Mission Odyssey

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]

Mission Odyssey
Created byDavid Gilson
ComposerKia Productions
Country of originFrance
Germany
Original languages
  • Franch
  • German
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
  • Vincent Chalvon Demersay
  • David Michel
  • Dr. Carl Woebcken
  • Rainer Soehnlein
ProducerMichael Lessa
Running time23 minutes
Production companiesBAF Berlin Animation Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG
Marathon Filmproduktion
Maraton Animation
Distributorm4e AG
Release
Original networkM6
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Original releaseSeptember 6, 2002 (2002-09-06) –
2003 (2003)

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 (voiced by Dan Green)
  • Nisa (voiced by Liza Jacqueline)
  • Diomedes (voiced by James Carter Cathcart)
  • Dates
  • Titan
  • Owl
  • Philo (voiced by Darren Dunstan)
  • Zephyr
  • Penelope
  • Telemachus

Olympian Gods and Titans
  • Athena
  • Poseidon (voiced by Stuart Zagnit)
  • Hades
  • Hestia
  • Gaia
  • Cronus

Others
  • Pegasus
  • Aeolus
  • Gildor
  • Hephaestus
  • Pandora
  • Calypso
  • Nausicaa
  • Peleas
  • Erinyes

Monsters and Creatures
  • Aglaope
  • Mira
  • Circe
  • Fates
    • Lachesis
    • Atropos
    • Clotho
  • Chimera
  • Kystal and Droplet
  • Lycaon
  • Telios
  • Aurel
  • Hardix
  • Polyphemus

Episode list
  1. The Eye of the Cyclops
  2. Charybde and Scylla
  3. A Trip to the Underworld
  4. The Song of the Sirens
  5. Circe
  6. Memories
  7. The Curse of the Strygons
  8. Looking for Pegasus
  9. The Gorgon Sisters
  10. Wind Palace
  11. The Forge of Hephaestus
  12. Duel of the Centaur
  13. I Married a Harpy
  14. The Flame of Eternity
  15. Lotus Eaters
  16. Queen of the Amazons
  17. King of the Titans
  18. The Mirror of Attraction
  19. Atlantis Ascending
  20. The Wishing Well
  21. Enchanted Lyre
  22. Cronos' Revenge
  23. Dazed in the Maze
  24. The Golden Fleece
  25. Hercules' Columns
  26. Ulysses' Bow

References
  1. ""Mission Odyssey" / KI.KA zeigt die Abenteuer des Odysseus in einer Zeichentrickserie".


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