The Small Giant

The Small Giant
Genre	animation
Created by	Jan Van Rijsselberge
Directed by	Oliver Raynal
Opening theme	The Small Giant Theme
Ending theme	The Small Giant Theme (instrumental)
Composer(s)	David Gana
Country of origin	France; China
Original language(s)	French; English; Spanish
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer(s)	Clement Calvet, Christian Davan
Production company(s)	Gaumont Alphanim; Jiang Toon Animation
Release
Original network	France 5; CCTV
Original release	2008 –; 2010

The Small Giant (French: La Petite Géante) is a French and Chinese cartoon series that began in 2008. It was animated by Alphanim (now called Gaumont Animation) along with Jiang Toon Animation and distributed by Cookie Jar Entertainment (now called DHX Media). Each of the 52 episodes is around 13 minutes long and the first season was translated into English for American distribution.

Broadcasting

It was broadcast on Gulli beginning September 2010.

Characters

Emily: Emily is a 10-year-old girl who grows up to 3 meters tall.
Elmer Baokan: Elmer is an 11-year-old boy whose family hosts Emily during her stay and she becomes his adopted little sister.
Fred: Ten-year-old bundle of nerves and daredevil.
Betty: A village girl who Emily helps rebuild her hut.
Jonas: A boy that Emily likes.
Kinoobi: Kinoobi is Emily's panda backpack that comes to life.
Callas Kardamohn: 11-year-old girl who's jealous of Emily's size and competes with her for Jonas' attentions.
Georges Pao-Ju: Hangs out with Callas and Fiona.
Fiona Surayo: Admirer of Callas.

Episodes

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French titles then English retitles:

1. Le collier d'Amalia
2. La fugue de Betty: Emily helps Betty rebuild her hut.
3. Le Nid d'Aigle = The Eagle's Nest
4. Émilie la sorcière
5. La pêche aux crabes Crab Fishing
6. Le protégé d'Émilie
7. Kinoubi vide son sac
8. L'inondation = The Flood
9. La fête du renouveau
10. La mare aux esprits
11. La chasse aux papillons = The Butterfly Hunt'
12. La guerre des cabanes
13. Mauvaises nuits = Sleepless Nights
14. La majorette
15. Le secret d'Émilie = Emily's Secret
16. Les trafiquants
17. Le filet de Mendelssohn
18. Georges dans les nuages
19. La grande douche
20. Toile d'araignée
21. La nuit des oisiflores
22. Du gros poisson
23. La règle du jeu
24. Kakis en folie
25. Bain de boue
26. La relève
27. Tête de buffle
28. Une géante dans la nuit
29. Les gardes du corps
30. Un nouveau parfum
31. Le journal d'Émilie
32. La panne d'eau
33. Émilie fait son miel
34. La nuit des étoiles filantes
35. La fête d'Émilie
36. Le serpent à trois yeux
37. La poule perd la boule
38. Le labyrinthe des kakis
39. Georges passe à l'Est
40. Le rapt de Kinoubi
41. Votez pour moi
42. Le concours de cerfs-volant
43. Fred fait scission
44. Panier de crabes
45. L'arbre aux enfants
46. Le secret du Shaman
47. Mini Kinoubi
48. La lampe magique
49. La marchande
50. Quand les jumelles s'en mêlent
51. Le kaki de la justice
52. Callas a disparu

Voices

Stephen Bent
Felicity Duncan
Candida Gubbins
Lesley Harcourt
Stuart Milligan
Dave Kitchen
Jo Lee
Juliet Prague
John Vernon

Music

David Gana - D&A Factory

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External links

series' profile on GaumontAnimation.com
(in French) La petite géante - Présentation - Gulli retrieved 01-03-2013
The Small Giant on IMDb
description on Big Cartoon DataBase
page on TV France International

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