I didn't meet the series at its start because I'm almost as old as Winx Club, but it was a significant thing in my childhood, full of lovely memories and amazing characters!
WHO WAS GOING TO TELL ME IT WAS WINX CLUB’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY!!!
To celebrate I’m including some of my fave winx clubs piece Ive made over the years! Winx Club has help sparked (pun intended) new life into my art and has inspired me to make what I love!
The Nickelodeon Dub when it started off as four 45-minute animated specials with the first three being just a shorter/reanimated version of season 1 with the last special being extremely shortened/reanimated for season 2. Season 3 was kept in full, but re-dubbed.
The Dub You Favor The Most:
Personally, I enjoy the 4Kids dub! I know it's flawed and it made a few changes, but there's this certain charm to it that I adore very much as well as the voice acting and the soundtrack. It's very nostalgic and special to me!
Which Character Is Your Favorite?:
I can't choose one! There are so many enjoyable characters! Though, I'd have to pick Bloom, Stella, and Flora. Bloom is a good protagonist who went from trying to find her identity to becoming a proud fairy who protects those she cares for! Stella is a diva princess with attitude, but she is always there for her friends no matter what! Flora is a sweetheart through and through! I love her! She cares for all life including plants...she is the fairy of nature!
One Thing You Think This Show Can't Be Without:
The fashion! If there is one thing these girls know, is how to look good while doing good! I love the art style and their many MANY outfits are so beautiful! There are days when I look at my wardrobe and think "I wish I had one of their outfits!" They have many iconic looks! So eye-catching and astonishing!
Favorite Season?:
I'm stuck between 2 and 3. Season 2 gave us the one and only Layla/Aisha, The Pixies, Musa's first stage performance, Charmix, and The Dark Bloom arc. But, then there's season 3.....SEASON 3!!! That season gave us more world building, multiple arcs, the continuous threat of the fan-favorite villain Valtor, and ENCHANTIX! I love them both equally!
Roxy (the new Winx girl from season 4) deserved more than just one season and should've been more involved in the group!
I like the inclusion of The Pixies but I'm not too keen on watching the PopPixie spinoff show.
The Specialists are enjoyable, but I wish there was more to them besides being love interests for the girls. I would've liked more lore into their work as being potential Heroes without having magic.
I don't know why season 8 decided to give the cast a whole new art style that doesn't capture much of what made Winx Club so unique. Also, the look of The Specialists is DEFINITELY a downgrade in that regard!
I appreciate how even though the animation and art style got changed around, the music remains to be good and fun to listen to.
I wish we had more lore with the students from Cloud Tower and WHY there seemed to be this Witches vs. Fairy tension in the first place!
I am very upset that the Netflix live-action adaptation hardly gave us any iconic outfits OR good-looking fashion from transformations. How do you do Winx Club WITHOUT the fashion?!
I didn't finish the other spinoff, World of Winx but I like to think that it takes place when the girls are much older taking care of who they can save while they star in a television talent show undercover.
Conclusion:
After all these years later, this show still holds a place in my heart and it's something I love looking back at whenever I feel like watching something nostalgic. It's been 20 years since the show aired and the fact that it's STILL relevant makes me so happy! These fairies deserve the world....well, they deserve the whole Magic Dimension!
Happy 20th anniversary, Winx Club (Jan 28, 2004 -- 2024)
While you celebrate by watching your fav seasons from the series and its movies or specials, here's hoping their fresh, new reboot relive the story with some fixes, changes, and a new CGI look. So, big thanks to the man who made it possible, Mr. Igino Straffi, and the Rainbow spA company, as well as 4kids and Nickelodeon for everything. And the fans who made their cool artwork and fanart for the series.
In the meantime, here's my little premiere of their crossover with the 'The Fairly OddParents' in The Fairly Odd Winx Club
Here's the crossover theme song.
Lyrics:
(In the tune of "The Fairly OddParents" theme)
Timmy Turner used to be an average kid that no one understands.
Until he meets Bloom, an ordinary teen anyone understands.
Their friendship took a magical turn in a whole, new universe.
Where they made some friends and, of course, some foes.
'Cause right from head to toe, it's the story of…
The Winx Club, Fairly Odd Winx Club!
Wanda: Wands and wings!
Cosmo: Floaty crowny things!
Odd Winx Club, Fairly Odd Winx Club!
Musa: Music
Tecna: Technology
Flora: Nature
Stella: The Sun
Aisha: Raindrops, puddles, ponds, oceans, and waves
Bloom: And the fiery power of the Dragon Flame
Odd Winx Club, Fairy Odd Winx Club!
It flips your lid with the teen and a kid in "The Fairly Odd Winx Club!"