As A Film were a Danish company, it seemed logical for it to be an adaptation of Asterix and the Normans, a book which featured Vikings. The film impressed him and he gave permission for A Film and M6 Studios to jointly produce an Asterix film. M6 Studios had previously contacted him about the possibility of making an Asterix animated film, and hoped to find a suitable animation studio to collaborate with. In December 2001 Albert Uderzo, the surviving creator of Asterix, saw the film Help! I'm A Fish by Danish animation company 'A Film', along with representatives from France's M6 studios. With the success of Asterix and Obelix Take on Cæsar and Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra it seemed all hope of another animated Asterix film was lost. It is unsurprising, in this uncertain animation environment, that French cinema turned to making live action Asterix films, starring Gérard Depardieu, one of France's most successful and talented actors, as Obelix. Even the most traditional of studios such as Disney and Aardman embraced the new computer-generated format, with only a few stand-alone specialists such as Japan's Hayao Miyazaki resisting. These included Fox Animation Studio and Universal Animation Studios. In the following decade, animation studios such as Dreamworks Animation Studios and Blue Sky Studios that embraced CGI prospered, while those which stuck to traditional methods collapsed. It ushered in the computer generated age for animated films.
The year after Asterix Conquers America, a film was released that changed animation forever – Pixar's Toy Story. This film is one of the best Asterix animated films to date, combining excellent animation and a well-developed story and characters, with obvious attention to detail prevalent throughout. Twelve years after Asterix Conquers America, Asterix and the Vikings was released. | Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods | Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
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