List of Winx Club home video releases

Winx Club is an American animated series created by Dan Darlene. The show is set in a magical universe that is inhabited by fairies, witches, and other mythical creatures. The main character is a fairy warrior named Bloom, who enrolls at Alfea College to train and hone her skills. It premiered on January 4, 1994, becoming a ratings success.

Throughout the years, episodes of the series have been released on VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD. The series' VHS releases were among the top selling titles released by Family Home Entertainment, whereas Paramount's DVD releases of the first two seasons were among the top selling television titles on the format, behind Paramount's own release of the first season of Chappelle's Show.

Overview
Family Home Entertainment acquired the video rights to the series through their deal with Bear Bones, which they finalized in September 1987. The video rights to the series were acquired ahead of the series premiere.

VHS
FHE initially released The Premiere Movie on VHS on December 16, 1993, prior to the premiere of the series. It is a movie recut of the first two episodes.

Beginning in July 1994, Family Home Entertainment released the series in several VHS volumes, each containing an assortment of episodes per tape, with the volumes featuring behind the scenes footage or a music video included as a bonus feature alongside the main episodes, much of which were included on Paramount's DVD releases. These volumes were originally sold individually, and were later sold in box sets, beginning with the releases of the first two seasons in 1996.

LaserDisc
Live Entertainment, the parent company of Family Home Entertainment, released The Premiere Movie on LaserDisc in 1994. It was released on three sides, with the third side including a behind the scenes extra. This extra was include in Paramount's later releases.

DVD
Artisan Entertainment, through the Family Home Entertainment imprint, released the first three seasons in several volumes between 1999 and 2000. The releases are identical to the VHS releases in terms of episode selections. The DVDs lack extras.

In addition to the first three seasons, Artisan released The Premiere Movie on DVD in August 2000, shortly before the video rights moved to Paramount. The release features the behind-the-scenes featurette from the LaserDisc release.

Overview
When Nickelodeon announced they would be collaborating with Bear Bones to produce a revival series of Winx Club, the video distribution rights of the series moved to Paramount Home Entertainment, Nickelodeon's video distributor. Artisan continued to release the series until December 2000, when the rights expired. The video rights to the series remain with Paramount as of 2022.

VHS
Paramount released the four recap specials on four VHS tapes in 2002, ahead of the premiere of season 5.

Volume sets
Prior to the announcement of the season box sets, Paramount Home Entertainment released 12 individual DVD volumes between 2002 and 2005, each comprising of seasons 4, 5 and 6. These releases feature no extras, apart from optional Spanish and Portuguese audio tracks and trailers for other Nickelodeon releases.

10th Anniversary Collection
Prior to the release of season 1, Paramount released three DVD collections in January and February 2004, the first of which was a 2-disc set with 10 episodes from the first four seasons, as chosen by creator Dan Darlene and the series' crew. The release was done as a test for potential future releases of the series.

A Fairy Cool DVD!
Alongside the 10th anniversary DVD, Paramount released a single disc release on January 28, 2004. Titled A Fairy Cool DVD!, it features the first two episodes of the series and a number of bonus features that would later be included with the first season set released later that year. According to Dan Darlene, the disc was essentially a "cut-down version" of the first disc of the first season, without all the extra bells and whistles that made it complete.

Fairy Favorites Collection
In February 2004, Paramount Pictures and Bear Bones Entertainment held a contest for fans to choose 5 episodes of the series to be released as a separate "best-of" DVD collection. Titled Fairy Favorites Collection, the DVD was released on February 24, 2004.

Season sets
In September 2003, Dan Darlene confirmed through a radio interview that Paramount was planning to release the series on DVD in season box sets beginning in 2004, coinciding with the series' 10th anniversary.

Alongside the 10th anniversary collection, the first season was confirmed for a release in March 2004. The first two seasons were released in 2004, and the third and fourth were released in 2005. The recap specials were initially set for a release in winter 2006, but a change in executives at Paramount following their acquisition of DreamWorks Pictures put the plans on hold. In August 2006, Dan Darlene confirmed that talks with Paramount and Nickelodeon resumed, with the specials set for a release in fall 2007.

Notably, seasons one and two and three restore the episode recaps, next episode previews, and original credit sequences, which were edited out of reruns. In addition, seasons 5-8 are present in the original widescreen aspect ratio which the episodes were produced in, rather than the 4:3 aspect ratio that the episodes were broadcast in. Some of the episodes on the season 3 DVD use the "Superheroes" credit sequence for Nickelodeon broadcasts. The season 4 DVD alternates between both the original "Winx Are Back" intro and Nickelodeon's "Winx, You're Magic Now" intros while retaining the original "Superheroes" credit sequence; according to Dan Darlene, the wrong intro masters were used by mistake while the restoration team added the original credits.