TY - ADVS AU - Holmes,Peggy AU - Kammerud,Jim AU - Benson,Jodi AU - Wright,Samuel E. AU - Strong,Tara TI - The little Mermaid: Ariel's beginning ; The little Mermaid II, return to the sea T2 - Disney DVD AV - PN1997.A1 L58 2013 U1 - 791.43/75 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Burbank, Calif. PB - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment KW - Ariel (Fictitious character : Disney) KW - Drama KW - Mermaids KW - Musical films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Feature films KW - gsafd KW - Fantasy films KW - Animated films N1 - Originally released directly to video in 2000 and 2008; "Little Mermaid II, return to the sea" is the sequel to "The little Mermaid" (1989) ; "Little Mermaid, Ariel's beginning" is the prequel to "The little Mermaid" (1989); Wide screen 1.85:1; Little Mermaid, Ariel's beginning (2008) / produced by Kendra Halland ; written by Robert Reece, Evan Spiliotopoulos ; directed by Peggy Holmes -- Little Mermaid 2, return to the sea (2000) / produced by Leslie Hough, David K. Lovegre ; written by Elizabeth Anderson, Temple Matthew ; directed by Jim Kammerud; Voices: Little Mermaid, Ariel's beginning: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Jim Cummings ; Little Mermaid 2, return to the sea: Tara Strong, Pat Carroll, Jodi Benson; MPAA rating: G N2 - Ariel and her friends Flounder and Sebastian fight to restore music to the underwater kingdom of Atlantica; Ariel and Eric marry and have a little princess, but fearing revenge from a sea witch, they hide her mermaid origins and forbid her to go into the sea ER -