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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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| Producer | Michael Lessa |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production companies | BAF Berlin Animation Film GmbH & Co. Productions KG Marathon Filmproduction Marathon Animation |
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| Network | M6 |
| Release | September 6, 2002 (2002-09-06) – 2003 (2003) |
Mission Odyssey is a French-German animated TV series about the adventures of the ancient Greek hero Ulysses. The series is a production of BAF Berlin Animation Film GmbH & Co. Productions KG, Marathon Filmproduction, Marathon 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. Its global premiere took place on the French network M6 on 6 September 2002. In Germany, the show was launched on 22 February 2008 on KIKA.[1]
After Agamemnon's army besieges Troy for 10 years, losing the best warrior Achilles, Ulysses builds the Trojan horse and captures the city. After the destruction of Troy, Ulysses and his men leave for home without paying proper respect to Poseidon. For this, the Sea God punishes Ulysses to roam the seas and be unable to return home to Ithaca.
Poseidon has made a bet with Athena that Ulysses and his crew 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 rules.
The series covers the most important stages of Homer's Odyssey but is simplified and re-worked in a child-friendly manner. Occasionally characters from other Greek legends are used.
