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Winx Club
| Winx Club | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Iginio Straffi |
| Directed by | Iginio Straffi |
| Country of origin | |
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| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 208 (+ 4 hour-long specials) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Joanne Lee (S1-S7) Massimiliano Gusberti (S1-S4) Annita Romanelli (S5) Kay Wilson Stallings (S5-S6) Iginio Straffi (S7-S8) |
| Producers | Iginio Straffi (S1-S6) Annita Romanelli (S1-S4) |
| Editors | Francesco Artibani (S1-S7) Maurizio De Angelis (S5-S7) |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | Rainbow S.p.A. RAI Nickelodeon Animation Studio (revived series) |
| Original release | |
| Network | RAI channels (Italy) Nickelodeon (international) |
| Release | 28 January 2004 – 13 November 2009 |
| Release | 27 June 2011 – 17 September 2019 |
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Winx Club is an animated television series co-produced by Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon.[note 1] 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.
Iginio Straffi initially outlined the show's plot to last three seasons. He chose to continue the story for a fourth season in 2009. Around this time, Winx Club's popularity attracted the attention of the American media company Viacom, owner of Nickelodeon. Viacom purchased 30% of the show's animation studio,[4] Rainbow SpA, and Nickelodeon began producing a revival series. Production on the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons was divided between Rainbow and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. To attract an American audience, Viacom assembled a voice cast of Nickelodeon actors (including Elizabeth Gillies and Ariana Grande), invested US$100 million in advertising for the series, and inducted Winx Club into Nickelodeon's franchise of Nicktoons.[5]
Beginning in 2010, episodes of Winx Club were jointly written with Nickelodeon's American team. Nickelodeon's writers aimed to make the series multicultural and appealing to viewers from different countries. In 2019, Straffi commented on his years of collaboration with Nickelodeon, saying that "the know-how of Rainbow and the know-how of Nickelodeon are very complementary; the sensibilities of the Americans, with our European touch."[6] The continued partnership between Rainbow and Nickelodeon on Winx Club led to the development of more co-productions, including Club 57 in 2019, on which much of Winx Club's staff worked.
The series was subject to budget cuts in 2014, during its seventh season; the 3D computer-generated segments and Hollywood voice actors were deemed too costly. The seventh season eventually premiered on Nickelodeon's worldwide channels in 2015. After a four-year hiatus, an eighth season premiered in 2019. At Straffi's decision, this season was heavily retooled for a preschool target audience.
A live-action adaptation of Winx Club for young adults, titled Fate: The Winx Saga, premiered in 2021.[7] In January 2023, Viacom (now known as Paramount Global) sold its stake in Rainbow SpA back to Straffi, allowing him full control of the studio's new projects, including an upcoming animated reboot of the Winx Club franchise.
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- ^ "Copyright Catalog: Winx Club - Eps. 726". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (26 February 2011). "Winx creator in the pink". Variety. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
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