The Little Prince (French: Le Petit Prince) is a Swiss-French animated children's television series inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel The Little Prince that began broadcast in late 2010 on France 3. 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.
The series aired in over 150 markets around the world.[1] 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 6th, 2011. It also began airing on Knowledge Network on January 8th, 2012. In Australia, it began airing on ABC3 on August 19th, 2012.[2] In the United States, the series launched alongside Primo TV on January 16th, 2017.
The whole list is organized according to the show's French broadcast.
Series overview
editEpisodes
editSeason 1 (2010-11)
edit| EP# | Title | Airdate (France)[3] | Airdate (Canada)[4] | Prod. # |
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| 1 | "The Planet of Time" "La Planète du Temps" | December 24, 2010 | January 1st, 2012 | 101 |
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Planet B 546 When the Little Prince sets foot on planet B546, it is all out of synch. In one village, time has stopped. In another, on the contrary, it has sped up. Following the advice of the evil snake, the watchmaker turns all the clocks back, but going back in time can be dangerous. Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 2 | "The Planet of the Firebird" "La Planète de l'Oiseau de Feu" | February 25, 2011 | November 6th, 2011 | 102 |
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Planet B 311 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 3 | "The Planet of Wind" "La Planète des Éoliens" | April 24, 2011 | November 6th, 2011 | 103 |
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Planet B 222 The Little Prince tries to aid the Eolians with the wind, which has been failing because of a conflict between the Great Mage of the Winds and his son, Zephyr. Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 4 | "The Planet of Music" "La Planète de la Musique" | June 13, 2011 | February 5th, 2012 | 104 |
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Planet B678 When the Little Prince arrives on planet B678, the Doites are a little unhinged by the strange behavior of Euphony, the singer whose songs rhythm everyday life. Lately, however, Euphony has been singing, less and out of tune and seems preoccupied. Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 5 | "The Star Snatcher's Planet" "La Planète de l’Astronome" | August 7, 2011 | March 4th, 2012 | 105 |
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Planet D 455 The Chlorophilians' crops are failing because the astronomer keeps removing stars and planets. Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 6 | "The Planet of Jade" "La Planète de Jade" | September 6, 2011 | March 4th, 2012 | 106 |
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Planet B 356 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 7 | "The Planet of the Globies" "La Planète des Globus" | October 19, 2011 | May 6th, 2012 | 107 |
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Planet B 370 The Little Prince discovers that the Globies are not the bad guys. Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 8 | "The Planet of Amicopes" "La Planète des Amicopes" | November 1, 2011 | April 1st, 2012 | 108 |
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Planet D 333 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 9 | "Gehom's Planet" "La Planète de Géhom" | November 23, 2011 | April 1st, 2012 | 109 |
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Planet D 444 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 10 | "The Planet of Trainiacs" "La Planètes des Wagonautes" | December 17, 2011 | June 3rd, 2012 | 110 |
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Planet W 5613 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 11 | "The Planet of Bubble Gob" "La Planète du Bubble Gob" | December 24, 2011 | July 1st, 2012 | 111 |
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Planet J 603 The Bubble Gob, a creature created to clean the ocean, threatens the homes of the Creatall. Later aired as three episodes. | ||||
Season 2 (2012-13)
edit| EP# | Title | Airdate (France)[3] | Airdate (Canada)[4] | Prod. # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | "The Planet of Carapodes" "Planète des Carapodes" | February 20, 2012 February 21, 2012 | May 6th, 2012 | 112 |
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Planet B 723 Originally aired as two episodes in France. | ||||
| 13 | "The Planet of the Giant" "La Planète du Géant" | February 23, 2012 February 24, 2012 | August 5th, 2012 | 113 |
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Planet B 782 Originally aired as two episodes in France. | ||||
| 14 | "The Planet of Ludokaa" "La Planète du Ludokaa" | February 25, 2012[5] February 26, 2012 | August 5th, 2012 | 114 |
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Planet B 743 Originally aired as two episodes in France. | ||||
| 15 | "The Planet of the Lacrimavoras" "La Planète des Lacrimavoras" | March 1, 2012 March 2, 2012 | November 4th, 2012 | 115 |
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Planet H 108 Originally aired as two episodes in France. | ||||
| 16 | "The Plant of Coppelius" "La Planète de Coppelius" | April 16, 2012 April 17, 2012 | November 4th, 2012 | 116 |
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Planet C 669 Originally aired as two episodes in France. | ||||
| 17 | "The Planet of Okidiens" "La Planète des Okidiens" | April 19, 2012 April 20, 2012 | January 6th, 2013 | 117 |
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Planet C 0101 Originally aired as two episodes in France. | ||||
| 18 | "The Planet of Libris" "La Planète des Libris" | April 23, 2012 April 24, 2012 | June 3rd, 2012 | 118 |
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Planet A 42692 Originally aired as two episodes in France. | ||||
| 19 | "The Planet of Cublix" "La Planète des Cublix" | April 26, 2012 April 27, 2012 | October 7th, 2012 | 119 |
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Planet C333 Originally aired as two episodes in France. | ||||
| 20 | "The Planet of Ashkabaar" "La Planète d’Ashkabaar" | May 8, 2012 | January 6th, 2013 | 120 |
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Planet D555 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 21 | "The Planet of the Bamalias" "La Planète des Bamalias" | November 1, 2012[6] | December 2nd, 2012 | 121 |
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Planet Z222 Later aired as three episodes. | ||||
| 22 | "The Planet of the Gargand" "La Planète du Gargand" | March 6, 2013 | September 2nd, 2012 | 122 |
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Planet X442 Later aired as three episodes. | ||||
| 23 | "The Planet of the Grand Buffoon" "La Planète du Grand Bouffon" | TBA | October 7th, 2012 | 123 |
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Planet B901 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 24 | "The Planet of the Snake" "La Planète du Serpent" | May 1, 2013[7] | February 3rd, 2013 | 124 |
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Planet X000 Later aired as three episodes. | ||||
Season 3 (2014-15)
edit| EP# | Title | Airdate (France) | Airdate (Canada) | Prod. # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | "The New Mission" "La Nouvelle Mission" | December 24, 2014[8] | March 15th, 2015 March 21st, 2015 March 29th, 2015 | 201 |
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Planets B 325, B 330, B 505 Later aired as three episodes. | ||||
| 26 | "The Planet of the Grelon" "La Planète du Grelon" | December 25, 2014[8] | April 5th, 2015 April 12th, 2015 | 202 |
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Planets C 669 and B 901 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 27 | "The Planet of the Oracle" "La Planète de l'Oracle" | April 6, 2015[9] | April 19th, 2015 April 26th, 2015 | 203 |
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Planets D 333 and C 669 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 28 | "The Planet of the Crystal Tears" "La Planète des Larmes de Cristal" | May 8, 2015[10] | May 3rd, 2015 May 10th, 2015 | 204 |
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Planets D 0101 and B 743 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 29 | "The Planet of the Nymphalidae" "La Planète des Nymphalides" | TBA | August 21st, 2016[a] August 28th, 2016 | 205 |
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Planets X 000 and B 222 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 30 | "The Planet of the Ice Bird" "La Planète de l'Oiseau de Glace" | TBA | September 4th, 2016[b] | 206 |
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Planets B 311 and D 555 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 31 | "The Planet of the Astrotrainiacs" "La Planète des Astrowagonautes" | TBA | September 11th, 2016[c] September 18th, 2016 | 207 |
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Planets D 455 and W 5613 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 32 | "The Planet of the Giant Comet" "La Planète de la Comète Géante" | August 7, 2015[11] | September 25th, 2016[d] October 2nd, 2016 | 208 |
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Planets D 0101 and B 782 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 33 | "The Planet of the Garglux" "La Planète du Garglux" | TBA | October 9th, 2016[e] October 16th, 2016 | 209 |
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Planets C 333 and X 422 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 34 | "The Planet of the Spadosaur" "La Planète du Creusivor" | TBA | October 23rd, 2016[f] October 30th, 2016 | 210 |
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Planets J 603 and B 723 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 35 | "The Planet of the Cloud Tree" "La Planète de l'arbre à nuage" | TBA | November 6th, 2016[g] November 13th, 2016 | 211 |
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Planets Z 222 and B 356 Later aired as two episodes. | ||||
| 36 | "The Planet of the Rose" "La Planète de la Rose" | TBA | November 20th, 2016[h] November 27th, 2016 December 4th, 2016 | 212 |
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Planet A 000 Later aired as three episodes. | ||||
Home media
editIn France, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the first two seasons of the series on DVD between November 2010 and November 2013.[12] Sony also released the first two mini-movies on DVD in French Canada. It was followed by a release of the third season by Unidisc.
In the United States, NCircle Entertainment released 18 episodes (in the mini-movie format) of the series across six DVDs between 2016 and 2018.
| DVD title | Season(s) | Aspect ratio | Episode count | Publisher | Release date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Planete Du Temps / La Planète de l'Oiseau de Feu[13] | 1 | 16:9 | 4 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | November 6th, 2012 |
| Saison 3 - Volume 1[14] | 3 | 7 | Unidisc | October 27th, 2015 | |
| The Planet of Bubble Gob[15] | 1 | 3 | NCircle Entertainment | January 12th, 2016 | |
| Saison 3 - Volume 2[16] | 3 | 6 | Unidisc | January 26th, 2016 | |
| The Planet of Bamalias[17] | 2 | 3 | NCircle Entertainment | April 5th, 2016 | |
| Saison 3 - Volume 3[18] | 3 | 6 | Unidisc | August 23rd, 2016 | |
| The Planet of Gargand[19] | 2 | 3 | NCircle Entertainment | October 18th, 2016 | |
| The Planet of the Snake[20] | January 10th, 2017 | ||||
| Saison 3 - Volume 4[21] | 3 | 7 | Unidisc | January 24th, 2017 | |
| The New Mission[22] | 3 | NCircle Entertainment | August 8th, 2017 | ||
| The Planet Of The Rose[23] | June 5th, 2018 |
Notes
edit- ^ This episode first aired on Knowledge Network on November 1, 2015.
- ^ This episode first aired on Knowledge Network on November 8, 2015.
- ^ This episode first aired on Knowledge Network on November 15, 2015.
- ^ This episode first aired on Knowledge Network on November 22, 2015.
- ^ This episode first aired on Knowledge Network on November 29, 2015.
- ^ This episode first aired on Knowledge Network on December 6, 2015.
- ^ This episode first aired on Knowledge Network on December 13, 2015.
- ^ This episode first aired on Knowledge Network on December 20, 2015.
References
edit- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (March 14, 2012). "'Little Prince' to travel worldwide". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "ABC3 - The Little Prince - The Planet of Time: Part 1". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ a b "Programme des diffusions". Le Petite Prince.com (in French). Saint-Exupéry-d'Agay Estate Production. Archived from the original on December 4, 2015.
- ^ a b "Television program logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "4 planètes inédites pour le Petit Prince". Le Petite Prince.com (in French). Saint-Exupéry-d'Agay Estate Production. February 1, 2012. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013.
- ^ "Le Petit Prince et la planète des Bamalias le 1er Novembre sur France 3". Le Petite Prince.com (in French). Saint-Exupéry-d'Agay Estate Production. October 29, 2012. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012.
- ^ "La Planète du Serpent - Bande annonce France 3". Saint-Exupéry-d'Agay Estate Production (in French). YouTube. July 1, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ a b "La nouvelle saison du Petit Prince, bientôt à l'écran !". Le Petite Prince.com (in French). Saint-Exupéry-d'Agay Estate Production. November 27, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Une nouvelle aventure inédite du Petit Prince qui part sauver la planète de l'Oracle, ce lundi 6 avril à 9h35 sur France 3". France Télévisions (in French). Facebook. April 5, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Les larmes de cristal chantent et enchantent le Petit Prince ^_^ Le Petit Prince et la Planète des larmes de cristal - vendredi à 8h50 dans Ludo sur France 3". France Télévisions (in French). Facebook. May 6, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Rendez-vous pour une aventure inédite du Petit Prince sur la Planète de la Comète géante, demain à 10h55 dans LUDO sur France 3". France Télévisions (in French). Facebook. August 7, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Le Petit Prince : DVD et premières images". Catsuka (in French). September 19, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Petit Prince: Planete Du Temps". Archambault (in French). Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Le Petit prince (Saison 3) Vol.1". Archambault (in French). Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Little Prince: Planet of Bubble Gob". Amazon.com. January 12, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Le Petit prince (Saison 3) Vol.2". Archambault (in French). Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Little Prince: The Planet of Bamalias". Amazon.com. April 5, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Le Petit prince (Saison 3) Vol.3". Archambault (in French). Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Little Prince: Planet of Gargand". Amazon.com. October 18, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Little Prince: The Planet of the Snake". Amazon.com. January 10, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Le Petit prince (Saison 3) Vol.4". Archambault (in French). Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "The Little Prince: The New Mission". Amazon.com. August 8, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "The Little Prince: The Planet Of The Rose". Amazon.com. June 5, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2019.