What Happened to W.I.T.C.H.

[@cindymcglaughlin309]

Shows like Witch, Sailor Moon, Winx Club, and Shugo Chara totally made me think that I had powers hidden deep inside me

[@the-cool-gal]

same here

[@perfectionnement95]

FOR REAL

[@sudenaz619]

SHUGO CHARA WAS MY SHIT

[@tinatuger7688]

Holy shit, Winx club fucked up my life. I genuinely believed I was a fairy for like five years

[@WhoYouAre17]

@@perfectionnement95 li

[@Lopholillie]

"I don't see why they all meet boyfriends." Winx club: *Backing out slowly*

[@yassineayache634]

Flora : *Didn't have a boyfriend* Writers : *ALL of them need boyfriends*

[@bjones2194]

The way this hits you really hard as an adult

[@l.c.8475]

I was silently hoping for musa and riven to break up permanently and for her and Layla/Aisha to start dating, but then Nabu came and he was just such a great guy and then they killed him right as I lost interest in the series.

[@kerimbabic6124]

@@l.c.8475 why would aisha and musa date that would ruin the point of friendship and ruin the show

[@l.c.8475]

@@kerimbabic6124 shippers gonna ship, you don't have to agree with me, I'm just saying that they do have a lot more chemistry than Riven and Musa, whose chemistry boils down to "here's 2 characters of the opposite gender, they bicker, so they're obviously a couple now" Nabu is a great match for Aisha though, so I gave up on that ship in season 3, and just wanted Musa to break up with Riven, because he's an asshole and she deserves better

[@florianpierredumont4775]

This was the series we, boys, watched in secret, and spoke about, together, in secret too. I loved WITCH, and I still like it today.

[@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516]

Really. A lot of boys watched it openly like I did. It was the girls who hid it.

[@raniab5487]

@@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516 i used to hide it cause there was this sudden trend after 3rd grade where all the kids were like we re too old for cartoons. So i kept it a secret. Looking back on it people still watched and enjoyed cartoons but they became like a guilty pleasure-of sorts. Cause everyone wanted to be considered old. So no one talked about the shows. I still watched cartoons though and the interest developed into love for anime.

[@VacadoRay]

I watched it and read the book but no one talked about it at my school

[@moxacoffee859]

ahhh atleast you get to talk about it, in my school no one new about this. i tried getting my cousin into the fandom. (she didnt watch it and its been years) i think this kinds of show just aint popular in my country

[@MartinKobeCOriel]

It took me 15 years but I started watching the series. After hearing what went on in the comics, I can only say one thing: YIKES

[@-nomore]

My opinion, Netflix should have revamped Witch instead of Winx Club. Then the dark theme would make sense as the style.

[@yae6834]

@Madyson Moore honestly disgusting 😭😭

[@robinthestate6548]

damn I just realized that you're right.😐 the winx show it's weird.

[@gelatinandlolipop3780]

Noo!! Leave the show alone.

[@isstreaminggirls6813]

lmao true i am a big fan of winx club but their colorful just doesn't match the one that netflix just made, also the whitewash still get me.

[@moonlightprincess449]

Exactly

[@hanaomer4419]

“All things I wish I had in middle school” All things I wish I had _now_

[@gaspardp7314]

Like *A purpose?*

[@red0421]

_Oof_ . Too real. That's critical damage.

[@Rainbow-Reilly]

It always bummed me out that W.I.T.C.H. never got a third season. You could tell they were foreshadowing it, with the introduction of a mysterious, inexpicable new character in the S2 finale.

[@mystic_mimi21]

Reilly I loved this series so much. I had a sticker book, I had a plastic heart of kandrakar necklace, I started to collect the dolls but only got hay-lin. I think about what could have happened if they continued. It keeps me up at night 😂

[@MilkWithIce]

Can't blame loyal fans boycott the show because it went way too far on not adapting the comic's actually story. I mean, Nerissa is Caleb's mom wtf?

[@JessicaSilva-gq7zc]

Trash Binge Watcher that is very common, honey

[@TwilightWolf032]

@@MilkWithIce The animated series had much better writing than the graphic novel. After Ch7, which is when Disney removed the original writer to another country, the series lost its focus and dropped a lot of elements out of nowhere to make a fairy tale, while the first 7 chapters hinted at a much bleaker story. The adaptation at least knew what the series was going to be from beginning to end and remained focused throughout its entire run time. Nerissa being Caleb's mother made a lot more sense from a writing perspective than just being yet another villain that doesn't have any connection to the cast, only to be defeated by the protagonists (bonus points for her making Will's boyfriend turn into a winged demon, instead of a random fisherman from the comics).

[@lucywillow119]

@@MilkWithIce Whaaaat she wasn't really his mom???!!!!!!!!!! (I never read the books)!!!! The sacrilege!!! I'd have been so pissed if I'd known abt it then!!! Wow. I really HATE when they change the original storyyyyyy.

[@Eleziea]

As a European I see nothing wrong with the pages. That's just how we are learned to read it.

[@Flareontoast]

I was gonna say the same thing

[@kristamariau]

The same, i was confussed about that part

[@Love25648]

eleziea yeah I had no issue

[@Mr0011011]

Same

[@Framlii]

Same

[@lunarialoonatic]

Can we just agree that this show had the catchiest theme song ever 😂

[@e705]

the funniest thing is that the Italian original song is terrible compared to English one ahahaha

[@slevinchannel7589]

It's never too late for a Remake/Reboot!!! Seriously, Profit can be made as long as the Fanbase is loyal. I'm actually still waiting for a Reboot of the Unique Experience of 'Zentrix', a Cartoon that is even much more Unique than W.I.T.C.H! I could say more to that, but whatever, just check out what Zentrix is, and if you knew it and searched for it for Years( like many did, IN FACT) then just thank me later! Seriously, come back and thank me if so.

[@iidaemii]

If I remember this correctly, the English theme song is sung by Marion Raven who actually is Norwegian (like me)! I could be wrong I don't know for sure since I didn't watch the show, I just know of it.

[@MhEahStopmotionTv]

The second season one tho

[@nadiamashups9141]

The theme song sounds a LOT like "Crawling" by Linkin Park

[@ashoka9306]

i just watched a grown ass man read a magazine for pre-teen girls in a language neither of us can speak 10/10

[@ezequielynoa8845]

Get a Life.

[@ashoka9306]

@@ezequielynoa8845 like hating on others comment? 0/10, couldn't relate #bless

[@ashoka9306]

@Alt. Knt. no

[@MilkWithIce]

And I am that man. ;)

[@BloodyBay]

And remember: You saw it on Negative Legend's channel *_first!_* ;-D

[@bearberserker]

I really loved watching Witch when I was younger. Makes me wish it wasn't cancelled. I just hope that Disney would publish the rest of the comic book series.

[@ShirohebiGirl]

They are, through Yen Press. They started in 2017.

[@draganapopovic8564]

I second the question aren't the comic already over? Like ended in 2013?

[@bearberserker]

@@ShirohebiGirl okay, so you know for sure that they are going to go past the book of elements arc All the way to magical sovereign?

[@bearberserker]

@@draganapopovic8564 Well i meant for the graphic novels to be released in English and that they are now starting to release the ragorlang arc.

[@MetteMeers]

@@ShirohebiGirl can I read it online, any links?

[@kanokadany113]

Big props for making a vid about this series. It's extremely underrated and barely anyone I know has heard of the show.

[@litterascriptamanet7975]

I think it depends where you live... I am European and W.i.t.c.h was everywhere during my childhood days - comic books, magazines, books, the merchandise and all young girls used to be fan of it... It was definitely a cultural phenome for our generation here... I am 23 now but to this day I still haven’t find the courage to throw away my entire w.i.t.c.h collection as it something that truly defines my pre-teen days 😅

[@heleneoldeide2303]

@@litterascriptamanet7975 Same hahah! I still have all the magazines and tonnes of merch and those little items you got in every magazine. One day I'll read through it all again and I'm guessing the nostalgia will hit me hard

[@litterascriptamanet7975]

MCMXCIX MM Oh really? I actually started liking W.i.t.c.h after I saw the tv show on Jetix when I was around 11 years old - it was the same for all of my friends ... Jetix was a very well know channel for kids back in my days (at least in Europe) so I assumed that people who liked W.i.t.c.h used to watch the show as well... But it seems like it might not be the case 🤔

[@NabiKage]

Poland here. Witch was everywhere back in the days!

[@sarahhhhhhhhhhh517]

I’m from the US and my mom randomly brought the books home one day🤩 I thought it was forgotten too, but I hung a poster in my room and my friends recognized it instantly!

[@sarahluciekay]

Also, Cornelia and Irma's bickering is iconic. And so true. Like you can be best friends and still get on each other's nerves sometimes. However, in one of the last ever issues it kind of gets 'resolved' and it's just the most heartwarming and wholesome and beautiful thing ever.

[@cindymcglaughlin309]

That is my best friend and I wrapped up in a nutshell. If we're together for too long we bicker; but, if we're apart, you can see our true best friendship.

[@justdecaffeinated]

"it can usually be solved if the people just talk" Bold of u to assume people talk out their interpersonal problems in real life

[@McSenkel]

I sure don't.

[@mslightbulb]

Hah, no we don’t. We do that years later when they become irrelevant because we are afraid of people.

[@barawen_who]

I DO, and I don't understand WHY you don't xD

[@cm9231]

An odd but appreciated bit of good mental health advice, Lord knows it should be like that ❤️

[@bolomono89]

@@barawen_who well, the simple answer is "we are not educated in doing that" or that past experiences doesnt allow the neuroquimics enough in our brains to generate that response.

[@angels3757]

You're surprised there's a Witch parfum? I had bags, folders, school suplies, pajamas and the coolest sunglasses I've ever had XD

[@dayc7489]

I actually had this exact same Hay Lin perfume and I remembered I loved it when I was younger haha

[@senpaisally69]

Same! I also had the dolls and the comics and also the necklace

[@vilenap6778]

And here I am at 22 still drinking from my Irma glass :D

[@hillomunkkiseni]

My mom never got me any merch (from any series really and I'm forever salty about it) so I had to draw Hay Lin myself onto a bag xD for a 10yo kid's drawing, it did turn out pretty solid, like you can definitely recognize who it is and it doesn't look too bad :D

[@humansimbeing3113]

I had witch clothes, witch backpacks, and Will's frog mug, how I wish I could find it t.t I still have the comics

[@0Mika0mi0]

Witch was actually a thing all the girls in my country were crazy about. And it was never the graphic novels - those came later as a compilation of comic books (at least for us) - it was the magazines. Each volume also came with a small toy, jewellery or other trinket. But the magazines themselves looked very different from what you can see in the French version - less pages, less photos, more Witch content and drawings, definitely no comics for another series. I collected Witch magazines from different (European) countries and the differences are huge. There were also novels (which all of us read) and advice books. And thousands and thousands of different Witch-related media. At peak popularity there were yearly official Witch conventions where you could get autographs from artists etc. Witch was huge and very important for a lot of girls - at least when I was growing up.

[@agr0nianTV]

Well damn that's a much bigger than I thought it would be

[@TentaiNoHikari]

Omg, I have so many Witch magazines back home, some books and a neckless like the one Will had. I spend so much money on this XD I loved Witch so much and I still do. Even with the worst parts in the end. And it could have some new interesting stories that they foreshadowed but did nothing.

[@annaguch2549]

Are you Polish? Cause this totally looks like Polish W.I.T.C.H.!

[@a4rosli]

I have a book on my bookshelf, where the main characters are fans of the W.I.T.C.H. XD W.I.T.C.H. was a huge thing.

[@hatguyfan22]

That sounds like the Dutch and Italian (origin) Witch books. I remember going on Witch-tk (i think thats the name) and seeing the covers for all the different Witch books. There were so many!

[@FLJPF]

"The graphic novels were originally released in Italy in 2001 and came to the *West* in 2002." Uhm... Italy (and EU) is part of the West.

[@SHGogo-df5jr]

I guess that's technically true. But at least in many English online communities when people say West they think like America and maybe Canda. Maybe here though he meant it moved more west than where it initially came out?

[@xxMpEGxx]

I just realised that I considered Europe being the center, east is Asia and West is America Yes the world revolves around Europe for me

[@reithehunter]

The wester west

[@siegeslander9759]

@@xxMpEGxx Nope that would be Middle East, the center of the World. But I have to give Europe for being ruthless colonizers in the world.

[@SomeOneWithAHoodie]

Sound Braker *Canda*

[@lovelostfashion]

You mean “what happened to the best and most underrated show”

[@loriblackangelsnow]

it was hyped like crazy where i live and every pre-teen girl watched the show back then. yeah i completely and utterly disagree with it being underrated. actually back then i thought that it was overrated and only watched it to fit in bc you were a looser if you were a girl that didnt watch w.i.t.c.h.

[@ericonmarzs]

@@loriblackangelsnow whoa I'm pretty sure in Australia hardly anyone new about it but then again I doubt many guys would've talked about it so maybe it was popular with the girls, I probably wouldn't have know if it was.

[@learnwithme8946]

Hannah PERIODT!!

[@lovelostfashion]

Snowii im from England nobody knows what it is and they only showed a random episode late at night 🥴

[@malekchannel9064]

Sign the petition guys!

[@KostidisYGO]

Dude they are more stories that haven't been relished outside of europe. At one point the girls get more powerfull, they get extra weapons(not what you think) and open a school to teach magic to magical people like them

[@mortem4573]

w h a t

[@shankira9391]

OMG what

[@KostidisYGO]

@@shankira9391Are you from the USA?

[@chargestone96]

this sounds like winx club and not this lol

[@juliaklaavo9286]

I loved The dude that drove The magic school bus

[@MuniraHoosain]

I LOVED W.I.T.C.H growing up. Disney really hit that pre-teen worldwide demographic thing well.

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

It's the shame there's no third Season of W.I.T.C.H. because back in Season 2 in "U is for Undivided" we learn why Hay Lin and Cornelia were chosen to be guardian of Air and Earth by the oracle but never explained by Will, Irma and Taranee why their choesn to be guardians exccept for a hint for the next Season which never happened.

[@sagittariusseiya8310]

Kerry Gligorovic, if someone or 4Kids would bring W.I.T.C.H. back, that would be fantastic for the W.I.T.C.H. fans.

[@tsukurikata774]

@@sagittariusseiya8310 There's the comic reboot now so I'm praying for a show reboot as well 🙏

[@shnn_twt]

@@tsukurikata774 comic reboot? where?

[@camperdontcamp6998]

@@shnn_twt reboot suck

[@m.m.mefuyayuki1550]

Okay now I need to re-watch this and Winx and Sailor Moon and Sakura card captor and Tokyo Mew Mew and Candy and Shugo Chara and. . .

[@heartoflinnea2131]

If your going to rewatch Winx, you'll be better of stopping after season four or five... after that it just all falls apart and goes to... I don't even know what....

[@Casxedy_Rez]

@@heartoflinnea2131 it gives morals though

[@Mayathesnakegc]

Let's... L-let's not talk about Sakura. I'll straight up cry in public

[@tfnvv5469]

And Magical witch doremi, Sabrina the animated series, totally spies, Kitchen Princess, Special A, Kodocha, Fruits Basket, kiki’s delivery service, hamtaro, Wedding Peach (lol), kurohime

[@shireenrazak7160]

@@Mayathesnakegc why? Just asking- Oh, maybe I know.

[@_niyabella]

KZbin Rec @ 12 p.m.: What Happened to W.I.T.C.H. Me: I really don't care... KZbin Rec @ 1 a.m.: What Happened to W.I.T.C.H. Me: man _what did_ happen to W.I.T.C.H.

[@EmpoleonBob]

11 hours makes a huge difference

[@emmaolivera3018]

Same

[@SakuraMoonflower]

XD I loved the show to pieces, watched it in my late teens, early twenties. The writing, the music, the designs: gorgeous.

[@simonecarnemolla7350]

why is that so correct?

[@anyways111]

lol word

[@mjana.1865]

I remember the time I had THE necklace and thought the only way I could get my powers was when I broke it and drank that purple liquid. I don't know if I have to drink more of it or my powers aren't ready to come out yet

[@skrytetemnoty7590]

Oh my gosh 😅

[@Onsvaltti]

..... There are necklaces? 👀

[@mjana.1865]

@@Onsvaltti yeah! In my 6 y/o eyes, they were pure magic lol

[@rougestarlight4308]

Maybe you power is resurrection

[@mjana.1865]

@@rougestarlight4308 maybe

[@MezzoMuse]

The thing with the panel reading: Some people just actually do read like this. I usually read from left to right in anything (which makes reading manga instead of comics pretty uncomfortable for me because you start at the back and read the right side first) so I do understand why the panels are set like this.

[@allylambert8470]

I was OBSESSED with WITCH when I was a teenager and I still love it today. I’d kill for it to come back with more seasons

[@ericonmarzs]

Same here

[@Ninitendo]

I am going to rewatch it again. Wish me luck.

[@malekchannel9064]

Sign the petition!!

[@willvandom4648]

Same

[@FritzFoxPirate]

Totally with you

[@fannyforfun3670]

I loved WITCH. I think I found it at the perfect age, and I adored the art style of the comic. As a middle schooler, the girls and their issues were all very relateable, as you said.

[@SweetyLeia]

Witch Magazine was my life. Thanks for the magical trip to memory lane!

[@bynauchiha]

i still keep some of them magazines couldnt give them up even after i grew up so much memories

[@anais3678]

Holy shit this was my childhood!!!! I probs have 100 of those

[@TwilightWolf032]

The graphic novel started with a dark and bleaker tone than the rest of the series, setting up existentialist crisis, passing of a family member, fear for the future after moving to another city, etc. Heck, there was even one chapter where Will makes clones of all of them to investigate Meridian, but she can't make one of herself properly because she's afraid she'll take her place like she saw Taranee's taking hers! Then Disney decided to move the creator of series to another country for a different project and threw in a bunch of writers and illustrators who didn't really coordinate well with one another and ended up creating a whole mess! Elyon went from being subservient to Phobos and actively taking part in his plans, trying to convince the girls to take her side, acting like the victim when they defend themselves from Vathek, helped kidnap and torture Taranee and fled after things got bad for her. Then the substitute writers did a 180º, dropped out of nowhere that Elyon was the "Light of Meridian" and transformed her into an innocent child being kept from the truth, invented a guy that was destined to be Cornelia's boyfriend for the sake of a cheap drama after he just stood in front of Phobos and let himself get struck by his magic (seriously, he knew Phobos was way out of his league at that point, he was the one who said it to the girls), and suddenly the goal had been shifted from closing the portals to freeing Meridian from the usurper ruler! Then they got out of ideas pretty quickly and abandoned the magical setting for the best written chapters, kept recycling the same plot points, the elements had to test them every other Tuesday, Caleb was written out of the story by breaking up with Cornelia because he saw her base form, the art kept shifting constantly between arcs or even chapters back to back in some cases, each girl was given a story with a different boy multiple times (especially Irma, who kept revealing her use of magic), among various other problems. The worst chapter was the one with the obligatory environmental message, which was outright insulting to the audience! Thankfully the animated series was much better! Instead of following the graphic novel, they decided on a single goalpost and threaded the plot carefully to not deviate from it, took inspiration from the most creative concepts and took them to a direction that made sense for what had been established before and did a good job at pacing the series. It's a shame that Disney was an ass to the creator and removed her from the series. I don't know what her plan was for the series, but from the very beginning it was clear she wasn't going to for the bubbly happy ending that we got after Ch7.

[@IYS0IYS]

According to the authors, Elyon was supposed to be the sixth witch, her powers were the powers of time, nature and death, she should have been the guardian of the Metaworld. All the girls were supposed to be attracted by the evil side, by the Metaworld, crossing the barrier, and even fighting each others. They were supposed to be able to transform themeselves into animals too. The themes of transformation and being stuck between the Metaworld and the Earth were some of the main themes as a metaphore of adolescence. In the end Elyon would have sacrificed her life to save the other witches and redeem herself (I'm sorry if I made some mistakes but English it's not my mother tongue).

[@TwilightWolf032]

@@IYS0IYS Don't worry, your English is really good. And thanks for letting me know, I did not think they had something so dark in mind. I can see why it wouldn't fly as a Disney property, and I'm glad we got the animated series to bring up quality writing with the world she created while maintaining a lighter tone, but I wish the author got to complete the story she had started creating. That seems really interesting.

[@danielperez143]

This used to be my shit growing up😂. Me and my sis used to love watching this show, hell we used to even dance to the theme song together.

[@coolbeans5911]

Same🤣 the good ol' days

[@Rviere]

Same with me and my sister!! 🙌

[@danielperez143]

@@Rviere awesome 🖒

[@heathazezero3967]

Have the theme song downloaded as an mp3,i play Megaman X4 to that shit

[@talic-os5899]

"Irma, Cornelia, Hay Lin, and Taranee" That's not the order in which you should pronounce their names....

[@Mayathesnakegc]

Wicht

[@Linkonpark100]

Like Witchita!

[@GreetingsFromBlackwoodFarm]

@@Linkonpark100 Wichita

[@tiannabarber5388]

I promise it’s not that deep....

[@Nicolele22]

I don't get this

[@Rooiku]

Video: "what happened to W.I.T.C.H? also video: we also don't really know.

[@dfddsfer4tv4g4b]

winx club happened

[@luckiness9500]

show adaptation got cancelled but comic line series are still up

[@themissdodaable]

@@dfddsfer4tv4g4b in Italy happened exactly like that

[@chaomiyaki2887]

The comic series is still up??? Because in France, it literally DISAPPEARED since a few YEARS and I'm so sad about that. ;^;

[@Minalou5]

Yeah, in Germany too

[@fridatrolle]

You think The Girl drama is unrealistic... obviously, you’ve never been a schoolgirl.

[@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516]

I have been to high school and I never had these issues. It's not every boy or girl's experience. I agree with Negative Legend.

[@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516]

Also he is a man but I guess you were joking.

[@ambj.1242]

@@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516 It's still a big thing....why do you think it's always used.

[@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516]

@@ambj.1242 Because it's a cringey trope writers believe all female readers like to read. They forget about their other readers who prefer realistic stories and characters like Say "I love you" by Kanae Hazuki and the series Clannad not this dumb stereotypical stories that most people don't relate to. Witch only got the art from anime and manga the story is nothing like how well written Highschool drama are written in Japan. Itazura Na Kiss and Honey So Sweet are more like REAL highschool life and romance.

[@ambj.1242]

@@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516 It's in the book because girl drama is a thing...idgaf about the book you wrote hun.

[@burningexeter4365]

The show is legit underrated.

[@masterofthelyokianmonsters2886]

I bet, I’ve never heard of it before today.

[@mushy7775]

Ikr

[@burningexeter4365]

@MCMXCIX MM W.I.T.C.H was and still is one of the best things Jetix ever did.

[@burningexeter4365]

@MCMXCIX MM Now that third season sounded interesting.

[@renaxakai3]

Considering only about half the comic series has been officially translated into English, there is a lot most don't know. There is an unofficial fan translation available online, but now that Yen Press is rereleasing the series, and retranslating it, then there is a good chance that people will learn about all that was never brought over. Yes, they eventually got new powers, and that is what you were seeing. An offhanded comment in the show (if I remember correctly may have been the comics as well), by Hay-Lin, when she saw her grandmother's guardian form, she mentioned that her grandmother looked like how she looked in her wedding photo. So they basically transform into what their bodies would be like in their prime. It kinda makes more sense, since they'd be physically stronger when in their prime. The popular reason why W.I.T.C.H. was canceled in the USA, was because of it competing with Winx Club, and losing. The comics lasted until they ended in 2012, but only in their original country. I am not too sure when the comics were canceled in the USA, but my guess is that they weren't selling too well and were canceled when the show was. Hopefully, you continue to read the comics, as they get reprinted.

[@renaxakai3]

I forgot to mention how eventually they did away with the 12 chapter arcs. And I think that the current arc that is being released, The Book of Elements, is the first one to start this trend, it being 16 chapters, well, 4 volumes for us in the states.

[@RolandTemplar]

Well, was sad

[@ladybugamks]

Yen Press to the rescue again! Their re-release of Fruits Basket is incredible!

[@renaxakai3]

I kinda like Seven Seas more, since they translate more obscure things usually. Plus, Yen Press loves to make their stuff pretty expensive in comparison to other companies. Buying manga is already expensive.

[@versusVII]

I'm italian and I can confirm. Winx copied the base idea of witch (5 magical girl with different characteristics). Then witch tried to copy winx introducing new fashion outfits and hobbies for all the girls (in winx season 3 the girls all started to sing, so witch made all the group loving hip hop dance, even to Irma, the most goofy). All these changes to make the W.I.T.C.H. all the same was what made me abandon the comic, the girls felt no more unique.

[@zephyrautumnscythe]

i remember collecting the magazines and save up from my daily allowance just to purchase it every month

[@bymonikka]

Saaaame !!

[@amonkeyandamouseproductions]

Same 2

[@jangsxmins3122]

same

[@michcy1351]

Right back at yah! It was totally worth it not buying the snacks just to buy the magazines😂

[@AngelKaty8]

What happened to the magazines? I do not rememebee my last magazine and why I stopped Reading this... I miss this

[@aronsmith2688]

Let's not forget that the movie "The incredibles" was made in 2004 and then in 2018 they made "The incredibles 2". So after 14 years they made the second film. Maybe if the directors want they can produce W.I.T.C.H again😍

[@zacky6533]

I love how it's immediately telling, that the show was made in the early/mid 2000s just by hearing the theme song. 😁

[@StarryInkArt]

Yep :>

[@catrianheir]

It's also immediately telling that I was still enough of a whippersnapper back then that I think it's an unironically actually good song. Like I'd listen to it at work if it's on spotify... I'm just gonna go check that real quick

[@SuperShana97]

I really loved W.I.T.C.H more then Winx Club because they have more character development and potential. Also, it's more diverse as you said, I wish other magical girls are like this (I mean in Japan). I should continued reading the graphic novel. Can you please do what happened to Shaman King?

[@championboy4782]

Yep, loved this show.

[@championboy4782]

@Jeremy Jones execution makes all the differance.

[@SuperShana97]

Jeremy Jones I think taranee is half black and half Asian.

[@optiona3667]

What was really interesting to me was the amount of diversity (from what I remember) there was the different body types, family backgrounds, and personal experiences. Where in Winx, everyone was a princess of some kind, had lost a parent, had a boyfriend and didn’t have character depth beyond one note character arcs

[@SuperShana97]

@Shaman X I requested it. I read the manga a long time ago and it was a lot better then the anime. I know that the author was planning to make a reboot but they got cancelled due to the original voice actors.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

The fact that W.I.T.C.H. ended after 2 seasons while Winx Club is STILL GOING ON, is a crime of the highest level. Like seriously, one's an action packed, complex, fantasy adventure with slice of life elements.....and the other is a glorified toy commerical for discount barbie dolls.

[@raniab5487]

Oh i remember this part where Wills mom started dating her teacher and she didnt know how to react so she thought he must be a monster in disguise and all the girls tried to catch him in the act. That was kinda realistic. That she made him out to be a bad guy since je might take her mom away from her. That was a good concept n

[@Aether_Real1207]

Well I remember liking both. Also the new thing they made and called “Winx club” isn’t WINX CLUB I don’t wtf they made like they changed everything. The real Winx club stopped at season 4

[@raniab5487]

@@Aether_Real1207 true. I used to like both too but i dropped winx club

[@aeoligarlic4024]

I think it's kinda how the animation can't really compare to how beautifully drawn the comics were

[@cindymcglaughlin309]

I was a huge fan of the Winx Club. Loved Winx at some point, but I moved on to characters that had actual character development, and weren't boy crazy teens with magical powers.

[@AngelaTehaha]

This unlocked a deep memory I didn’t know I had

[@anitaschafer567]

Omg I subscribed to the magazine when I was a kid 😭 and also read some of the graphic novels. I'm experiencing some serious flashbacks rn

[@nicolev-mg3mp]

Me too I loved it when I was little

[@ayaashraf-wr8ki]

please do Totally Spies! if you haven't, they've also got a comic book series that i remember loving.

[@annejia5382]

Totally Spies!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@ayaashraf-wr8ki]

@MCMXCIX MM ouh i actually didn't know that. I will go watch some videos.

[@Love25648]

Totally spies 😍🤷‍♀️😍😍

[@KlaraL-_-]

I only knew a about the tv series. I totally adored it!

[@wearesurvivorsx]

Immediately got the tune in my head😂🙈

[@Nessmess001]

never watched the show, but the comics were honestly super good? Even for adults, damn. Sure it had its flaws but, in general, the character development and plot were so good

[@Love25648]

Nessmess the comics were good

[@KuR58]

totally agreed! the effort, respect and emotion put into the character development was so great!!

[@Demigod2NE3]

Agree. It was waayyy better than the tv show.

[@shamkand]

Yes the comic books were good, but also had extra info, but when they made the second edition and also published them as novels (the novels were confusing and did not have the same info) and only came out years later in 2008 :)) So after I saw that the comic books are better I stopped buying the novels (I have 2 volumes), but I have all the books, extra stories, and comic books :)

[@dionysos46]

It pioneering the modern girl power entertainment, and probably how the Disney Princesses franchises will evolve with Tangled series & Frozen 2... The graphism was great, like an manga/Disney Italia hybrid in Art Nouveau style...

[@Peanutwhiskers77]

I’m still salty they didn’t renew the show, I loved WITCH so much and this video made me feel very nostalgic

[@braincabbage]

I always loved the art of the Witch comics and honestly I still do. Aged well, they were just actually good. Not like Winx haha

[@gunnarkvinlaug7226]

They used writers and cartonist from the regular italien Disney production of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck to make the comics, wild the cartoon was a frensh product.

[@Casxedy_Rez]

Winx is better for me =3

[@StarryInkArt]

Agreed

[@jazzy8834]

@@gunnarkvinlaug7226YESSSS W.i.t.c.h's art is georgeous, you should check out the original artist , he is called Alessandro Barbucci and he is amazing!

[@sikerslalatm3147]

foreverVanney though winx lasted longer

[@leila_de_hautjardin]

Witch should get a Netflix live adaptation instead of Winx. It has way more potential.

[@Revsoshi]

True but I don't know if they would whoever Works behind witch would have that choice winx is different since rainbow is all about money nowadays

[@MariaRomero-us7hf]

Leila I loved both shows but Netflix is making a live adaptation of this!!!!! When

[@soph6008]

Winx is getting WHAT?! * sigh * Oh no. Not again. They already screwed up Black Butler and Death Note. 😑

[@Revsoshi]

@@soph6008 they did Black Butler? I mean death note wasn't terrible but it wasn't good either

[@daltonhall5888]

@@soph6008 You might be even more worried, their making a live action Avatar show, but there are much better hopes for it than the blasted curse they call a movie.

[@maxineyang1332]

WITCH WAS MY CHILDHOOD OMG 😭 I was kinda disappointed when they discontinued the series

[@dionysos46]

The original authors turned on her personal work, Monster Allergy, and the copyright of WITCH wasn't that clear than the non intellectual property of Ken Rosa's Duck Comics.

[@learnnailswithme7041]

W.i.t.c.h, winx club, tokyo mew mew, sailor moon. They all gave me the best childhood ever! Thank you for making me think I was magical! All my leaf and berry potions did something, believing I could talk to nature, control the wind and shoot fire out my hands. Thank you! I hope my daughter might watch these and I can see the magic live through her now 💖

[@falonsherrard6004]

OMG I don't think I've ever heard/seen someone else mention tokyo mew mew. I thought I made it up!!!

[@learnnailswithme7041]

@@falonsherrard6004 it is certainly real my friend 😍😍 my number 1 show

[@fionnathehuman6610]

No one ever talks about Mew Mew Power. I loved that growing up!!

[@learnnailswithme7041]

@@fionnathehuman6610 same! I was gutted 4kids lost the rights to the rest of the show 😭

[@sabrina1380m]

@@learnnailswithme7041 I share your same sentiment Those shows were a big part of my childhood too

[@KIDSMENU10000]

As an european we had this on Jetix My favourite show ever... I loved how hardcore the show was in a girly theme... I wish they could have pushed it more to hardcore style

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

KIDSMENU10000 definitely better then Sailor Moon

[@Erika-xm2mi]

@@PancakemonsterFO4 Don't. Sailor Moon is in a league of its own.

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

Erika i have pictures of Pro-Jared cosplaying as Sailor Mercury, it’s said that you’ll never be able to recover from that

[@dennei9705]

Jetix is european culture i swear

[@TiinkerBells]

The "wrong" reading order is how I would read it, it doesn't seem logical to me to jump to the panel below instead of the one next to it.

[@smileybits7833]

Same with me! But maybe people have other reading styles

[@nananoyume7338]

I'm french, and I grew up with witch magazines ( all of my teenagers years... so nostalgic ). And, yes, Witch did continue a lot. Actually, this is like really far from all the things with Kandrakar. Here, the bus is a school, because the new mission for the girls is to find some magical kids and teach them how to use their powers. So the bus is entirely magical, every witch has her own classroom ( they'rereally cool ) and they protect magic and the kids. They'll have to fight against a group of magical ladies, but it's in the future. The asian family you see are important in this story line, the father opened a magical portal but lost one of his daughter because sh went into this world, due to that, he wants to erase all of the magic.The Witches will fight this, and also discovered the other world which is kinda cool

[@aurorem.7307]

Oh yes! And don't forget that whole arc where they had to delve deeper into their own element and eventually got a power up (which are the new looks you see here). It's my favorite part, the designs were gorgeous! Also, the French opening to the WITCH cartoon is just great!

[@RandoomDude]

Like what arc is it specifically? Are there any links to like an english witch wiki on it?

[@nananoyume7338]

@@RandoomDude It's an arc where each witch had to face a big event, a big change in her life, while they are fighting an evil demeter ( kind off ). For example, Irma fall in love with a new boy, and she has to choose between her power and her love. Hay Lin has to move from her house, and she has to accept it. Etc etc...

[@mntaaa2]

Can I find it online? In English?

[@nananoyume7338]

@@mntaaa2 Wow, I'm not sure at all. I already have some difficulties to find it in French sooo... :/

[@worriercat]

I'm Italian and still cannot believe that I did not know this show was Italian! I guess the early 2000s were the golden era of Italy. Kind of sad that the big animation productions slowly vanished away.

[@anacatarina_teixeira]

about the page layout/setup - could this be a European thing? I for one naturally read the page in the order thats said to be "wrong" anyone else have this sensation?

[@ericonmarzs]

I think it might be more to do with it trying to copy Japanese manga maybe, as you'd read that from the right but you go across before you'd go down, so reversing that to reading from the left for their comic, as someone who reads a lot of manga its natural for me to go across before I'll go down the page.

[@jack0lantern03]

As an European, I can confirm it's a bit of an European schtick. And good golly, I recognised all those other one-page comics he showed in there.

[@ashey2332]

Think so. The wrong order actually made sense

[@sitron7224]

European here, I also read it naturally in the way it was written to be? I never thought about it before, but American comics rely more on the flow of the text to make sense, while European comics have more solid rules for what order to read panels in? I think?

[@anjabone9177]

I'm German but grew up in the States and I also read it the way it was intended

[@aby166]

I remember collecting the magazines of WITCH when I was 11-12, I actually saved my allowance so that I could buy the issues every month. It's a pretty popular magazine here in the Philippines during the early 2000s. :)

[@teddysdollistuffs]

It so sad when the last issue of Witch Magazine ended in 2009 under the titled "Wished Away" :( I think it cost 95 pesos

[@teddysdollistuffs]

In Philippines :D but in the other country the comic magazine is continue

[@夢愛-h2u]

im glad that it got popular in some countries, here in the u.s. its pretty much unheard of and it was a real struggle to find the novels when i was a kid

[@missrandomcript7346]

My brother is an avid fan, nakikibasa lang ako haha. I never know may cartoon pala Lols😅

[@ninnamargareth6679]

OMGG MERON SA PILIPINAS 😭

[@gerrymin6298]

Cornelia dreamed of Caleb for years before finally meeting him in the underworld. The comics are WAY better than the show. Reading it you quickly grasp the layout. Elyon is very important for the plot, no, it doesn't work better in the show. The show didn't show her relationship with Cornelia and her slow turning to the dark side. Also you don't see the dilemma Cornelia is facing- should she live in the past and focus on her dream boy or live in the present and date Taranee's brother. Will's family drama isn't present - her mom getting married to her most hated history teacher. Irma's split personality - the hot guardian who gets the boys and the real girl who's only liked by a nerd. Also she has a terrible relationship with her dad. Taranee goes from a boring nerd to a street dancer who dates a "bad boy". Hay Lynn was a weirdo, understood only by her grandmother who passed away soon after. The comics were for teens, the show was for kids.

[@sparo_art]

Thanks ! Exactly :D

[@drawingsticks5333]

Irma has a great relationship with her dad, she was always arguing with her mom and it was a bit messy at times because she was not her biological mom. Will had the shitty dad. Also Taranee wasn't boring, Ingo it was the dance thing that got weird.

[@tonyalex4305]

Also in the comics they had a few updates on the costumes after a while, that's why he didn't recognise hay lin's

[@sleepingfrog]

THIS! Thank you! The Comics were/are so much better than the show what has been such a big cringe to watch. When I heard they reprint the whole comics (since I never got all the magazines back then) I instantly ordered them all and am currently waiting for the next one :D

[@igorsaker2334]

EXACTLY!! Also Taranee's bad boy had problems with the prosecutor... who was her mother.

[@chelsearenee838]

"Why do they all have boyfriends?" You were never a preteen girl were you?

[@pumpkinpatch7841]

No matter the age, just because you WANT a boyfriend doesn't mean you GET a boyfriend 🤷

[@cosmicofthestars3095]

i once had a friend who almost got someone pregnant at 11 (and no it wasn’t r@p3), my friends got married at kindergarten, and boyfriends. SO. MANY. BOYFRIENDS. glad to know im not the only one who saw relationships at an early age -

[@aeoligarlic4024]

Never had one until i was 29 lol

[@soyjoyy]

I was, never had those experiences, same for everyone I know. Everyone was too busy simping after drawn men and/or watching trash reality TV, cartoons, anime etc. So no, not everyone shares your experiences, far from it.

[@nikibasilius4787]

I think that the problem with the pages, how you read them... is because the comics are from Italy. I guess each region ex. America/Europe/Japan has different comic structure. I am from Europe so the thing that you said that was weird with the pages... it didn't look weird to me..... But that's just a theory.... I dont know😅

[@kleberxd1803]

I totally agree! I'm from Europe too and the pages looked totally fine to me

[@fermintenava5911]

It's honestly just reading the whole thing from left to right - I also had no problems.

[@linkolek]

I saw this a few times already. I think it's (in case of a few panels on one side 1 on the other) : America - widest panel decides the "row". First all on the left, then all on the right. Europe - The "top" of the panel decides the order. (there is less stuff from my continent and there is more diversity, so it doesn't always worl like that). I hpe it makes more sense like this.

[@kidrauhllover100]

Yeah, I am from Europe too and didn't have a problem with reading. I don't know why he would read top bottom and then right. It's always left right and theb you go down

[@linkolek]

@@kidrauhllover100 In USA they seem to look at these 2 on the one side, 1 on the other panels and think: "it's a single panel divided into two" . Or something like that.

[@beanl]

The way the page was displayed at about minute 3:00 is how it's supposed to be. In the west we read top to bottom and right to left, in that order. So we do go first panel, long second panel at the top, third panel (second from the top), and then the others :) that's how it's intuitive to most people, and that's what we're taught in comic classes. (source: I'm an illustrator and took some comic related classes 🤘🏼)

[@Motuochez]

That still doesn't make sense bc then you would read the long panel on the right first, then the other two on the left (the way you describe is how manga is read, not how we read at least in Europe). Also I remember being confused about the panels many times bc it wasn't consistent, like sometimes it would go like in the video, and sometimes it would go correctly like how people are used to read it. This was also a problem with many western comics they published here so I feel like even the creators weren't sure lmaoo

[@yom100]

@@Motuochez No she's right, the priority order you should read is: 1. top left 2. top right 3. bottom left 4. bottom right to put it simple.

[@yom100]

@@Motuochez - so since the page you showed had that long panel at the right, it was higher on the page, so you should read that one before the one under the first, which makes sense if you follow 'the rule' (top > left > right > bottom)

[@killemwifkindness]

When I was young that really didn't bother me much lol. If I feel like the the way I'm reading doesn't make sense I'll just read it again in alternate order through the panels. But I can see the struggle cuz the Eastern way of the reading order and the Western way is different, and I was reading a lot of manga back then whilst also catching up with Disney magazines. I guess I eventually doesn't care much how it should be done as long as I made sense of what I was reading lol

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

It's confusing for Asians / those used to Japanese/etc media lol

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

DISNEY NEEDS TO MAKE A THIRD SEASON OF W.I.T.C.H. AND BEYOND.....

[@malekchannel9064]

We need to Make a huge petition!

[@Demisearts]

They was actually close at it in 2018

[@slevinchannel7589]

The Problem i had with the Show was mainly that the Friends of Will were so much less relatable in every Situation. That was bad. And yeah, that 'supposedely' being more mature Nonsense was also pretty badly executed. Anyway: Can someone perhaps tell me where to find (best would be online) these Comic Books?

[@willvandom4648]

Tem-sama why did they quit

[@GuremaManaba]

Thanks for upload more episodes!!!🤙👍rayt

[@lme4339]

In Germany we only got the comics as magazines and later as books (when I say later, I mean YEARS later).

[@AAProductionx]

I'm from Portugal and it was the same!!

[@AAProductionx]

I'm from Portugal and it was the same!!

[@etorresrodz]

Same in Mexico

[@hilindig]

I just loved the drawings, like crazy. I bought the comic monthly, and it was the best moment of the month. I am 30 yo, lol. edit: I was 12/16 yo when I read the comic monthly. I am considering buying all of them again, in a nice format.

[@akaipapermoon2226]

@@ariane1263 There's no age to enjoy things we like...even gender :p

[@nathalie9897]

Considering the same!

[@mikeira]

Same! I'm 23

[@RainyRunningRiver]

Good luck finding them! Ive tried

[@Mictlantecuhtli]

@@RainyRunningRiver Lol, I still have them, but in my language. 28 years of age.

[@annaomodeo7318]

I am from Italy and I remember buying the very first release of this comics and there were usually collectible toys coming with the volumes (that's why you see a perfume). It was one of the best reading of my childhood and i cannot tell you HOW FAMOUS this got in my country it was everywhere and every one of my friends read it.

[@viciouskifli]

I'm from Poland and it was the shit in my primary school as well. All girl friend groups had their own witch club, where each girl had one of the characters assigned. We would meet and read the comics together and one year we even dressed up as witch for our version of halloween. I was obsessed with Hay Lin and started collecting alien toys, while my friend who liked Will had a frog collection. Oh man...good times

[@zoeamz]

It was really big in Spain too! I remember having a photo of me and my magazines featured on them 😂

[@MakingSpiritualityReal]

@@viciouskifli ahhh te kolejki do kiosku po nowy numer ;D

[@dariasalska5778]

@@viciouskifli i remember it! I would always bring it to school for other girls to read, the only time ever I was popular 😂😂 I had a whole big stash of the magazines but I dunno where they are now sadly

[@kripolik]

It was really big in Czech Republic as well! I had a lot of magazines but I guess my mom throw them away because I don't remember seeing them in a while :/

[@masamoon1887]

I really hope WITCH gets more recognition later. On a probably much smaller scale, I consider it as our generation equivalent of Sailor Moon. We all loved it. But none of us would have admitted watching it at school.

[@catboy5682]

Komaeda.

[@Love25648]

I admit reading it and I’m in my 20s lol

[@Rebelivy-6]

"Are they in a band??" hahha no they found out that more children has powers and started a school for them in a magic bus!

[@gloomyambivert]

Lol can you imagine them being a k-pop girl group

[@dreajp]

Technically, the layout isn't that big of a deal LOL I would just read the way the bubbles are coming in order, not the boxes. Mainly because the artwork in that box was vertical but the the bubble was as high as the first boxes bubble. Just read from left to right.

[@dreamerdazegirl]

I guess he never really read a typical manga. it's the same layout to me except in manga we read it "backwards"

[@DanniTheL]

Yeah I immediately wanted to help him out lol. That is the way it should be layed out.

[@dreajp]

@@dreamerdazegirl EXACTLY, because I believe every piece of Asian text is right to left instead of left to right including the movement of the pages.

[@paulapearlman]

So this is interesting because we were talking about this in my comics class (I major in writing/drawing comics). The layout that he was talking about actually is confusing for an American reader. This is possibly because in a lot of popular (American) comics, there’s a certain order of panels and also many newspapers have the “funnies” which are typically 3-4 panels read in one row and so we’re conditioned to read directly across and then move down. Because the tops of the panels line up, we would read that top panel on the left and then the long panel on the right. When you reverse it, and have the long panel on the left with the two smaller on the right, we naturally understand to read right and down.

[@lime9985]

I'm italian, I remember when everyone was obsessed with them. I really loved this show and comics. I'm nostalgic 😢

[@S_T_fania]

Vero io lo guardavo su fressbee

[@mashimellow9853]

Ahhh same

[@MrSasyB]

Witch>>>>>>>winx

[@lime9985]

ma raga i fumetti? avevo un'amica che ne aveva una cesta intera piena, assurdo

[@liotari8022]

Anch'io 😭💕

[@teraphIl1000]

I'm French and although I'd already stopped reading *_W.I.T.C.H._* by 2009 that magazine brought back so many memories!

[@Loopynesss]

same!!

[@greenxlady4585]

I grew up with the series from 'bibliothèque rose', which I guess was the book series, but also watched the show at the same time. I was too young to really grasp that the show was made much later and was so confused about the hugely different plotlines. Also, listening to him speaking french was hilarious!

[@alaebk7825]

I have soooooo many of them

[@Coeurlarme]

Same, and then I realized it was the teaching magical bus storyline, and I got so mad because I hate that storyline (still better than that bullshit S.M.S thing wtf was up with that i still don't get it).

[@nzilanifrancq5838]

@@greenxlady4585 attends je crois que j'ai completement loupé la bibliothèque rose. Ça raconter quoi??

[@123Saulytea]

the magasine was huge in Lithuania and there was so much merch and everyone collected all issues and it was all insanely overpriced and everyone had them all :D there were backpacks, beach towels, umbrellas, so much merch.

[@AlexandraSCH]

Same in Romania ✨🫶🏼

[@annafirnen4815]

In my country it was coming out as as an original magazine, not part of a Disney one. There always was some kind of souvenir with it, like a lip gloss, little mirror, perfume, bracelet, ring and necklace (once it was the heart of Kandrakar). I was collecting all the magazines up to some point. Until I got grew up a little. Still It has a special place in my heart. I remember when my mum made me this dress Will is wearing at 9:50 but in purple for a costume party in my school. She is the champ, she even made the hat.

[@FallenKuroTaiyo]

Oh man, I remember those magazines! I bet my mom still has the heart somewhere in her basement along with that sand of time knockoff thing they put in! I loved picking those up when buying groceries with my mom... pretty sure I have some of the graphic novels they rereleased somewhere too...

[@agr0nianTV]

Your mom is damn cool

[@StrawberryManiac14]

OMGGG I used to save up my pocket money to buy those when they came out every month or so! they were like £2.40 or something - I'm sure I still have them stored (if my kid sister hasn't ransacked it... 😑)

[@meyer7059]

oooh i've been collecting magazines too! they were very cheap in my country.

[@asleepbyseven]

ugh I remember getting a bat necklace from the magazine and I was so happy with it, so witchy

[@Maliel_Devil91]

Sailor Moon got me into W.i.t.c.h., W.i.t.c.h. got me into Winx Club, and Winx Club got me a lot of other anime and animated TV series.

[@crausrosetharianam.3045]

Same

[@ingemarloes]

Same

[@maumaumaria-g5e]

Whaaatttt It was the total opposite order for me hahaha Because idk Winx is more children friendly so I started watching it earlier, and then W.I.T.C.H (but I was quite scared of it) and then eventually Sailor moon

[@brieicatatrx5467]

Same

[@cindymcglaughlin309]

Exactly the same, but mew mew power should be dropped somewhere in between WITCH and Winx Club

[@Fantallana]

Man, everything from Witch is SO much nicer to look at than Winx.

[@MateriaHunter]

Yeah. Wth is up with their waists?

[@gabiflaczek3148]

Yes. All winx character has THE SAME BODY SHAPE wheres in Witch (especially in comiks) the have so different body types - compare Hay Lin with Irma. Also male characters in Witch are much more handsome.

[@theirishviking9278]

Wasn't winxs originally made in flash?

[@inaworldfulloftrashbagsbet2023]

@@theirishviking9278 everything after the fourth season was made in flash

[@arlon1563]

oh my god the facts

[@talkingqueen9587]

I actually never watched the show, just read the books and comics. I have almost a complete collection of the witch books :)

[@talkingqueen9587]

@Madyson Moore none of them are in english 😶

[@lunaperez5036]

"Cornelia seems happy... not used of that." LMAO.

[@lastbastion3333]

Cornelia is the best tho

[@MonkeyAmongBirds]

Oh wow, this is such a nostalgia bomb! I LOOOOVED the comic series when I was in middle school!

[@DarkwaveNecro]

Same here, I loved WITCH so much.

[@Muriuki34]

French here. I remember when W.I.T.C.H. was first published, my big sis used to buy this magazine. Originally it was called "Minnie Mag" as opposed to "W.I.T.C.H. mag", because it was meant to be a more girl oriented counterpart to Mickey's Journal (which as far as I'm aware is still going on today), but W.I.T.C.H. just got THAT popular at some point.

[@VinegarCrisp]

Muriuki french here as well ✋🏼 je me rappelle, y’a vraiment eu une énorme période witch. on avait tous les livres de la bibliothèque rose, et on avait continué avec le witch mag. ça manque, rien que le générique était super

[@leila_de_hautjardin]

@@VinegarCrisp French too ! J'ai découvert Witch avec les magazines. J'ai apprécié la BD. Je trouve que le ton est un peu plus mature que dans le dessin animé. Leurs soucis d'ado et les conflits avec leur responsabilité de sorcières sont racontées de façon assez réaliste. Par contre j'avoue que les intrigues amoureuses sont parfois un peu chiantes.

[@Roseyyy748]

This literally unlocked memories from when I was obsessed with this show.

[@tobealostwanderer]

3:00 Idk if it helps but Dutch comics are often drawn like that. So it is getting used to it. Also, JETIX. I MISS JETIX MAN.

[@xoxarily]

Iris Bosch I was reading it in the weird way and felt called out when he said ppl usually read the other way lmao, so I guess it’s not much of a problem for me.

[@miriamkorver1443]

Dutch comics usually have arrows indicating the correct order though

[@ksub91]

Swedish comics are also often drawn like that. Maybe it's an European thing.

[@gigigiooo]

I was reading it the “weird” way too lol

[@soph6008]

In Germany it isn't unusual to have this "weird" reading flow. I thought it was because I'm used to reading manga (which *very* often have such panel structure) but it seems like it's really a European thing. Now that I think about it the few American comics I've read really don't have such structures often. ^^'

[@bird4393]

As a french person hearing you reading in french sent me into a fit of hysterical laughter. Thank you so much you just made my day.

[@Charoula1608]

English is pretty bad, but you guys! You guys are a whole different story! You people get "wazo" out of "oiseau"!

[@garance6606]

@@Charoula1608 Yeah ... I understand this can be confusing x) ... It's only simple for us to pronounce because we are born in it ... now when it comes to writing it ... you have to know exactly how it is supposed to be written because you can't improvise it based on how it's pronounced. That's thanks to all our silent letters and hundreds of manners of writing the [ɛ̃] sound (in/un/ain/ein/im/um/aim/eim) and it sounds exactly the same lol. Hell ! I'm better at writing in English than in French ^-^

[@melindateresiamoubarak7810]

@@Charoula1608 yes because it's just the way this combination of letters is pronounced. Just like every language has its own combinations and pronounciations of letters.

[@charleyg313]

@@Charoula1608 Yeah you realise what you said makes no sense right? The Chinese get "chin" out of "qin", the japanese get "li" out of "ri" etc. "Oiseau" is only weird within the English pronunciation system. The way "bird" is pronounced is just as ridiculous to French people! And pronunciation is actually really consistent in French as opposed to English. Boy don't get me started on French conjugation though...

[@user-it7ie7uk8f]

@@charleyg313 La conjugaison IS A DEMON that must be defeated

[@TheBee1470]

“Theres Cornelia, doing her thing... being a Cornelia” 😂😂

[@arthurluna6189]

Cornelia be like *Cornelia noises*

[@jakiethedwards724]

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[@fionaxx8645]

as a kid my local libraries didn’t have the graphic novels, only the books, and I remember always wishing there were more comic pages. I didnt even know the graphic novels existed lol

[@tyna6955]

Same story here! I really enjoyed the books, reading the story made it seem more realistic and thrilling in my head than it would be if I only read the comics. But still just like you, I wished for the books to have more comic pages haha!

[@talkswithtaylor5345]

The theme song was way to badass-y for a kids show...and I'm loving it.

[@chloeb30]

Naturallychic3 There's also another version that they had in the UK and some parts if not all of Europe too

[@hedgehoglover5459]

I'm with you✨✨🔮

[@Illuminaturee]

I remember reading Witch in standard comic form. They were released in issues and had free posters inside. Still got them

[@yiannapavlochristou6855]

I had those... My first ones were given to ahhh the memories......

[@Pepechunya]

Yeah i got all of them, i didn't know they had novel form of them too. My mom bought me nr 2 in a supermarket (Denmark) when it was released, because she thought I would like it. I remember that day clearly.. I loved reading it, and we realized it was nr 2 so i wanted nr 1 also. She found nr 1 on the net later :) And then I just got all of the comics when they came out in supermarket. I have all of it, dolls, bedding, pajamas, you name it. I even made my own website about them.. I loved W.I.T.C.H

[@fridatrolle]

Me too! I remember asking my mom to buy The newest one every month 😍

[@CherrieCupcakex]

As much as I love Witch, I’ve always preferred the comics more than the show itself 😅🤷🏻‍♀️

[@DragonKingX78]

I always preferred the show to the comic.

[@ChiaraTomassone]

Me too

[@Love25648]

CherrieCupcakex The comics were good even better than the show

[@zobel.]

I didnt even know there was a show 💀

[@jasmintea8825]

@@zobel. same, only read the comics

[@KTChamberlain]

When I met Jason Marsden, who voiced Matt, I mentioned this show, which in turn gave me points for distinction so I'm awfully glad I found this show on KZbin 3 years ago--it helps to mention an actor's underrated project they worked on decades ago--it'd be like meeting Ian McKellen and saying "I loved your performance as Martin Luther".

[@tomboy313]

i thought the artwork was beautiful. its the only reason i pushed my parents to buy. they were my first graphic novel. second one was card captor sakura, then sailor moon

[@maff5269]

I used to buy the magazines for the comic and I did almost not miss a part for 6 years. YOU GOT THE ONE I MISSED. I AM SO MAD 🤣🤣🤣

[@smolbirb8457]

Witch was quite popular in Russia, especially in 2005-2007, when I was in elementary school, but I wish we also had graphic novels. In our country, the comic was only in that monthly magazine format, and it was painful for me to wait for the next issue to see what happens next. There were some beautifully designed books that put together the chapters of one story arc, but they usually were published only after the arc had been finished in the magazine, so they still brought nothing new for those who were reading the ongoing (like I did). I think the magazine stopped appearing in our local shops around 2010, and I remember being sooo disappointed when I couldn't find it anywhere. And we had a second magazine called "Witch: Your Style"! It was bigger in size (almost twice the width of the comic magazine), had less pages and mostly consisted of tips for pre-teenage girls on "how to be beautiful", "how to choose a lipstick" and "what to do with your feelings towards That Special One™". And we had TONS of merch of all kinds: from dolls (I had Taranee, that was my favorite, and Will), jewelry, and stickers to shampoos, perfumes, and make-up.

[@5Guinevere5]

Yes, there is more WITCH, there's a lot more WITCH.... I'm from Portugal, here the magazine started in 2003 and run up until the end of 2007. Then it just ended abruptly, with no explanation, in the middle of a f*cking story arc!! Their "new powers" arc was just starting, there were some shocking revelations about Caleb and then boom, no more magazine >.< I only found out a few years ago that the original comic only ended in 2012 T_T Taranee remains to this day one of my biggest childhood icons

[@AAProductionx]

Bem me parecia que eu não iria ter parado de pedir as revistas do nada, elas pararam mesmo de aparecer!

[@AAProductionx]

Bem me parecia que eu não iria ter parado de pedir as revistas do nada, elas pararam mesmo de aparecer!

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

To be honest. You haven't missed much. Once they get new power it takes a nose dive in story. Everyone besides the girls, their parents, the grandma and matt dissappeares.

[@jconnor117]

I'll admit I'm a guy and I Loved W.I.T.C.H the tv series when I was a teen.

[@apostoloscy95]

same bro xD

[@DamiansChronicles]

Same. Turns out I was just meant to be gay...

[@ericonmarzs]

you were not the only one, I was too scared to tell my friends hahaha

[@ASzkrab]

Does that mean you are all gay? It's so cool boys watched this too! Wow

[@happyjohn354]

this and Totally Spies bruh...

[@rachelthornton4442]

Game of Thrones: We've got a series about a dark medieval world with magic, royalty, empowering women as the leads, shifting alliances, and character development, as well as challenging themes like identity, mental health and corruption. W.I.T.C.H: Hold my Krandrakar.

[@theywalkinguptoyouand4060]

General description is general

[@tinyred9710]

Rachie And The Waves Winx Club would like to know your location

[@KuropinHasan]

Jajaja this is gold jaaja

[@Love25648]

Did you just compare game of thrones to witch? Thats disrespectful lmfaooo also even winx is better than witch

[@vynonyoutube1418]

Wouldn't "hold my heart" work better? Considering there were multiple hearts (at least in the show, dunno about the comics since i haven't read em yet), such as the Heart of Kandrakar (obviously Will's necklace), the Heart of Meridian (Elyon), the Heart of Earth (Cornelia's sister) etc.

[@mariapazgonzalezlesme]

The only thing that I remember about W.I.T.C.H series about their wings designs, steampunk-like outfits and the main villian was an old woman able use an Sixth Essence / Element.

[@LadyLeomon]

That was Narissa, and her “power” was the 5th Element called Quintessence 😊😊😊

[@mariapazgonzalezlesme]

@@LadyLeomon Oh! Thanks for the clarification! 😁

[@LadyLeomon]

Maria Paz G. Lesme no probs! Always nice to swap comments with other fans 😄😄😄 (I also remember Taranee’s contact lenses steaming whenever she had to use her powers so she had to go back to glasses 😂😂😂)

[@mariapazgonzalezlesme]

@@LadyLeomon Do you known which website where I can watch W.I.T.C.H series again?

[@LadyLeomon]

Maria Paz G. Lesme most if not all of the episodes are on KZbin right now actually! A KZbinr called LogiebearLoginator has all Season 1 and Season 2 episodes on his channel right now. Happy watching 😊😊😊

[@brittwilliams94]

Before there was RWBY, there was WITCH

[@malachitemalice]

Ik im late butttt.......... You aren't wrong

[@LadyAhro]

RWBY utterly stinks. The only good bits are the fights. The story sucks ass. And a few videos have gone into it in detail and yeah, premise is great, but take away it's wiki and you have almost nothing.

[@hazelcrisp]

@@LadyAhro Agreed

[@BeyondBeyondBeyond]

@@LadyAhro I actually think RWBY is really good

[@kal9728]

True????

[@MsRockPhantom]

French here :) they continued the series in the magazine, i didn't know everyone didn't have access to those They begin to teach children how to be witches in their bus XD They had some power ups, that's why they look different

[@MsRockPhantom]

The magazine was great for a while, but the Witch part became smaller and smaller with time, at the end it was just slice of life, around 10pages

[@pyw3823]

When you say how to be witches does that mean that anybody can get powers now?

[@MsRockPhantom]

@@pyw3823 nope Some kids were chosen by magic and the Witches have to find them and train them

[@pyw3823]

@@MsRockPhantom that's cool do they also have elemental powers and are the witches older like in high school

[@MsRockPhantom]

@@pyw3823 i honestly can't remember 😅 i know the Witches all teach their own subjects but i can't remember if the children go to all classes or only one element... I should re-read them The wiki (witch.fandom.com) says this happens in arc 8 if you want to check it out :)

[@crangye8290]

I grew up in Europe, and most of my media was french and Italian, so that magazine revived my childhood fr

[@aliplay5]

growing up in Poland my friend group and I were obsessed with Witch!! I remember buying it at the newspaper stand and we all had our favorite character that we pretended to be (I was Irma :) and then my mom went on a trip to Italy and bought the character dolls for me and my friends which we couldn't get in Poland back then. But after a while, long after I finished reading the magazines, there was A LOT of merchandise from Witch in toy stores. Also, I still remember, the gift that came with the magazine for the first volume was that necklace thingy that's so important in the comics and I was desperate to get it, but couldn't find it anywhere, so I wrote a literal letter !!! (no emails yet) to the Polish publisher and they sent me like 3 of these necklaces for free and without any note or anything which I thought was... well pretty magical!

[@helloworld37547]

What a nice story! :) I'm from Belarus, we had the same magazines. I couldn't afford myself to buy them so I read them in the library. And I always wondered who took all the witch stuff that was with magazines. :D But I was too shy to ask a librarian. )

[@isabellaacereto]

Wow that sounds so awesome

[@eminempreg]

This is super wholesome omg

[@Limonenmixgetraenk]

Oh wow, Wish I had thought of that! I was Will, my cousin was Hay Lin, my sister Cornelia and my other cousin Wee (yes, we didn't really want him to join, lol). We used to do pottery together and make all kinds of WITCH related stuff

[@cm9231]

@@eminempreg that's such a nice gesture, she probably felt like a dream came true

[@purpleprincess4881]

I watched this and winx when I was like 8 and only about 10 minutes ago realised they were different shows 🤦‍♀️

[@scintillating420]

I remember when the big question was whether Winx or Witch was better. So many girls in my country fought over it and I remember preferring Witch (I even had posters in my room). The good old days...

[@imeprezime1444]

Omg, this was the case when I was like 7-8 too! I was so immature back then hahah

[@zeni2417]

Yo that was my first fandom war HAHA

[@Metzli]

I had posters on witch too but my mom never let me hang them up xD Idk if i still have them..

[@wellexcuuuuuuuuuuusemeprin894]

I used to argue so passionately for witch lmaoo

[@panpani5079]

I HAD THIS WITCH PERFUME They were fine I guess

[@zamith1817]

Ahahah I also have witch jewellery that came with the magazines xD

[@suviidesu]

I miss WITCH i'm so crazy about it before 😂. Love, from philippines

[@LanaKir3767]

Hey French here ! 12:55 : so it is written in English actually Teach to be witch. Witch was super popular in France. This story is about a new Witch the group found and they are trying to find which element or power she relates too. And Also about Cornelia struggling about being a mannequin because it will give her less time to spend with her friends. The page about Miyazaki, the title is 15:02 How much do you know about Miyazaki ? A little ? A lot ? Nothing at all ? 17:00 : Are you a sophisticated or rather a natural kind of person ?