A Kind of Magic (TV series)

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A Kind of Magic
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Also known asMagic
Genre
Created by
Directed by
  • Charles Vaucelle (season 1)
  • William Renaud (season 2)
Voices of
  • François Siener
  • Jérémy Prévost
  • Claire Guyot
  • Kelly Marot
  • Sauvane Delanoë
  • Colette 'Coco' Noël
  • Bernard Alane
  • Serge Faliu
  • Jean-Claude Donda
  • Camille Donda
  • Yoann Sover
  • Benjamin Pascal
  • Fanny Bloc
  • Emmanuel Garijo
Theme music composer
  • Herve Lavandier (season 1)
  • Vincent Artaud (season 2)
Opening themeA Kind of Magic by Queen (cover)
Composers
  • Herve Lavandier (season 1)
  • Vincent Artaud (season 2)
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes78
Production
Executive producers
  • Marc du Pontavice
  • Katell Lardeux and Marie-Laurence Turpin (season 1)
  • Dorothée Lanchier and Pierre Meloni (season 2)
ProducerMarc du Pontavice
Editors
  • Lou Bouniol
  • Saïd Ouadfel
Running time
  • 26 minutes (Season 1)
  • 13 minutes (Season 2)
Production companyXilam Animation
Release
Original network
Original release5 January 2008 (2008-01-05) –
present
External links
Website

A Kind of Magic (known as Magic - La Famille Féerique in France) is a French animated television series created by Michel Coulon and Marc du Pontavice, the creators of Oggy and the Cockroaches based upon Arthur de Pins's original design. It was produced by French animation company Xilam Animation with the participation of France 3 and Disney Television France in Season 1, Gulli and Canal J for Season 2. The series was directed by Charles Vaucelle for Season 1 and William Renaud for Season 2, the character designer[1] by David Gilson and the executive producer by Marc Du Pontavice.

The series first aired in 2008 on Disney Channel France and France 3.[2][clarification needed] The series was rated the most popular series at the 2007 MIPCOM Junior trade show, attracting over 280 buyers.[3]

A second season started airing in 2018.[4] The second series aired on Canal J.

It is now a web series on the YouTube channel with the same name.

Synopsis[]

The story deals with a 10-year-old child named Tom, and his family's problems, including his older sister Cindy (14 years old), who is crazy after every boy she sees, his toad 'His Highness', his evil maternal aunt Ferocia who wants to turn him evil as well, his ditzy fairy mother Willow and his vegetarian ogre father Gregore who have been exiled from Fairyland and now have to live on Earth.[5]

Characters[]

Willow (voice by Claire Guyot) Tom and Cindy's Mother, The Fairy, Ferocia's Sister, Gregore's wife.

Others Name: Darling Dragonfly, Silver-winged Dragonfly (referred to by Gregore)

Personality: Willow is optimistic, light-hearted, positive, motherly and carefree. She also has a mischievous side as seen in Meet The Parent and Frames!. She believes that good will always conquer evil. She can be strict when she has to and she can be overprotective shown in the Wishing Powder. Willow is also a strong woman, always honest with her heritage and who she is. While she tried to integrate into the real world, she refused to forget who and what she was. She also stood up by herself, not letting anyone take her for granted and not letting the world disappoint her. Underneath his cheerful, positive and carefree personality, Willow is a very smart woman. However, she is very dashing and innocent.

Appearance: Willow is slender with fair skin, short pastel pink hair in the form of a bob cut, which is up to her cheeks; plus, she has a long bang on her left eye, light blue wings and big blue eyes. She also has prominently wide hips.

Clothing: In the real world, she wears a pink dress with a purple belt, purple star earrings, and purple thigh-high boots. In Fairyland, her hair is longer, reaching down to her waist. She also dresses in an orange skirt with leafy hem. When in pajamas, she wears a forest green long pants and a cream-yellow tank top.

Strength and ability: Even as a fairy in the real world and wonderland, she uses her wings and flight. In addition, she uses her magic with her wand to do anything.

Gregore (voice by François Siener for season 1 and Jérémy Prévost for season 2) 40 years old, Tom and Cindy's Father and Willow's Husband.

Others Name: Big oaf (referred to by Ferocia), Dear (referred to by Willow)

Personality: Despite giving up on becoming a reformed goblin, he is a sweet, kind, gentle and responsible father to Tomy and Cindie. In addition, he is a father, always a little clumsy, kind, cheerful, but cowardly and afraid of anything (except dentists). Towards a difficult personality when he dislikes Candy's antics and mischief along with Ferocié's laughter, calling his name and insulting him except for whatever happens to him, he's often angry fierce, aggressive, hot-tempered (but short-tempered) and always evil.

Appearance: Gregore is a very large, muscular and 9 feet (2.74 meters) tall (according to Newscaster) with red hair, mahogany beard and brown eyes.

Outfits: In the real world, he wears a yellow shirt with two pockets, a black belt, maroon pants and black boots. For his pajamas, he wears a blue shirt, pale white shorts and slippers. In Fairyland, he wears a Robin Hood-like green shirt with a black belt, coffee brown pants and black boots.

Tom (voice by Sauvane Delanoë) 10 years old, Tom is Cindy's younger brother, the main character and also the leader of the family.

Others Name: Little Brother, Shrimp, Squirt (referred to by Cindy)

Personality: Clever, spontaneous and mischievous, Tom has the presence of mind of a boy who has had to take care of himself from very young. Thanks to his limitless imagination and instinctive quick reflexes, he is able to convince anyone of anything. This skill is very useful to his absent-minded family members who are always forgetting they no longer live in a world of magical creatures.

Appearance: Tom is a slender humanoid hybrid (half ogre and half fairy) with fair skin and blush pink cheeks, brown hair and brown eyes.

Outfits: In the Real World, he wears a red shirt, blue jeans and white shoes. In Fairyland, he wears a ruby red shirt with a white collar and a dark red belt with a golden buckle, black pants and dark maroon shoes. When in pajamas, he wears an olive-moss green long sleeved shirt and pants.

Cindy (voice by Kelly Marot) 14 years old, is Tom's older sister.

Personality: Stubborn, rebellious, and very romantic, Cindy knows that a better future awaits her. In Fairyland, she was responsible for cleaning the sewers of the kingdom, but in the Real World, she dreams of grand projects and a more agreeable life. Like all teenagers (adolescents), she worries about being accepted by the other children at school. In general she opposes the use of magic because she considers it distasteful, but she makes use of it when it helps her accomplish what she wants.

Appearance: Cindy is a slender human hybrid (half ogre and half fairy, like her younger brother, Tom) with fair skin with blushed cheeks alongside her long platinum blonde hair with side curtain-like bangs and greyish blue eyes.

Clothing: In the real world, she wears a red-pink midriff shirt with primrose long-sleeves with her cool-grey denim blue jeans and beige-yellow loafers, but in Fairyland, her hair is now longer with an orange star attached and wears a aqua-teal ragged short-sleeved shirt with her ragged dark teal knee-length skirt and her silver Cinderella-like slippers.

In such episodes, even when she was in pajamas, she wears a light blue pants and a blue shirt with dark teal long sleeves.

Ferocia (voice by Colette 'Coco' Noël) Ferocia is a character, Tom and Cindy's Auntie, Willow's sister, a witch, an anti-hero (also a main villain when she has power)

Others Name: Hideous freak (referred to by a movie usher)

Personality: Many words describe Ferocia that her personality has: Neutral, horrible, terrible, nasty, mean (sometimes), cruel, wicked and a pain in the rear, but also neutral. She delights in causing mayhem, even for her own family. She laughed when her brother planned to rob her sister and brother-in-law of all their savings and she enjoyed frightening Tom with the idea of being forgotten if his parents had more children. She adores tormenting Gregore and will take every opportunity to torment him. She also likes to taunt His Highness about his ugliness. Ferocia has a macabre sense of humor and sees horror films as comedies. When she had her powers she was a villain to be feared.

Appearance: Ferocia is a really short woman, a few inches (centimeters) taller than Tom. She is also fat with a wide body, short arms and hands and feet. Her skin is pale light-purple white, her hair is black and she has dull brown eyes. Her mouth has been described as toady and she always wears bright red lipstick. Her hair is styled in a butterfly style. She also wears deep blue and dull purple eye shadow.

Costumes: In the Real World, Ferocia wears a knee length purple dress with a black belt and matching boots. In Fairyland, she wears a similar dress but dark blue in color and a dark orange, crescent moon-shaped amulet hangs from her neck. Her hair is also much longer.

Production[]

The musical theme is an adaptation of the song A Kind of Magic by the British band Queen.[6] On November 3, 2015, Xilam announced the production of a second season from 2016.[7] This will contain fifty-two thirteen-minute episodes.

Episodes[]

Season 1 (Directed by Charles Vaucelle)
Number In Series Number Of Season English Name France Name Written By Storyboard By
1 1 Memory Gaps Trous de mémoire! Michel Coulon Laurent Jennet
2 2 Meet The Parent Bonjour la famille! Bob Mittenthall

Gloria Ketterer

Charles Vaucelle
3 3 Trust La confiance règne Steve Sustarsic Vincent Dubost
4 4 Framed! Le vol Yves Coulon

Jean-Marc Lenglen

Laurent Jennet
5 5 Big Love Trompeuses apparences Mark Hodkinson Fred Mintoff

Sandra Derval

6 6 Uncle Sandman Le marchand de sable Steve Sustarsic Sandra Derval
7 7 The Ventriloquist Le ventriloque Richard Conroy Frederic Mintoff
8 8 Wishing Powder Lessivés! Mark Hodkinson Vincent Dubost
9 9 What Big Teeth You Have Que vous avez de grandes dents Linda O'Sullivan Laurent Jennet
10 10 Ugly, Idle & Nasty Affreux, Fainéants et Méchants! Yves Coulon Vincent Dubost
11 11 When An Ogre Loves A Fairy L'ogre et la fée Mark Hodkinson Frederic Mintoff
12 12 A Dog's Life Une vie de chien Michel Coulon Jean-Luc Abiven
13 13 A Fairytale Wedding Pour le meilleur ou pour le pire? Jean-Marc Lenglen Laurent Jennet
14 14 The Truth, Nothing But The Truth La vérité, rien que la vérité! Michel Coulon Frederic Mintoff
15 15 An Awkward Visit Une visite gênante Yves Coulon Laurent Jennet
16 16 Family Matters Affaires de famille Alain Vallejo Agop Besson
17 17 Peekaboo Tom! Pas vu, pas pris Yves Coulon

Jean-Marc Lenglen

Vincent Dubost
18 18 The Wand's Burial L'enterrement de la baguette Yves Coulon

Jean-Marc Lenglen

Laurent Jennet
19 19 Lovely Dragon Un amour de dragon Yves Coulon

Jean-Marc Lenglen

Ludovic Hell
20 20 Babysitting Baby-sitting Linda O'Sullivan Laurent Jennet
21 21 Whatever You Wish À vos souhaits! Michel Coulon Vincent Dubost
22 22 Daddy Un-Cool Papa pas cool Marteinn Thorisson Ferderic Mintoff
23 23 Deep Freeze Debout là-dedans! Yves Coulon

Marc Lenglen

Laurent Jennet
24 24 Mosquito Fairy Le moustique Michel Coulon Yves Corriger
25 25 Only Child Fils unique Yves Coulon

Jean-Marc Lenglen

Séverine Morin
26 26 Home Sweet Home Conte à rebours Yves Coulon

Jean-Marc Lenglen

Jean-Louis Champault
Season 2 (Directed by William Renaud)
Number In Series Number Of Season English Name France Name Written By Storyboard By
27 1 Candy Through The Looking Glass De l'autre côté du miroir Fiona Leibgorin Matthieu Pitschon
28 2 Trapped As A Tomboy Un garçon presque manqué Lison d'Andrea Etienne Pinault
29 3 The Future's Tense Futur Imparfait Fiona Leibgorin Alexandre Ulmann
30 4 A Natural Beauty Belle à l'intérieur Jean-Marc Lenglen Olivier Dutranoy
31 5 Going Viral Les stars de l'école Jean-Marc Lenglen Jerome Fardini
32 6 Operation Tamara Opération Tamara Jean-Marc Lenglen Paul Herve
33 7 My Dad The Super Hero Mon père ce super-héros Michel Coulon Alexandre Ulmann
34 8 A Princess For His Highness Une princesse pour mon Monseigneur Alexandre Reverend

Renaud Gagnon

Etienne Pinault
35 9 The Tables Have Turned La triche Yves Coulon Jerome Fardini
36 10 The Clay Model Pote à modeler Renaud Gagnon Etienne Pinault
37 11 Thicker Than Mud Un air de famille Caroline Torreli Alexandre Ulmann
38 12 The Spellbook Strike Back À chacun sa voix Laure-Elizabeth Bourdaud

Elisa Loche

Olivier Dutranoy
39 13 The Pixel And The Profile Fée's Bok Fiona Leibgorin Etienne Pinault
40 14 Tom's Tall Tales Tom pousse Arnold Boiseau Jerome Fardini
41 15 Willoween Willoween Renaud Gagnon Stéphane Annette
42 16 Fairy Busy Un travail de fée Michel Coulon (Based On Story By Michel Coulon And Charles Vaucelle) Alexandre Ulmann
43 17 Cinderella's Rebellion Cendrillon se rebelle Michel Coulon Etienne Pinault
44 18 Your Own Medicine Dans la peau d'un crapaud Renaud Gagnon Stephane Annette
45 19 The Ogre Who Wanted To Be Santa Claus L'ogre qui voulait être le père Noël Michel Coulon Alexandre Ulmann
46 20 The Delight Of Gründa Les Délices de Gründa Lison d'Andrea Alexandre Ulmann
47 21 The Prince, The Frog And The Witch Le Prince, la grenouille et la sorcière Michel Coulon Etienne Pinault
48 22 The Hybrid Heartthrob L'Idéal de Cindy Yves Coulon Etienne Pinault
49 23 Professor Ferocia Mademoiselle Férocette Fiona Leibgorin Stephane Annette
50 24 The Nature Of The Beast Grégor dans tous ses états Lison d'Andrea Jerome Fardini

Alexandre Ulmann

51 25 Ferocia Fiancé Les Fiançailles de Férocia Caroline Torrelli Alexandre Ulmann
52 26 Tom Only Tom sans famille Laure-Elizabeth Bourdaud

Johanna Goldschmidt

Elisa Loche

Alexandre Ulmann
53 27 Cat's Got Your Tongue Une vie de chat Michel Coulon Stéphane Annette
54 28 Jojo The Dodo C'est pas Jojo Lison d'Andrea Alexandre Ulmann
55 29 The Big Bad Field Trip Promenons-nous dans les bois Elisa Loche Stéphane Annette
56 30 Mrs. Nice Ferocia Férocia super sympa Fiona Leibgorin Alexandre Ulmann
57 31 Strong As An Orge Petit ogre deviendra grand Cyril Deydier

Renaud Gagnon

Etienne Pinault
58 32 In Your Wildest Dream Même pas en rêve Michel Coulon Alexandre Ulmann
59 33 Master Of Delusion Abracadabra Michel Coulon Alexandre Ulmann
60 34 Big Bad Dog Le Grand gentil loup Elisa Loche

Pierre Le Gall

Etienne Pinault
61 35 A Fish Out Of Water Comme un poisson dans l'eau Renaud Gagnon Stéphane Annette
62 36 My Not-Fairy Family Ma famille pas féerique Fiona Leibgorin Alexandre Ulmann
63 37 A Valentine's Pipe Dream Ma sorcière mal-aimée Lison d'Andrea Alexandre Ulmann
64 38 A Children's Game Un jeu d'enfants Lison d'Andrea Alexandre Ulmann
65 39 Inseparables Inséparables Lison d'Andrea Stéphane Annette
66 40 The Cruelest Of Them All Blanche-Niaise et les sept nains Renaud Gagnon Etienne Pinault
67 41 Beauty And The Beast La belle et la grosse bête Michel Coulon Stéphane Annette
68 42 Prince Not-So-Charming Monseigneur dans toute sa splendeur Fiona Leibgorin Alexandre Ulmann
69 43 Love Give You Wing L'amour donne des ailes Elisa Loche

Pierre Le Gall

Etienne Pinault
70 44 The Charming Orge L'Ogre charmant Caroline Torrelli

Pierre Le Gall

Alexandre Ulmann
71 45 Can't Scare Me Même pas peur Renaud Gagnon Stephane Annette
72 46 Mirror, Mirror, Off The Wall Miroir, mon beau miroir Michel Coulon Alexandre Ulmann
73 47 An Almost Perfect Day Une journée presque parfaite Renaud Gagnon Alexandre Ulmann
74 48 Right Under Your Nose Au nez et à la barbe Lison d'Andrea Alexandre Ulmann
75 49 The Broken Wands Maman, on a cassé la baguette! Lison d'Andrea Alexandre Ulmann
76 50 My New Best Friend Ma nouvelle meilleure amie Elisa Loche

Pierre Le Gall

Stephane Annette
77 51 Princess Melba Three Princesse Melba III Renaud Gagnon Romain Cislo
78 52 In My Shoe Vis ma vie Pierre Le Gall Alexandre Ulmann

International Distribution[]

In Latin America, the series aired on Disney Channel. In Asia, it was also broadcast on Disney Channel.

Country Channel
 Australia ABC
 Belgium VRT
 Brazil Disney Channel e Gulli (Brasil)
 France Disney Channel, France 3, Gulli
 Germany Disney Channel, Super RTL
 Greece Disney Channel
 Italy Disney Channel
 Morocco 2M
 Poland Disney Channel
 Portugal SIC K
 Serbia
 Spain Disney Channel
  Switzerland TSR, Minimax
 Turkey Disney Channel, Smart Çocuk, Kidz TV
 United States Primo TV

References[]

  1. ^ ZAGTOON heads for MIP Junior with a raft of blue chip animation programs Archived 1 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Magic - Xilam". www.xilam.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Xilam's 'A Kind of Magic' top rated series at Mipcom junior" (PDF). Xilam. 8 October 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Xilam expands with Lyon production studio". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ^ "A Kind of Magic". Telebisyon. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  6. ^ "BRB trae a España la serie de animación para niños 'Mi familia mágica' | elmundo.es". www.elmundo.es (in Spanish). 10 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Xilam : va ouvrir un nouveau studio à Lyon début 2016". Boursier.com (in French). 3 November 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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