes 45–46, The Planet of the Grand Buffoon:
Z 222 episodes 47–49, The Planet of the Bamalias:
Storylines in the second season are original stories that build upon multiple planets addressed individually in season 1 interacting together.
B 325 > B 330 > B 505 episodes ??-?? The New Mission:
B 311 > D555 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Ice Bird (based on The Planet of Ashkabaar by Heloise Cappoccia & Christel Connard and The Planet of the Firebird by Julien Magnat)
D455 > W5613 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Astrotrainiacs (based on The Planet of the Trainiacs by An Keo and The Star Snatcher's Planet by Thomas Barichella)
D 333 > C 669 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Oracle (based on The Planet of Coppelius by Otto Carlo Rino and The Planet of the Amicopes by Heloise Cappocia)
C 669 > B 901 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Grelon (based on The Planet of the Grand Buffoon by Thierry Gaudin and The Planet of Coppelius by Otto Carlo Rino)
D 0101 > B 743 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Crystal Tears (based on The Planet of Ludokaa by Clelia Constantine and The Planet of the Okidiens by Christel Gonnard and Therry Gaudin)
D0101 > B782 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Giant Comet (based on The Planet of the Giant by Gilles Adrien & Alain Broders and The Planet of the Okidiens by Thierry Gaudin & Christel Gonnard)
X 000 > B222 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Nymphalidae (based on The Planet of the Winds by Delphine Dubos and The Planet of the Snake by Julien Magnat)
In October 2008, France Télévisions announced that it had acquired the rights to adapt The Little Prince into an animated series for broadcast in 2010 on France 3.[10] A year later, it was revealed that Method Animation would produce the €18.4 million computer animated series alongside Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, La Fabrique d’Images, DQ Entertainment, ARD and Rai Fiction. A stereoscopic 3D version was also confirmed.[11]
Initially, the series was envisioned as part of a media franchise, with Microsoft Studios set to publish an Xbox 360 video game adaptation developed by Paris-based game developer MKO Games. Sometime in 2010 the project was cancelled after two prototypes were completed.[12][13]
After three years of development, the 52 x 26-minute series held its premiere at MIPJunior in October 2010.[14] Pierre Alain Chartier directed the show, with a crew of 450 people. Alexandre de la Patelliere and Matthieu Delaporte developed the novel for television. The series debuted in France during the 2010 Christmas holidays.[15] The French version features an opening theme song performed by Yannick Noah.[16] The latter 26 episodes were made available in early 2012.[17]
In 2012, it was confirmed that the show had been renewed for a new season.[6] In conjunction with the production, Method Animation and PGS Entertainment launched a global drawing competition to create a new planet to be featured in the episodes.[18] The season would later premiere in France in 2014.
A comic book adaptation with at least 22 issues has been created. The graphic novel books compile the stories which were spread over 2 or 3 episodes, and do not present them in the order that the TV series does.
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