An ancient sorceress is capturing the signs of the Zodiac! To make matters worse, the Oracle is caught while attempting to do some reconnaissance—but fortunately, she manages to warn W.I.T.C.H. of the oncoming danger. Although the girls are stronger now than ever before, will they be able to triumph over a foe so adept in elemental magic?
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Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
Whether they have to travel the globe to make a magical delivery, question the sanity of living with their ever colourful families, or battle an ancient evil that is slowly gaining control over the destinies of all living things, Will and the girls are ready to put it all on the line to protect the world - as usual! Gnone will keep fans entertained with another lively collection of episodic chapters, switching from humorous antics to dramatic escapades for an read both exciting and hearty. At home or on the road, W.I.T.C.H are sticking together through thick and thin!
I think this is my lowest rated W.I.T.C.H. book so far. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it. But I guess I was expecting...more? I kind of love the episodic/slice-of-life nature of these books. But, at the same time, I also miss the big overarching plots that were typical of the earlier books in the series. There didn't seem to be any cohesion to the chapters in this book, and I thought for sure we'd have at least one chapter dedicated to the cliffhanger from the last book.
Even by W.I.T.C.H. standards, this book felt a little outlandish. I expected to love the first story because it was set at Christmas, and who doesn't love a good Christmas story? But I quickly lost track of the plot, and it stopped making sense about halfway through. The characters were off on such a crazy adventure that had no real basis in what we already know of the world and characters. You're telling me people didn't notice their absence? And they actually made it to the north pole? I know I'm not the targeted age range for this, but I would have liked stories that made a little bit more sense, that were a little more logical.
I also found that our villain, whose name I don't remember, from the second story, was a bit too evil just for the sake of being evil. That's kind of why I miss the old books. There was more time spent exploring the characters and their backgrounds, and that's been particularly lacking in the recent story arcs.
All of that negativity aside, I still had a lot of fun with this book. Especially the third chapter, where we got to learn a little bit more about the girls and their relationships with their sometimes very strange fathers. That was wholesome. I think I just keep searching for the feelings I got with the older books, and I won't find it because it's partly based in nostalgia from my childhood. Reading this arc for the very first time, it's not the same. But it's still fun. And I'm still going to read the rest of the series, that can be assured.
This installment seemed to be partly filler, with some cheesy moments and a disjointed plot when it did arrive. There were rushed encounters with 2 sets of magical antagonists which could each have taken up separate arcs instead of being crammed into one; then we had a fairy-tale like interlude which was sweet but still felt like a distraction from what was to come. Hopefully the 3rd and 4th volumes make up for the confusion a little bit.
Sad to say, but they probably should have ended this series sooner. At this point they’re just dragging it out. The villains we’ve been seeing lately have potential, but they’re defeated in only a few pages … The last three volumes have mainly been filler short stories which would have been nice if they used some of these stories in between a bigger story like they did in earlier arc’s … they’re nice & have some nice messages, but they’re just filler after all. It’s still fun to visit these girls again every once in a while, but I probably wouldn’t be able to binge read these. Oh well, maybe the next arc will give some redemption, but still gotta go through 2 more volumes of these. Please don’t just all be short stories, please 🤞🏻
Meh, este introduce una villana de estética egipcia que en dos caps es derrotada, un cap de navidad que no me gustó nada y otro sobre la relación de las chicas con sus padres que me pareció muy cute.