The Fairy Godmother Academy (animated television series)

The Fairy Godmother Academy is an American young adult computer-animated fantasy coming-of-age musical television series created by Jan Bozarth and Jane Carter-Loomis, based on the novel series of the same name by Jan Bozarth. It tells the stories of various teenage girls who discover they are the heirs to lineages of Fairy Godmothers, protectors of the Green World, with each girl having a season dedicated to them. A sneak peek of the series aired on the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, then was uploaded to Youtube a day after. The pilot episode, The Singing Stone was then aired December 5, 2012 to critical acclaim on Teen Nick. It is targeted to girls aged 10-15.

Premise
The Fairy Godmother Academy tells about teenage girls who discover they are fairy godmothers, protectors of the Green World and Adventurine, a magical world which can be accessed only in one's dreams and heirs to fairy godmother lineages, passed only from one female relative to another. In order to prove their worth, they must venture down Aventurine, where they are given quests and wisdoms by fairy mentors. Each season of the series is referred to as a Book.

Production
In early 2009, Dreamworks had acquired the rights to the Fairy Godmother Academy novels and announced it would be creating an animated series based on the books. Jan Bozarth, the creator of the books, was then signed in by Dreamworks to have creative control over the series, which she then accepted. Originally the show was set to air around winter 2011, but had been moved to 2012.

Finding Granny Mo's voice actor was not an easy task for the casting agents, however when veteran actress and comedian Margaret May Stokes, arrived, she was the perfect match for the role as she had a rather youthful intonation and a great sense of humor.

Ellen V., a Finnish-born American child actress, later, rapper and singer, would voice Kerka.

Reception
The Fairy Godmother academy was mostly well-recieved by critics and fans, typically gaining 4 1/2 stars to 5. It was criticized for slightly slow plots in some episodes, but was praised for its art style and character designs and its portrayal of its teenage protagonists as believable human girls. The supporting characters were also praised as well.

Planned Spin-Offs
According to one of the showrunners, Jane Carter-Loomis, she had plans to create another television series entitled Coded 4 Greatness, with more mature themes and male protagonists. Another show, called Folk of Aventurine, focuses more on the mythical creatures inhabiting Aventurine.

A spinoff comic book series, called The Fairy Godmother Academy: Generations, to be illustrated by Lily Marrix, Bernadette Garcia, and Simoun Abrams is to focus on past fairy godmothers.