The Land Before Time | |
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Created by |
Charles Grosvenor Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss |
Developed by | Ford Riley |
Directed by | Scott Heming Dick Sebast |
Voices of |
Cody Arens Anndi McAfee Aria Curzon Rob Paulsen Max Burkholder Meghan Strange Kenneth Mars Miriam Flynn John Ingle Tress MacNeille Pete Sepenuk Dorian Harewood Jeff Bennett Jessica Gee |
Theme music composer | Roc Gagliese Steve D'Angelo Terry Tompkins |
Composer(s) |
Cory Lerios (score) Michele Brourman (songs) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Diane A. Crea Charles Grosvenor |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Universal Animation Studios Amblin Television |
Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network |
Cartoon Network Universal Kids (USA) YTV (Canada) |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
Original release | January 5, 2007 – January 15, 2008 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007) |
Followed by | The Land Before Time: Journey of the Brave (2016) |
The Land Before Time is an American animated television series, based on The Land Before Time film series created by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss. It was developed for television by Ford Riley for Universal Animation Studios and Amblin Television (Amblin Entertainment produced the first film), and premiered on YTV in Canada for a test on January 5, 2007.
It was made as traditionally animated with computer-animated backgrounds, which the past sequels from The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration onwards have used, with occasional cel-shaded computer animated characters in wide shots. The main antagonists in the series are Red Claw, an evil villainous Tyrannosaurus, and Screech and Thud, two henchmen Utahraptors. The TV series takes place after the events of The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends, due to Chomper and Ruby being absent in that film.
The show premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on March 5, 2007. It also on Boomerang in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2007. It premiered in Japan on Kids Station in May 2007. The first season began airing on Cartoon Network India on April 7, 2008. The show has neither aired on Cartoon Network in the United States nor on YTV in Canada since March 2008. The show began airing in reruns on Sprout on January 14, 2017 in time for the show's 10th anniversary. It aired on Spacetoon on January 1, 2011 after Spacetoon English closed and the Spacetoon Group was rebranded. It aired on TV Russia on May 2, 2009 after TV Russia Service Television (TV RSTV) closed. Reruns of the series will air on Universal Kids upon the channel's launch on September 9, 2017. At this point, it is unknown as to if another season will be produced after the new channel, but it is included in its lineup, which consists of it and 9 other shows (all of which have aired new episodes in the last year and a half), on the Universal Kids website.