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Once Upon a Time... Space
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<p><i>Once Upon a Time... Space</i> (French: <i>Il était une fois… l'Espace</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Science_fiction/d9hE2Lwt">science fiction</a> <a href="/facts/Animated_series/9IWkyjon">animated</a> <a href="/facts/Television_show/eooTEhwW">television series</a> created and directed by <a href="/facts/Albert_Barill%25C3%25A9/GRBKTkwM">Albert Barillé</a>. It is the second series in the <i><a href="/facts/Once_Upon_a_Time.../b5dw5hMG">Once Upon a Time...</a></i> franchise. It reprises almost all of the characters from its predecessor, <i><a href="/facts/Once_Upon_a_Time..._Man/4Ax29uk0">Once Upon a Time... Man</a></i>, and adapts them into a science fiction futuristic context. </p><p>The series was produced by French studio <a href="/facts/Procidis/JNbc9seN">Procidis</a> in co-production with <a href="/facts/France_3/j65spC25">France Régions</a> (FR3, France), <a href="/facts/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation/xBHaMb9R">Société Radio-Canada</a> (Canada), <a href="/facts/RAI/XgUwlst8">Radiotelevisione italiana</a> (RAI, Italy), <a href="/facts/KRO/sJy9xfe5">Katholieke Radio Omroep</a> (KRO, Netherlands), <a href="/facts/Televisi%25C3%25B3n_Espa%25C3%25B1ola/VjRhberK">Televisión Española</a> (TVE, Spain), Crustel (Argentina), and <a href="/facts/Eiken_(studio)/5Lknxzjp">Eiken</a> (Japan) who was the one who made the animation. The series premiered in France on FR3, between 2 October 1982 and 2 April 1983, and it was subsequently broadcast on the channels of the rest of the broadcasters that participated in the production dubbed into their own language. </p><p>The show was animated in Japan by the animation studio Eiken, and is thus considered an <a href="/facts/Anime/d5j1by0m">anime</a> as it also aired in Japan on <a href="/facts/Fuji_Television/PsebakJk">Fuji Television</a>, albeit not until 1984, under the title <i>Galaxy Patrol PJ</i>. In contrast to the show's success in the West, the series' Japanese broadcast was consigned to an early-morning time slot and attracted little attention, although it did gain a cult following in Japan in the following years. The Japanese dub for the anime is considered to be a <a href="/facts/Lost_media/AAusUcEf">lost media</a> due to it never having a home release and only re-aired on <a href="/facts/AT-X_(TV_network)/g9FWVCVE">AT-X</a> during the summer of 2006. </p>