The Land Before Time (TV series)

Voice cast

Main

• Cody Arens as Littlefoot (Anthony Skillman performs Littlefoot's singing voice; uncredited)
• Anndi McAfee as Cera
• Aria Curzon as Ducky
• Jeff Bennett as Petrie
• Rob Paulsen as Spike, Thud (before uncredited)
• Max Burkholder as Chomper
• Meghan Strange as Ruby
• Pete Sepenuk as Red Claw, Screech (before uncredited)

Recurring

• Kenneth Mars as Grandpa Longneck
• Miriam Flynn as Grandma Longneck
• John Ingle as Daddy Topps
• Tress MacNeille as Petrie's Mother / Ducky and Spike's Mother
• Dorian Harewood as Mr. Thicknose
• Jessica Gee as Tria
• Meghan Strange as Tricia
• Susanne Blakeslee as Additional Voices

Guest appearances

• Anndi McAfee as Lydia / Corythosaurus / additional voices
• Aria Curzon as Ceratogaulus Girl / additional voices
• Jeff Bennett as Brontosaurus #2 / Ruby's siblings / Skip / Mutt / Doc / Kosh (The Amazing Threehorn Girl) / Ceratogaulus Elder / additional voices
• Rob Paulsen as Ruby's father / Brontosaurus #1 / Hidden Runner / Mo / Milo / Stegosaurus / Guido / Lambeosaurus / additional voices
• Meghan Strange as Plower / Maiasaura / Iguanodon / Corythosaurus
• Pete Sepenuk as Kosh (The Star Day Celebration) / Saro / Allosaurus
• Nika Futterman as Ruby's Mother / Ali
• Elizabeth Daily as Rhett / Shorty
• Jessica Walter as Old One
• Cree Summer as Tippy
• Susan Krebs as Tippy's mother
• Cam Clarke as Bron
• Susan Blu as Dara
• Mikey Kelley as Hyp
• Scott Menville as Nod / Mother Deinonychus
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Scuttle
• Dorian Harewood as Great Hideous Beast
• Jess Harnell as Swooper
• Dee Bradley Baker as Baby Acrocanthosaurus (uncredited) / Sarcosuchus pack

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2007)

and Viki Anderson and Liz Holzman and Larry Scholl and Flammarion Ferreira and Clint Taylor and Robert Sledge and Larry Scholl and Lenord Robinson and Rick Hoberg and Robert Sledge NOTE: This episode was previously released as a bonus feature on the standalone DVD release of The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends before also getting included in the Complete Series set. and Jeff Scott and Clint Taylor and Mike Sosnowski Dan Root and Robert Sledge and Eric McConnell

Season 2 (2008)

Jeff Scott and Dave Williams and Bert Ring and Rafael Rosado and Rafael Rosado NOTE: This is the only episode not on any DVD releases besides the Complete Series set. and Robert Sledge and Clint Taylor Robert Sledge and Clint Taylor and Eric McConnell and Robert Sledge and Jeff Scott

Broadcast

The show premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on March 5, 2007. Reruns of the series began airing on Sprout in January 2017, and were subsequently moved to Universal Kids upon the channel's launch on September 9, 2017.

Reception

Michael D. Schaffer of the Philadelphia Inquirer said that the animation in the series, although below that of the original 1988 film, was above-average for modern television. Although he praised the theme song, saying it had a "bouncy, almost calypso beat", he was less pleased with the songs "Adventuring" and "Talking Big". He finally described the series as "bland, inoffensive stuff", and appropriate viewing for very young audiences.

Merchandise

Universal Studios Consumer Products Group and Playmates Toys announced a domestic licensing agreement, whereby Playmates served as the master toy license for the then-upcoming animated television series, The Land Before Time. The 22-minute animated series aired on Cartoon Network beginning in spring 2007. The toy line launched in fall 2007 with the introduction of a full line of figures, vehicles, playsets and plush.

Home media

Twenty-four episodes of the series were released on DVD by Universal Studios Home Entertainment between 2007–2008 in North America (region 1) and 2010 in Australia (region 4) in the form of six four-episode volumes. A six-disc box set was later released in the UK (region 2) in 2012 containing the 24 episodes from the previous volumes. Two episodes were not included in those releases: "The Hidden Canyon" and "The Big Longneck Test". Only "The Hidden Canyon" was later released as a special feature on the stand-alone DVD release of The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends. In June 2022, a complete TV series DVD was released, not only marking the first time "The Big Longneck Test" has been released on home media but also the first time any episode has been released in widescreen format on a Region 1 DVD.

Music

The songs are written by Michele Brourman (music) and Ford Riley (lyrics).

The theme song is performed by the South African choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The theme is written by Rocco Gagliese, Steve D'Angelo, and Terry Tompkins of Eggplant LLC. The music score is by Cory Lerios.

References

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