Babar (TV series)
| Babar | |
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Babar title card
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| Genre | Comedy-Drama |
| Created by | Jean de Brunhoff |
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| Theme music composer | Milan Kymlicka |
| Composer(s) | Milan Kymlicka |
| Country of origin | Canada France |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 23 minutes |
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| Original network |
CBC (seasons 1–3) Global TV (seasons 4–5) HBO |
| Picture format | NTSC (480i) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | March 28, 1989 – December 3, 1991 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Babar and the Adventures of Badou (2010–2015) |
| Babar (2000) | |
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| Genre |
Animation Remake |
| Created by | see creator |
| Starring |
Dan Lett Janet-Laine Green Kyle Fairlie Kristen Bone Noah Reid Phillip Williams Chris Wiggins Jesse Vinet Kristin Fairlie |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Patrick Loubert Michael Hirsh Clive A. Smith Robert Réa Kyojiro Amano Clifford Ross |
| Running time | 33 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Nelvana Ellipsanime Kodansha The Clifford Ross Company |
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| Original network |
CBS HBO PBS Kids |
| Original release | September 23, 2000 – May 5, 2001 |
Babar is a Canadian/French animated television series produced in Toronto, Canada by Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company. It premiered in 1989 on CBC and HBO, subsequently was rerun on HBO and Qubo. The series is based on Jean de Brunhoff's original Babar books, and was Nelvana's first international co-production. The series' 78 episodes have been broadcast in 30 languages in over 150 countries.
While the French author Laurent de Brunhoff pronounces the name Babar as "BUH-bar", the series in its first five seasons pronounces the name as "BAB-bar".
In 2010, a computer-animated sequel series spin-off of Babar titled Babar and the Adventures of Badou was launched. The new series focuses on a majority of new characters.
Based on the books by Jean de Brunhoff and Laurent de Brunhoff, the plot focuses on the story of Babar as it is told by him to his children. Babar is a young elephant who undergoes many challenges and adventures. However, Babar always finds the strength to rise above difficulty and search out every cloud's silver lining. Babar is crowned king of the elephants, plans and builds Celesteville, and becomes a father himself. And he learns the greatest lesson of all: "despite life's challenges, great things are possible if one never gets discouraged."
As a young boy, Babar witnesses the slaughter of his mother by a hunter and flees from the Great Forest to the city, where he is cared for by a kind Old Lady. Babar learns the workings of the world and returns to elephant land full of ideas for progress in his land. The elephant elders see that Babar has become wise beyond his years and crown him as the New King of Elephant Land.
The series can be seen as a skit in the Citizenship segment of Kids for Character.
In 1989, New Line Cinema, Nelvana, and Astral Films announced that a film adaption of Babar would be released. This would be followed by a sequel released in 1998, titled Babar: King of the Elephants, and was released by Alliance Films theatrically and New Line Cinema as a direct-to-video film.
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