The Arthur series is a series of fantasy novels for children written by Luc Besson and a series of feature films written, produced and directed by Besson based upon them.
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The four novels were originally published in France by Intervista. Later reissues by Le Livre de poche have dropped the "Arthur et" part of the titles.
The first two books only are published in English translation by HarperCollins in the United States and Faber and Faber in the United Kingdom and were republished by the latter in one volume as Arthur and the Invisibles in 2007.[1]
The latter two features, which were made back-to-back, have a directly continuous storyline and differ somewhat in the casting of the voice-only roles, were distributed theatrically in the United Kingdom edited together as Arthur and the Great Adventure;[2] for the United States the full two features were released but direct-to-video, as Arthur and the Invisibles 2 & 3: The New Minimoy Adventures.[3] In addition, a "4-D film," Arthur : L'Aventure 4D, has been an attraction at Futuroscope.
Video games for the popular consoles of the time have been released alongside the first two films. The Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard games have been distributed in the United Kingdom and under that name despite the film not being so.