<P> The Little Mermaid : Ariel 's Beginning ( also known as The Little Mermaid III ) is a 2008 animated fantasy feature film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and DisneyToon Studios , and the direct - to - video prequel to Disney 's 1989 film The Little Mermaid . Directed by Peggy Holmes , the film 's story is set before the events of the 1989 film and the 2000 sequel , where all music has been banned from the underwater kingdom of Atlantica by King Triton , and his youngest daughter Ariel attempts to challenge this law . The film features the voices of Jodi Benson , Samuel E. Wright , Sally Field , and Jim Cummings . Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on August 26 , 2008 . The animated by Toon City Animation , Inc. , Manila , Philippines to Walt Disney Animation Australia by 2008 , unit director Pieter Lommerse , workbook supervisor Stephen Lumley , clean - up director David Hardy , inbetween director Miles Jenkinson , effects director Marvin Petilla , supervising color stylist Jenny North and Aaron Stannard . The film contradicts certain events of the television series , implying that it is an independent installment of Disney 's The Little Mermaid franchise . </P>
<P> The Little Mermaid : Ariel 's Beginning ( also known as The Little Mermaid III ) is a 2008 animated fantasy feature film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and DisneyToon Studios , and the direct - to - video prequel to Disney 's 1989 film The Little Mermaid . Directed by Peggy Holmes , the film 's story is set before the events of the 1989 film and the 2000 sequel , where all music has been banned from the underwater kingdom of Atlantica by King Triton , and his youngest daughter Ariel attempts to challenge this law . The film features the voices of Jodi Benson , Samuel E. Wright , Sally Field , and Jim Cummings . Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on August 26 , 2008 . The animated by Toon City Animation , Inc. , Manila , Philippines to Walt Disney Animation Australia by 2008 , unit director Pieter Lommerse , workbook supervisor Stephen Lumley , clean - up director David Hardy , inbetween director Miles Jenkinson , effects director Marvin Petilla , supervising color stylist Jenny North and Aaron Stannard . The film contradicts certain events of the television series , implying that it is an independent installment of Disney 's The Little Mermaid franchise . </P>
when did the little mermaid 3 come out
when did the little mermaid 3 come out
2008
2008