The Little Prince (fr|'''Le Petit Prince''') is a Swiss-French animated children's television series inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel The Little Prince that began broadcast in late 2010 on France 3. The series was created by Method Animation and the Saint-Exupéry-d'Agay Estate Production, in co-production with LPPTV, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Fabrique d'Images, DQ Entertainment and ARD, in participation with France Télévisions, WDR, Rai Fiction, Télévision Suisse Romande and TV5Monde.
The series aired in over 150 markets around the world.[1] It was distributed as 36 mini-movies, each encompassing an individual story line, as well as 78 half hour episodes, where those story arcs are split into multiple parts. An English version, created by Ocean Productions, began airing in Canada on TVOntario on November 6th, 2011. It also began airing on Knowledge Network on January 8th, 2012. In Australia, it began airing on ABC3 on August 19th, 2012.[2] In the United States, the series launched alongside Primo TV on January 16th, 2017.
The whole list is organized according to the show's French broadcast.
| EP# | Title | Airdate (France)[3] | Airdate (Canada)[4] | Prod. # |
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In France, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the first two seasons of the series on DVD between November 2010 and November 2013.[5] Sony also released the first two mini-movies on DVD in French Canada. It was followed by a release of the third season by Unidisc.
In the United States, NCircle Entertainment released 18 episodes (in the mini-movie format) of the series across six DVDs between 2016 and 2018.
| DVD title | Season(s) | Aspect ratio | Episode count | Publisher | Release date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Planete Du Temps / La Planète de l'Oiseau de Feu[6] | 1 | 16:9 | 4 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | November 6th, 2012 |
| Saison 3 - Volume 1[7] | 3 | 7 | Unidisc | October 27th, 2015 | |
| The Planet of Bubble Gob[8] | 1 | 3 | NCircle Entertainment | January 12th, 2016 | |
| Saison 3 - Volume 2[9] | 3 | 6 | Unidisc | January 26th, 2016 | |
| The Planet of Bamalias[10] | 2 | 3 | NCircle Entertainment | April 5th, 2016 | |
| Saison 3 - Volume 3[11] | 3 | 6 | Unidisc | August 23rd, 2016 | |
| The Planet of Gargand[12] | 2 | 3 | NCircle Entertainment | October 18th, 2016 | |
| The Planet of the Snake[13] | January 10th, 2017 | ||||
| Saison 3 - Volume 4[14] | 3 | 7 | Unidisc | January 24th, 2017 | |
| The New Mission[15] | 3 | NCircle Entertainment | August 8th, 2017 | ||
| The Planet Of The Rose[16] | June 5th, 2018 | ||||