Winx Club
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Winx Club is an Italian animated television series created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow S.p.A.. It features the adventures of six teenage fairies that use magic to defend themselves and protect the Realm of Magix from evil. The average age group the show is targeted at is 5-12,[1] but the show has also attracted many teenagers and even adults.
| Winx Club | |
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 First season title screen from the 4Kids Entertainment version |
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| Genre | Animated series |
| Creator(s) | Iginio Straffi |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Language(s) | Italian, English, USA English, German, Spanish, French, Polish, Greek, Turkish, Finnish, Welsh, Dutch etc. |
| No. of episodes | 63 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | RAI |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | January 28, 2004 – |
| Links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
| Common rating | |
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| Australia | G |
| Canada | C8(formerly G) |
| United States | TV-Y7 FV (E/I) |
Contents |
[edit] Story
[edit] Season 1 Overview
Simply an ordinary girl from the planet Earth, Bloom lives a perfectly normal, happy life in the city of Gardenia, until the day she meets Stella, a Princess from the planet Solaria. Coming to Stella's aid, Bloom discovers her magical powers. Stella tells Bloom all about Alfea, the best school for fairies in all the realms, and Bloom finally starts her adventure, making new friends (The Winx Club: Stella, Musa, Tecna, Flora and Bloom; The Specialists: Brandon, Riven, Timmy and Sky; and the Trix: Icy, Darcy and Stormy) and learning the secrets of her past.[1]
[edit] Season 2 Overview
The Winx girls begin their second year in Alfea after summer vacation. The Winx girls meet a new fairy, Layla, who requests their help to rescue her pixie from Lord Darkar. Lord Darkar is holding a group of pixies hostage in exchange for information leading him to the location of Pixies' Village. Lord Darkar is after the four pieces of the Codex which open the portal to the Realm of Realix.[1]
[edit] Season 3
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Banished to the Omega Dimension, the Trix release and escape with Valtor (Baltor in the 4kids version), a sorcerer partially responsible for the destruction of Bloom’s home world, and cooperate on plans to invade several areas in the realm of Magix and seek vengeance on those who imprisoned them. The Winx Club begin their third year in Alfea and learn of their unique Enchantix transformation which is acquired by exhibitions of courage and selflessness in situations each will soon encounter.
[edit] Feature Film
Rainbow has announced the production of a computer generated feature film Winx Club - Il Segreto Del Regno Perduto (The Secret Of The Lost Kingdom) set to be released in December 2007. The plot of the film is unknown but is expected to take place after the events of the third season and revolve around Bloom's origins.[2]
A trailer is available at http://www.winxclubthemovie.com.
The translation for the text in the trailer:
Italian:
Sedici anni fa... I più potenti maghi guerrieri della dimensione magica... Si sono sacrificati per combattere il male assoluto... Ora il destino di un Regno... È nelle mani di una ragazza... A dicembre la magica arriva nei cinema
English:
Sixteen years ago... The most powerful warlike magicians of the magical dimension... They made incredible sacrifices in order to fight the absolute evil... Now the destiny of a realm/kingdom... Is in the hands of a girl... In December, the magic arrives in the cinema.
[edit] Episode list
[edit] Winx Power
In September 2005, the "Winx Power" Winx Club musicals began in Italy. Due to a successful run at the box office, the Winx Power musicals are now on tour in the Netherlands.[3][4]
[edit] Main Characters
- See also: List of minor Winx Club characters
[edit] Winx Club
Bloom: Bloom is the main character of the series. A blue-eyed, red-haired fairy, she grew up and lived an ordinary life on Earth until the age of 16, when she discovered her dormant magical powers, after coming to the aid of another fairy, Stella. The show mainly focuses on Bloom's past, the development of her powers, and the trials she encounters as she discovers who she is. All of the main villains are the enemies of her home planet, Domino (named Sparks in the 4kids version), which was destroyed by the Three Ancient Witches. Bloom mostly wears blue and yellow. She has the power of the Dragon's Flame (called Dragon Fire in the 4kids version).
Stella: Stella is the light-hearted, fashion-loving fairy. She has long blonde hair with hazel eyes and has a great sense of style. As princess of the planet Solaria, Stella's name means "star". Stella is a talkative student who often gets average grades, but always pulls through with help from her friends. She often spontaneous, and doesn't like to plan things out. Stella is also infamous amongst the Alfea fairies for blowing up a laboratory and being kept back a grade, thus is a year older than all the other Winx Club fairies. Stella mostly wears orange, pink and green. She has the power of the Sun and the Moon.
Musa: Musa loves all forms of music, and in spite of putting up a tough front, isolating herself and often being pessimistic, Musa is a loyal friend with a tragic past, which is her reason for putting up a tough front. In spite of her sloppy nature, Musa has the best grades of the entire Winx Club exept Tecna. She is pale, Asian in appearance, with blue-black pigtails and blue eyes. Musa mostly wears red, blue, pink and orange, usually together. She has the power of Music, and she gets her energy from all kinds of music. She comes from the planet Melody.
Flora: Flora is kind-hearted and sensitive, who has a passion for nature and life in general. Girlish, introverted and sensitive by nature, Flora is always a sweet, loyal friend, and doesn't believe in hurting others or the environment. Flora has many plant-based hobbies, and as a result, her room resembles a greenhouse. Flora mainly wears floral patterns of pink and green. She has the power of Nature, which allows her to use plants in her attacks and natural predators to exterminate pests. She comes from the planet Linphea.
Tecna: Tecna is always logical, rational and planned, and has trouble expressing her emotions. She always speaks in a technical and unemotional manner. She enjoys playing video games, and pulling apart hardware, as she is extremely intelligent and strong in the areas of Technology and Mathematics. She can act cold and rational at times but always tries to do what's right. Tecna mostly wears purple although her favourite color is pink and green. She has the power of Technology and over everything provided by Technology. She comes from the planet Zenith.
Layla (Aisha): Layla is the Princess of Andros (Tides in the 4kids version). She has a restless, rebellious, tomboyish nature, due to her strict upbringing on Andros. Layla is a good athlete, fighter, dancer and wind-raider rider. She is also a feminist, and thus opposes Riven, a male chauvinist. She mostly wears green, khaki and purple. She has the power of Fluids, and has the ability to manipulate a fluid called "Morfix" to take on any form she chooses.
[edit] The Trix
The Trix are an evil trio of teenage sister witches that attended the Cloudtower School For Witches that rivals Alfea. They are the enemies of the Winx Club.
- Icy Eldest of the trio, her name refers accurately to her powers of Ice.She is quite charismatic.
- Darcy The middle of the trio, Darcy works with all forms of darkness.She is also the smartest of the Trix
- Stormy And lastly, Stormy, the youngest, whose powers involve wind, storms, and other weather.She has a bad temper.
[edit] The Specialists
The Specialists are a group of students that attend an all-boys school nearby Alfea called Redfountain School For Specialists. Several Specialists have become the boyfriends of the Winx girls.
- Sky The Prince of Eraklyon, he feels stifled by his position. He has medium blond hair. He is Bloom's boyfriend.
- Brandon Sky's squire, a great swordsman and ladies' man. He has short brown hair. He is Stella's boyfriend. During much of season 1 Brandon and Sky exchanged identities to help protect Sky.
- Timmy The geek of the group, from a long family line of scientists. He has short ginger hair. He is Tecna's boyfriend.He is very shy. Although you may not believe it, he could be the perfect boyfriend because he's shy sweet and smart.
- Riven A lone wolf, very competitive and good at sports. He has short red hair that is spiked up. Riven is a chauvinist, thus he and Layla, a feminist, are against each other. He is Musa's boyfriend.
- Helia An artistic student, he is a great pilot and a pacifist, although his grandfather, Saladin, the Headmaster of Redfountain, is a great hero. He has long black hair tied into a loose ponytail. He is Flora's boyfriend.
[edit] Monsters
[edit] The Realm of Magix
The Realm of Magix is an alternate universe where most of the series unfolds. It is depicted as an enchanted and highly technologically-advanced universe populated by fairies, witches, monsters, and hospitable planets.
[edit] Alfea
The Alfea School for Fairies is a young girls boarding school for Fairies in training. All of the Winx girls met and resided here and had a close relationship with its principal, Ms. Faragonda. At Alfea fairies learn to fight evil, help their planets or, in many cases, become Queen of their planet.
[edit] Cloudtower
The Cloudtower School for Witches is a young girls boarding school for Witches in training and for the most part of the first series it was the residence for the Trix witches. At Cloudtower the witches learn about all aspects of evil.
[edit] Redfountain
The Redfountain School for Specialists is a boys boarding school for Specialists, one forest away from Alfea.It learns fighting and usin technology. At Redfountain, the "Redfountain Boys" are taught to go on dangerous missions and fight for their respective planets. Redfountain and Alfea have a close relationship, and Miss Faragonda and Saladin have had a long history that involves Bloom's past. All the boys have an energy weapon but they are not limited to swords, Timmy has a laser gun and a boy called "W" has claws.
[edit] The differences in the 4Kids and Rainbow version
[edit] Names
4Kids Version / Original English version / Italian language version
- Cloud Tower / Cloudtower / Torrenuvola
- Red Fountain / Redfountain / Fonterossa
- The Fortress of Light / Lake Fortress of Light / Roccaluce
In the Welsh translation broadcast on S4C, Bloom is renamed Blodwyn, a literal Welsh translation, and Musa becomes Martha, presumably because the name Musa sounds very similar to the Welsh word mws, meaning stale or stinking. In the original version, the word "Winx" does not have an actual translation, however is a fairy's source of power and magical identity in the show. The Italian version has been dubbed into English (although that version does not see broadcast in many countries, other than some countries in Southeast Asia, such as Singapore and Malaysia, due to the 4Kids version), and most other countries translate from that version, though some countries may use the 4Kids version, such as Australia and Canada.
Also, the original English version is known as the UK or "Rai English" version, but the UK is known to air the 4Kids version.
[edit] North American voice actors (4Kids TV)
- Bloom - Liza Jacqueline
- Prince Sky - Dan Green
- Stella - Amy Birnbaum
- Flora - Kerry Williams
- Icy/Musa/Digit/Mitzi - Lisa Ortiz
- Tecna - Dani Schaffel
- Layla - Vasthy Mompoint
- Darcy - Caren Manuel
- Stormy - Suzy Myers
- Dafne - Bella Hudson
- Professor Faragonda/Lucy/Dextia/Amaryl - Rachael Lillis
- Professor Griselda - Su Meredith
- Timmy/Palladium - Sebastian Arcelus
- Mike - Stuart Zagnit
- Brandon - Frank Frankson
- Professor Griffin - Carol Jacobanis
- Lord Darkar - Eric Stuart
- Codatorta - Bella Hudson
- Knut - Marc Thompson
- WizGiz - Oliver Wyman
- Incidentals - Suzanne Goldish
- Saladin - David Brimmer
- Riven - Michael Sinterniklaas
- Livy - Natasha Malinsky
- Mirta - Amy Palant
- Lockette - Andi Whaley
- Narsisia - Sara Paxton
[edit] Others Credited
- Priscilla Everett
- Anthony Salerno
- Jimmy Zoppi
- Jonathan Todd Ross
- Adam Blaustein
- Rebecca Honig
- Rebecca Soler
- Jeff Berman
[edit] Broadcasting
Since its Italian premiere on January 28, 2004 on Rai 2 in Italy, Winx Club has been broadcast in the six main continents. These are just some of the places where the show is broadcasted.
- In the USA, it airs on 4Kids TV on FOX.
- In the terrestrial market of the United Kingdom, it airs on ITV2 and the CITV Channel at 7 a.m. every weekday morning (UK-wide), S4C (Welsh language) at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Nicktoons on satellite.
- In Australia (Public TV), Network Ten airs it on its Toasted TV block.
- In Canada, it airs on YTV.
- In Brazil, it airs on Globo, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang.
- In Indonesia, it airs on Lativi.
It is also broadcast on cable and satellite networks in USA, Latin America, Brazil, Spain,[5] Australia (Cable TV), Southeast Asia,[6] Philippines[7] (Cable TV), India and Taiwan, airs on Cartoon Network (Cartoon Network Asia currently airs both the first and second season of the show). In the United Kingdom, Benelux and Scandinavia, it is shown on Nickelodeon.[8]In Germany, Winx Club is shown on RTL II and Nick. In Belgium it is also aired on VT4, and in Hungary on RTL Klub.
[edit] Merchandising
[edit] General
In the United States, 4Kids Entertainment holds the licensing rights to the series and had licensed the Winx Club name and image to an assortment of childrens apparel and books. Toys such as dolls made by Mattel and a card game created with Upper Deck Entertainment are available at mass merchandisers like Wal-Mart and Toys R Us.
In Europe, Italian candy manufacturer Ferrero has started to distribute Winx characters as plastic figurine prizes in their Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs.
[edit] Video Games
The Winx Club has also been made into video games for the Playstation 2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and PC. These are published by Konami.
Winx Club video games include:
- Winx Club (Game Boy Advance)
- Winx Club (PC & PS2)
- Winx Club: Join the Club (PSP)
- Winx Club: The Quest for the Codex (DS & GBA)
[edit] DVD Collection
In North America, the entire first season of the Winx Club is available as a five disc collection. The first of the series, Winx Club Volume 1 Welcome to Magix, was released in July 12, 2005
In Europe, various DVD releases of the show are available in several different languages, and cover up to the 2nd season. The Italian DVDs, in particular, also feature the less-broadcast English dub.
In Australia, the company Magna Pacific has released Winx Club DVDs of the entire first season and volume 1 and 2 of season 2. It is the 4kids version.
In Singapore, the company Vinci has also distributed Winx Club DVDs of the entire first season, and it is the original English dub they show in Singapore. The box set of 6 DVDs costs SGD$96.90 and each volume costs SGD$19.90, totaling up to SGD$120 for 6 volumes, thus buying the box set is cheaper.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c Rainbow S.p.A.. Winx Club. Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
- ^ Rainbow S.p.A.. FEATURE FILMS. Retrieved on 2006-11-12.
- ^ Rainbow S.p.A.. Winx Power Music Show. Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
- ^ Winx Club On Tour. Winx Club On Tour. Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
- ^ Before airing on the Cartoon Network, it had aired on Telecinco in Spain.
- ^ Also in the Singapore, MediaCorp's TV Channel "Central" had aired it on "Kids Central" block. Also Ntv7 had aired it in Malaysia (Terrestrial).
- ^ Also in the Philippines, it airs on ABS-CBN.
- ^ In terrestrial, TV2 airs it.
[edit] External links
- Official website Available in (German), (English), (Spanish), (French), (Italian), (Dutch), (Portuguese), (Turkish), (Greek), (Polish).
- Rainbow Creative Entertainment website
- Official Winx Club Movie Website (Italian)
Broadcaster websites
- Winxclub.tv at 4Kids TV
- Nickelodeon Winx Club at Nickelodeon (UK)
- Description CN's Winx Club at Cartoon Network (USA)
- YTV Winx Club at YTV
Unofficial Links
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