Winx Club
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| Genre | Fantasy adventure, magical girl |
| Created by | Iginio Straffi |
| Written by | Iginio Straffi |
| Directed by | Iginio Straffi |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| Original language(s) | Italian |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 182 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Distributor | Rainbow S.r.l. |
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| Original network | Rai 2, Rai Gulp |
| Picture format |
480i: SDTV (season 1–4) 1080i: HDTV (seasons 5–7) 576i: SDTV (sometimes used in season 4) |
| Audio format | Stereo (seasons 1–4) Dolby Surround 5.1 (seasons 5–7) |
| Original release | 28 January 2004 |
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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. in co-production with Rai Fiction. The series is the first Italian cartoon to be sold in the United States. It is also broadcast in over 130 countries worldwide, and is Straffi's most successful creation, spawning a Winx Club media franchise
In season 1, Bloom, a 16-year-old girl from Earth, discovers she has magical abilities when she saves Stella, a 17-year-old fairy princess from Solaria. Stella persuades Bloom to enroll in Alfea, a school for fairies in the Magical Dimension. There, she meets roommate Flora and apartment mates Tecna and Musa; together they form the Winx. They encounter and befriend the boys from the Red Fountain school of Specialists. They also make enemies, mainly a trio of witches called the Trix. Together, the Winx go through many adventures and discover many secrets about Bloom's past while fighting their enemies and studying at Alfea. Their power in Season 1 is Winx.
In season 2, 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 (also known as Layla in some dubs), and their new friends the Pixies, the Winx will have to fight this new threat. They also meet Helia who, at first, is not a Specialist but becomes a Specialist and the love interest of Flora. Their power in Season 2 is Charmix.
In season 3, the Winx have to face a new enemy, Valtor, who was freed from his prison by the Trix and who took part in the destruction of Domino and shares a dark past with Bloom and her birth parents. Aisha meets a wizard, Nabu, with whom she falls in love. In Season 3 the Winx Club got a new power called Enchantix. The events of the third season are followed by those of the first movie, The Secret of the Lost Kingdom.
In season 4, taking place after the events of the movie, the Winx face a new threat: the four Wizards of the Black Circle, who caused all magic to disappear from Earth. The Winx go to Earth to save Roxy, the last fairy from Earth, fight the Wizards and restore its magic by freeing the Earth fairies from the Wizards. They also get a new power called Believix. They then get powers called the gifts of destiny. The gifts of destiny include Sophix, Lovix, and the black gift. The black gift can give life to a person who is not living. The events of the fourth season are followed by those of the second movie, Magical Adventure.
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