The Little Dinos (partially lost Chinese animated series; early 2000s)

The four DVDs for the show released in the US.

Status: Partially Lost

The Little Dinos is a Chinese animated series released sometime in China in the late 1990s or early 2000s, and picked up for release in North America by Phoenix Media in 2001.

Plot

The story follows Xander, Amy, and Danny, members of an alien species called "Dinomen" who descend from dinosaurs. The three go back in time and travel through space in order to study dinosaurs with the help of human scientist Dr. Lin. Unbeknownst to the three, Amy's father Terrevil and his followers attempt to gather dinosaur DNA in order to genetically engineer super-powered beings known as "Super-Lives" in order to take over the universe. The series was intended to be educational, showing off the lives of dinosaurs and their extinctions as well as having an environmental message.

Availability

There are 26 episodes of this series, and multiple different dubs. The Arabic dub is the most complete, with the majority of it uploaded to YouTube and only episodes 16-20 missing from this dub. A few episodes of the Chinese dub have been found, uploaded to the streaming site Bilibili by multiple different users. Four DVDs, each containing two episodes were released in North America.

A collection of Reddit posts made by a now-deleted user compile all the information available about the series as of 2023.

Videos

Fishmob's Movie & TV's video on "The Little Dinos".