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Winx Club is an animated series co-produced by Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon, with characters created and designed by comic artist Iginio Straffi. The show follows the titular Winx Club, a group of fairy warriors who defend the universe from villains while attending the Alfea College for Fairies.
The Winx Club is led by Bloom, a student from Earth who, unaware of her true heritage, believes she is an average human until discovering her flame-based powers. The original group includes Stella, the Fairy of the Sun and Moon and later of the Shining Sun; Flora, the Fairy of Nature; Musa, the Fairy of Music; and Tecna, the Fairy of Technology. Additional members include Aisha, the Fairy of Waves who is introduced in the second season, and Roxy, the Fairy of Animals who is introduced in the fourth season.
The characters of Winx Club have become popular with audiences and critical response to them has been positive, with praise for their positive relationships and portrayal of gender roles. The characters have appeared in various media, including the spin-off series World of Winx , a comic book series, and video games. In 2012, new episodes of the series incorporated CGI-animated sequences that rendered the characters in 3D. [1] A live-action series inspired by Winx Club, Fate: The Winx Saga , aired from 2021 to 2022.
In the original series (seasons 1–4), the characters' mouths were animated to match the Italian voice actors, [2] who recorded their lines in Rome. The revival series, beginning with the hour-long specials, was produced in English first. The specials and seasons 5–6 were animated to match the Hollywood-based cast, [2] who recorded their lines at the Atlas Oceanic studio. Season 7 was also matched to Nickelodeon and Rainbow's English scripts, [3] but due to budget cuts, Viacom relocated the voice cast from Hollywood to New York City.
Iginio Straffi developed the Winx Club characters for the pilot "Magic Bloom," which was finished in 2001. The characters' outfits were modeled on those of traditional European fairies, [4] while their appearances were loosely inspired by popular celebrities of the time. In a 2011 interview with IO Donna , Straffi stated that Britney Spears served as an inspiration for Bloom, Cameron Diaz for Stella, Jennifer Lopez for Flora, Pink for Tecna, and Lucy Liu for Musa. [5] Straffi wanted the fairies to represent "the women of today" [6] and look more modern than classic examples like the Fairy with Turquoise Hair. [7]
After holding test screenings of the pilot, Straffi was unhappy with the audience's unenthusiastic reaction to the characters' outdated clothing style. [4] [8] He hired Italian fashion designers to give the characters a more modern appearance. [9] [10] Flora underwent several changes because Straffi felt that test audiences disliked her design. [11] She was originally drawn with glasses and a lighter skin tone; for the series, her glasses were removed [11] and she was given darker skin to look "more Latin". [4] The Winx fairies' male counterparts, the Specialists, were created in response to a request that the series should feature male leads. [12]
According to Iginio Straffi, the fairies' personalities were made as different as possible so "teenagers from all over the world can identify themselves with the character they think they are most like". [12] After the premiere of the first season, the production team heard that American viewers noticed the absence of black characters in the show. [11] In response, Straffi designed a sixth fairy, Aisha, who has darker skin. [11] Her design was loosely inspired by Beyoncé [5] and she was introduced in the first episode of the second season. [13] The fourth season introduces a seventh member, Roxy, [14] who occasionally joins the other fairies.
After Viacom became a co-owner of the Rainbow studio in 2011, [15] new seasons of Winx Club entered production at Viacom's Nickelodeon Animation Studio and Rainbow. [16] For this relaunched series, which began with four specials that retell Bloom's origin story, Viacom hired popular actors to voice characters, including Ariana Grande as Diaspro, [17] Elizabeth Gillies as Daphne, Keke Palmer as Aisha, Matt Shively as Sky, and Daniella Monet as Mitzi. [18]
The Specialists are male warriors who train at the Red Fountain school: [b] [c]
The Paladins were introduced in the sixth season:
AlfeaCollege for Fairies is a fairy school in the Magic Dimension.
Other Alfea students include:
Red Fountain is a school in Magix which trains the Specialists.
Red Fountain students include:
Cloud Tower is the main school for witches in the Magic Dimension.
Students of Cloud Tower include:
Magix is a realm located at the center of the Magic Dimension where Alfea, Cloud Tower and Red Fountain are located.
A village in the Dark Forest where the pixies live.
Located between the surface of Magix and Downland, it is a cavernous area that is the location of Lord Darkar's palace, Shadowhaunt, and the home of the shadow creatures.
Also known as Lightrock Monastery, it is a temple located above the clouds on a mountain that is inaccessible except for advanced magicians who can travel through dimensions.
Tir Nan Og, loosely based on Tír na nÓg, is the realm of the Earth fairies, which is located in the magic dimension. When the Wizards of the Black Circle captured the Earth fairies, they were imprisoned until Roxy and the Winx free them in the fourth season.
Pyros is an island populated by dragons.
Lumenia, the star that lights Solaria, is home to the Lumens, a magical alien species who can generate magic stardust.
The Golden Kingdom is a place located outside and inside time and space where the Water Stars, the opposing force to the Dragon Fire, are kept.
The Pixies are the first magical beings, who bond with the fairies. They are introduced in the second season after the Winx rescue them from Darkar, and each possess a special talent.
The fairy pets are stuffed animals from Earth brought to life by the Winx's magic.
The selkies live in the oceans and are gatekeepers of the ocean portals to various planets. They are based on the selkies of Gaelic folklore. In the fifth season, Tritannus steals their powers to gain access to the Infinite Ocean; their powers are restored when a fairy from their respective home planet bonds with them. Selkies can sense when their bonded fairy is nearby.
The fairy animals are magical creatures which the Winx bond with in the seventh season. They each possess a power or secret that maintains order in the universe.
Winx Club is an animated television series co-produced by Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon. It was created and directed by Italian animator Iginio Straffi. It premiered on 28 January 2004, becoming a ratings success in Italy and on Nickelodeon networks internationally. The show is set in a magical universe that is inhabited by fairies, witches, and other mythical creatures. The main character is a fairy warrior named Bloom, who enrolls at Alfea College to train and hone her skills. The series uses a serial format with an ongoing storyline.
The first season of the animated series Winx Club aired from 28 January to 26 March 2004, consisting of 26 episodes. The series was created by Iginio Straffi, who also acted as its executive producer and director of the season.
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The seventh season of Winx Club premiered on Nickelodeon in Asia on 22 June 2015. It later aired from 21 September to 3 October 2015 on Rai Gulp in Italy, and from January 10 to April 10, 2016 on the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States. The season consists of 26 episodes.
World of Winx is an Italian animated television series and a spin-off of Winx Club. The series was created by Iginio Straffi. Twenty-six episodes were produced in two seasons, the first of which was premiered as a Netflix original series on 4 November 2016.
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Fate: The Winx Saga is a supernatural teen drama television series based on the animated series Winx Club, created by Iginio Straffi. It is produced by Archery Pictures in association with Rainbow, a studio co-owned by Iginio Straffi and Viacom at the time. Developed by Brian Young, who also acts as the showrunner and executive producer, it stars Abigail Cowen, Hannah van der Westhuysen, Precious Mustapha, Eliot Salt and Elisha Applebaum.
Winx Club: Magical Fairy Party is a 2012 video game from Nickelodeon. It was released by D3Publisher on October 30, 2012, for the Nintendo DS and received positive reviews. The game is based on the CGI-animated episodes of Winx Club that were co-produced by Nickelodeon. It was part of a two-game partnership between Nickelodeon and D3Publisher, with the other game being Victorious: Taking the Lead.
Season 5, they're original records, so those are the days we come together and they send our voices to Italy and then they animate the show based on our voices.
una settima fata, Roxy ... Il nuovo personaggio, Roxy, si unirà al gruppo delle Winx. [a seventh fairy, Roxy ... The new character, Roxy, will join the Winx group.]
Roxy, che è la settima Winx e anche la fata degli animali. [Roxy, who is the seventh Winx and the Fairy of Animals.]
una settima fata, Roxy ... Il nuovo personaggio, Roxy, si unirà al gruppo delle Winx. [a seventh fairy, Roxy ... The new character, Roxy, will join the Winx group.]
[Roxy] joins the Club...
Valtor is an evil sorcerer and dark wizard of the dragon flame plotting revenge against the Magic Dimension.
The Winx discover that Morgana, queen of the fairies, and all the exiled earth fairies are out for vengeance. They hold a grudge against the Wizards and the entire human race.