The Natural Way

The Natural Way is a computer-animated fantasy television series created by Jeremy Zag along with Anthony Roux while mainly produced by French companies Zagtoon,, Method Animation and Australian company Flying Bark Productions in co-production with , TF1 and Pictanovo with the participation of Telegael (on addition-distributor, co-financing, and broadcasting partnering), PGS Entertainment (for global distribution and licensing rights), and in association with , with investment funding by Screen Australia of the principal investor. The character design is directed by Xavier "Xa" Houssin and Kim "Tcho" Etinoff, who also previously worked on Wakfu. The series uses a serial format with an ongoing storyline.

The series sets in a magical yet urban modern fictional world of Naturalis where people can have powers over the elements. It mainly follows a middle-aged plant elemental named Fern Trueroots and his quirky group of his quintuplets: Winter, Zephyr, Marine, and Alexandrite, who all have elemental powers like him, matching up their own personalities while navigating their own lives and making new friends along the way, as well as discovering more of the world, learning the various histories of it, and what lies beneath what their powers are while improving them, on making them more powerful.

It made its premiere in France on September 20, 2026, on TF1's TFOU block, and later in France 4 in November 19, 2026. The show later made its English debut in Australia on ABC Me on October 1, 2026, becoming a ratings success in the respective country. In the United States, the series premiered on November 6, 2026, on Nickelodeon. After 18 months on pay-TV, The Natural Way is now available to stream on Netflix and Amazon Prime in most countries. Clips, promos, trailers and sometimes full episode would often be uploaded by the show, ABC Me, Nickelodeon and some the series international broadcasting partners (such as CBBC) official YouTube channels.

The showow reached high popularity not only in France but around the world, being praised by a lot of television critics and a global audience for the writing, animation, and characters, which soon spawned a fandom and a media franchise with several products tied to it, including various comic books, merchandise, novels, and video games. It later became one of Zagtoon's much more popular works, alongside Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. The possibility of a film adaptation based on the series was in the works.

Plot
The show is set of the mystical world of Measseran (which is similar to Earth) — people and creatures can inherit the respective main particular elemental powers, abilities, spells, and subclasses: Plant, Ice, Wind, Water, Rock, Fire and Magic, which have been passed down for many generations until today in modern times. It has always been this way in a wide range of cultures, from the most primitive ones on the planet to those that are more refined — Now taking place in the city of Dawntopia, one of Measseran regions (Plant, Ice, Wind, Water and Earth were the most common elements there while considered 'natural' hence the name Naturalis), following the adventures of a Plant elemental, Fern Trueroots, a laid-back, mellow yet lazy man who lives in the more rural side of the city and his younger quintuplets who all have different powers — the shy, distant and timid yet kind Ice elemental Winter, the smug and pompous but enthusiastic, excitable, creative, resourceful and smart Wind elemental Zephyr, the adventurous, bold, and fearless but calm, calm, chill, fair, compassionate and level-headed Water elemental and the aggressive, hostile, tough but overall loyal as well friendly Rock elemental Alexandrite. Joined by their Fire elemental cousins — Flaris, Fuegis, Spark and Magical elemental friends/allies Soleis, Nafsia, Draíocht, Hueso and Shenqi.