Confusix

Ok seriously I think there is as much confusion about the various versions there are of Winx Club seasons as there are about the versions of Sailor Moon. So far I know there is the full series in the RAI English version, the original Italian version, the first 3 seasons from 4Kids, and what looks to be the third and fourth seasons only from Nickelodeon. There seem to be a bunch of different languages too including Bulgarian, Hindi, and Turkish.

Even the Winx Club Wiki isn't tons of help because just like Sailor Moon, the US versions were edited to an almost different plot line! WTH they don't all line up! When trying to watch season 3, apparently I think episode 23 for some reason isn't available in the 4Kids version anyplace so I had to watch the Nick version.. Except right at the beginning of the Nick version they mention Bloom's being told by Balltor/Valltor that he supposedly had absorbed her parents, yet they hadn't gotten to that yet in the 4Kids episode 22! I really don't get why they feel the need to edit and redo the stories. Like it changes anything that much??

So far I've watched the first 3 seasons in the 4Kids version, which is frankly the one I prefer. Best voices for sure. The rest all sound weird or worse yet they all sound like the same person! But it looks like I only have two real choices for season 4 - RAI or Nick. I'm gonna go with the Nick version. Hoping that it will ease me into the RAI ones. Also trying to find season 6 on YouTube has been really hard. All I can find for the most part are pieces. The Wiki has them all. I think, though they aren't in any order. I've going to have to search all of the Wiki's videos to find all 26 episodes it seems! I have found the two movies (and thanks to the Wiki for this) so I can watch them in the right places. 

Not interested in the PopPixie thing as I think they are rather annoying, only added to fill time in the show when the writers didn't know what else to do. I honestly skipped the whole Pixie episode in season 3. 

And can I ask wth is up with the Nick obsession with the sound of people walking? Click clack click click AHHHH! Annoying!!! We don't need to hear them walking! It's like they didn't trust the rest of their audio so they felt the need to fill. Dumb. 

Winx Club?

So...apparently I like this stuff (i.e. dubbed imported kinda anime magical girl cartoons) more than I thought.

I was seriously excited when I saw that Netflix had the Winx Club now as I LOVED it when it aired here in the US on Fox, but being a technical adult, it was hard to explain that I liked it and therefore didn't get to see much of it since I'd either be still asleep on Saturday mornings or doing something else.

But to my surprise, I find this isn't the Winx Club I know. Nor, does it seem, that I actually know anything about the show in general!

Turns out the version Netflix has is the "better" or other version of the original Italian show that was shown outside the US. Much like with Sailor Moon, there was and American dub but apparently that was edited with a different plot?

Of course, now seeing the 4Kids version vs the Rai version, I can see the edits - like when Stella wakes up and Bloom's pants are ripped but it's supposed to be like 20 hours later? And how does Bloom already know about the postcard portal?

But frankly the 4Kids version seems to make more sense...

I've found the 3 seasons of the 4Kids version on Youtube, as well as the Rai version, of which Netflix has the first two seasons and apparently some new movie - tho to watch the movie I'll have to watch the Rai version to understand where they are with their powers.

I do have one question tho - aren't Stella and the other girls Sophomores? Bloom is a newbie so how can she just be jumping right in?

Also, I think I'll just be watching straight thru and and not trying to blog every episode - there are too many. And I've made that decision as well with Sailor Moon. I'll post a blog when I'm moved to. That way it won't feel like a chore! That way I can just totally binge too :)