Argai: The Prophecy
Argai: The Prophecy | |
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Genre | Animation, adventure, fantasy, science fiction |
Written by | Sébastien Dorsey |
Directed by | Jean-César Suchorski |
Starring |
Bruno Choel Marie-Christine Adam Christian Alers Benoît Allemane |
Voices of |
French version: Jean Topart Bruno Choel Laura Préjean Marie-Christine Adam Henri Labussière Patricia Legrand Patrick Préjean Benoît Allemane Jean Barney |
Composer(s) | Didier Julia |
Country of origin | France |
Original language(s) | French |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
Didier Julia Claude Carrere |
Production company(s) |
Carrére Groupe D'Ocon Films Productions La Coloniale |
Release | |
Original network |
TF1 Spacetoon |
Original release | 2000 |
Argai: The Prophecy (Original French title: Argaï: La prophétie) is a 2000 French animated series (26 episodes) directed by Jean-César Suchorski and written by Sébastien Dorsey.
Plot
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. This evil Queen steals the youth of young 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 rather than 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.
Episodes
- Chapter I. Prince Argai
- Chapter II. The Man in the Mask
- Chapter III. New York, 2075
- Chapter IV. F-107
- Chapter V. The Great Journey
- Chapter VI. Notre-Dame de Paris
- Chapter VII. The Mandrake
- Chapter VIII. The Pharaoh's Amulet
- Chapter IX. The Road to the Crusades
- Chapter X. Alyasha
- Chapter XI. Venice Submerged
- Chapter XII. Brother Tish's Escape
- Chapter XIII. The Enchanted Forest
- Chapter XIV. In the Land of the Celts
- Chapter XV. Lotus Flower
- Chapter XVI. The Desert of Awikango
- Chapter XVII. The Monastery of Tirloch
- Chapter XVIII. The Knight Tournament
- Chapter XIX. The Great Escape
- Chapter XX. The Wild Orchid
- Chapter XXI. The Sacred Pearl
- Chapter XXII. The Thurible
- Chapter XXIII. The Fairy Melusine
- Chapter XXIV. The White Lady
- Chapter XXV. Angele
- Chapter XXVI. The Final Combat
Characters
- Argai
- Angele
- Oscar Lightbulb
- Barnaby
- Moony Moon
- Hugsley Barns
- Queen Orial/The Dark Queen
- Gekko
- Argai's Father
- Pasha
- Mr. Po
- Captain Billy
- Brother Gregory
- Brother Tich
- King Khar
- Lord Artemis
- Lucille
- Master Wang
- Forest Elf
- Princess Lorelei
- Singa
- Innkeeper/Winegrower in Paris
- Blind innkeeper in Paris
- Fairy Melusine
- Fairy Melusine's Leprechaun-Assistant
- The White Lady
- Tiberias
Cast
- Jean Topart - The narrating monk
- Bruno Choël - Argaï
- Christian Alers - Oscar Lightbulb
- Laura Préjean - Angèle
- Marie-Christine Adam - The Dark Queen
- Henri Labussière - Hugsley Barnes
- Patricia Legrand - Miss Moon
- Patrick Préjean - Barnaby
- Benoît Allemane - Pacha
- Jean Barney - King Khar (Argaï's father)
- Michel Vigné - the narrator, the Devil