The Adventures of the Little Prince (TV series)

The Adventures of the Little Prince is an anime series based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Made by the animation studio Knack Productions, the series, originally titled The Prince of the Stars: Le Petit Prince (星の王子さま プチ・プランス), aired in Japan on the TV Asahi network from July 1978 to March 1979. Dubbed into English, the series premiered in the United States in 1982 on ABC eventually being rerun on Nickelodeon from June 1, 1985 to December 29, 1989.[2] It was also broadcast on TVOntario throughout the 1980s beginning in 1985,[3] a station that would later pick up the dub of the 2010 French adaptation. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, of Mobile Suit Gundam fame, was involved in this series as a director.

In total, there were 26 episodes aired in English, with 39 episodes made for the original Japanese run. Discotek Media picked up the North American license for the anime in 2017.[1] In May and December of that same year, Discotek Media has uploaded a Japanese language (with English subtitles) of the first episode on YouTube, and all 39 episodes of the Japanese language version (with English subtitles) on Crunchyroll.[4][5]

According to The Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy, only the first 35 episodes were actually aired on Japanese TV; the remaining four episodes remained unreleased until the series was reissued on video.

Plot

The series followed the Little Prince as he travels on a comet from his home planet, B-612, to Earth. He lands in Europe and embarks on a journey across the continent, where he helps various people along the way.[6]

The premise was altered for the English version. It had the Little Prince traveling to Earth and planets that resembled it and returning home at the end of each episode, and helped people at the various places he went to. In addition to the premise, episode plots were also altered. Ever since Discotek Media acquiring the anime license in North America, all 39 episodes can now be watched on Crunchyroll in Japanese with English subtitles.

Episodes

Voices

DVD releases

In September 2005, Koch Vision released a 4-disc DVD of the entire English series in Region 1. Koch Vision has subsequently begun releasing the series in Volumes each containing 3 or 4 episodes each, which sell at a lower cost than the complete series.

Discotek Media released all 26 episodes of the English dub on DVD on October 31, 2017. Later on December 6, Discotek Media uploaded the first episode of the Japanese version with English subtitles to YouTube,[4] and on May 16, 2019, the entire Japanese version was added to Crunchyroll.[7][5] The anime later made its debut on Retrocrush.[8]

In September 2019, the English dub of the series was made available on Amazon Prime.

See also

• List of The Little Prince adaptations, a listing of The Little Prince story adapted into various media.
• The Little Prince (1974 film), a 1974 musical film directed by Stanley Donen
• The Little Prince (2015 film), a 2015 animated fantasy film directed by Mark Osborne
• The Little Prince (play), a theatrical adaptation
• The Little Prince (opera), an opera in two acts by Rachel Portman to an English libretto by Nicholas Wright
• The Little Prince and the Aviator, a 1981 musical theatre adaptation
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry category listing of articles

External links

• Danya y Little Prince on toonarific.com