Geronimo Stilton (TV series) explained

Alt Name:The New Adventures of Geronimo Stilton [1]
Genre:Action
Adventure
Comedy
Developer:Pietro Marietti
Director:Guy Vasilovich
Niccolò Sacchi
Davide Veca
Nicolas Blard
Frédérick Chaillou
Voices:Brian Drummond
Erin Mathews
Sarah Edmondson
Richard Ian Cox
Moneca Stori
Patricia Drake
Monica Smouter
Theme Music Composer:Rémi Le Pennec
Valmont
Composer:Valmont
Lou Lussier
Bull Sheet Music
Yannis Dumoutiers
Marc Fournier
Yves Gourmeur
Country:Italy
France
Language:English
Italian
French
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:78
List Episodes:List of Geronimo Stilton episodes
Executive Producer:Caterina Vacchi
Claudia Mazzucco
Pietro Marietti
Nicolas Atlan
Christophe di Sabatino
Liz Young
Jérémie Fajner
Clément Calvet
Producer:
  • Karen K. Miller
    Peter Anderson
    Lucia Bolzoni
    Caterina Gonnelli-Linden
    Erica Pellegrini
    Sonia Farnesi
Editor:Xana
Sabrina Abello
Agnès Wendling
Laure Charousset
Estelle Dhuisme
Marcel Molle
Ben and Satchi
Runtime:23 minutes
Company:
Network:

Geronimo Stilton (also known as The New Adventures of Geronimo Stilton in season 3)[1] [2] is an animated children's television series based on the Italian book series of the same name by Elisabetta Dami. The series is produced by Italian studios Atlantyca Entertainment and Rai Fiction, in co-production with French-American studio MoonScoop Group for the first two seasons and French studios Superprod Studio and Backup Media for season 3, with the participation of M6 for the first two seasons and France Télévisions for season 3, in association with B Media 2014 and Cofinova 5 for season 3.[2]

The show ran for 78 episodes across three seasons, and it debuted on Rai 2 in Italy on September 15, 2009.[3] The second season aired on October 24, 2011, and the third season on October 8, 2016, which the show ended on as of February 28, 2017.[1]

Plot

Geronimo Stilton is about the titular character, a mouse journalist and head of the Geronimo Stilton Media Group. He searches New Mouse City and places around the world for new scoops while having adventures along the way with his nephew Benjamin, cousin Trap, sister Thea and Benjamin's friend Pandora Woz. Most episodes share no story connections and are generally self-contained, though some episodes feature ties and characters from others.

Episodes

See main article: List of Geronimo Stilton episodes.

Characters

Main

Recurring

Production

Geronimo Stilton is produced by Atlantyca and Rai Fiction in Italy, MoonScoop Group in France for seasons 1-2, and Superprod and Back UP Media in France in season 3. On April 15, 2010, it was announced that the series would continue with a second season of 26 episodes,[4] which premiered in Italy on October 24, 2011. A third season was announced on February 6, 2013,[5] and on October 14, 2014, it was announced that France-based studios Superprod and Backup Media would help with the production,[6] thus replacing the crew of MoonScoop Group.

The series was animated using Toon Boom Harmony.[7] The animation was outsourced to Toon City Animation, Snipple Animation for seasons 1-2 and Top Draw Animation for season 3 located in the Philippines, and Dong Woo Animation for season 2 located in South Korea.

Release

Broadcast

Geronimo Stilton debuted on Rai 2 in Italy on September 15, 2009,[3] and later the show premiered on Rai Gulp. The series aired on Ici Radio-Canada Télé and YTV in Canada,[8] M6 in France, Cartoon Network in Spain, Okto in Singapore, Nickelodeon in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden, NTV7 in Malaysia,, Sun Network in India, e-Junior in the United Arab Emirates, Eleven in Australia in July,[9] TVNZ in New Zealand,[10] and TVB Pearl in Hong Kong. In the United States, the series was added to Kabillion's VOD service. In the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe, the series was streamed on the Nintendo 3DS on February 6, 2017.[11] The third season debuted on Knowledge in Canada on June 30, 2018.[12] The series was also available on Netflix, however, the show has been removed from Netflix as of 2022. Currently, the first 2 seasons are available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.

Home media

Imavision released the first two seasons on DVD in both English and French in Canada between 2010 and 2013.[13] Their successor, Unidisc, distributed the third season in 2017.

In the United States, Entertainment One released 16 episodes from the first season across four DVDs release between 2013 and 2015.[14]

In Australia, the first season was spread across four DVD volumes and distributed by a joint venture by Universal & Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2014.

In 2013, the show's trailer was on YouTube Movies in both Canada and the USA, which showcased the season one collection as the well as the first episode (Operation Shufongfong).

Region 1
DVD titleSeason(s)Aspect ratioEpisode countPublisherRelease date(s)
Volume 1[15] 116:913ImavisionAugust 24, 2010
Volume 2[16] March 29, 2011
Volume 3[17] 2August 21, 2012
Volume 4[18] March 12, 2013
Operation Shufongfong[19] 14Entertainment OneSeptember 24, 2013
Intrigue on the Rodent Express[20] February 2, 2014
Going down to Chinatown and Other Adventures[21] July 22, 2014
Top Model Thea[22] February 17, 2015
Volume 5[23] 313UnidiscJune 30, 2017
Volume 6[24] October 10, 2017
Region 4
DVD titleSeason(s)Aspect ratioEpisode countTotal running timeRelease date(s)
Operation Shufongfong and Other Fun Filled Escapades[25] 116:97[26] September 25, 2014
Intrigue on the Rodent Express and Other Fun Filled Escapades[27] 6[28] June 11, 2014
The Gem Gang and Other Fun Filled Escapades[29] 7[30] October 29, 2015
Rules of the Game and Other Fun Filled Escapades[31] 6[32] October 29, 2015

Reception

Critical response

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media rated Geronimo Stilton 4 out of 5 stars, stating the series "[engages] kids in characters who star in a TV show and a book series and giving families a reason to enjoy their stories in both formats together."[33]

Awards and nominations

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: GERONIMO STILTON THE NEW ADVENTURES . Atlantyca . 2017-06-28 . 2016-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160524133004/http://atlantyca.com/en/news/Geronimo-Stilton-New-Adventures/n,1174 . dead .
  2. Web site: The New Adventures of Geronimo Stilton . Superprod . 2017-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180717154214/https://www.superprod.net/en/television/animation/catalog/35/the-new-adventures-of-geronimo-stilton . 2018-07-17 . dead .
  3. News: Camerino . Francesca . 2009-09-10 . Geronimo Stilton in onda su Raidue dal 15 settembre . Geronimo Stilton aired on Raidue since September 15 . it . TvBlog . 2017-06-28.
  4. News: McLean . Tom . 2010-04-15 . Second Season of Geronimo Stilton Ordered . . 2010-05-23.
  5. News: Zahed . Ramin . 2013-02-06 . Third Season of 'Geronimo Stilton' Goes into Production . . 2015-10-02.
  6. News: Milligan . Mercedes . 2014-10-14 . Atlantyca, Superprod Team Up for New 'Geronimo Stilton' Series . . 2015-10-02.
  7. Web site: Geronimo Stilton Travels on Harmony to Resolve Mysteries. Toon Boom Animation. Corus Entertainment. April 6, 2018.
  8. Web site: Geronimo Stilton . . 2017-06-28.
  9. News: GERONIMO STILTON IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND . Atlantyca . 2017-06-28.
  10. Web site: Geronimo Stilton . 2022-04-28 . www.tvnz.co.nz.
  11. News: Gander . Matt . 2017-02-06 . Running late but still great – Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber hits Wii U VC . Games Asylum . 2017-06-28.
  12. Web site: Knowledge Kids Posts. Knowledge Network. June 30, 2018. August 1, 2018.
  13. Web site: Imavision: la fin?. February 9, 2014. April 6, 2018. DVD en Francis.
  14. Web site: 'Geronimo Stilton' Debuts on DVD Next Month. Ramin. Zahid. Animation Magazine. August 20, 2013. April 6, 2018.
  15. Web site: Geronimo Stilton: Volume 1 . 2010-08-24 . . 2017-06-28.
  16. Web site: Geronimo Stilton: Volume 2 . 2011-03-29 . . 2017-06-28.
  17. Web site: Geronimo Stilton - Eng / Volume 3 . 2012-08-21 . . 2017-06-28.
  18. Web site: Geronimo Stilton - Eng / Volume 4 . 2013-03-12 . . 2017-06-28.
  19. Web site: Geronimo Stilton: Operation Shufongfong. 2013-09-24. . 2018-04-06.
  20. Web site: Geronimo Stilton: Intrigue on the Rodent Express. 2014-02-04. . 2018-04-06.
  21. Web site: Geronimo Stilton: Going down to Chinatown and Other Adventures. 2014-07-22. . 2018-04-06.
  22. Web site: Geronimo Stilton: Top Model Thea. 2015-02-17. . 2018-04-06.
  23. Web site: Geronimo Stilton 2 DVD Bilingual. 2017-06-30 . . 2018-04-06.
  24. Web site: Geronimo Stilton 6. 2017-10-10 . . 2018-04-06.
  25. Web site: Geronimo Stilton : Season 1 Volume 1 . 2014-09-25 . DVD Warehouse . 2017-06-28.
  26. Web site: Geronimo Stilton: Volume 1 (Operation Shufongfong and other fun filled Escapades) DVD . OzFalcon2801.com . 2017-06-28.
  27. Web site: Geronimo Stilton - Season 1 Volume 2 . 2014-06-11 . . 2017-06-28.
  28. Web site: Geronimo Stilton: Volume 2 (Intrigue on the Rodent Express and Other Fun Filled Escapades) DVD . OzFalcon2801.com . 2017-06-28 .
  29. Web site: Geronimo Stilton - Season 1 Volume 3 . 2015-10-29 . . 2017-06-28.
  30. Web site: Geronimo Stilton: The Gem Gang and Other Fun Filled Escapades - Volume 3 DVD . OzFalcon2801.com . 2017-06-28.
  31. Web site: Geronimo Stilton : Season 1 : Vol 4 . 2015-10-29 . DVD Warehouse . 2017-06-28.
  32. Web site: Geronimo Stilton: Rules of the Game and Other Fun Filled Escapades - Volume 4 DVD . OzFalcon2801.com . 2017-06-28.
  33. Web site: Geronimo Stilton . Ashby . Emily . . 2017-06-28.
  34. News: Zahed . Ramin . 2010-03-09 . Don Bluth to Receive Cartoons on the Bay's Lifetime Achievement Honor . . 2017-06-28.