Regal Academy

Regal Academy is an Italian animated series co-created by Iginio Straffi and Joanne Lee. The series was produced by the Rainbow studio, which is co-owned by Straffi and Viacom. Viacom's Nickelodeon channels broadcast Regal Academy worldwide, while Rai YoYo aired the series in Italy. It premiered on Rai YoYo on May 22, 2016, and on Nickelodeon U.S. on August 13, 2016.

The series is a comedic reimagining of a few fairy tale characters. It originated as a dark comedy concept called Twisted Fairy Tales that the Rainbow team designed in 2009. After several years of changes, the show was previewed in 2013, under the working title Royal Academy.

Plot
The series follows Rose, a teenage girl from Earth who discovers a key which leads to FairyTale Land, where fairy tales come to life. She ends up at a prestigious school named Regal Academy. Rose finds out that she is the granddaughter to the headmistress Cinderella. Rose decides to enroll at Regal Academy and learn how to use magic while having adventures with her friends.

Broadcast
In 2015, it was announced that Nickelodeon would globally broadcast the series. Regal Academy premiered in Italy on Rai YoYo on May 21, 2016. In the United States, it began airing on Nickelodeon on August 13, 2016. The second season premiered on Nickelodeon's sister channel Nick Jr. on November 5, 2017.

It also aired on Nickelodeon in Latin America, on Gulli and Nickelodeon Junior in France, on Nickelodeon in the UK, on Nickelodeon in Poland (November 14–29, 2016), on ZOOM (since September 4, 2016) in Israel, on Nicktoons in South Africa (November 14, 2016) and a few weeks later on e.tv and etoonz, and on Nickelodeon and TuTy in the Czech Republic.