Asterix the Gaul

Asterix the Gaul
Original Title	Astérix le Gaulois
Original Language	French
Voice Director	Lee Payant
Recorded	1968
Dub Country	France
Original Country	France Belgium
Year	1967

Asterix the Gaul is a French-Belgian animated film, based on the comic book of the same name. This is the first full-length animation based on the Asterix and Obelix series.

Synopsis In the year 50 BC Gaul is occupied by the romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and his friends still resists the Roman legions with the aid of their druid's magic potion, which gives superhuman strength. Learning of this potion, a Roman centurion kidnaps the druid to get the secret formula out of him.

Cast

Image	Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor
	Asterix	Roger Carel	Lee Payant
	Obelix	Jacques Morel	Hal Brav
	Crismus Bonus (Phonus Balonus)	Pierre Tornade	Steve Eckardt
	Marcus Ginantonicus (Marcus Sourpuss)	Pierre Trabaud	Lee Payant
	Getafix (Panoramix)	Lucien Raimbourg	John Primm
	Vitalstatistix (Tonabrix)	Pierre Tornade	Yves Brainville
	Ox Merchant		Hal Brav
	Caligula Minus	Roger Carel	John Clive
	Cacofonix (Stopthemusix)	Jacques Jouanneau	John Wells
	Julius Caesar	Maurice Chevit	Steve Eckardt
	Narrator	Bernard Lavalette	John Clive

Additional Voices

• Steve Eckardt - Various
• Billy Kearns - Tulius Optupus

Notes

• The film has no voice actor credits and most original copies of the dub simply left all titles in French. However, as most of the recurring characters sound identical in Asterix & Cleopatra, it can be reasonably assumed that the same cast was used in both films. At this point in time, though, only the leads can be credited.
• In the English version, many of the characters' names are inconsistent with those used in the rest of the series and books. Getafix kept his original French name Panoramix, Vitalstatistix is named Tonabrix and the bard Cacofonix is named Stopthemusix. The name changes were attributed to the film being dubbed in English before the books were translated, although the names of the characters are correct in the intro titles on the UK DVD release. This has however been changed for re-releases, where the titles reflect the names as spoken in the film.
• The UK DVD release has the end credits from the British dub of Asterix & the Big Fight tacked onto the end in place of the teaser for Asterix & Cleopatra.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
1984	Disney Channel	United States
2005	Nicktoons	United Kingdom

External Links

• Asterix the Gaul on the Internet Movie Database