Arthur and the Minimoys (Season 2)

Arthur and the Minimoys (Arthur et les Minimoys) is a French animated series by Studio 100 Animation and EuraopaCorp Television. It is based on Luc Besson's "Arthur and the Minimoys" book and novel series, though the series has much changed canon. Unlike Luc, who produced the original movie trilogy and who wanted to produce the planned "Arthur and the Book Of Life" series (which never got real, sadly) the series was produced by Thomas Anargyros and Katell France (who is known for his other children shows like "Maya the Bee", "Apollo's Tall Tales", etc.). It is currently unknown if Luc Besson helps making a project or even knows about it (the series are not very popular in other countries, but yes, the canon is also the problem). Season 1 premiered on September 2018 on the French kids channel TiJi. Season 2 was announced after three years of canceling on July 25. Season 2 promises old and new characters, new animation and being more like the original movie trilogy. There is also a 100% chance that Arthur and Selenia will get together.

New members of ABS
Lola is the new main character in the series. She is a Minimoy from North Korea. Lola is the manager of Music-Propagand. She is very (or too) careful about others and decided to become Arthur's "big sister" "so that he could live for 105839 more years". But despite that, everybody accepts Lola's life advices. She has a crush on one of the members of Music-Propagand. Lola also makes sure that she doesn't get fat, because she wants to become an idol. She supports Arthur and Selenia's crush on each other. Lola is 1113 years old. Her weapon is an Earth Gun.

Villains
Omber is the new villain of the series. Omber has no memory of his past and, inspired by Malthazard's atrocities, decides to help him take the Sword Of Power, hoping in this way to understand who he should really be. Omber takes this mission seriously and will do anything to make Malthazard proud of him (which infuriates Darkos). However, Omber can also turn out to be quite proud. His weapon is the Wind Crossbow.

Marine Flower
Hana is a minimoy from Japan who is the leader of the Marine Flower duo. Hana has dreamed of becoming a mini-idol since childhood, so that everyone can feel happy when they hear her voice. When she did become a mini-idol, Hana became quite arrogant. Despite this, she is beloved by many minimoys, but her friend, Mizu, has fewer fans.

Mizu is a minimoy from Japan who is a member of the Marine Flower duo. During her audition for the group, Mizu became friends with Hana. It turns out that both of them have dreamed of being mini-idols since they were kids. When Hana and Mizu became popular mini-idols, Mizu unfortunately didn't have as many fans as Hana. Mizu is very kind and likes to make appliqués out of little pebbles. Even though Hana is arrogant, Mizu still likes to spend time with her because she believes that everyone has a good heart, even the baddest.

Music Propaganda
Changmin is a minimoy from South Korea and the leader of the Music Propaganda trio. Almost all the minimoy girls, especially Selenia and Hana, are crazy about him. Selenia's endless fanaticism for Changmin makes Arthur and Hana jealous - the first one because he is in love with Selenia and the second one because she is in love with Changmin. Changmin, unlike Hana, doesn't always think only of himself and tries to make sure that the other members of Music Propaganda get more attention. He also tries to help others if they want his help.

List of episodes
Plots of 4 first episodes were revealed on Le Figaro.

1. New Friends, New Allies (Fr. Nouveaux amis, nouveaux alliés)
After the failure with the Flower Of Forgetfullness, Malthazard, Darkos, Taraje and the other seides think of how to defeat the minimoys compeletely. Then, they meet a new ally - Omber, who promises to help the seides defeat the Minimoys and steal Arthur's Sword... Meanwhile, the minimoys prepare for Melody Festival. Also, Arthur finds out about the other minimoy beings, such as hybrids, element minimoys, etc. But while the party is on, the seides, together with Omber, attack, and Omber seems much stronger than everybody, especially Arthur's Sword...

2. Element Powers (Fr. Pouvoirs des éléments)
Arthur, Betameche and Selenia realise that they need a power up for their weapons to be Omber's powers' equal or be even stronger. Miro tells the trio about the Element Powers which the element minimoys kept before Malthazard became evil and took over the 6 kingdoms. After this happened, Gvidalia's family began to keep them at home. Miro's conversation with the trio was overheard by Omber and he began to follow the team on the way to Gvidalia's house to check if the mole had told the truth. Arthur and his friends asked Gvidalia's parents about the Element Powers, and the parents were about to give them to the team, when Omber suddenly breaks into the house and fights the trio. Omber steals Gvidalia and Arthur and his friends ran after him, but unexpectedly a minimoy from North Korea, Lola, also went after them.

3. Four's A Crowd (Fr. Quatre est une foule)
Lola asks Arthur if she can take the power of the earth so that she can help the team, but the boy understands her intentions to take care of them and, in response, Lola is rejected. Meanwhile, Betameche and Selenia got into a fight and the others are trying to reconcile them. Also, Darkos is jealous of Omber, because he gets along well with Malthazard and decides to steal the powers of air and earth from Arthur with the help of Taraje, in order to become stronger too and finally defeat the minimoys, but during the task the duo meets new rivals - Crobe's Unicorns, who are also going to get the powers of the elements.

5. Rain Activity Club (Fr. Club D'activités De Pluie)
One morning, Arthur wakes up and thinks that nothing can ruin this day, but suddenly, the rain starts, and Arthur starts to slip on every step. Selenia then comes and gives him a big leaf for him to hide under it while they're running to the castle. While the rain goes on, Arthur joins the Minimoys' Rain Activity Club where they can play games and tell stories. When the club members are playing "Ace Adventure Craziness", Arthur finds the rules very uncomfortable and decides to change them, much to Selenia's disgust...

6. The Mini-Musical (Fr. La Mini-Musicale)
The Seides find a mysterious stone. When a moonlight shines on the stone, the Seides start to sing! Malthazard thinks that it's a way to somehow take over the First Kingdom. In the morning, Minimoys start to sing too! Siphrat tells ABSL that the reason of singing is The Musical Stone. While ABSL are searching for a way to steal the Musical Stone from the Seides, they are making some musical numbers.

Note: This episode might be split in two parts.

8. Love Games (Fr. Aime Les Jeux)
Arthur comes to Lola's house and tells her about his feelings to Selenia and Gvidalia, so Lola gives Arthur the Love Flower, with which he can find out if he can be with someone and if the girls actually love him (like in "love, does not love"). Then Selenia and Gvidalia come to her house too and Lola gives them Love Flowers too. Arthur, Selenia and Gvidalia start to tear the petals off from the flowers to guess if their love interests love them (and if there really are rivals).

13. The Golden Bee (Fr. L'abeille d'or)
Arthur and his friends get an invitation to the Big Necropolis Game. After some thinking, the gang accepts the invitation, but it turns out to be another trap to steal the weapons from ABSL...

Trivia

 * Thomas Anargiros sais that this season will be "very philosophic".