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The Elephant Princess | |
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Genre | Children's television series Fantasy Action |
Created by | Jonathan M. Shiff |
Directed by | Roger Hodgman Daniel Nettheim Colin Budds Grant Brown |
Starring | Emily Robins Miles Szanto Maddy Tyres Emelia Burns Georgina Haig (series 2) Richard Brancatisano (series 2) Eka Darville (series 2) Siam |
Theme music composer | Pete Dacy & Jason Bond |
Opening theme | "Two Worlds Forever", performed by Emily Robins and Maddy Tyres |
Ending theme | "Two Worlds Forever" |
Composers | Ricky Edwards Ric Formosa |
Country of origin | Australia New Zealand |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Jonathan M. Shiff Julia Adams |
Producers | Jonathan M. Shiff Joanna Werner |
Cinematography | Darrell Martin (series 1) Zenon Sawko (series 2) |
Editors | Philip Watts Wayne Hyett Nathan Wild Geoff Lamb Rohan Cooper |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Network Ten |
Release | 13 November 2008 – 6 October 2011 |
The Elephant Princess is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in 2008. The series is produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions. A second season began screening in 2011. [1] The series revolves around a suburban Australian teenager, who discovers she is the heiress to the throne of Manjipoor, a fictional Indian kingdom.
Alex Wilson thinks she is an average suburban girl living in Melbourne, until her sixteenth birthday when exotic visitor, Kuru, shows up in her backyard with a magical elephant, Anala. He informs her she is the heiress to the throne of the magical Indian kingdom of Manjipoor. With his help, the reluctant princess will master her magic powers and defend her royal inheritance against her devious cousin, Vashan, whilst balancing the pull of both worlds to find her true destiny. In the second season, Alex and her family have moved to the Gold Coast. Her friend Amanda has followed her there, where they attend university and plan to find a new drummer for their band. Meanwhile, in Manjipoor, Diva has returned to take over Manjipoor and learn the secrets of The Book.
The complete first and second series has been released in three volumes, although the complete season one and two has been released too.
Title | Release Date | Episodes |
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The Elephant Princess Vol. 1 – Welcome to the Fairytale | 3 April 2009 | 1."Coming of Age", 2."Don't Call Me Princess", 3."Rabbit Season", 4."Kuru the Guru" 5."The Powerful Ballad", 6."Not Made in Japan", 7."Lean on Me", 8."Welcome to the Fairytale", 9."Warts and All" |
The Elephant Princess Vol. 2 – The Big Gig | 2 September 2009 | 10."The Butterfly Effect", 11."Butterfly Kiss", 12."Dancing Queen", 13."Destiny's Child" 14."Time After Time", 15."Happy Birthday Anala", 16."The Big Gig", 17."Masquerade Ball" |
The Elephant Princess Vol. 3 – Almost Too Famous | 10 March 2010 | 18."Almost Too Famous", 19."Princess Amanda", 20."Courtroom Jewel", 21."Sea Change" 22."Revelation", 23."It's an Ordinary Life", 24."Unexpected Arrivals", 25."Good Vibrations", 26."Normal Alex Wilson" |
The Elephant Princess – Complete Series 1 | 2 June 2010 | 1."Coming of Age", 2."Don't Call Me Princess", 3."Rabbit Season", 4."Kuru the Guru", 5."The Powerful Ballad" 6."Not Made in Japan", 7."Lean on Me", 8."Welcome to the Fairytale", 9."Warts and All" 10."The Butterfly Effect" 11."Butterfly Kiss", 12."Dancing Queen", 13."Destiny's Child", 14."Time After Time", 15."Happy Birthday Anala" 16."The Big Gig", 17."Masquerade Ball" 18."Almost Too Famous", 19."Princess Amanda", 20."Courtroom Jewel" 21."Sea Change", 22."Revelation", 23."It's an Ordinary Life", 24."Unexpected Arrivals", 25."Good Vibrations" 26."Normal Alex Wilson" |
The Elephant Princess – Complete Series 2 | TBA | 1."Enemies Unleashed", 2."The New Recruit", 3."Bad Reputation", 4."Falling for the Enemy", 5."Star Crossed Lovers" 6."Double Trouble", 7."Secret Love", 8."Love Your Enemy", 9."The Secret Admirer", 10."Tangled Web" 11."Welcome to My World", 12."Exposed", 13."Exiles", 14."Trouble Comes To Town", 15."Under New Management" 16."Dangerous Secrets", 17."Feud", 18."Reinforcements", 19."Unmasked", 20."A Princess For All" 21."Out of Control", 22."Flare Up", 23."Cursed", 24."Hunted", 25."Between The Worlds" 26."Sacrifice" |
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