Mission Odyssey
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Mission Odyssey | |
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Created by | David Gilson |
Composer | Kia Productions |
Country of origin | France Germany |
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No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Michael Lessa |
Running time | 23 minutes |
Production companies | BAF Berlin Animation Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG Marathon Filmproduktion Maraton Animation |
Distributor | m4e AG |
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Original network | M6 |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
Original release | September 6, 2002 2003 | –
Mission Odyssey is a French-German animated TV series about the adventures of the ancient Greek hero Odysseus. The series is a production of BAF Berlin Animation Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG, Marathon Filmproduktion, Maraton Animation, and M6 Metropole Television. Character design was created by David Gilson. Distributional rights were acquired in 2009 by the Your Family Entertainment AG, which is now holding indefinite broadcast rights including ancillary rights for almost all countries. The German premiere took place on 6 September 2002 on KIKA.[1]
Plot[]
After the destruction of Troy, he and his men left for home without paying proper respect to Poseidon. For this, Poseidon punished Odysseus with what turned out to be a ten year journey home to Ithaca. One insult includes the blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus, who was the son of Poseidon. For this, Poseidon vowed Odysseus would never see his home. The sea god Poseidon has made a bet with Athena that Odysseus and his team, consisting of the horned mythical creature Titan, Zephyr, the son of a god of wind, teenage barefoot clairvoyant Nisa, clumsy Philo, rapacious Navigator Dates as well as Diomedes and a clever owl, will never make it home on their own. To achieve this Poseidon interferes in every episode of the series, with Athena constantly reminding Poseidon that direct intervention violates their betting rules.
The series covers the most important stages of Homer's Odyssey but is simplified and re-worked in a child-friendly manner. Occasionally parts of other Greek legends are used.
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
- Odysseus- As Ithaca's all-time hero, he left 10 years ago to help the Greeks in the Trojan War which they won thanks to his tricks, he defeated the Trojans. Also, he plans to return home but it is without counting on Poseidon that does not resolve to lose his bet against Athena. (voiced by Dan Green)
- Nisa- A 13-year-old girl and one of Odysseus' loyal comrades of the group who are involved in an adventure to return to his homeland, Ithaca. She has the ability to have horrifical vision of near doom, but non of the others believe her or even pay attention to her warnings because she's a little girl. (voiced by Liza Jacqueline)
- Diomedes- A team member who set off with Odysseus and the gang to seek to return to Ithaca. Also, he is the oldest comrade of the group, which he carries on his mission to protect them from danger during the exciting journey, and always directs his advice to the members of the team, due to its distinctive combat experience. (Voiced by James Carter Cathcart)
- Dates- the owner of the boat in which Odysseus sails for adventure on his way home to Ithaca.
- Titan - Titan is one of Odysseus' closest friends and the most powerful of all the team members who share an adventure to return home to Ithaca. He comes from the territory of Cronos, an island of ice which he was to be king, but following his departure for Troy, he is his brother who ascended the throne.
- Owl- Posted by Athena to observe, Odysseus and his companions are on the follow-up with the dangers that fight in order to return to Ithaca. To know a great and knowledgeable about what is going on events, always play to warn others of the dangers looming on the horizon and about to be exposed to it, but others do not care about.
- Philo- With feared confrontations and dangers which Philo always wishes to avoid them and not to get involved, he is the one of Odysseus' comrades of the team, who is running with the trip to return home to Ithaca. (Voiced by Darren Dunstan)
- Zephyr- Zephyr is the member of Odysseus' team who is running the greatest adventure to Ithaca, because he is the first to stop confrontations and to have challenges for him. Also, he was doing everything in his power to prove his worth with the participation of the gang to do this exciting task, and he is no less important than any other member of the group. (Voiced by Jason Griffith)
- Penelope- She is Odysseus' wife and a tapestry artist who knits some tapestries with her sewing equipment including her loom yarn, canvas and needles. She is also Telemachus' mother with a loving, motherly and caring heart. (Voiced by Collen Clinkenbeard)
- Telemachus- Telemachus is Odysseus and Penelope's son who spends some time talking to her about the story with her tapestries which she have made and plays with his faithful dog, Argos and his friend, Acrisios. (Voiced by Allison Viktorin)
Olympian Gods and Titans[]
- Athena- Athena is the Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare who guides Odysseus and the gang along with her pet Owl to return to his hometown, Ithaca and also ensures that Poseidon does not intervene to stop them.(voiced by Kathleen Barr)
- Poseidon- He is the older brother of both Zeus and Hades and second oldest of his siblings behind Demeter, Hera, and Hestia. Poseidon functioned as the main antagonist of other gods usually not through direct malevolence but rather as a result of egotism and uncontrollable fits of anger.
Also, Poseidon allies himself with Charybdis and Scylla and many other villains and antagonists throughout the series. (voiced by Stuart Zagnit)
- Hades
- Hestia
- Gaia- Gaia is the Goddess of the Earth who gives Cronos the Stones of Life and tells him to use them for modeling the Universe. (voiced by Diane Delano)
- Cronus
Others[]
- Pegasus
- Aeolus (voiced by Mei Brooks)
- Gildor (voiced by Matthew Wood)
- Hephaestus (voiced by Brian McFadden)
- Pandora (voiced by )
- Calypso (voiced by )
- Nausicaa (voiced by Veronica Taylor)
- Peleas (voiced by )
- Erinyes (voiced by )
Monsters and Creatures[]
- Aglaope (voiced by Colleen Clinkenbeard)
- Mira (voiced by Lucy Fry)
- Circe (voiced by Kathleen Barr)
- Fates
- Lachesis voiced by (Carole Shelly
- Atropos voiced by Amanda Plummer
- Clotho voiced by Maya Rudolph)
- Chimera
- Kystal and Droplet (voiced by )
- Lycaon
- Telios (voiced by Scot Mc Neil)
- Aurel (voiced by Sam Vincent)
- Hardix (voiced by Scot Mc Neil)
- Polyphemus
Episode list[]
- The Eye of the Cyclops
- Charybde and Scylla
- A Trip to the Underworld
- The Song of the Sirens
- Circe
- Memories
- The Curse of the Strygons
- Looking for Pegasus
- The Gorgon Sisters
- Wind Palace
- The Forge of Hephaestus
- Duel of the Centaur
- I Married a Harpy
- The Flame of Eternity
- Lotus Eaters
- Queen of the Amazons
- King of the Titans
- The Mirror of Attraction
- Atlantis Ascending
- The Wishing Well
- Enchanted Lyre
- Cronos' Revenge
- Dazed in the Maze
- The Golden Fleece
- Hercules' Columns
- Ulysses' Bow
References[]
External links[]
- 2008 German television series debuts
- 2000s French animated television series
- Odysseus
- French children's animated fantasy television series
- Television shows based on the Odyssey