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Netflix is infamous for its disrespectful adaptations of existing properties, probably mostly because of its live-action version of Death Note. I regret to inform you that Netflix has recently decided to give its signature treatment to one of the best-loved magical-girl titles from outside Japan, the Italian cartoon Winx Club. The new Netflix series consists of six episodes, with the possibility of a second season.
I tried to watch it. Alas, this will not be a proper review because I couldn’t make it very far into this dreck.
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