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Winx Club is an Italian animated television series directed, created, and produced by Iginio Straffi and his company Rainbow S.r.l.. It is part of the larger Winx Club franchise. The series is the first Italian cartoon to be sold in the U.S. According to Iginio Straffi's website, "Winx Club is an action and fantasy show combined with comedic elements. In the mystical dimension of Magix, three special schools educate modern fairies, ambitious witches, and supernatural warriors, and wizards from all over the magical universe."

Plot

The show features Bloom and her five best friends, Stella, Musa, Tecna, Flora, Layla (later as known as Aisha) who call themselves the "Winx" and go on many adventures together mainly in the magical universe and on Earth. Throughout the story, they discover new fairy transformations and magical powers, battle against evil and support Bloom as she tries to discover her origins.

There are two different Winx Club plots, listed as follows:

• The original story-line, which was produced by Rainbow S.R.L., was mainly focused on Bloom's story.
  • The series went through a reboot after Rainbow S.R.L. partnered with Nickelodeon, where the first and second season were made into four special 1 hour episodes (3 for season 1 & 1 for season 2) and the third and fourth seasons were dubbed again, following the original story-line, albeit with minor differences.

• The commonly called 4Kids version which, as part of 4Kids Entertainment's policy of adapting foreign animated shows to an American audience, was heavily edited and often diverged from the original story-line, including name changes (such as the original name of Bloom's planet of origin, Domino, which was replaced by Sparks in the 4Kids version; Aisha was named Layla in the most dubs), as changes in the role of characters (such as Daphne, who is Bloom's older sister whose role was changed to that of being only a nymph protecting both the Dragon Fire and Bloom's crown by 4Kids) and changes in the character and personality of characters (Tecna was given a British accent and Musa was given a hip hop-like personality by 4Kids).

Animated Series

Season One

Bloom, a supposedly ordinary girl from planet Earth, discovers her magical abilities when she saves Stella, a fairy princess who persuades Bloom to join Alfea, a college for fairies in the Magical Dimension where she, Stella, and the three friends she meets, Musa, Tecna, and Flora, form the Winx Club. Later in the series, they encounter and befriend the Specialists: Brandon, Riven, Timmy and Sky, who also become the group's love interests. They also make enemies, including a trio of witches calling themselves the Trix: Icy, Darcy, and Stormy. Together, the Winx go through many adventures and discover many secrets while fighting their enemies and studying at Alfea.

Season Two

The Trix are back and have allied with Lord Darkar, an ancient creature of evil who wants to rule the universe. Together with their new member, Aisha, and their new friends the Pixies, the Winx will have to fight this new threat and acquire a new power called Charmix. They also meet Helia, a Specialist who becomes the love interest of Flora.

Season Three

The Winx have to face a new enemy, Valtor, who was freed from his prison by the Trix and who shares a dark past with Bloom and her birth parents. The Winx will also have to earn a new transformation called Enchantix to become full-fledged fairies and Aisha meets a young wizard, Nabu, with whom she falls in love.

Season Four

Taking place after the events of "Secret of the Lost Kingdom", the Winx find about a new threat, the four Wizards of the Black Circle, who caused all magic to disappear from Earth. The Winx go to Earth to fight the Wizards and restore its magic, and to save the last fairy from Earth, Roxy. They will also earn a new power: Believix.

Season Five

A new danger emerges in the form of Tritannus, Aisha's merman cousin who turned into a monster after absorbing toxic pollution and allied with the Trix. Since their Believix power does not work well under the sea and is not strong enough to fight Tritannus and the Trix, the Winx will have to go on a quest to find the power of Sirenix. However Sirenix is cursed and it has something to do with the past of Daphne, Bloom's elder sister. Aisha also meets Roy, a specialist towards whom she is attracted.

Season Six

The Trix are back and they take over Cloud Tower and ally with a young witch named Selina, who owns a magic book called the Legendarium which can makes the legends become reality. However the Winx, minus Bloom, lose all their powers during a battle against the Trix and Selina and they will have to obtain two new transformations, Bloomix and Mythix.

Films

Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom

On October 8, 2006, Rainbow S.p.A. announced on their official website that a Winx Club film was being produced. The CGI film, titled Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom (Italian: Winx Club - Il segreto del regno perduto), was released theatrically in Italy on November 30, 2007. An English dub of the film was released on November 20, 2008 in Singapore. The film was re-dubbed in English and released in the United States as a TV movie on Nickelodeon on March 11, 2012. This version featured the cast from the Nickelodeon dub of the television series.

The movie's plot is as follows: The events of the movie follow those of the third season. As Bloom continues in the search for her birth parents along with he friends, she discovers more about her planet and has to fight Mandragora as well as the Ancestral Witches who destroyed her home.

Winx Club: Magical Adventure

On November 9, 2009, it was confirmed that there would be a second Winx Club movie released in 2010. The film, titled Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure (Italian: Winx Club 3D - Magica avventura) was released theatrically in Italy on October 29, 2010. The film was dubbed using the Nickelodeon voice cast and released as a television special in the United States on May 20, 2013. This version was shortened from the original's 87 minute runtime to approximately 45 minutes.

The movie's plot is as follows: The Trix, allied to the Ancestral Witches, manage to make all the good magic of the universe disappear and the Winx and the Specialists go on a journey to restore it and defeat the witches. Meanwhile Bloom learns more about her kingdom's past and why Sky's father does not want him to marry her.

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Broadcast history

In Italy, the series' country of origin, Winx Club has been broadcast on Rai Due since its premiere on January 28, 2004. In the United States, it was licensed and dubbed into English by 4Kids Entertainment and was broadcast on Fox's programming block 4Kids TV beginning on June 19, 2004, with a preview episode airing on May 22, 2004. 4Kids TV continued its initial run until September 22, 2007, airing all three seasons. Winx Club was added back to the 4Kids TV schedule on April 12, 2008 and was aired up until December 27, 2008. On July 18, 2009, reruns of Winx Club then aired on the CW's programming block CW4Kids until July 17, 2010. Cartoon Network aired Winx Club in 2005 on their afternoon block Miguzi. Another English dub, produced by Cinelume in association with Rai Due, has been broadcast in Singapore and is featured as an alternate English language track on several European DVD releases.

Nickelodeon acquired the rights to the franchise in 2010 and is currently producing a new English dub in Los Angeles. Nickelodeon started airing the series with four-one hour specials summarizing seasons one and two. The first special aired on June 27, 2011; the second special, "Revenge of the Trix," was aired on August 2, 2011; the third special, "The Battle for Magix," aired on September 18, 2011; the fourth and final special, "The Shadow Phoenix," aired on October 16, 2011. The third season, entitled "Winx Club: Enchantix", was aired on Nickelodeon from November 14, 2011 to December 26, 2011. The fourth season, "Winx Club: The Power of Believix", aired on Nickelodeon from May 6, 2012 to July 29, 2012. The fifth season, "Winx Club: Beyond Believix", premiered on Nickelodeon on August 26, 2012, and took a short hiatus during Winter 2012; the show returned in February 2013, and the season finale aired in late September 2013. Season 6, entitled "Winx Club: Bloomix," began airing on Nickelodeon on September 29, 2013. In italy it has began to air on January 6, 2014.

Change in licensing

In the United States, the license for 4Kids TV expired in the end of 2008. and Rai Due sought out a new partner. On 2 September 2010, Nickelodeon announced through a press release that they will be co-producing seasons 5 and 6 of the series. On February 26, 2014, Romi Dames, the voice of Musa, confirmed that Nickelodeon did not renew the show for a seventh season via twitter.

The first special's broadcast revealed that Amy Gross is voicing Stella, Alejandra Reynoso is voicing Flora, and Morgan Decker is voicing Tecna. At present, the series has been dubbed into 36 languages worldwide.

DVD releases

#	No. of episodes	Title(s) Original (English)/Portuguese/Spanish	Edition availability
S E A S S O N 1	6	Winx Club: Bienvenidos a Magix'	Mexico
	6	Winx Club: El gran concurso de Belleza	Mexico
	6	Winx Club: El secreto de Bloom	Mexico
	8	Winx Club: La Batalla por Alfea	Mexico
S E A S S O N 2	5	Winx CLub: La princesa Amentia	Mexico
	9	Winx Club: La cripta del Códex	Mexico
	8	Winx Club: El show debe continuar	Mexico
	4	Winx Club: La hora de la verdad	Mexico
S E A S S O N 4	7	Winx Club: The Power of Believix Winx Club: O Poder de Believix Winx Club: El Poder de Believix	Argentina  Brazil  Mexico
	7	Winx Club: Believe in Magic Winx Club: Acredite na Magia Winx Club: Cree en la Magia	United States
	6	Winx Club: Magical Mania Winx Club: Mundo Mágico Winx Club: Mundo Mágico	Argentina  Brazil  Mexico
	6	Winx Club: Destiny Calls Winx Club: Dons Mágicos Winx Club: Llamados del Destino
F I L M	1+7	Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom "Movie" Winx Club: O Segredo do Reino Perdido "O Filme" Winx Club: El Secreto del Reino Perdido	United States
S E A S S O N 5	7	Winx Club: The Power of Sirenix Winx Club: O Poder de Sirenix Winx Club: El Poder de Sirenix
	6	Winx Club: Tales from the Sea Winx Club: Contos do Fundo do Mar Winx Club: Cuentos del Fondo del Mar
	7	Winx Club: Peril in the Magic Dimension Winx Club: Perigo na Dimensão Mágica Winx Club: Peligro en la Dimensión Mágica
	6	Winx Club: Peace in the Infinite Ocean Winx Club: Paz no Mar Infinito Winx Club: Paz en el Océano Infinito
F I L M	1+7	Winx Club: Magical Adventure Winx Club: A Aventura Mágica Winx Club: La Aventura Mágica	United States

Other media

Spin-off series

A comedy spin-off series titled PopPixie premiered in Italy on January 10, 2011. This series is based on the pixies from the Winx Club series, and featured characters such as Lockette, Chatta, and Amore, along with new characters. The characters Caramel and Cherie, introduced in PopPixie, later appeared in Winx Club as replacements for Digit and Tune, respectively.

Video games

Several video games based on the series have been released. The first of these was Winx Club, released in 2005 for the Playstation 2, PC, and Game Boy Advance. Other video games released include Winx Club: The Quest for the Codex (2006), Winx Club: Mission Enchantix (2008), Dance Dance Revolution Winx Club (2009), Winx Club: Believix in You (2010), and Winx Club: Magical Fairy Party (2012).

In 2013, Tsumanga Studios released an app for iOS and Android titled Winx Sirenix Power. Other apps based on the series include Winx Fairy School (by Tsumanga Studios) and Winx Club: Rocks the World (by Budge Studios).

References

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7. www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/winx-club-secret-lost-kingdom-158420
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10. "The next big thing" by Ann-Marie Corven, TBI Kids June/July 2010 p.6-8
11. "Nickelodeon and Rainbow S.p.A. Announce Global Partnership for Winx Club Animated Series - NEW YORK, Sept. 2". New York: Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
12. "Winx Club - One-Hour Special Ending". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
13. "Winx Club: Magical Fairy Party - Game Info". Nintendo. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
14. "Winx Sirenix Power". iTunes. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
15. "Winx Sirenix Power". Google Play. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
16. Wolfe, Jennifer (2013-11-27). "Winx Club Unveils New 'Fairy School' Game". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
17. "Winx Club: Rocks the World". Budge Studios. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

External links

Official sites

• Official website Available in multiple languages including English edition currently for the United Kingdom
• Official website for the theatrical films Template:Bg icon, Template:En icon, Template:Fr icon, Template:It icon, Template:Nl icon, Template:Pt icon, Template:Ru icon, Template:Tr icon
• PopPixie Operated by Rainbow S.p.A.
• Winx Club at Nick.com
• Winx Winx Club Italy

Databases

• Winx Club at IMDb

• Winx Club
• Italian animated television series
• Italian action television series
• Fantasy television series
• Anime-influenced animation
• 2000s animated television series
• 2004 Italian television series debuts
• 2000s television series
• 2010s television series
• Cartoon Network programs
• Fashion-themed television series
• Italian children's television series
• Italian comics titles
• Fictional fairies and sprites
• TV Asahi shows
• 2010s Nickelodeon shows
• Television series revived after cancellation
• Fashion dolls
• Flash cartoons
• Magical girl anime and manga