When "The Little Mermaid" was released in 1989, a dubbing process was started which, in the space of two years, brought the movie to number 21 dubbings by 1991. In 1998, all existing dubbings underwent a big review process which caused 8 of them to be partially or fully redubbed and a second wave of 8 new versions to be released, for a total of 29 dubbings worldwide. In the following years, 11 more versions were added, raising the number of official versions to 40.