Nickelodeon has recently unveiled the premiere of the all-new 3D CGI-animated, action-sitcom series, Miraculous™. The 26-episode series, which will air every Sunday at noon ET/PT, and repeat throughout the week, is owned and produced by ZAG, under its “Zag Heroez” umbrella. The series targets girls 6-11 with first week’s ratings and strong social media activity indicating interest including older girls up to 17 and some curious interest from boys as well.
The series tells the story of a charismatic girl who transforms into a superhero in Paris named Ladybug. Miraculous has already debuted in France and Korea, attaining consistent number one ratings across all kids shows.
We recently screened the episode BUBBLER with 11 year old Mahtab Zargari, and this is what she had to say:
It’s basically a show that blends superheroes, soap operas and kids shows all into one. Marinette and her crush Adrien have super powers that they use for good. The little animal charm buddies (the Miraculouses) give them their super powers and some bonus powers, and I think that’s pretty cool. But the super powers don’t last forever, you only have a certain amount of time before changing back to your regular self. Usually Ladybug girl will get a special object and she has to figure out how to use it in her situation. The first episode they didn’t really show much of Adrien’s powers.
It’s not a sitcom, but like a sitcom there are little bits of humor that made me laugh. My favorite part of the Bubbler episode was the part when Adrien’s best friend got mad that his rich dad wouldn’t let him have a birthday party. He got so angry that he thought of a way to get rid of all the adults so the kids could do whatever they want! It was also funny when Adrien’s dad’s assistant took Marienette’s unmarked birthday gift and passed it off as a gift from his dad. He totally thought his dad got him that gift, and he never figured out who really gave him the scarf. It’s not like a normal cartoon or sitcom where everything is figured out by the end of the episode and forget about all of that in the next episode. It continues on with the story. And I’m pretty interested to see the story unfold.
The show is more for kids in the 8,9,10 age group, but I can see how kids 15 and under will enjoy it.
On a scale of 1 – 10 I would rate it an 8.
As an 11 year old I really enjoyed it but felt a little too mature for it. I think my sister who is in third grade and all of her friends will really love it. It’s a sopa opera for kids with a female main character. Super awesome.
