The Small Giant

The Small Giant
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 (2010-08-28) – November 7, 2010 (2010-11-07)

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 animated by Alphanim (now Gaumont Animation) along with Jiang Toon Animation and distributed by Cookie Jar Entertainment (now WildBrain). Each of the 52 episodes is around 13 minutes long and the first season was translated into English for American distribution.

Broadcasting

It was broadcast on Gulli beginning September 2010.

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

• ? = The Innkeeper

French titles then English retitles:

• 1. Le collier d'Amalia
• 2. La fugue de Betty: Emily helps Betty rebuild her hut.
• 3. Le Nid d'Aigle = The Eagle's Nest
• 4. Émilie la sorcière
• 5. La pêche aux crabes Crab Fishing
• 6. Le protégé d'Émilie
• 7. Kinoubi vide son sac
• 8. L'inondation = The Flood
• 9. La fête du renouveau
• 10. La mare aux esprits
• 11. La chasse aux papillons = The Butterfly Hunt'
• 12. La guerre des cabanes
• 13. Mauvaises nuits = Sleepless Nights
• 14. La majorette
• 15. Le secret d'Émilie = 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 (Kanami :Japanese)
• Akio Suyama Kimnobi-Kuma
• Koharu Kusumi : Fiona
• Sayaka Harada : Elmer (Kaoru :Japanese)
• Ryō Horikawa : Shaman (Hanakoi :Japanese)
• Tina Tamashiro : Callas

Voices 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

Voices English

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

External links

• series' profile on GaumontAnimation.com
• (in French) La petite géante - Présentation - Gulli retrieved 01-03-2013
• The Small Giant at IMDb
• description on Big Cartoon DataBase
• page on TV France International