| The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures | |
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| Also known as | The Mouse Adventures(United Kingdom) |
| Genre | Adventure Neo-noir Mystery |
| Based on | The Country Mouse and the City Mouse byAesop Characters fromchildren book by Random House[1] |
| Developed by | Paul Schibli (adaptation) |
| Written by | Joseph Mallozzi (season 1) Patrick Granleese Caroline R. Maria Bruce Robb |
| Voices of | Terrence Scammell Julie Burroughs Rick Jones Dean Hagopian Susan Roman Holly Gauthier-Frankel Sonja Ball Tom Rack |
| Composer | James Gelfand |
| Country of origin | France Canada |
| Original languages | French English |
| No. of seasons | 2[2] |
| No. of episodes | 52(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Micheline Charest Ronald A. Weinberg Christian Davin Giovanna Milano |
| Producer | Cassandra Schafhausen |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | CINAR Films France Animation Ravensburger Film & TV WIC Entertainment Reader's Digest (Season 1) Videal (season 1) Motion Pictures, S.A. (season 1) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Canal J (France) France 3 (France) TVOntario (Canada, season 1) YTV (Canada) Ici Radio-Canada Télé (Canada) HBO (United States) HBO Family (United States) |
| Release | March 1, 1998 (1998-03-01) – October 27, 1999 (1999-10-27) |
| Related | |
| The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale | |
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures is an animated television series produced byCINAR Films,France Animation,Ravensburger Film & TV,WIC Entertainment,Reader's Digest,TVOntario, Videal,Motion Pictures, S.A.,Canal J, andFrance 3.
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures aired in the U.S. onHBO (who also provided development funding for the series)[3] from March 1, 1998[4] to October 27, 1999. It premiered in France onFrance 3 on March 27, 1998.
The show follows the adventures of two cousin mice, Alexander from the city and Emily from the country, who go on adventures around the world in the late 19th and early 20th century, usually to help their cousins, solve a mystery, or stop the evil rat, No-Tail No-Goodnik.[5]
The two main characters originally appeared in the 1993 television specialThe Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale, which was produced by Michael Sporn Animation for HBO. Loosely based on the classic Aesop fable, the television special was also adapted into a book in 1994, titledThe Country Mouse and the City Mouse: Christmas Is Where the Heart Is. But the characters were modified for the Cinar series.
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures was initially produced as a 26-episode series[4][6] costing US$9 million.[6] Production partners Germany'sRavensburger;Reader's Digest in the U.S., and CanadianCINAR (now WildBrain), which contributed US$6 million towards the original project's funding.[6]
The show's main characters were first introduced in the 1993 HBO special,The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale.[4] It was loosely based on theclassic fable byAesop.
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures aired in the U.S. from March 1, 1998, to October 27, 1999, onHBO (who also provided development funding for the series[3]).[4] Until December 31, 2004, HBO's sister network HBO Family aired repeats of the show. The series premiered in France onFrance 3 on March 27, 1998, and later onCanal J.
In Canada, it first aired onTVOntario in autumn 1997 and also aired onYTV in 1999. Repeats of the show aired on theCookie Jar Toons block onThis TV until September 23, 2011, and mornings inIreland onRTÉ Two'sThe Den, normally at 7:15am. However, all CINAR references in these broadcasts have been replaced by Cookie Jar references, but whenNetflix began to stream seasons 1 and 2 on its "watch instantly" streaming service on February 29, 2012, all CINAR references have been restored. It formerly aired on Light TV (now asTheGrio) from December 22, 2016, until October 2, 2020.
Reader's Digest released only the first season on VHS and DVD in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Finland and Australia.Direct Source released every four episodes in two DVD volumes from the second season of the show on February 27, 2007. Season 1 is also available oniTunes.
Mill Creek Entertainment releasedThe Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures - 26 Mice Tales Around The World on August 4, 2015, on DVD for Region 1.[7] This 2-disc collection features all 26 episodes from the second season on DVD for the very first time. As of 2022[update], the show is available onTubi.