The Little Prince (2010 TV series)


The Little Prince is an Italian-Swiss-French stereoscopic computer-animated children's television series inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel of the same name 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 TV5Monde.
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. 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. In Australia, it began airing on ABC3 on August 19, 2012. In the United States, the series launched alongside Primo TV on January 16, 2017. The series is also officially available online, via media partners, on YouTube.

Cast

Main characters

B planet characters

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, La planète du 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 :
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 :
B 901 episodes 45–46, The Planet of the Grand Buffoon:
Z 222 episodes 47–49, La planète des 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
D455 > W5613 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Astrotrainiacs
D 333 > C 669 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Oracle
C 669 > B 901 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Grelon
D 0101 > B 743 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Crystal Tears
D0101 > B782 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Giant Comet
X 000 > B222 episodes ??-?? The Planet of the Nymphalidae
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. 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.
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.
After three years of development, the 52 x 26-minute series held its premiere at MIPJunior in October 2010. 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. The French version features an opening theme song performed by Yannick Noah. The latter 26 episodes were made available in early 2012.
In 2012, it was confirmed that the show had been renewed for a new season. 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. The season would later premiere in France in 2014.

Episodes

Book series

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.
  1. Book 1: The Planet of Wind released August 8 or October 1, 2012
  2. Book 2: The Planet of the Firebird released August 8 or October 1, 2012
  3. Book 3: The Planet of Music released September 5 or October 1, 2012
  4. Book 4: The Planet of Jade released September 5 or October 1, 2012
  5. Book 5: The Star Snatcher's Planet released December 28, 2012 or April 2013
  6. Book 6: The Planet of the Night Globes released December 28, 2012 or April 2013
  7. Book 7: The Planet of the Overhearers released December 28, 2012 or May 2013
  8. Book 8: The Planet of the Tortoise Driver released December 28, 2012 or May 2013
  9. Book 9: The Planet of the Giant released August or October 1, 2013
  10. Book 10: The Planet of Trainiacs released August or October 1, 2013
  11. Book 11: The Planet of Libris released September or October 1, 2013
  12. Book 12: The Planet of Ludokaa released September or October 1, 2013
  13. Book 13: The Planet of Tear-Eaters released March 1, 2014
  14. Book 14: The Planet of the Grand Buffoon released March 1, 2014
  15. Book 15: The Planet of the Gargand released March 1, 2014
  16. Book 16: The Planet of Gehom released March 1, 2014
  17. Book 17: The Planet of the Bubble Gob released October 1, 2014
  18. Book 18: The Planet of Time released October 1, 2014
  19. Book 19: The Planet of the Cublix released October 1, 2014
  20. Book 20: The Planet of Coppelius released October 1, 2014
  21. Book 21: The Planet of Okidians released January 1, 2015
  22. Book 22: The Planet of Ashkabaar released January 1, 2015
  23. Book 23: The Planet of Bamalias released August 1, 2015
  24. Book 24: The Planet of the Snake released August 1, 2015

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