Does Anyone Else Remember W.I.T.C.H.?? | Reading Vlog 

In Germany (and I believe in many other European countries) most children (mostly girls as I recall) first learned about the comics through a magazine called "The W.I.T.C.H. magazine" where every month they would release a new magazine that would contain a portion of the graphic novels story- along with typical 2000s girly stuff like fashion tips, quizzes, posters I believe. And it was AWESOME! I had a couple of editions of the magazine until I lost interest and moved on to "Young Adult" magazines. Looking back, I figure I'd never be interested in ever reading those again- but if someone had a W.I.T.C.H. comic or magazine edition from the time I read it I would be EXCITED! Speaks volumes for the world and the characters I think.

It is an absolute gem. I SCREAMED when I saw this notification. I love how the graphic novels have these characters with difficult parents as well as being difficult people at times. They make mistakes and they get mad at each other. Three of my favourite moments were: 1. Irma learning the difference between wanting to apologizing to feel better and wanting to apologize to let someone else forgive and feel better. This happens when she publicly humiliates a boy from school. 2. Taranee and her mother's relationship in general. I love the portrayal of this relationship so fucking much. It's so damn realistic. In fact all parent and daughter relationship. 3. Cornelia and Will's relationship. I know it's too specific but I loved their conflicts? Especially with the whole reveal of Phobos's sister. :D sorry lol I just LOVE THIS STORY SO MUCH! god damn. I wish people more knew about it. // Also the stuff I mentioned is based off the show, I need to catch up with the graphic novels

dude i never read these but UM ur convincing me?!? LOVE MAGICAL POWER LADIES

This is the throwback I didn't know I needed but IM EATING IT UPPPPP

I was obsessed with Witch (and Winx) growing up! The main story was published as a monthly issue in my country, and then there were the spin-off books, and all the spin-off comics and magazines, and so so much more. I loved it all, and still cherish my collection very much. I hope to introduce my daughter to the story one day. ❤

i love this series. im 27 and still watch the show. its just something that has 1- aged well. 2- isnt to childish to the point where adults cant watch it and 3 so full of nostalgia.

Giiiiiiiiiirl I was obsessed with Cornelia and Caleb too! Right up there with Sailor Moon x Tuxedo Mask and Misty x Ash; definitely up there with my oldest childhood ships HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT THIS WAS A THING

omg they were published here inside a magazine of the same name, and I'm pretty sure the first edition came with the necklace!!!!! I wish I still had it :(

*reads the title* Me, screaming at my computer: YES!!! I DO!!!! I thought I was the only one!!!!! I seriously loved this series so so much growing up, I remember playing with my friends on the playground and we would run around pretending we were the different characters from W.I.T.C.H or Winx Club, gosh I remember loving this so much.

Witch was published as a monthly magazine in my country, and there was even a spin-off magazine called something like Witch Style. Apart from that, I had a collection of hard-cover books on each individual character, light novels, and comics. Why did I sell all of my books? :(

This video couldn't have come at a more perfect time. I've been revisiting my love of W.I.T.C.H. thanks to the Winx Club Netflix series. I always preferred this series because of the aesthetic and character depth. I loved all of the girls but really gravitated toward Taranee. I was so happy to see the Black girl get to be the smart one in a series, especially one with magical girls. Unfortunately, I only ever got to experience the TV show. By the time I learned there were comics, they had become really hard to find in the US. I will definitely be trying to get my hands on the new comic bind-ups. They look beautiful!!!!

Rereading the series, I do like how the girls are pretty layered, despite starring in a comic for pre-teens. Most female characters aimed for this audience are often pretty cookie-cutter, but the WITCH girls have genuine flaws. They could get downright nasty at times, but that makes their moments of bravery and kindness stand out more.

Okay this is creepy. I just thought about this series and then this notification came up. Are you psychic??? I would very much like a part 2 please and thank you. Every now and then I think about w.i.t.c.h. and how obsessed I was with this series. I don't know how many issues I got into it but for a long time I bought every issue I could. It didn't hurt that there was always something included with each issue. I think I had a Kandrakar pendant and the fact that it's probably lost to time now is distressing. Did you ever watch the tv show?

Always preferred Witch over Winx

I think the plots go fast because originally, this was published as a monthly magazine, so it would make more sense to have a plot develop through a few instalments each instead of it lasting half a year or more. I have the magazines from 1 to 87 I think, in the middle of the "new power" arch, that's when they stopped releasing it in Mexico. Also the magazines (at least here in Mexico) had a space where letters and drawings from fans, sections that would display some quizzes, how to draws and more info about the girls (like images of their bedrooms, closets, family etc), but as the history progressed, the comic portion of the magazines considerably shrank in size and more "girly" things would take over more than half of the pages, they would talk about fashion, makeup and boys (obviously the only things young girls think about). It was sad watching a comic I enjoyed through most of my childhood become another teenager magazine, and I never knew how the story ended.

Yes!!! Would love a part two. This was a much loved series when I was a kid.

Never read it but I loved the show when I was child in school we fought about who was who😃

Yh defo I thought was the only one that still remembers 😂

Omg I loved WITCH so much as a kid, pretty sure Caleb was one of my first crushes haha!!

I can not stop smiling - so first of all: Thank U :-D WITCH was such a huge part of my teenage years while living in Germany - I think it is incredible how such stories can connect people all around the world :) I would love to see a part 2 for I did also read the later stories

I loved reading the books and watching the show. my fav is Hay Lin

Yessssssss!!! The show was my CHILDHOOD. I have two of the books (one of which was an early volume of the comic that I bought in Kindergarten at the book fair. I lost it and when I told my dad in middle school, he deadass said it was a GOOD THING I lost it [he's very religious and assumed by the title that it was about literal witches... it's not. It's pretty much goth Winx Club]). I'm still waiting for the show to drop on Disney+ and hopefully a revival that can do the comics justice.

I'm revisiting this video for the like 4th time since you released it because it just makes me so happy. W.i.t.c.h. was my childhood/early teenage obsession!

I loved Witch !!!! I remember reading my older sister's copies behind her back hahaha eventually she stopped reading them and I continued. I don't remember much and I don't know if I can find them again in my country....

My childhood. 🎉 The comics. The books. The little gifts that came with the comics. The series. ❤🤗

Omg I forgot I loved will so much I actually printed out a black and grey picture of her and took it to my hair dresser and asked for her to make me look like her 😅🤣

Love this nostalgia!! I remember that I cried before when Caleb turned into a flower... I think that was my first heartbreak 💔. I only followed the first arc and the first few issue of Nerissa's Arc since I'm still a student back then and cant buy the comics anymore (I literally save all my allowance so I can buy them every release) W.I.T.C.H. is a definitely a big part of my childhood. Will never forget.

I didn't read the graphic novels or books, I just watched part of the series. I was always a little uncomfortable with the focus on how their bodies developed further when they transformed.

I think of them daily. I will forever Love W.I.T.C.H♥️

Congratulations on 10k Daria!Really happy for you❤️❤️❤️

I only ever saw the anime/cartoon and I loved it when I was younger so it was cool to see what the original stuff was. I personally would love a part 2!!

this might be my favorite video ever because i love this series!!!

this was my whole childhood!!! pleeeease continue

OMG I NEED A PART TWO PLEASE! This series was everything to me, I almost screamed when I read the notification

Yes! If it weren't so expensive, I would keep it up. I think you're the only book tuber who's delved into these again. ❤️

Loved this!! Now I really need to pick these up! I think I had like 3 of the novels, and I read some of the graphic novels in a weekly magazine - but I'm pretty sure I only got random issues, not full stories. Basically all I can remember is crying my eyes out when Caleb got turned into the flower! Definitely a childhood cartoon crush 😂

Please read more of the series , its so much fun hearing you talk about it.

This made me want to re-read these so badly!! I only wish they published new bundle editions in Italy as well! Over here they came out in monthly installments, and I'm missing most of the early chapters ones (which tbh were the best ones). Btw, I don't know if the 20 US volumes follow every single arc, but in my opinion the last good one is the sixth, after which most of the original demographic had aged out of middle school and wasn't really interested, and the storylines became a lot more random and juvenile :/

My childhood!!! Witch was everything to me as a kid. Love u solely for this video ❤️

I would really like a part 2. I loved the witch series when I was younger and love to see people talk about it today!

Oh mannnn this is so nostalgic!! I loved reading w.i.t.c.h. as a kid~ I remember being so fascinated by the astral drop arc, and of course the very first arc was the stand out for me! I loved aspects of the nerissa arc but I feel the same, there were a *lot* of pacing issues. I do love the role Yan Lin plays though (I won't mention how her role evovles just in case it wasn't featured in the first 9 volumes)! Personally I would say to stop reading once arc 5 ends (I think that means 2 more arcs after this one) because the writing quality drops a lot beyond that point. If I'm not wrong, a lot of the original writing staff and artists left because of Disney's interference, but you'll have to factcheck me on that!

Oh I loved the w.i.t.c.h series!!!!! How nostalgic ❤️❤️❤️

Yes yes yes part 2!!!! Also I invested in the heart of candracar that you referenced on Etsy and it is so worth the money and the shop owner is lovely (she also donates most of the profit to animal charities) so definitely get yourself one !!!!

The timing of this is WILD seeing as I just received the first 3 volumes in the post! I watched the cartoon over Christmas with my sister and it got me wanting to read these again, my whole childhood honestly 😭😭

For years, I have remembered that black girl and her tights, for years I have been trying to find out what series she was from.

I really like your thoughts about WITCH comics. Ah, nostalgia is, indeed, a very hard drug, and an addictive one ;D I would LOVE to see part 2 of this, where you read the rest of the volumes and analyze it in the same manner.

Oh my god, This. Witch was so much of my childhood even though I know very little about the first volumes because when they got gifted to me they weren't from the beginning, but from the middle of an arc (I don't remember which one, but it had Orube in it) and it broke my heart when they stopped translating them in my language. There are also a couple novellas which may or may not be cannon, that i loved. You making this blog makes me want to look them up.

I CAN’T BELIEVE IT TOOK THIS LONG FOR ME TO REMEMBER THE NAME!!! i’m so happy this was on my recommended 🥺

Please make a part 2 video! I'm curious to know more!!! I'm 28 now and I was obsessed with W.I.T.C.H. since I was 10 years old. When I knew that they're being republished I got extreamly happy and relieved, because I was bummed hard when the magazine issues stopped being published in the region I'm living in. Now I get to know what will happen next. But I'm relying on your video to check the quality of the books before I place an order online!

Thank you so much for this!! I loved witch as a kid and had all the magazines as the comic was published monthly in a girls magazine with other things like fashion and horoscopes in my country, but I threw them all out when I was a teen cos I thought they were childish along with all my other comics (biggest life regret 😩) and spent years trying to find the original print volumes to little success as they got super expensive the later the volume. So I gave up and never realised they were back in print 😄 so happy such nostalgia

This video makes me so happy that there's someone else out there that loved the W.I.T.C.H. graphic novels as much as I did (and still do)! I was a lot like you, I bought every graphic novel that was released in English and had longed for so long to finally finish the Nerissa arc after being left off on a cliffhanger. I spent way too much time as a 12 year old trying to find translated scans of the comics on the internet so I could properly finish the story and probably gave the family computer a bunch of viruses trying to do it lol, so when I saw that Yen Press was re-printing the series in 2017, I legit screamed.

You can't just call 8 year old me like that! I also loved Elyion because I thought her hair looked so cool 😂 I think the fast pace might have to do with how the comic was originally published, which was a chapter a month. I remember there being nothing worse than waiting a whole month for a chapter only for it to be a light breather chapter with maybe a bit of relationship drama happening in it, which now as an adult I appreciate, but a tween little old me did not as much

this brought up a deep deep memory

Please please do a part two!! I loved W.I.T.C.H. as a teen, and I felt so nostalgic and happy watching your video! Plus, I didn't go further than the second arch so I'm so curious to know what happens. Thank you for this video! P.S. Cornelia 4ever!!

OMG THE NOSTALGIA!!! I use to read witch in french and it was in magazines style with a new one each months. I think it took like 10 magazines to finish an arc and I had to wait for them to be shipped from FRANCE!!! I use to love Witch and now I kinda wanna read it again hahaha

I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW THE TITLE!!!!!

You should definitely do a part 2!!!

I just dug out my old magazines from 2001... Yeah nostalgia is one hell of a drug. I'm Norwegian but I ordered those new editions in English before I finished your video. Great great video, thank you!

We need a part 2!

I was obsessed with those!

wow thanks for reminding me of one of my childhood favourites, I never made it even as far as you did back then, the comics were really hard to get in rural austria xD gonna try to find them and reread now though!

OMG I LOVED w.i.t.c.h so much when I was younger, I used to regularly rewatch the show once every couple of years :)))

Part 3 of the seventh arc (out of eleven arcs) is getting released on February 23! HYPE!!

I know I’m hella late but but I heard the theme song recently and remembered W.I.T.C.H. Never read the books but I loved the show. Love the video. 🥹

OMGGGG I was such a big fan !! (And it pissed me off because half the time when I asked people to buy me the books they git it wrong and bought me the Winx ones x) ). I'm so glad this video exists ! (I had no idea it was italian though !)

Oh man, that takes me back! I was OBSESSED with W.I.T.C.H., and I was lucky enough that many many of its issues were published in Greece. I spent about five years patiently waiting for the month to end and the new issue to come out, until I started feeling that the writing quality was not as I liked it and I had to let it go by the end of the next arc after the last one mentioned in this video. I did read some of the rest a couple years ago (and re-read the older ones, and just like you I was getting flashbacks of how and when I read some of them when I was little) and... I was quite right in deciding that the series was not for me anymore, lol. Still, it means SO MUCH to me, it's a big part of my childhood (and funny thing, some of the issues would include small presents for the readers, and one of those once was a Heart of Kandrakar - I still have it!) and I loved going down memory lane with this video! Gonna watch your other video on it asap!

Honestly, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one that remembers W.I.T.C.H. since my friends don't really like it and my cousin is more of a Winx Club fan. But then I see videos like this and I get kind of a fuzzy feeling of pure joy. Loved the cartoon, and to this day I have yet to read the whole graphic novel without spoiling myself. It's hard but somehow that makes it more fun. Sorry for the rant, if anyone is really reading this comment I hope you have a nice day 💜✨

^^ Nice to see this series finally getting some recognition - I was pretty much the only person in my (small) realm that had ever read it (and I am a boy), and it was excluded from all the nostalgic retrospectives here on RU-vid until now. 9:16 That's pretty much the norm in any long-running comic series - different artists work on individual issues so they can keep the release dates. 15:41 Ooooh, that's going to get even better once you get to the Endarno-arc :D 21:20 I actually don't mind that this arc went only for three issues, because the AD's had already caused enough trouble, and it helped the girls' character development big time... but they could have had another complication or two to wring a little more out of it (maybe one of their villains manipulates one of the AD's into becoming a magical being themselves and settle their life's purpose on some evil scheme...) But either way, that arc was still very intense (though Ari was indeed not the most realized villain). Sadly, the problems you're mentioning will not really go away and eventually get bigger, so I'd recommend you to only read the next arc (maybe the one after that), but stop once you get to the New Powers Era.

When I found the monthly magazine, the second one was out. I was 17 at the time and the summer holiday had just started. I ordered the first magazine online and immediately subscribed to them. I eventually cancelled it. Years later I bought the remaining magazines that were published here in the Netherlands from someone online. I was always upset that the Italian version had so many more storylines. Knowing that these graphic novels are being published with all the storylines that exist is making me obsessed. I just ordered the first few series. I can't wait to reread the ones I know and read the ones I don't for the first time.

I remember finding this first one at a library book sale. Ahhhh good times 😊

found your chanal like a week ago and I'm really glad about it :D

I used to watch WITCH every Saturday morning on ABC Kids back when I was in elementary school and I also collected the original North American run of the WITCH comics. However, only the first eight comic books made it to the US.

Ahh! My childhood! Didn't even know it was a book series. I watched the tv show. Now I wanna read it.

I just saw your video, you don't know the joy you have transmitted to me to continue reading it! Since the nerisa arc, the return of Phobos and the death of Cedric I didn't really feel that motivated (the outcome of Cedric and Orube hurt a lot) Another point then... you're right about Phobos Phobos and Cedric for me are the most attractive... they have a nose that... that makes them spacey.

Are you going to make a part two? LOVED these as a kid! The next arc is the one that got me into this series and it's a good one :)

Watching this while sorting my WITCH comics collection. I still have a lot more issues to buy but I'm happy to say that I'm halfway through!! Our WITCH comics in the Philippines were printed in English, and the series ended in issue 74.

I love (and still love) W.I.T.C.H. it was a staple of my childhood. I would rush home every day to watch it on TV. I was absolutely gutted when it got cancelled, but both seasons were so amazing. It's as you said, yes we were all there for the magical element, but what I loved is we also got to see their normal lives & it was relatable for the audience it was aimed for. I will never not defend W.I.T.C.H. as it still has a very treasured place in my heart & my nostalgia (also can we just talk about Irma's comedic wit. It was literally so underrated)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Finish reading it! I remember reading these randomly when my younger cousins had some, but also I think in my language (English is my second) there were possibly even less stories published, so I'm really curious how it all evolves and ends eventually.

I loved these books and the animated series; I'm pretty sure I've still got some of these books in the back of a wardrobe somewhere....

This was a blast from the past. I remember watching WITCH when I was a kid but when the Winx netflix show came out I kept getting the two confused and wondering why everything I heard about that show wasn't familiar to me xD I believe Cornelia was my favourite, but I don't remember much else from the show haha. I didn't even know there were graphic novels!

Oh, man, I remember my friend and I got obssesed with this series as well, but we would buy them like magazines that came with little presents (erasers, bead bracelets, even one with an actual heart of Kandrakar... although we never got it because the magazines with those we got them in resell and didn't had any of those perks) and there came in a time in which it was too expensive to buy more so I always wondered how the rest of the story goes. By then I realized "hey, internet, I can see comics there with no issues!" so I read all the numbers, from start to finish... and boy, do I almost regret it because there is kind of a soft reboot that happens that makes everything worse. They destroy the character of Matt, they change the personality of Taranee, which in turn changes Irma too and Will is kinda an ass. The only character that remains the same are Cornelia and Hay Lin, but there is also these plotlines and arcs that are just straight up weird. At some point the whole thing goes "fuck it, now magic is something some kids are born with just because and your job as guardians now is make a little Harry Pottersque school of magic for these kids on this magical bus", because I guess HP's movies came out at that time.

Omg I need to buy these new thick version!!! All my old collection is gone. I hope they release them in my country

PART 2, PART 2!! W.I.T.C.H was my childhood!

i would love to see u react/talk about the show!! :)

Inspired me to reread as well

I definitely thought that show was a fever dream.

I used to have the necklace with kandrakar pendant on it (a bonus from one of the old volumes). And I’m so sad that I don’t have it anymore

Omg make a part two, If you like Phobos as a villain, I think you’d love story arch number four!!

i love d bright beautiful comics!!!

If i remember Witch? It was the first comic i've ever read and now i'm trying to buy books for my cousin.

Haha child hood memories! May W. I. T. C. H rest in peace!

I've heard of W.I.T.C.H. as a TV show. Didn't know it was also a book series,

oh mygod! i remember reading these when i was 13! in my country, they are released comic book style and there are upto 70 volumes and i know have them all somewhere! there are also like the panini sticker books that i was obsessed with lol. i remember seeing winx on tv and im like? umm thats witch? like they are so similar i thought disney adapted them because the characters to me looked the same lol. ughh those were the days

this is rad

My whole childhood!!!!!

OMG this was my childhood (and Winx). I remember buying all the magazines (it took a few years before they came out in thick books like the ones you're holding) and I remember there was a small trinket with each issue (like the necklace you mentioned, nail polish, bracelets, stickers, etc etc. There was some kind of merch for each one). Sadly it stopped around chapter 60 over here (the whole thing about Ye Old Bookshop, Cedric and Orube) and I found out it apparently kept going till 139 :( Personally I didn't like the cartoon series, there was just something about it I didn't like... and they made some changes I didn't agree with. Also I loved Elyon for the exact same reasons as you! Her coronation dress (the purple one), I was obsessed with it! I drew it several times and had plans to actually make it one day (I haven't to this day, but I have made many other dresses instead)

Omgg I loved W.I.T.C.H., I wanted to be Cornelia haha this is such nostalgia! 🖤

I clicked SO FAST. I thought I'd imagine this omg

Hey 👋 I recently found your channel lol I know you’ve recently (or a few months ago but whatever same thing 😝) started reading the Wheel of Time. I was wandering if you’d read any Cosmere works. If you haven’t I recommend starting with Mistborn: The Final Empire, Warbreaker, or Elantris. All these are great for getting into high adult fantasy which I understand you were trying to do with Wheel of Time. Alternatively, you can hit yourself with a brick right off the bat and start with the 1000 page long Way of Kings ... I recommend protecting your head, it’s kinda important. Anyways that’s it lol 😝 idk if you’ll even see this but I gave it a shot hehe 😜

this click was a reflex!!!!!