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Les Belles Histoires de Pomme d'Api (The Beautiful Stories of Pomme d'Api in English) is a 1995 French, literary anthology, fantasy, musical, family, children's animated television series. Beginning in the fifth season, the title was shortened to Les belles histoires. It is based on the stories created by Pomme D'Api featured in the magazine of his namesake. Les Films de l'Arlequin co-produced this with France 3; Canal J; (during the first five seasons); Productions Mary-Josee; Bayard Presse Juene (during the first four seasons); Bayard Jeunesse (since 1999); La Fabrique; TMO Film; GmbH; TiJi (seasons 6-16); and Piwi+ (since 2011) with the support of Ministere de la Culture; Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers of Music; and Centre National de Cinema et de l'image de animee (CNC). It has been running since 1995 for 16 seasons and the upcoming 17th season is currently in production. To date, there are over 364 episodes. For the first fourteen seasons, the program ran from 1995-2008. But there's no info on when the fifteenth and sixteenth seasons premiered.
Plot[]
A girl and her grandfather take a plane ride. She hears him tell her stories that involve fantastical elements like kings, queens, witches, talking animals, and children who discover magical powers among other things. Each story is a five minute short that's based on something by Pomme D'Api. It is relatable to child viewers due to featuring things that they may face or will face like moving into a new home, attending school the first day, and conquering one's fear of the dark. Narrations are provided by Henri Des.
Status[]
As they appear on Youtube, only the episodes of the first and fourth seasons are available in their entirety, bringing the total of episodes found to 52. The other seasons (not counting the latest, the 17th, as it's in the midst of production and has yet to air) aren't available online and have yet to surface. Even the titles of the lost episodes are currently lost and unknown.