| Alt Name: | Saban's Sissi the Princess |
| Genre: | Adventure, Drama, Historical, Romance |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Creator: | Bruno Bianchi |
| Director: | Bruno Bianchi Richard Pare |
| Executive Producer: | Vincent Chalvon-Demersay |
| Voices: | Terri Hawkes Terrence Scammell Jacob Tierney Rick Jones Michael Caloz Sonja Ball Mark Camacho |
| Country: | France Canada |
| Company: | Saban International Paris Animation Ciné-Groupe J.P. Inc. ARD Degeto RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana |
| Network: | Fox Kids (International) RAI (Italy) France 3 (France) Das Erste (Germany) |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 52 |
Princess Sissi (French: '''Princesse Sissi''', Italian: '''La Principessa Sissi''', also known as Saban's Sissi the Princess) is a children's animated series. It debuted on October 29, 1997[1] on France 3 and within the same time in Italy on Rai 1, and later premiered in Canada on Radio-Canada on September 5, 1998. A co-production between Saban International Paris, Animation Ciné-Groupe J.P. Inc., ARD Degeto, France 3 and RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, the series is based on the life of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth, nicknamed "Sissi".[2]
A unique Bavarian girl, Sissi's, life changes forever after the day she meets the charming and noble princes, Franz and Karl. It doesn't take long until Sissi and Franz fall in love and start to make plans for a future together, but there are so many people trying to make sure that the magnificent wedding day is delayed and postponed several times. Sissi and Franz must face jealousy, deceit, treason, and danger between the fronts of Austria and Hungary.
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The series aired on Fox Kids stations in Latin America and Europe. The series also rebroadcast on Jetix Play in the regions it broadcast in. The series was aired in the Philippines on GMA Network in 2000.
The series briefly aired in the United States on girlzChannel, and on Canada on Teletoon.
In France between 1997 and 1999, PolyGram Video (and later Universal Pictures Video) released five VHS volumes of the series, containing three episodes each.[3]
In the United Kingdom, two volumes containing two episodes each, titled "Sissi in Possenhofen"[4] and "Imperial Guests"[5] were released on January 14, 2000 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.