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The first five films ( Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and Cleopatra, The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, Asterix and Caesar and Asterix in Britain) did see VHS releases through Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Just for Kids Home Video, but all five have since gone out of print.
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 13 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Asterix the Gaul. 1967 1h 8m. 6.6 (12K) Rate. Asterix, the most cunning warrior of a Gaulish village resisting Roman occupation, must save their magic potion-brewing druid Getafix when he is kidnapped by an ambitious Centurion.
Sort by List order. 1. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix. 1976 1h 22m. 7.6 (19K) Rate. Asterix and Obelix are tasked by Julius Caesar with accomplishing twelve impossible labors to determine the fate of their indomitable Gaulish village. Director René Goscinny Albert Uderzo Stars Roger Carel Jacques Morel Pierre Tornade. 2. Asterix and Cleopatra.
- Asterix the Gaul. December 20, 1967. 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.
- Asterix and Cleopatra. December 19, 1968. Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home.
- The Twelve Tasks of Asterix. June 26, 1976. Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods.
- Asterix vs. Caesar. March 6, 1985. Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her.
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Animation
1.1967 – Asterix the Gaul (Astérix le Gaulois) 2.1968 – Asterix and Cleopatra (Astérix et Cléopâtre) 3.1976 – The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Les Douze travaux d'Astérix) 4.1985 – Asterix vs Caesar (Astérix et la surprise de César) 5.1986 – Asterix in Britain (Astérix chez les Bretons) 6.1989 – Asterix and the Big Fight (Astérix et le coup du menhir) (book of the film: Operation Getafix) 7.1994 – Asterix Conquers America (Astérix et les Indiens — produced in Germany as Asterix in Amerika) 8.2006 – Asterix and the Vikings (Astérix et les Vikings) 9.2014 – Asterix: The Mansion of the Gods (Asterix: Le Domaine des Dieux) 10.2018 – Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (Astérix : Le Secret de la potion magique)
Live Action
1.1999 – Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (Astérix et Obélix contre César) 2.2002 – Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre) 3.2008 – Asterix at the Olympic Games (Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques) 4.2012 – Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (Astérix et Obélix: Au service de sa Majesté) 5.2023 – Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (
•No novelizations were made for Asterix the Gaul, Asterix in Britain or Asterix and Cleopatra which followed the original albums relatively closely.
•In 1967, there was an attempt to make an animated film based on Asterix and the Golden Sickle, which wasn't completed.
•The Twelve Tasks of Asterix and Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion are the only animated movies not based (at least loosely) on any of the comic books.
•Starting from 1985's Asterix Versus Caesar the animation quality improved dramatically.
•Asterix Conquers America was the only one produced solely outside France.
•Early English dubbed versions of cartoon movies used character names from the Ranger/Look and Learn "Asterix the Briton" translations, such as Tunabrix for the village chieftain.
Asterix at the movies. The animated films. Asterix the Gaul; Asterix and Cleopatra; The Twelve Tasks of Asterix; Asterix versus Caesar; Asterix in Britain; Operation Getafix; Asterix conquers America; Asterix and the Vikings; Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods; Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion; The live action films. Asterix and Obelix ...
Films based on the Asterix series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. The series is set c. 50 BC in Armorica (modern Brittany ), Roman Gaul, shortly after the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC).
