Mia and Me
| Mia and Me | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Fantasy, action, adventure, |
| Created by | Gerhard Hahn |
| Starring |
Rosabell Laurenti Sellers Adrian Moore Saphia Stoney Josephine Benini |
| Voices of |
Rosabell Laurenti Sellers Andrew Craig Tajja Isen Rod Wilson Linda Ballantyne Jonathan Wilson Elizabeth Hanna Norma Dell'Agnese |
| Composer(s) | Gerd Kaeding |
| Country of origin | Italy Germany Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bill Speers Anthony Power |
| Location(s) | Florence (Live action part) |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
ZDF Rainbow S.r.l. (until 2016) March Entertainment (season 1 only) Hahn Film M4e(Formerly Lucky Punch) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Rai Due, ZDF, Canal+, Nick Jr. |
| Picture format | 1080i:HDTV |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 19 December 2011 (worldwide) – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Mia and Me is an Italian/German/Canadian live action/CGI animated television series created by Gerhard Hahn. The title is about Mia only; as in end of the opening theme song: "There (Centopia) I'm Mia, here (Earth), I'm me."
The story begins when a 12-year-old girl named Mia goes to a prestigious boarding school in Florence, Italy as an exchange student. Her parents died recently in an accident. Her father was a successful game maker. Mia's aunt gives Mia a game that her father made before he died. The game is in the form of a large book called "The Legend of Centopia" (a book he read to her when she was younger) which is full of mystical rune writing that gives Mia the latest password (that has to be read backwards) that allows her to go to the magical world of Centopia. The land is full of winged elves (fairies), pans (goat-like creatures), unicorns, dragons (they do not breathe fire) and much more. Perhaps the strangest creature there is Polytheus, a snake like being with snake hair like a Gorgon. He is a trader, strictly in it for the money (though what good money is on such a world is debatable) but has done the Elves some good turns without reward, such as when he fixes their waterdome, saving them from a munc attack (Episode 23).
While in Centopia, Mia is a beautiful, winged, fairy-like, elf girl. Mia is very special because she can talk to unicorns. No one else in Centopia has that ability. She meets a unicorn named Lyria and later, her winged son (born in "The Golden Son" episode), Onchao. She befriends Yuko, a girl warrior who likes Mia but is jealous of the attention Mo pays her, Prince Mo, son of King Raynor and Queen Mayla, and Phuddle, a pan, the comic relief (though more often annoying than funny). In Season 1, with the help of oracles from the magic book, they must find all the trumptus pieces, a magic horn made by Phuddle. It was captured, broken apart and, in twenty pieces, scattered by the munculus on orders of Queen Panthea (Episode 4) as it is the one thing that can destroy the evil beings. Water from the elves waterglares shrinks munculus (a.k.a. muncs) but it is only a temporary effect.
They also have to stop the evil Queen Panthea, General Gargona and her munculus army (who ride on blue dragons and fire non venomous snakes which encircle and trap their victims) from capturing the unicorns. Panthea needs their horns as without them she becomes (even more) old and ugly (her face is always hidden by a mask). But the horns are linked to the unicorn shaped island of Centopia so every time she takes and destroys a unicorn horn, more of the island dies and vegetation and trees become desert. The "golden unicorn" Onchao is the only unicorn with wings. He can make the desert bloom again (the other unicorns can do this but less easily) and later, restore horns to unicorns who have had them cut off by Panthea. There are also four unicorns with elemental powers (earth, air, fire and water) who mostly stay out of the affairs of others but join in the final battle.
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