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Monster Allergy originally aired on Italian TV but made its English language debut in 2006.

 

Monster Allergy (2006)

Monster Allergy

Monster Allergy details the adventures of Elena Potato, who moved with her mom and dad to Old mill Village, and Ezekiel Zick, whose father is missing and is affected by all sorts of allergies including ones that lets him see monsters. Together they uncover the secrets of the world of monsters. Zick and Elena face terrible danger, and lethal enemies, which they are usually able to overcome with their juvenile spirit.

They are aided by Timothy-Moth, Zick's "cat" and "tutor", who is found to be unusual in that he has his own powers and can speak. He turns out to be a tutor and a guardian of the monsters that were sent to be detained and tutored for breaking the rules of Bibbur-si.

History

In 1996, Disney Italy launched a new comic company called PKNA (Paperinik New Adventures) with an unusual format, featuring human characters rather than the typical anthropomorphic animals that Walt Disney used the first thirty years. This format convinced the Milan division of Disney to launch new plans. The comic book series of Monster Allergy was published on October 13, 2003, and is therefore third of these series, which includes Atlantis: The Lost Empire and W.I.T.C.H.. It is published by Buena Vista Comics. The comic books were created by Alessandro Barbucci and Katja Centomo, of Sky Doll and W.I.T.C.H.. fame, with Francisco Artibani and Barbara Canepa. The series lasted 29 issues; however, it is still in the course of reprints, in newspaper stands the 13th of every month.

An animated series based on the comics was shown on Kids' WB (and other stations) in 2006 and premiered on Disney Channel Asia, April 1, 2007. It was produced, and directed by Iginio Straffi at Rainbow S.p.A., ironically, the creators of Winx Club (one of W.I.T.C.H.'s main competitor).

Style

Barbucci, who had been working on comics for many years, beginning its collaboration with these plans experiences them of Disney Italy, had begun to evolve his personal drawing style towards the "manga" style (as seen in Carpe Diem, the 14th issue of the series), and still more on the pages than W.I.T.C.H., one of more it originates them Italian Disney comic strips, develops a style that decidedly will make school.

After to have very designed the first number, it passes then from the other side of the barricade, supervisionando the designs of the other collaborators to the series: according to number it comes entrusted Giovanni Rigano, than, beyond to Alessio Coppola, it will succeed to interpret in way more originates them of the other designs of the series. In fact the other designers seem to conform themselves diligently not only to the lesson of Barbucci, but above all one with the other: in effects single Rigano he demonstrates of being to the height, if not advanced, to Barbucci, while Coppola will make to be worth the accumulated experience on the pages of X-Mickey.

For that it regards history, written for the greater part from Artibani on subject of the Centomo, they turn out fascinating and al same time amusing, with converses shining and of easy reading.

Remarkable, between history of this Bravo scripteriter, it is then The Return of Zob (No.9 of the comic books. Made in June 2004), in which while on one side Zick and Elena try to resolve the double mystery of a terrible monster that goes around for the roads of the city and a crescent nervousness between the inhabitants, the two boys organize, also, an amusing show, that it is then a homage to the comic strips of the superheroes. In the course of the history, that he is also originates them rework of the myth of the lupo mannaro, Francisco Nardo reinterpeterà the customs of personages like Robin, Flash, Spider-Man 2099, Thor and The Punisher.

To the series, other scripteriters collaborate also: directly from the Bonelli Luca Enoch and Lorenzo Bartoli with a number everyone, while the greater aid to Artibani (that he is also the supervisor of the witnesses) has come from the Tawny disneyano Enna, that also has realized one of the beautifulr and moving numbers of the series (the anguana of Er, n.11 of August 2004, designs of Paul Campinoti). Subsequently they have been calls to you to dramatize the series is authors it asserts like Michele Medda (Co-creator to you of the series "Nathan Never" and "Legs Weaver"), is esordienti as Giovanni di Gregorio and Fabrizio the White man.


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Status : Ended Edit Status
Running Time : 22 minutes
Premiered : September 23, 2006
Date Ended : March 31, 2007
Number of Episodes : 26
Language : English
TV Station : The CW
Country : United States
Audio Format : Stereophonic Sound
Genre : Animation, Horror