Genre: | Animation Adventure Slapstick comedy |
Director: | Les Orton Jean-François Laguionie Jean Pierre Jacquet |
Voices: | Jesse Moss Michael Donovan Kelly Sheridan Robert O. Smith Brian Drummond |
Opentheme: | "Billy the Cat", |
Endtheme: | "Billy the Cat" |
Composer: | Tom Keenlyside John Mitchell David Iris |
Country: | France Belgium Canada Germany |
Language: | English French |
Executive Producer: | Pierre Levie Hervé Bédard Steve Walsh Patrick Moine Dale A. Andrews |
Producer: | Robin Lyons Patrick Moine Sophie Levie Hervé Bédard |
Company: | EVA Entertainment Les Films du Triangle Dupuis NOA Network of Animation Sofidoc S.A. Cologne Cartoon WIC Entertainment |
Num Seasons: | 2 |
Num Episodes: | 52 |
Runtime: | 25 minutes |
Network: | France 3, Canal+ and RTL-TVI (France) ZDF (Germany) |
Billy the Cat is an animated series based on the comic strip of the same name, created by cartoonists Stéphane Colman and Stephen Desberg. It was aired from 1996 to 2001 for two seasons, accompanied by two compilation films. The series was produced by EVA Entertainment, in co-production with Les Films du Triangle, Dupuis, NOA Network of Animation, Sofidoc S.A., and Cologne Cartoon for France 3, with the participation of Canal+, ZDF, WIC Entertainment, and RTL-TVI.
A boy named Billy is transformed into a cat due to an angry magician who decides to teach the boy a lesson after seeing him bullying a cat. In order to keep his family from worrying, the magician also uses his magic to make his cat, Dandelion, assume Billy's own form and live with his family. No matter how much he begged during the series, Billy was never turned back into the boy he used to be.[1]