What do we know about Winx Club Season 9 so far? It looks like Iginio Straffi is pushing S9 off this “new animated series” until 2023. And from recent interviews it is likely to be a full reboot of the series with a retooling of the original Magic Winx transformation. Censorship will also be in play due to a global relaunch of the series. From concept art it appears the show will be entirely CGI. Straffi also mentions that regarding age demographics “we will return to the original target”. That remains to be seen exactly what age range he is referring to.
The working title is “Winx Club Shorts”. Instead of 26 episodes, the series will be further broken down into 52 episodes, 13 minutes each. Similar to the format of PopPixies.
(See below for some references.)
Taken from a
news article regarding new title:
Italian: "Una nona stagione è in lavorazione con il titolo provvisorio di Winx Club Shorts. "
English: "A ninth season is in the works with the working title of Winx Club Shorts."
Taken from an
interview with Straffi (translated with Google Translate):
“The first series had a target between 8 and 12 years. Over time, the growing offer of fiction has attracted children over the age of ten, relegating cartoons to the youngest and forcing us to adapt to a 4-9 year-old target. But in the new cartoon series, which we are preparing, we will return to the original target.”
“However, there is not much we can do about sexuality. In some countries we cut scenes where Bloom and Sky hug, let alone the rest. In the cartoon everything must be very candid, without sexual references. In the live action series we can do more.”
Pictures from the 2021 Brand Licensing show in Europe: (courtesy of "WinxClubRus" and "Luci e Ombre"):
First leaked image:
Later retooled transformations of Bloom and Stella
Retooled transformations of Flora
A nice comparison thanks to @Winxmagicfairies on IG
New title "Winx Club Shorts"
Another title in the works
Younger and CGI version of the Winx Club group
Box art on dolls