World of Winx
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| Genre | Fantasy, magical girl |
| Created by | Iginio Straffi |
| Directed by | Iginio Straffi |
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| Opening theme | "Winx Club Sparkles of Light" performed by lead: Alessia Orlando and chorus: Elisa Aramonte |
| Ending theme | "The Wonderful World of Winx" performed by lead: Aleesia Orlando and chorus: Elisa Aramonte |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Joanne Lee |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
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| Original network | Netflix |
| Picture format | 1080i:HDTV |
| Original release | 4 November 2016 |
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| Related shows | Winx Club |
World of Winx is an Italian animation television series and a spin-off to Winx Club. The series was created by Iginio Straffi. Twenty-six episodes have been produced in two seasons, the first of which was premiered as a Netflix original series on 4 November 2016.
In this series, the Winx club girls return to Gardenia, Bloom's home town, where they work as a group of talent scouts on a reality television program to find kids of various talents. Behind the scenes, they try to save them from being kidnapped by a Talent Thief while hiding their own identities as fairies as well as their own magic abilities. The Winx acquire a new fairy transformation called Dreamix.
The series brings back the six main girls of the Winx Club as well as Roxy, who continues to have a recurring role.
In September 2014, as part of its efforts to increase kids' programming, it was announced that Netflix had ordered from Rainbow Studios two seasons of World of Winx, each comprising 13 22-minute episodes. The premise of the show is that the "girls embark on an undercover journey all around the world looking for talented kids in art, sports, music and science." Netflix at the time already had a pact with Rainbow to show some of the seasons of Winx Club, its films, and other Rainbow shows such as PopPixie and Mia and Me.
Originally slated to premiere in early 2016, the series was delayed until later that year, eventually premiering in 4 November as a Netflix original series. Rainbow promoted the show briefly at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas in 2016, along with shows Regal Academy and Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends. At the event, it was revealed that the storyline involved a Talent Thief that had been capturing children.
Ella Anders, a regular reviewer of magical girl-themed shows on BSC Kids, had low expectations on the series given that the more recent seasons of Winx Club were shells of their original, but said "So it was all that much stranger when I realized just how good World of Winx actually is". She liked that the series made the story meaningful. "Every moment counts, the story is a good one that is tightly woven together. The humour and heart shines. The girls are using their magic wisely and creatively." She especially liked that the Winx girls were "back to their old selves".
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