''Belle and Sebastian'' () is an animated children's television series, an adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by

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. A Canada-France

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, the series was produced by the Montreal-based Groupe PVP and France's

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Plot

When Sebastian, a young orphan living in the Alps, meets Belle, a huge white Great Pyrenees, they set off together on a series of fantastic adventures around the mountains.

Characters

* Sebastian (voiced by

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) is a young orphan. He is a stubborn but brave part of the Mountaineers. * Belle is a huge white Great Pyreness. * Cameron (voiced by Jessica Kardos) is Sebastian's frenemy, and Gabriel's friend. * Gabriel (voiced by Sonja Ball) is Cameron's friend. * Caspar (voiced by Terrence Scammell) is Angelina and Sebastian's grandfather. * Anton (voiced by

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) is the main antagonist of the series who always tries to capture Belle. * Angelina (voiced by Brittany Drisdelle) is Sebastian's older sister and mother figure. * Roberta (voiced by Sonja Ball) is Cameron's mother. Angelina describes her as a tough cookie. * Mr. Damien is Cameron's father. * Ivan (voiced by

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) * Victor is a student with asthma who often likes to visit Sonny and Adele. He appeared in "The Beauty and the Pug". * Madeline (voiced by Jessica Kardos) * Maurice * Elaina (voiced by Stephanie Buxton) is the mother of Sonny and Adele, and the mayor of the village. She doesn't like Belle. * Adele (voiced by

) is the older sister of Sonny. As of "On Cold Terms", she is Sebastian's best human friend. * Megan is one of the students at the school. * Yuki is Gabriel's pet dog. * Professor Turner (voiced by Matthew Gagnon) is a teacher at the school. * Dr. William (voiced by

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) * Sonny (voiced by

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) is a sometimes clumsy boy who is the younger brother of Adele. * Lynette (voiced by

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) is a student at the school. * Pierrette (voiced by

) * Martin (voiced by Rick Jones) * Mitch (voiced by Julian Casey) is the fearless, Everest winner of the Silver Ice Axe. * Franck (voiced by

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) is a mountain climber.

Production

In September 2015,

was developing an animated series based on Cécile Aubry's novel ''

Belle et Sébastien ''Belle et Sébastien'' is a 1966 novel by Cécile Aubry about a six-year-old boy named Sébastien and his dog Belle, a Great Pyrenees, who live in a village in the French Alps close to the Italian border. Sébastien lives with his adopted grand ...

''. Later that month, Montreal-based Groupe PVP formed a coproduction partnership with Gaumont on two animated series, including ''Belle'', and the production began in 2016. The show was produced for a consortium of broadcasters, including

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and

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in Canada, M6 and Piwi + in France,

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in Germany, VRT in Belgium, and

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in Switzerland.

Episodes

# The White Dragon # The Curious Kid # The Wild Mountaineers # Race Against the Train # Fearless Sonny # Mountain School # Trapped # The Secret Passage # The New Cameron # The Promise # The Fear in Fearless # Jealous # The Beauty and the Pug # Mayhem At the Inn # Vote Belle! # Picture-Perfect Village # The Faded Mount # The Pact # The Great Bow Shelter # Belle, the Sheepdog # No Name Peak # The Great Nordic Race # The Angelina Mission # On Cold Terms # Sick as a Dog # Caspar's Journal # Sealed Lips # The White Bear # The Black Eagle # The Mountain Fire # Home is Where the Heart Is # At the Top # Chore Day # The Presentation # The First Meeting, The Runaway (Part 1) # The First Meeting, The Hunt (Part 2) # Lucky Star # Beautiful Memories # Werewolf # Sebastian's Vertigo # The Invisible Threat # The Attack # The Great Drought # Adele's Bracelet # The Happy Shelter Needs Work # Oh My Mom # The Little Mountain Guide # Parasites # Angelina's Secret # The Desperate Chamois # The Saint-Martin Amulet # Vitamin

Broadcast

The series first began airing on

on September 9, 2017. It premiered in France on M6 on October 9 the same year. In the United States, the series began airing on TiVi5MONDE on June 13, 2018 and later in Germany, it premiered on

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on September 22. The show had its English language debut on

on October 7, 2017. In Singapore, it began airing on Channel 5 (Singapore), Channel 5's

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block on June 7, 2019. ''Belle and Sebastian'' also aired on

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and

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References

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