SantApprentice | |
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Genre | animation |
Created by | Jan Van Rijsselberge |
Directed by | Luc Vinciguerra |
Voices of |
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Opening theme | SantApprentice Theme by Audrey Joelle |
Ending theme | SantApprentice Theme (instrumental) |
Composer | Laurent Aknin |
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Original language | French |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 50 |
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Running time | Approx. 12 minutes each episode plus 2 26 minute episodes. |
Production company | Alphanim |
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Release | November 2006 December 2006 | –
SantApprentice is an animated television series in 50 episodes of 12 minutes and two 26 minute episodes created by Belgian animator Jan Van Rijsselberge and made by Alphanim (now Gaumont Animation) in 2006.[1] The holiday series follows the adventures of Nicolas, a young orphan boy from Sydney, Australia, who is a pure of heart and believes in Santa Claus as he is Santa's Apprentice. Nicolas's job is to achieve his tasks to become full-fledged Santa.
It has been shown on Starz Kids and Family in the United States.[2] As well as YTV in Canada. France, Germany, Finland,[3] Scandinavia,[4][5] Poland and some other countries in Europe as well as Latin America to continue to show this animated TV series during the holiday season. In the Philippines it was aired in November 2009 on ABS-CBN and re-aired in 2014-2015 on Yey. From 2018-2020, SantApprentice has been shown on Amazon Prime Video. All of these dubs can be still viewed on YouTube.