Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
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| Created by | Thomas Astruc |
| Written by | Thomas Astruc Sébastien Thibaudeau |
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| Theme music composer | Jeremy Zag and Noam Kaniel; Lyrics by Alain Garcia |
| Opening theme | "It's Ladybug!", performed by Wendy Child and Cash Callaway |
| Ending theme | "It's Ladybug!" (instrumental) |
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| Country of origin | France |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 + special (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| First shown in | South Korea |
| Original release | 1 September 2015 – present |
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Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (French: Miraculous, les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir; also known as Miraculous Ladybug or Miraculous) is a French CGI action/adventure animated series produced by Zagtoon and Method Animation. The series features two Parisian teenagers, Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste, who transform into the superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir, respectively, to protect the city from supervillains.
Prior to its debut in France on 19 October 2015 on TF1, the series was first shown in South Korea on 1 September 2015 on EBS1. In the United States, the series debuted on Nickelodeon on 6 December. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the show premiered on 30 January 2016 on Disney Channel. On 20 November 2015, producer Jeremy Zag announced that a second and third season were in progress. On September 1, 2016, in honor of the show's 1 year anniversary, Zag announced that season 2 would premiere in May 2017. On 20 December 2016, Zag announced that Netflix had acquired the U.S. video-on-demand streaming rights to Miraculous for seasons 1-3, including the English premiere of the Christmas Special as well as a planned launch of Season 2 in June 2017.
Set in modern-day Paris, the series focuses on teenagers Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste. When evil arises, Marinette transforms into her secret superhero persona Ladybug, while Adrien transforms into his superhero persona Cat Noir, using powerful objects known as the Miraculous. Oblivious to each other's true identities, the two work together to protect Paris from the mysterious villain Hawk Moth, who covets and attempts to steal their powers by using his akuma, butterflies infused with black energy, to transform everyday citizens into supervillains.
The series is based on an original concept created by French animator Thomas Astruc, who was inspired by a meeting with a certain lady, Japanese anime, and "decades of comics binge reading". In an interview with Nolife, Astruc said he was working as an animator on the show W.I.T.C.H. when he met a woman who had a T-shirt with a ladybug on it. They began to share drawings, some of which were ladybug-themed. Astruc also noted that Marinette's hair was styled after the woman. They also worked on the cartoon A.T.O.M. around 2004–05. Astruc first drew Ladybug on sticky notes and remarked how strong the Ladybug character was, but despite this, he had no memory of seeing any ladybug-themed superheroes in comics.
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