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*The Small Giant*
The Small Giant
French	La Petite Géante
Genre	Shojo
Created by	Jan Van Rijsselberge
Directed by	Oliver Raynal
Opening theme	"The Small Giant Theme"
Ending theme	"The Small Giant Theme" (instrumental)
Composer	David Gana
Country of origin	France; China; Japan
Original languages	French; Japanese; Mandarin
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer	Jean-Pierre Quenet
Producer	Jean-Philippe Robin
Running time	13 minutes
Production companies	Gaumont Alphanim; Jiang Toon Animation; Village Productions; Europool; Cofinova 5
Original release
Network	France 5; Gulli; CCTV
Release	August 28 –; November 7, 2010

The Small Giant (French: La Petite Géante) (Japanese: 彼岸島のかな美'Higanjima no Kanami) is an animated television series that began in 2010. It was co-produced by Gaumont Alphanim and Jiang Toon Animation in association with Village Productions, Europool and Cofinova 5. Each of the 52 episodes is around 13 minutes long and the first season was translated into English for American distribution.

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

1. "Le collier d'Amalia"
2. "La fugue de Betty"
3. "Le Nid d'Aigle" (English: "The Eagle's Nest")
4. "Émilie la sorcière"
5. "La pêche aux crabes" (English: "Crab Fishing")
6. "Le protégé d'Émilie"
7. "Kinoubi vide son sac"
8. "L'inondation" (English: "The Flood")
9. "La fête du renouveau"
10. "La mare aux esprits"
11. "La chasse aux papillons" (English: "The Butterfly Hunt")
12. "La guerre des cabanes"
13. "Mauvaises nuits" (English: "Sleepless Nights")
14. "La majorette"
15. "Le secret d'Émilie" (English: "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

Japanese

Kaoru Mizuhara – Emily (Japanese: Kanami)
Akio Suyama – Kimnobi-Kuma
Koharu Kusumi – Fiona
Sayaka Harada – Elmer (Japanese: Kaoru)
Ryō Horikawa – Shaman (Japanese: Hanakoi)
Tina Tamashiro – Callas

French

Frédérique Marlot – Émilie
Yann Pichon – Kinoubi
Astrid Le mellot – Fiona
Marie Diot – Elmer
Karine Pinoteau – Fred
Patrick Noérie – Aaron Baokan
Magali Rosenzweig – Callas
Patrick Pellegrin – Shaman
Coco Noël – Georges

English

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

Broadcast

The series was broadcast on Gulli beginning September 2010.

External links

Series profile at Gaumont
La petite géante - Présentation - Gulli, retrieved 01-03-2013 (in French)
The Small Giant at IMDb
Series info at The Big Cartoon DataBase
Series page at TV France International

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