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{{Short description|French educational animation franchise}}
'''''Once Upon a Time…''''' ("''Il était une fois…''") is a French [[educational animation]] franchise, created by [[Albert Barillé]] for his animation studio [[Procidis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Jonathan |last2=McCarthy |first2=Helen |title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, Revised and Expanded Edition |date=1 November 2006 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |___location=Berkeley, California, United States of America |isbn=978-1933330105 |page=456 |language=English |quote="an explicitly educational series"}}</ref><ref name="Procidis">{{cite web |title=Procidis |url=https://www.hellomaestro.fr/en/story |website=Hello Maestro! |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130163708/https://www.hellomaestro.fr/en/story |archive-date=30 November 2022 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |title=Procidis Shops 'Once Upon a Time…Life' Around MENA |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2016/12/procidis-shops-once-upon-a-timelife-around-mena/ |website=Animation Magazine |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204120006/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2016/12/procidis-shops-once-upon-a-timelife-around-mena/ |archive-date=4 February 2023 |date=17 December 2016}}</ref> There are seven distinct series, each focusing on different aspects of knowledge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hello Maestro, a Cult Saga Made of 7 Seasons |url=https://www.hellomaestro.fr/en/procidis |website=Hello Maestro! |publisher=Procidis |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311204112/https://www.hellomaestro.fr/en/procidis |archive-date=11 March 2023 |language=English}}</ref> Once Upon a Time… has been shown in a hundred different countries, and 150 million [[video cassettes]] and [[DVDs]] have been sold around the world, as well as 250 million tie-in books.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kessous |first1=Mustapha |title=« Il était une fois… la vie » revient sur France 4 dans une version restaurée |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/televisions-radio/article/2017/03/11/il-etait-une-fois-la-vie-les-enfants-d-abord_5092976_1655027.html |website=Le Monde |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102012133/https://www.lemonde.fr/televisions-radio/article/2017/03/11/il-etait-une-fois-la-vie-les-enfants-d-abord_5092976_1655027.html |archive-date=2 January 2021 |language=French |date=11 March 2017}}</ref>