The Land Before Time (2007–2008) is an American animated television series, based on The Land Before Time film series created by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss. It was developed for television by Ford Riley for Cartoon Network and was produced by Universal Animation Studios and Amblin Entertainment (Amblin Entertainment produced the first film with Sullivan Bluth Studios), and animated by Toon City in the Philippines. It premiered on YTV in Canada for a test on January 5, 2007 and premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on March 5, 2007.
It was made as traditionally animated with CGI backgrounds, which the past sequels from The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration onwards have used, with occasional cel-shaded computer animated characters in wide shots. The main antagonists in the series are Red Claw, an evil villainous Tyrannosaurus, and Screech and Thud, two henchmen Deinonychus. The TV series takes place after the events of The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends, due to Chomper and Ruby being absent in that film.
Voice cast[]
Main[]
- Cody Arens as Littlefoot[1] (Anthony Skillman performs Littlefoot's singing voice)
- Anndi McAfee as Cera
- Aria Curzon as Ducky
- Jeff Bennett as Petrie
- Rob Paulsen as Spike, Thud
- Max Burkholder as Chomper[1]
- Meghan Strange as Ruby
- Pete Sepenuk as Red Claw, Screech
Recurring[]
- Kenneth Mars as Grandpa Longneck
- Miriam Flynn as Grandma Longneck
- John Ingle as Daddy Topps
- Tress MacNeille as Petrie's Mother/Ducky and Spike's Mother
- Dorian Harewood as Mr. Thicknose
- Jessica Gee as Tria
- Meghan Strange as Tricia
- Susanne Blakeslee as Additional Voices
Guest appearances[]
- Anndi McAfee as Lydia/Corythosaurus/additional voices
- Aria Curzon as Ceratogaulus Girl/additional voices
- Jeff Bennett as Brontosaurus #2/Ruby's siblings/Skip/Mutt/Doc/Kosh (The Amazing Threehorn Girl)/Ceratogaulus Elder/additional voices
- Rob Paulsen as Ruby's father/Brontosaurus #1/Hidden Runner/Mo/Milo/Stegosaurus/Guido/Lambeosaurus/additional voices
- Meghan Strange as Plower/Maiasaura/Iguanodon/Corythosaurus
- Pete Sepenuk as Kosh (The Star Day Celebration)/Saro/Allosaurus
- Nika Futterman as Ruby's Mother/Ali
- Elizabeth Daily as Rhett/Shorty
- Jessica Walter as Old One
- Cree Summer as Tippy
- Susan Krebs as Tippy's mother
- Cam Clarke as Bron
- Susan Blu as Dara
- Mikey Kelley as Hyp
- Scott Menville as Nod/Mother Deinonychus
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Scuttle
- Dorian Harewood as Great Hideous Beast
- Jess Harnell as Swooper
- Dee Bradley Baker as Baby Acrocanthosaurus (uncredited)/Sarcosuchus pack
Episodes[]
Season 1 (2007)[]
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Season 2 (2008)[]
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Broadcast[]
The show premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on March 5, 2007. It also aired on Boomerang in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2007. The show has never aired on either Cartoon Network in the United States or on YTV in Canada since March 2008. On January 14, 2017, the show began airing in reruns on Sprout.[2] It aired on Spacetoon on January 1, 2011 after Spacetoon English closed and the Spacetoon Group was rebranded. It aired on TV Russia on May 2, 2009 after TV Russia Service Television (TV RSTV) closed. Reruns of the series began airing on Universal Kids upon the channel's launch on September 9, 2017.[3]
Reception[]
Michael D. Schaffer of the Philadelphia Inquirer said that the animation in the series, although below that of the original 1988 movie, was above-average for modern television. Although he praised the theme song, saying it had a "bouncy, almost calypso beat", he was less pleased with the songs "Adventuring" and "Talking Big". He finally described the series as "bland, inoffensive stuff", and appropriate viewing for very young audiences.[4]
Merchandise[]
Universal Studios Consumer Products Group and Playmates Toys announced a domestic licensing agreement, whereby Playmates served as the master toy license for the then-upcoming animated television series, The Land Before Time. The 22-minute animated series aired on Cartoon Network beginning spring 2007. The toy line launched in fall 2007 with the introduction of a full line of figures, vehicles, playsets and plush.[5]
Home media[]
Twenty-four episodes of the series were released on DVD by Universal Studios Home Entertainment between 2007–2008 in North America (region 1) and 2010 in Australia (region 4) in the form of six four-episode volumes. A six-disc box set was later released in the UK (region 2) in 2012 containing the 24 episodes from the previous volumes. Two episodes were not included in those releases: "The Hidden Canyon" and "The Big Longneck Test". Only "The Hidden Canyon" was later released as a special feature on the stand-alone DVD release of The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends. On June 7, 2022, a complete TV series DVD was released, not only marking the first time "The Big Longneck Test" has been released on home media but also the first time any episode has been released in widescreen format on a Region 1 DVD.[6]
| Vol. | DVD name | Release dates | Episodes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 4 | Region 2 | |||
| 1 | Amazing Adventures! | August 28, 2007[7] | March 31, 2010[8] | "The Cave of Many Voices" (1), "Canyon of the Shiny Stones" (4), "The Meadow of Jumping Water" (7), "The Spooky Nighttime Adventure" (15) | |
| 2 | Good Times & Good Friends | November 27, 2007[9] | March 31, 2010[10] | "The Star Day Celebration" (3), "The Brave Longneck Scheme" (6), "The Great Log Running Game" (5), "The Bright Circle Celebration" (12) | |
| 3 | Adventuring in the Mysterious Beyond | February 19, 2008[11] | June 30, 2010[12] | "The Great Egg Adventure" (26), "Escape from the Mysterious Beyond" (9), "The Lonely Journey" (13), "The Hermit of Black Rock" (21) | |
| 4 | Through the Eyes of a Spiketail | May 13, 2008[13] | June 30, 2010[14] | "Through the Eyes of a Spiketail" (25), "Stranger from the Mysterious Above" (17), "March of the Sand Creepers" (23), "The Forbidden Friendship" (18) | |
| 5 | Magical Discoveries | August 26, 2008[15] | September 1, 2010[16] | "Search for the Sky Color Stones" (24), "The Amazing Threehorn Girl" (19), "Days of Rising Waters" (8), "Return to Hanging Rock" (22) | |
| 6 | Friends Forever | December 2, 2008[17] | September 1, 2010[18] | "The Mysterious Tooth Crisis" (2), "The Missing Fast-Water Adventure" (14), "The Lone Dinosaur Returns" (16), "Legend of the Story Speaker" (11) | |
| 1–6 | Complete TV Series | June 7, 2022[19][20][21] | March 12, 2012[22] | Region 2 DVD only contains the 24 episodes from previous volumes. Region 1 DVD contains all 26 episodes. | |
Music[]
The songs are written by Michele Brourman (music) and Ford Riley (lyrics).
The theme song is performed by the South African choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The theme is written by Roc Gagliese, Steve D'Angelo, and Terry Tompkins of the eggplant. The music score is by Cory Lerios.
See also[]
- Dink, the Little Dinosaur
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Third Edition. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-6599-8.
- ↑ "Universal Kids". http://www.sproutonline.com/tv-schedule/2017-01-14.
- ↑ NBCUniversal Is Launching A New Channel: Universal Kids
- ↑ "Two wildly different cartoons make their TV debuts". https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20070309_Two_wildly_different_cartoons_make_their_TV_debuts.html?outputType=amp.
- ↑ DeMott, Rick. "Playmates Toys With The Land Before Time". https://www.awn.com/news/playmates-toys-land-time.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: The Land Before Time: The Complete TV Series [DVD : Ford Riley, Jeff Bennett, Aria Curzon, Anndi McAfee, Rob Paulsen: Movies & TV"]. https://www.amazon.com/The-Land-Before-Time-The-Complete-TV-Series/dp/B09XXY9WBY.
- ↑ "The Land Before Time: Amazing Adventures". https://www.amazon.com/Land-Before-Time-Amazing-Adventures/dp/B000R8YC2W/.
- ↑ "The Land Before Time Amazing Adventures Volume 1 DVD Region 4". https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/the-land-before-time-amazing-adventures-dvd-8276287/.
- ↑ "The Land Before Time: Good Times & Good Friends". https://www.amazon.com/Land-Before-Time-Times-Friends/dp/B000WDTO8E/.
- ↑ The Land Before Time Volume 2 - Good Times and Good Friends. Booktopia. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ↑ "The Land Before Time: Adventuring in the Mysterious Beyond". https://www.amazon.com/Land-Before-Time-Adventuring-Mysterious/dp/B00105305G/.
- ↑ The Land Before Time Volume 3 - Adventuring in the Mysterious Beyond. Booktopia. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ↑ "The Land Before Time: Through the Eyes of a Spiketail". https://www.amazon.com/Land-Before-Time-Through-Spiketail/dp/B00152VVQY/.
- ↑ "The Land Before Time Through the Eyes of a Spiketail Volume 4 DVD Region 4". https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/the-land-before-time-through-the-eyes-of-a-spiketail-volume-4-dvd-8277718/.
- ↑ "Land Before Time, The: Magical Discoveries". https://www.dvdempire.com/1411303/land-before-time-the-magical-discoveries-movie.html.
- ↑ The Land Before Time Volume 5 - Magical Discoveries. Booktopia. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Land Before Time, The: Friends Forever". https://www.dvdempire.com/1426940/land-before-time-the-friends-forever-movie.html.
- ↑ The Land Before Time Volume 6 - Friends Forever. Booktopia. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ↑ "The Land Before Time: The Complete TV Series". https://www.gruv.com/product/the_land_before_time_complete_tv_series_box_set_dvd.
- ↑ "The Land Before Time: The Complete TV Series". https://www.amazon.com/Land-Before-Time-Complete-DVD/dp/B09XXY9WBY/.
- ↑ "The Land Before Time: The Complete TV Series". https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Land-Before-Time-The-Complete-TV-Series-DVD/376501421.
- ↑ "The Land Before Time: Complete TV Series [DVD [Import Anglais]"] (in fr). https://www.amazon.fr/Land-Before-Time-Complete-anglais/dp/B0078VX0X8/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8.
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