The Little Prince (animated series)

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The Little Prince animated series was based on the novel The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Originally made in 1978, it was re-edited and dubbed to English, and the series premiered in New York and Los Angeles in 1982, then nationwide on Nickelodeon in 1985. The original Japanese title of the series is Hoshi no Ojisama Puchi Puransu (Prince of the Stars: Petit Prince). Production for the series was done by the Knack animation studio, and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (best known for his work on the first Mobile Suit Gundam television series in 1979) worked on the series as a character designer and director.

The series showed the extended adventures of the Little Prince, Swifty The Space Bird, and the Rose Girl. In total there were 26 episodes aired in English, with 39 episodes made for the original Japanese run. (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 "lost" until the series was reissued on video.) The 26 English episodes were released on DVD in 2005.

The Little Prince Logo

The Little Prince

Swifty, the Space Bird

The Rose Girl

[edit] Episode titles (Season 1)

1. Higher Than Eagles Fly!
2. Shipwreck!
3. On Wings of Love
4. Rob the Rainbow
5. A Small Alien
6. Somewhere in Space
7. Visit to Another Planet
8. The Perfect Planet
9. The Wolf Pack
10. The Star Gazer
11. Last Voyage of the Rose
12. The Chimney Sweep
13. The Greatest Gift

[edit] Episode titles (Season 2)

1. Too Big for This World!
2. The Winning Ride
3. To Be a Man
4. The Magic Case
5. Always Listen to a Fox
6. The Dancing Bear
7. Hitch Onto Halley's Comet
8. A Light in the Storm
9. What Makes Mitzi Mean?
10. The Wishing Stone
11. A Different World
12. Erase All Beauty
13. Play It Again, Sean!

[edit] Japanese Staff

(Source: The Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clemens and Helen McCarthy)

• Directors: Takeyuki Kanda, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Osamu Sekita, Norio Kabeshima
• Script: Eiichi Tachi, Susumu Yoshida, Tsunehisa Itoh, Takero Kaneko, Yoshiaki Yoshida, Masaaki Sakurai
• Character Designs: Yasuji Mori, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Eiji Tanaka
• Animation Director: Shinnosuke Mina
• Music: Tsuyoshi Kawano
• Production: Knack Co., Ltd. / TV Asahi