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	Gerd Kaeding
Country of origin	Italy Germany Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producers	Bill Speers Anthony Power
Production location	Florence (Live action part)
Running time	20 minutes
Production companies	ZDF Rainbow S.r.l. (until 2016) March Entertainment (season 1 only) Hahn Film M4e(Formerly Lucky Punch)
Original release
Network	Rai 2, ZDF, Canal+, Nick Jr.
Release	19 December 2011 (worldwide) – present

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 (Earth) I'm Mia, here (Centopia), I'm me."

Premise

The story begins when a 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.

In Episode 9 the elves make friends with a baby dragon (Baby Blue) which quickly grows up and as a full sized dragon, helps them a few times. Episode 22 is the only episode that takes place at night. Mia has a wrist amulet that when charged allows her to go to Centopia and when the battery runs down, she returns to Earth till it recharges itself again (we see the recharger in Episode 25). Though she may spend many hours in Centopia, only a few minutes pass on Earth. At her school, we see cartoon effects around her and characters there, as in question marks when they are puzzled, flowers, comic characters, etc. Vincent is her friend there and learns about her ability to travel to Centopia. The stuck-up and nasty Violetta is against her.Paula starts off as a friend of Violetta but over time comes to realize how nasty and shallow Violetta is and joins Mia. She learns about Centopia in the final two-part episodes (Episode 25 and 26).

The evil ones are finally defeated (the trumptus blast turns them into flowers) with only Gargona surviving in ep 26. It is in the final pages of the book and Mia goes back to her world where it is the end of the school year, and she says she will see her friends in a few months after the summer break. According to the Panda TV site, the artwork for the land of Centopia is based on the art of Gustav Klimt. This is particularly noticeable in the robes worn by the King and Queen as well as Mo's shirt. Also Gargona is heavily influenced by Hygieia in the ceiling paintings of the University of Vienna.

In the second season Mia spends her summer holiday at grandpa Renzo's farm. There she also meets Mario who later learns about her ability to travel to Centopia. In this season there is a new antagonist named Rixel who Wants to catch Onchao.

Cast

Live action

• Rosabell Laurenti Sellers – Mia
• Adrian Moore – Vincent a friend of Mia
• Saphia Stoney – Paula the traitor from Violetta to become friend for Mia
• Josephine Benini – Violetta the bully girl
• Andrea Josie Richerson – Ashley Alice Long

Animation

• Andrew Craig – Mo the prince of elves and son of the king Raynor
• Tajja Isen – Yuko the friend of Mia and Mo
• Rod Wilson – Raynor the king of elves
• Linda Ballantyne – Mayla the queen of elves
• Jonathan Wilson – Phuddle the faun
• Elizabeth Hanna – Panthea the villain
• Norma Dell'Agnese – Gargona the right arm for Panthea
• David Pender-Crichton – Rixel
• John Stocker - Polytheus the sly snake merchant.

Episodes

Series 1

#	Title
1	Talking to Unicorns
2	Centopia's Hope
3	Restoration
4	Trumptus Lost
5	The Golden Son
6	Onchao's Oasis
7	Hope in Pieces
8	Ziggo's Day Off
9	The Elves and the Dragon
10	The Blossom Tree
11	All That Glitters
12	Phuddle's Foibles
13	The Fire Unicorn
14	The Wizened Woods
15	Miss Know-It-All
16	The Unicorn Trap
17	All Dressed Up
18	King for a Day
19	The Panned Piper
20	Cave of Truth
21	Against the Wind
22	Under the Moon
23	Choosing Sides
24	Tears of Joy
25	Panthea's Proposal
26	End of an Age

Series 2

#	Title
1	The Mysterious Visitor
2	Behind the Curtain
3	The Animal Guardians
4	Dragons in Danger
5	The Ghost of Blackwood Forest
6	The Spell of the Green Fluids
7	Beyond the Wall of Vines
8	A Father's Feather
9	Speaking with Stones
10	Dancing with Stars
11	The Unwanted Roommate
12	That's What Friends are For
13	Return to Panthea's Castle
14	The Whistling Bolobo
15	My Name is Varia
16	Crossing the Rainbow Bridge
17	Taking Sides
18	A Shower of Pollen
19	The Fiery Flower
20	Journey to the North
21	The Unicorn King
22	The Rainbow Spring
23	Hide and Seek
24	A Sticky Situation
25	The Strongest Team
26	Breaking the Spell

Broadcast

In the United Kingdom, the series aired on Nickelodeon (UK and Ireland) in January 2014, Nickelodeon began airing the series in the Philippines on July 1, 2013. The series aired in Singapore on MediaCorp Okto, in Indonesia on RCTI and in Australia on Eleven. In the United States, the series is carried by Nick Jr. beginning May 3, 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Mia and Me at IMDb