Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Roger Carel | ... | Astérix / Idéfix (voice) | |
Pierre Tornade | ... | Obélix (voice) | |
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Graham Bushnell | ... | Jolitorax (voice) |
Pierre Mondy | ... | Cetinlapsus (voice) | |
Maurice Risch | ... | Châteaupétrus (voice) | |
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Roger Lumont | ... | Stratocumulus (voice) |
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Nicolas Silberg | ... | Motus (voice) |
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Albert Augier | ... | Epidemaïs, le marchand phénicien (voice) |
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Paul Bisciglia | ... | (voice) |
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Bertie Cortez | ... | (voice) |
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Gérard Croce | ... | Le voleur de vin (voice) (as Gerard Croce) |
Alain Doutey | ... | Vendeur de vins (voice) | |
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Michel Elias | ... | Olive Escartefix alias Gaulix (voice) |
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Michel Gatineau | ... | Cétautomatix / le chef des pirates (voice) |
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Henri Labussière | ... | Panoramix (voice) |
The diminutive Asterix and his rather larger companion Obelix, warriors of the last village in Gaul still free after the Roman invasion, set out on a mission to deliver a barrel of their druid's famous magic potion to help Asterix's cousin in Britain fight off the invading Roman army. Written by Benjamin John Evans <benj@whitley.unimelb.edu.au>
When the Romans invade Britain they do such ghastly things as fight outside working hours and at weekends, hence the island quickly falls. One Briton sneaks across the channel to seek help from his cousin Asterix. Asterix, Obelix and the Briton take a barrel of magic potion back across the channel in an attempt to help the British villages to fight back.
Another in the staggered animated Asterix series. This story follows the book quite closely and manages to have some of it's wit `send us a victorious wind o gods' implores Caesar just before his map blows over his face! However much of this is the usual hitting Romans fare. The story may not be great but it's still very enjoyable for children.
The colours are a bit washed out looking at times and the animation isn't state of the art (even then!) but it's easy to overlook this. Some of the characters are very good the British, although cliched, are very funny, however the main characters are a bit off. All the Gauls have `Allo, Allo' French accents that annoy. Worse is Obelix being played again like a buffoon crossed with a child not very good at all.
Overall this is an acceptable addition to the Asterix stable, it doesn't totally manage to carry off the wit of the books but it's a reasonable funny and faithful version. The worst thing is the terrible Euro-pop played over the end credits.