W.I.T.C.H. (acronym of Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, Hay Lin) is a French-American animated television series based on the Italian comic book series of the same name. The animated series was produced by SIP Animation in association with and with participation from Jetix Europe, The Walt Disney Company and France Télévisions. W.I.T.C.H. premiered December 18, 2004 and concluded on December 23, 2006 in the U.S., where it aired on ABC Kids and the Jetix blocks on ABC Family and Toon Disney. Reruns have also aired on Disney Channel.
The Guardians must save Meridian from the evil sorcerer Phobos and Cedric who are searching for Phobos' sister, the long lost princess of Meridian and true heir to the throne. They later find her and the Guardians then set about saving her from Phobos. When Meridian is freed from evil and true heir takes the throne, a new mysterious sorceress named Nerissa frees Phobos' top henchmen and reforms them as the Knights of Vengeance. Once the Guardians learn more about the sorceress and her evil plan of reuniting former Guardians, they are able to defeat the Knights only to have more powerful Knights of Destruction, in addition to the former Guardians attack them.
The Guardians' chief ally is Hay Lin's grandmother Yan Lin, a former Guardian herself, and the one that taught the girls about their magical destiny. They are also helped by Caleb, a heroic soldier from Meridian, leader of the rebellion against Phobos, and Blunk, a frog-like goblin creature (known as a Passling) who takes things from the human world to Meridian (and vice versa), humorously mistaking everyday objects for other things or items of value. Matt, Will's boyfriend, accidentally learns about Meridian and when he sees the troubles there going on, he learns how to become a warrior to help them. They are also helped by the Oracle, leader of the Universe in Kandrakar, who was the one who chose the Guardians.
Cast[]
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Will Vandom
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Kelly Stables | |
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Irma Lair
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Candi Milo | |
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Taranee Cook
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Kali Troy | |
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Cornelia Hale
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Christel Khalil | |
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Hay Lin
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Liza del Mundo | |
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Caleb
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Greg Cipes | |
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Blunk
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Steve Blum | |
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Yan Lin
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Lauren Tom | |
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Prince Phobos
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Mitchell Whitfield | |
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Elyon Brown
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Serena Berman | |
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Matt Olsen
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Jason Marsden | |
International versions[]
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Albanian | Luftëtaret mbrojtëse U.I.T.K.H | Bang Bang (formerly) Çufo (intermittently) |
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Arabic | الفتيات الخارقات | MBC 3 (formerly) |
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Croatian | W.I.T.C.H. | unknown |
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Czech | W.I.T.C.H. | TV Nova (formerly) Jetix (formerly) |
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Danish | W.I.T.C.H. | Jetix (formerly) Toon Disney (formerly) |
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Dutch | W.I.T.C.H. | Disney Channel (formerly) |
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Finnish | W.I.T.C.H. | TV4 (formerly) |
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French | W.I.T.C.H. Dimension W.I.T.C.H. (season 2) |
France 3 (formerly) Jetix (formerly) Disney Channel (formerly) Ici Radio-Canada Télé (formerly)[5] |
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German | W.I.T.C.H. | Super RTL (formerly) Jetix (formerly) ORF 1 (formerly) Premiere Start (formerly) Premiere Austria (formerly) |
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Greek | W.I.T.C.H. | Star Channel (formerly) Jetix (formerly) |
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Hebrew | וויטץ | Disney Channel (formerly) |
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Hungarian | W.I.T.C.H., tini boszorkányok | Jetix (formerly) TV2 (formerly) |
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Italian | W.I.T.C.H. | Italia 1 (formerly) Jetix (formerly) Toon Disney (formerly) Frisbee (formerly) |
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Japanese | ウィッチ -W.I.T.C.H.- | Toon Disney (Jetix block, formerly) |
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Korean | 마법소녀 위치 | SBS (formerly) Anione (formerly) Champ TV (formerly) |
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Macedonian | unknown | A1 (formerly) |
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Mandarin (Taiwan) | 精靈少女組 | Disney Channel (Taiwan) (formerly) Disney Channel (Southeast Asia) (formerly) |
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Norwegian | W.I.T.C.H. | Jetix (formerly) Toon Disney (formerly) |
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Polish | W.I.T.C.H. Czarodziejki | Polsat (formerly) Jetix (formerly) Disney Channel (formerly) TV Puls (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Brazil) | W.I.T.C.H. | Jetix (formerly) Rede Globo (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Portugal) | W.I.T.C.H. | SIC (formerly) Disney Channel (formerly) |
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Romanian | W.I.T.C.H. | Jetix (formerly) |
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Russian | Чародейки | Channel One (formerly) STS (formerly) Kanal Disney (formerly) DVD only |
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Serbian | W.I.T.C.H. | RTS 2 (formerly) |
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Slovak | W.I.T.C.H. | unknown |
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Slovene | Pet junakinj | POP TV (formerly) |
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Spanish (Latin America) | W.I.T.C.H. | Jetix (formerly) Toon Disney/Jetix (via SAP, formerly) |
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Spanish (Spain) | W.I.T.C.H. | Jetix (formerly) |
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Swedish | W.I.T.C.H. | Jetix (formerly) Toon Disney (formerly) |
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Telugu | సూపర్ 5 | Kushi TV (formerly)[6] |
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Thai | 5 แม่มดใส หัวใจอลเวง | True Spark (formerly) |
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Turkish | W.I.T.C.H. | ATV (formerly) Jetix (formerly) Disney Channel (Season 1) (formerly) |
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Bulgarian | Уич | Jetix (formerly) BTV (formerly) Super7 (formerly) Nova TV (formerly) |
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Estonian | Nõiad | TV3 (formerly) |
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Georgian | unknown | IMEDI (formerly) |
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Kazakh | Жақсылық сақшылары | Balapan (formerly) |
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Ukrainian | Чарівниці | Ukraine (season 1) (formerly) Novyi Kanal (season 2) (formerly) |
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Ukrainian | Чаклунки | direct-to-video (season 2) |
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080927032703/http://www.astro.com.my/channels/disney/default.asp
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060207112437/http://www.ssvc.com/bfbs/tv/bfbs1listing/index.htm
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130929194120/http://ntvuganda.co.ug/tv-schedule/
- ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_South_African_television
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051106021237/http://www.radio-canada.ca/gh/televisiongenerale/ghHoraires.asp
- ↑ https://youtu.be/MkT9jjoQE5o?t=32
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