''The Prince of Atlantis'' is a British children's
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CGI animated television series about a group of underwater creatures who protect the oceans.
Synopsis
In the heart of the ocean, in the mysterious waters of the
Bermuda Triangle, is a beautiful city built by the legendary people of
Atlantis
Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and '' Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that b ...
. Its sole inhabitant is a child, the prince Akata, the last of the Atlanteans. With him in the underwater city lies all the knowledge, technology and the extraordinary powers accumulated by the people for 5000 years. But modern technologies threaten the city: men with sophisticated machinery plumb the depths of the ocean in order to extract its riches. Akata, with the help of the hologram of his master, Shum, and the
ray-like
mermaid
In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Mermaids are sometimes ass ...
Oya, must protect the Atlantean heritage, particularly the Blue Ray, from falling into the wrong hands.
Broadcast
It premiered on the
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and originally aired from 7 January to 1 April 1997 and later for further more episodes from 25 June to 10 September of the same year running for only 26 episodes. After the series was cancelled, it continued to air on the BBC until 2003. It also later aired on
in South Africa with the series being shown on their programming block for children called ''
'' and ''Children's SSVC'' in some countries such as Germany and the Falkland Islands.
In July 2002 the series was the most watched programme on CBBC that week, with 70,000 viewers.