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Winx Club: The Magic is Back is an all-CGI TV series created by Iginio Straffi and co-produced by Rainbow SpA, Rainbow CGI, and Hampa Animation Studio. Serving as a Continuity Reboot of the original series that ran from 2004 to 2019, it features an all-new animation style and re-imagined character designs. The show premiered in the United Kingdom on CBBC and BBC iPlayer on September 8, 2025, with a global Netflix release on October 2 of the same year.

The premise remains similar to that of the original series: Bloom, an Ordinary High-School Student from Earth, discovers that she has magical powers during an encounter with a rampaging monster on her sixteenth birthday. Fortunately, she is soon saved by a couple of fairy warriors named Stella and Flora, who then invite Bloom to study at the Alfea School for Fairies and Witches where she can hone her newly-found magic and be trained to become a fairy warrior dedicated to protecting the Magical Dimension from evil. But settling into her new life as a fairy won't be easy, as Bloom now has to deal with uncovering the mystery behind her magic, as well as a certain trio of Wicked Witches who will stop at nothing to obtain the power she possesses for their own evil ends. But with friends by her side and her belief in herself, Bloom is always ready to go on magical adventures and save the day!

On July 29, 2026, Iginio Straffi confirmed via Instagram that a second season is currently in production.

Winx Club: The Magic is Back provides examples of:

• Abuse Discretion Shot: In episode ten's B-plot with the villains, Vexius has been training Damien to use his powers but he is not satisfied with Damien's progress. The scene immediately goes to the outside of the barn and the windows glow omniously with Vexius' purple magic. The next episode, Damien is clearly under Vexius' spell.
• Adaptation Deviation: As a Continuity Reboot, the show features several elements that are significantly different from the original series:
  • Alfea is attended by both fairies and witches, unlike the original series where witches have a school of their own in the form of Cloud Tower. This is even emphasized during Bloom's initial arrival at Alfea in "A New Fairy in Alfea" where she bumps into Icy, who then calls her a new girl. However, the same episode also reveals that Cloud Tower still exists in this continuity and was once the school for witches in Magix before it was destroyed in the War of Light and Shadow over a decade prior to the events of the series, while "Winx versus Trix" later shows that its haunted ruins now serves as a secret hideout for the Trix.
  • Female specialists such as Robin are present, whereas in the original series, all specialists were male. Conversely, the series also introduces warlocks like Damien as the Spear Counterpart of witches attending Alfea, whereas in the original series, there were no male magic users (save for school staff like Wizgiz and Palladium) attending Alfea.
  • "Which Fairy is Witch?" reveals that some specialists also attend Alfea, albeit under certain circumstances such as learning the history of Magix or working with Alfea faculty.
  • Like with the Nickelodeon soft reboot, there is no identity switch plot between Brandon and Sky to protect Sky.
  • Diaspro attends Alfea and is no longer engaged to Sky. When Bloom meets her, it is immediately made apparent that Diaspro is Sky's girlfriend. This significantly changes the nature of Sky and Diaspro's relationship from royal obligation to just two normal people dating which avoids a lot of the homewrecking accusations that Bloom got in the original series. Bloom is more aware of her feelings and does not want to go after Sky while he is with Diaspro.
• Adaptational Hairstyle Change: Unlike the original series where only Stella's hair changes in her Magic Winx form, all six girls get different hairstyles in this form according to their personalities. Bloom gets an extended Tomboyish Ponytail with beaded tendrils, Stella gets flowing looser hair with a tiara, Flora has a long braid with flowers, Musa's pigtails hang lower on her head and become braided, Tecna's Boyish Short Hair gets styled to expose her undercut, and Aisha gets more volumized braids.
• Adaptation Name Change: Magix City, the capital city of Magix and the center of the Magical Dimension in the original series, is now known in this show as Magixia.
• Adaptational Early Appearance: In the original series, Aisha didn't appear and join the main cast until the start of Season 2. But here, she already appears in the very first episode and is already acquainted with the rest of the group.
• Adapted Out: Kiko, Bloom's pet bunny and Team Pet of the Winx in the original series, has been reduced to a stuffed toy bunny that Bloom even refuses to bring to Alfea in this series.
• Adults Are Useless: The teachers seem to turn a blind eye to all the Trix's actions.
  • Robin is often assigned to watch over the Winx Club. She has witnessed the Trix attack Bloom on Earth and has been the victim of the Trix's plots to sabotage the Winx Club (such as getting frozen by Icy). Despite all this, the Trix get only get their powers taken away for a day by Griffin.
  • Palladium in episode 11: He, Cordatorta and the specialists go to Cloud Tower to look for clues about Vexius. He comes off as a coward, only there to offer "moral support."
• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Unlike the original, the Winx's Magic Winx forms were changed to have more unique looks, with the girls' wings being styled to reflect their power source: Bloom has wings resembling flames and has the same pattern on her boots, Stella's wings have stylized suns in them and her shirt has sun ray-shaped straps, Flora has butterfly wings and flowers on her dress with the skirt layered like rose petals, Musa has music notes on her wings, Tecna's wings have a motherboard pattern on them, and Aisha has wings that resemble rolling ocean waves.
• Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: A lot of female characters have worn clothes that revealed their midriff.
• Be Yourself: One line in the teaser trailer promotes this idea when it says "Believe in yourself".
• Brought Down to Normal: The Winx Club in episode 6. The Trix in episode 7.
• The Bully: Bloom, unintentionally, but from an outsider's perspective, it's really bad.
  • Even though Bloom was trying to keep Mitzi safe from the monsters running around her human high school, she traps Mitzi in a bathroom stall and Mitzi is unable to escape. From Mitzi's perspective, it would definitely be considered bullying.
  • Diaspro calls out Bloom's behaviour for shoulder-checking another witch in the hallway. Bloom then turns on Diaspro and casts a spell that throws black ash at Diaspro's face.
  • To Sky, as Dark Bloom, she verbally bullies him for being easy to make fun of and having bad taste in friends (while pointedly looking at Diaspro). She also calls him a mama's boy. Despite all this, the only person she tries to apologize and explain herself to is Sky.
• Butt-Monkey: Brandon in "Stella's New Crush". Stella avoids him, he finds out she's going out with a prince, then he rips his pants.
• A Birthday, Not a Break: The trailer has Bloom saying how something unusual (coming across magical creatures and discovering her magic powers) happened on her 16th birthday.
• Canon Foreigner: The series introduces a number of new characters into the WinxVerse canon such as the warlock Damien, the female specialist Robin, and the Evil Sorcerer Vexius.
• Derailing Love Interests: This version of the reboot is trying to make the audience hate Diaspro, but she doesn't necessarily do anything wrong other than be a clingy girlfriend. She establishes herself as Sky's girlfriend from the get-go and celebrates a lot of dating milestones. The worst thing she does is complain about Sky not contacting her during a battle (to be fair to Sky, he is busy with the aftermath of a fight; and to be fair to Diaspro, she's allowed to be worried about his safety). Rather, it's Sky comes off as a jerk for not asserting himself and his boundaries in the relationship prior to breaking up with her.
• Goofy Print Underwear: In "Stella's New Crush", an attempt at opening a locked door results in Brandon ripping the back of his pants, revealing his heart-patterned undies.
• Great Offscreen War: Sixteen years prior to the events of the series, the forces of light and darkness battled one another for the fate of the Magical Dimension in what was known as the "War of Light and Shadow". In its aftermath, Cloud Tower was destroyed, the witches were forced to move to Alfea to continue their studies, and the various members of the Company of Light now dedicate their efforts to training the next generation of fairies, witches, warlocks and specialists to bring balance to the Magical Dimension.
• Idiot Ball: After the Trix temporarily have their magic sealed, Vexius changes tactics because he can't go after Bloom himself and risk getting found out by Griffin and Faragonda. Instead he's going to magically corrupt her into working for him willingly. This involves him having go after her himself, not taking her powers from her when he has the chance and instead casting a specific spell on her that Griffin and Faragonda can immediately sense is his doing.
• Latin Is Magic: Certain spells in the series use Latin incantations, such as "Portalis [Destination] Invoco" for creating inter-dimensional portals and "Magica Potentia Capturium" for stealing a person's magic.
• Mythology Gag:
  • Alfea is attended by fairies, witches, and specialists in this series, much like how the Alfea in Fate: The Winx Saga is attended by both fairies and specialists.
  • In "A New Fairy in Alfea" during Bloom's first meeting with Faragonda, Stella mentions that she went searching for Bloom partly because she wanted everyone to forget that she once blew up one of the school's potion labs. This was the same Noodle Incident mentioned in the original series episode "Welcome to Magix!" that Stella became infamous in Alfea for.
  • The plot of "Winx versus Trix", which concerns the loss and recovery of Stella's Ring of Power from the Trix, is largely reminiscent of the plot of two episodes from the original series: "Date with Disaster" and "Mission at Cloudtower".
  • The episode "Dark Bloom", where Vexius corrupts Bloom into an evil version of herself through dark magic, calls to mind the events of "Darkar's Prisoner" from Season 2 of the original series.
  • The ending of "The Truth About Bloom" and the beginning of "Without Power" sees the Trix take Bloom's foster parents hostage and steal her Dragon Flame, much like the events of "The Font of Dragon Fire".
• No Dress Code: The Winx Club, the Trix, Robin and almost any female background character wear clothes that would not be appropriate in a real high school, especially all the bared midriffs, fishnet shirts, mini-skirts and heels of various heights.
• Not His Sled: In the original series, the plot twist was that Bloom had the Dragon Flame in the later half of season one and the Trix steal it for themselves. In season 3, the Trix are imprisoned in Omega as punishment. In the reboot, Vexius inexplicably knowns that Bloom has the Dragon Flame by episode 4, meaning it is not a secret that she has it to the viewer, and he tasks the Trix to steal it in exchange for the key to Omega.
• Powers in the First Episode: Much like in the original series, Bloom awakens her fairy powers by accident a few minutes into the show's first episode when she was threatened by the monster that was attacking Stella and Flora.
• Royally Bad Parent: The parents of Stella and Aisha. They manifest as Stella and Aisha's fears in Palladium's simulation room exam. For Stella, she fears her father's dismissiveness and not being taken seriously as the future queen of Solaria. For Aisha, she fears disappointing her parents who have been shown to be very distant and strict with her.
• Stripperiffic: Some of the girls' transformations are quite more revealing compared to their original Charmix, to the point that their official art had to be modified for an Actimel drinkable yogurt brand licensing deal in Europe in 2025. Notably, their midriffs had to be covered.
• There Is Another: The reboot series makes a significant change to the lore regarding Bloom's past. She isn't the only one who possesses the Dragon Flame and survived the destruction of Domino, as she discovers from Daphne that Damien is actually her twin brother and that each of them inherited half of the Dragon Flame upon their birth.
• Transformation Sequence: Like the original series, each of the Winx get her own Disney Acid Sequence according to their powers whenever they transform, with the only difference with this series being that they no longer do their Transformation Name Announcement.