Winx Club season 1
| Winx Club | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| File:Winx Club Complete Season One DVD Cover.jpg | |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Rai 2 |
| Original release | 28 January – 26 March 2004 |
| Season chronology | |
Season 1 of Winx Club an Italian animated series, premiered on Rai 2 on 28 January 2004 and concluded on 26 March 2004, airing 26 episodes. The series focuses on Bloom, a 16-year-old girl from Earth who discovers she has magical abilities, as she enrolls in Alfea, a school for fairies in the land of Magix. Along with her newfound friend Stella, a fairy princess she meets apartment roommates Flora, Musa, and Tecna, and they form the Winx Club. During their adventures, they become good friends and get to know some of the boys from another school called Red Fountain, but also encounter some adversaries, including a trio of witches called The Trix.
The series has been broadcast to countries worldwide, with Rai providing an English-language dub. The Cinelume / Rai English dub was also used as an alternate English language track on several European DVD releases and on streaming services such as Netflix. In the United States, the show was re-dubbed in English and edited by 4Kids TV. It premiered on Fox under the programming block FoxBox on 19 June 2004, and concluded on 11 December 2004. The 4Kids episodes were made available on home media by Funimation.
The original opening theme was "Under the Sign of Winx" and the closing theme was "The Girls of the Winx Club". For the 4Kids version, the theme song was "We are the Winx!" by 4Kids 5.[1]
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Italian Title (translation) / RAI English Title 4Kids English title | Italian air date | American air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Una Fata a Gardenia" (A fairy from Gardenia) / "An Unexpected Event" "It Feels Like Magic" | 28 January 2004 | 19 June 2004 |
| 2 | 2 | "Benvenuti a Magix!" / "Welcome to Magix!" "More Than High School" | 30 January 2004 | 26 June 2004 |
| 3 | 3 | "L'anello di Stella" (The ring of Stella) / "Alfea College for Fairies" "Save the First Dance" | 2 February 2004 | 3 July 2004 |
| 4 | 4 | "La palude di Melmamora" (The swamp of Melmamora) / "The Black-Mud Swamp" "The Voice of Nature" | 4 February 2004 | 10 July 2004 |
| 5 | 5 | "Appuntamento al buio" (Blind date) / "Date with Disaster" "Date with Disaster" | 6 February 2004 | 17 July 2004 |
| 6 | 6 | "Missione a Torrenuvola" / "Mission at Cloudtower" "Secret Guardian" | 9 February 2004 | 24 July 2004 |
| 7 | 7 | "A che servono gli amici?" (What are friends for?) / "Friends in Need" "Grounded" | 11 February 2004 | 31 July 2004 |
| 8 | 8 | "La festa della rosa" (The festival of the rose) / "A Friendship Sundered" "The Day of the Rose" | 13 February 2004 | 7 August 2004 |
| 9 | 9 | "Il tradimento di Riven" (The betrayal of Riven) / "Betrayed!" "Spelled" | 16 February 2004 | 14 August 2004 |
| 10 | 10 | "La fiamma del drago" (The flame of dragon) / "Bloom Tested" "Magical Reality Check" | 18 February 2004 | 21 August 2004 |
| 11 | 11 | "Il regno delle ninfe" (The reign of the nymphs) / "The Monster and The Willow" "Junior League" | 20 February 2004 | 28 August 2004 |
| 12 | 12 | "Miss Magix" | 23 February 2004 | 4 September 2004 |
| 13 | 13 | "La figlia del fuoco" (The daughter of fire) / "A Great Secret Revealed" "Meant to Be" | 25 February 2004 | 11 September 2004 |
| 14 | 14 | "Il segreto di Bloom" (The secret of Bloom) / "Bloom's Dark Secret" "Witch Trap" | 27 February 2004 | 18 September 2004 |
| 15 | 15 | "Voci dal passato" (Voices from the past) / "Honor Above All" "Pushing the Envelope" | 1 March 2004 | 25 September 2004 |
| 16 | 16 | "Il nemico nell'ombra" (The Enemy in the Shadows) / "Cold Spell" "The Nightmare Monster" | 3 March 2004 | 2 October 2004 |
| 17 | 17 | "Il segreto di Brandon" (The secret of Brandon) / "Secrets Within Secrets" "Royal Heartbreak" | 5 March 2004 | 9 October 2004 |
| 18 | 18 | "Addio Magix!" (Goodbye Magix!) / "The Font of Dragon Fire" "Senior Witches Go to Earth" | 8 March 2004 | 16 October 2004 |
| 19 | 19 | "Attacco ad Alfea" (Attack on Alfea) / "The Fall of Magix" "The Army of Decay" | 10 March 2004 | 23 October 2004 |
| 20 | 20 | "La scomparsa di Bloom" (The disappearance of Bloom) / "Mission to Domino" "Sparks of Hope" | 12 March 2004 | 30 October 2004 |
| 21 | 21 | "Trappola di ghiaccio" (Trap of ice) / "The Crown of Dreams" "The Frozen Palace" | 15 March 2004 | 6 November 2004 |
| 22 | 22 | "Il ritorno di Riven" (The return of Riven) / "Storming Cloudtower" "Mission to Cloud Tower" | 17 March 2004 | 13 November 2004 |
| 23 | 23 | "Fuga da Torrenuvola" (Escaping from Cloudtower) / "Power Play" "The Search for the Flame" | 19 March 2004 | 20 November 2004 |
| 24 | 24 | "Il mistero del lago" (The mystery of the lake) / "The Witches' Siege" "Battle for Alfea" | 22 March 2004 | 27 November 2004 |
| 25 | 25 | "Il sonno di Magix" (The sleep of Magix) / "The Ultimate Challenge" "The Great Witch Invasion" | 24 March 2004 | 4 December 2004 |
| 26 | 26 | "Battaglia finale" (Final battle) / "The Witches' Downfall" "Fire and Ice" | 26 March 2004 | 11 December 2004 |
| RC1 | RC1 | "Attack of the Senior Witches" | N/A | 22 May 2004 |
Nickelodeon specials
Nickelodeon developed four one-hour television specials to summarize the first two seasons. They premiered on June 27, 2011.[2]
Home media
| Release name | No. of episodes | Company | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vol. 1 Welcome To Magix! | 5 | Funimation | 12 July 2004 | 4kids dub of season 1 episodes 1–5 |
| Vol. 2 The Power Of Dragon Fire | 6 | Funimation | 15 November 2005 | 4kids dub of season 1 episodes 6–11 |
| Vol. 3 Bloom's Secret Past | 5 | Funimation | 17 January 2006 | 4kids dub of season 1 episodes 12–16 |
| Vol. 4 Stolen Dragon Fire | 5 | Funimation | 23 May 2006 | 4kids dub of season 1 episodes 17–21 |
| Vol. 5 Battle For Alfea | 5 | Funimation | 29 August 2006 | 4kids dub of season 1 episodes 22–26 |
| The Original Complete Season 1 | 26 | Cinedigm | 25 March 2014 | Cinelume dub of season 1 episodes 1–26 |
| Realm Of Magix: The Original Season 1, Vol. 1 | 13 | Cinedigm | 25 March 2014 | Cinelume dub of season 1 episodes 1–13 |
| Defeating The Trix: The Original Season 1, Vol. 2 | 13 | Cinedigm | 25 March 2014 | Cinelume dub of season 1 episodes 14–26 |
References
- ^ BelieveInWinx Vault (28 September 2012). The 4Kids 5:Winx Club - We Are The Winx! (Music Video) HQ!. YouTube.
- ^ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/09/global-hit-animated-series-winx-club-comes-to-nickelodeon-starting-june-27/
