Anatole (TV series) explained

Genre:	Children's television series
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	26
Channel:	CBS

Anatole is an animated children's television series based on the Anatole book series by Eve Titus. The series was created by Scottish Television, Valentine Productions s.a.r.l. and Nelvana as one of their numerous programmes.^[1] It originally aired on Canada's YTV network from 1998 to 1999, and premiered in the United States on CBS on 3 October 1998, and aired through the 1998–99 television season.^[2]

Premise

The series tells the story of Anatole, a mouse who lives in Paris. He works as a night watchman in a cheese factory. He has a wife, Doucette, and a family of six little mice.^[3]

Characters

Main

• Anatole, the series' lead. A loyal, honest, brave and open-minded mouse, Anatole is a good father to his children and a wonderful husband to Doucette.
• Gaston, Anatole's friend
• Doucette, Anatole's wife. Kind, loyal, wise and patient, Doucette is a source of comfort and advice to her children and her husband. A good mother, She gets genuinely worried whenever her family are in peril. In "The Hunchbat of Notre Dame", it is revealed that she is afraid of heights.
• Paul, Anatole's oldest son. He loves inventing, sword-fighting and sailing.
• Paulette, Anatole's oldest daughter. She shares similar interests as her brother Paul, including inventing and sword fighting.
• Claude, Anatole's middle son. He loves books and proves to have an active imagination.
• Claudette, Anatole's middle daughter. Literary like her brother Claude, Claudette also loves art.
• Georges, Anatole's youngest son
• Georgette, Anatole's youngest daughter
• Pamplemousse, the mayor of the mouse village

Supporting

• Edgar - A large but good-natured rat who helps Anatole rescue Claude, Paul and Paulette from the Paris sewers.
• Molière - Anatole's dependable mole friend, who is an expert miner/tunneler.
• Rene
• Yvette
• Mayor Soucy
• Pascal
• Uncle Louis
• M. Duval
• Monsieur Duval
• Charlemagne the Cat - M. Duval's pet cat and one of Anatole's antagonists in the series.
• Pierre the Pigeon - A pigeeon who would much rather walk than fly, due to getting dizzy while flying (airsickness).
• Otto
• Gretchen
• Hans
• Nathalie
• Comtesse De Souris
• Maurice
• Jacques - A misunderstood hunchbacked bat who guards the Notre Dame Cathedral. At first intimidating, he is actually a passionate music lover and gothic architecture. He shares similarties to Quasimodo from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and Erik the Phantom from "Phantom of the Opera."
• The Two Crows
• Nostromo
• The Bakers
• Thief
• Uncle Louis
• Two weasels
• Mayor Soucy
• Pascal

Production

CBS announced in January 1998 that it would return to airing cartoons as part of its Saturday morning programming schedule for the 1998–99 television season, and Anatole was among the new animated series announced.^[4] In July 1998, it was announced that CBS would premiere Anatole and the rest of its Saturday morning animated programming on 19 September 1998,^[5] though by September the premiere date had slipped to 3 October 1998.^[6]

Episodes

Charles E. Bastien directed every episode of Anatole.

External links

• • Anatole on STV Player

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brendan Kelly . Nelvana takes 'Puff' . Variety . 12 November 1998 . 2018-04-23.
2. Book: Perlmutter . David . The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows . 2018 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1538103739 . 31.
3. Book: Hal Erickson . Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 . 2005 . 2nd . McFarland & Co . 978-1476665993 . 81.
4. Web site: Cynthia Littleton . CBS Saturday turns to toons . Variety . 7 January 1998 . 2018-04-23.
5. Web site: Richard Katz . CBS Saturday kids sked set . Variety . 17 July 1998 . 2018-04-23.
6. Web site: Susan King . Wake-Up Calls . Los Angeles Times . 6 September 1998 . 2018-04-23.