The Fairy Godmother Academy (animated television series)

The Fairy Godmother Academy is an American young adult computer-animated fantasy coming-of-age musical television series created by Jan Bozarth and Jane Carter-Loomis, based on the novel series of the same name by Jan Bozarth. It tells the stories of various teenage girls who discover they are the heirs to lineages of Fairy Godmothers, protectors of the Green World, with each girl having a season dedicated to them. A sneak peek of the series aired on the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, then was uploaded to Youtube a day after. The pilot episode, The Singing Stone was then aired December 5, 2012 to critical acclaim on Teen Nick. It is targeted to girls aged 10-15. 
== Premise ==
The Fairy Godmother Academy tells about teenage girls who discover they are fairy godmothers, protectors of the Green World and Adventurine, a magical world which can be accessed only in one's dreams and heirs to fairy godmother lineages, passed only from one female relative to another. In order to prove their worth, they must venture down Aventurine, where they are given quests and wisdoms by fairy mentors. Each season of the series is referred to as a Book.
== Production ==
In early 2009, Dreamworks had acquired the rights to the Fairy Godmother Academy novels and announced it would be creating an animated series based on the books. Jan Bozarth, the creator of the books, was then signed in by Dreamworks to have creative control over the series, which she then accepted. Originally the show was set to air around winter 2011, but had been moved to 2012.
Finding Granny Mo's voice actor was not an easy task for the casting agents, however when veteran actress and comedian Margaret May Stokes, arrived, she was the perfect match for the role as she had a rather youthful intonation and a great sense of humor.
Ellen V., a Finnish-born American child actress, later, rapper and singer, would voice Kerka.
== Episodes ==
=== Book One: Birdie (2012-2013) ===
Episode	Date
Chapter 1: The Singing Stone
12-year-old Birdie Cramer Bright isn't happy moving with her mother, Emma, to New York City, as her mother has a new job there, but thankfully, she's about to meet her eccentric, nature-loving grandmother, Mo, who tells her the truth: she's the heir to the Arbor Lineage of fairy godmothers and passes down an heirloom talisman called the Singing Stone which helps plants grow.	December 5, 2012
Chapter 2: The River Maidens
Birdie finds herself in the magical world of Aventurine, where she meets Kerka, a Finnish girl, who's also on the path to becoming a fairy godmother who shows her a magical map. The two girls then go on an underwater adventure with river maidens, mermaid-like creatures that dwell in rivers.	December 12, 2012
Chapter 3: The Book of Dreams
After their underwater adventure, the girls encounter the wise fairy queen Patchouli, who shows them a Book of Dreams that Birdie's own female ancestors and relatives before her had written down their dreams in and as the Arbor Lineage heir, Birdie must write down any dreams she encounters. Later, she experiences a great nightmare about a tree whose shadow grows bigger.	December 19, 2012
Chapter 4: Ridin' the Redbird Wind
Queen Patchouli bids the girls goodbye as she gives them a special quest: to find and ride the Redbird Wind. Riding the wind is no easy task for the duo, as they must hold on to special feathers and watch out for any hazards they might encounter.	December 26, 2012
Chapter 5: Into the Woods and Off to Danger We Go
The girls delve into a dark, dreary forest, where their survival skills are put to the test. Kerka ends up being trapped by a shadow tree, while Birdie tries to save her.	January 2, 2013
Chapter 6: Green Song
With Kerka now gone, Birdie must figure out how to get her companion out of the shadow tree, but at the same time fight a banshee. She then sings a song her grandmother sang in her youth, saving Kerka in the process. Queen Patchouli congratulates the two girls for doing a job well done, allowing them to go home.	January 9, 2013
Chapter 7: Home at Last!
Birdie wakes up in her grandmother's garden, where she discovers she has a magical garden of her own and tells her grandmother and mother the whole story. She then settles down in her new apartment in New York, and meets Kerka in real life, who also attends the same school as she does.	January 16, 2013
== Reception ==
The Fairy Godmother academy was mostly well-recieved by critics and fans, typically gaining 4 1/2 stars to 5. It was criticized for slightly slow plots in some episodes, but was praised for its art style and character designs and its portrayal of its teenage protagonists as believable human girls. The supporting characters were also praised as well.
== Planned Spin-Offs ==
According to one of the showrunners, Jane Carter-Loomis, she had plans to create another television series entitled Coded 4 Greatness, with more mature themes and male protagonists. Another show, called Folk of Aventurine, focuses more on the mythical creatures inhabiting Aventurine.
A spinoff comic book series, called The Fairy Godmother Academy: Generations, to be illustrated by Lily Marrix, Bernadette Garcia, and Simoun Abrams is to focus on past fairy godmothers.
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