Billy the Cat (TV series)
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| Genre | Adventure Fantasy |
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| Opening theme | "Billy the Cat", performed by John Mitchell and Tanya Hancheroff |
| Ending theme | "Billy the Cat" (Instrumental) |
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| Country of origin | France Belgium |
| Original language(s) | English French |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Running time | 25 minutes approx. |
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| Original release | 1996 – 2001 |
Billy the Cat is a French/Belgian 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, plus also two TV movies (respectively dated 1998 and 2001).
Animated at La Fabrique, Siriol Productions and Cologne Cartoon (the latter only the Season 1), the series was produced by EVA Entertainment with the companies: Les Films du Triangle, Dupuis, NOA Network of Animation, and Sofidoc S.A.; all in association with the channels ZDF and France 3.
The cartoon takes a different approach to the scenario: Here, Billy's transformation to a cat is caused by an angry magician who decides to teach the boy a lesson after seeing Billy 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.
The cartoon takes on a much lighter tone than the comic, largely thanks to the differing set-up, and is also much more episodic. When the series ends, Billy remains a cat and shows little to no interest to becoming human again, although this is not said explicitly by any character.
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