Argai: The Prophecy (Original French title: Argaï: La prophétie) is a 2000 French animated series (with 26 episodes) directed by Jean-César Suchorski and written by Sébastien Dorsey.[1]

Argai: The Prophecy
GenreAdventure
Science fantasy
Written bySébastien Dorsey
Directed byJean-César Suchorski
StarringBruno Choel
Marie-Christine Adam
Christian Alers
Benoît Allemane
Voices ofFrench version:
Jean Topart
Bruno Choel
Laura Préjean
Marie-Christine Adam
Henri Labussière
Patricia Legrand
Patrick Préjean
Benoît Allemane
Jean Barney
ComposerDidier Julia
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducersDidier Julia
Claude Carrere
Production companiesCarrére Groupe
D'Ocon Films Productions
La Coloniale
Original release
NetworkTF1
Release2 September 2000 (2000-09-02) –
4 March 2001 (2001-03-04)

Plot edit

The story is partly set in the year 1250, partly in 2075. Angel, the fiancée of Prince Argaï, is under the spell of the Dark Queen. The evil Queen steals the youth of juvenile women and keeps them asleep for the rest of their lives. This way, she remains immortal. To save his fiancée, Argaï travels through time and meets detective Oscar Lightbulb, his assistant Barnaby and his secretary, Moony Moon. They decide to help Argaï with his battle against the queen and the rescue of his beloved. To defeat the queen, they have to awake Angel with an antidote which contains 13 unique ingredients. Their first challenge is to find each of these ingredients.

Unlike most stories involving time travel, when a character is killed in a time that is not their own, they are returned to their own time instead of dying. This is why it is necessary for the heroes to defeat Queen Orial in 2075 and for Queen Orial to kill Argaï in 1250, as it would not be permanent otherwise.

Broadcast edit

The series was premiered on 2 September 2000 on TF1 in France. In the UK, the show airs on Disney Channel from 15 April 2001 to September 2002. In Italy, the show airs on Fox Kids and Jetix. In Spain, the show airs on La 1, Antena 3, and Clan. In the Middle East, the show airs on Spacetoon.

Episodes edit

  1. Chapter I. Prince Argai
  2. Chapter II. The Man in the Mask
  3. Chapter III. New York, 2075
  4. Chapter IV. F-107
  5. Chapter V. The Great Journey
  6. Chapter VI. Notre-Dame de Paris
  7. Chapter VII. The Mandrake
  8. Chapter VIII. The Pharaoh's Amulet
  9. Chapter IX. The Road to the Crusades
  10. Chapter X. Alyasha
  11. Chapter XI. Venice Submerged
  12. Chapter XII. Brother Tich's Escape
  13. Chapter XIII. The Enchanted Forest
  14. Chapter XIV. In the Land of the Celts
  15. Chapter XV. Lotus Flower
  16. Chapter XVI. The Desert of Awikango
  17. Chapter XVII. The Monastery of Tirloch
  18. Chapter XVIII. The Knight Tournament
  19. Chapter XIX. The Great Escape
  20. Chapter XX. The Wild Orchid
  21. Chapter XXI. The Sacred Pearl
  22. Chapter XXII. The Thurible
  23. Chapter XXIII. The Fairy Melusine
  24. Chapter XXIV. The White Lady
  25. Chapter XXV. Angele
  26. Chapter XXVI. The Final Combat

Cast edit

References edit

  1. ^ Sherman, Fraser A. (2017). Now and Then We Time Travel: Visiting Pasts and Futures in Film and Television. McFarland. p. 235. ISBN 9781476626437.

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