 Méliès's design for the film includes cut-out sea animals patterned after Alphonse de Neuville's illustrations for Verne's novel.It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 912–924 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a "grande féerie fantaisiste en 30 tableaux".Like at least 4% of Méliès's entire output, some prints of the film were hand-tinted frame by frame by female factory workers and sold at a higher price.