Miraculous: Tales from Paris is a series of 2D-animated webisodes released from YouTube.[1] They are designed by Angie Nasca.[2] The web series first launched on January 18, 2017, on the Miraculous Ladybug YouTube Channel. After five episodes, production ceased on Tales from Paris, and production moved onto the ZAG chibi series.[3]
Description[]
The series is about the everyday life of Marinette, and it features various students from Miss Bustier's class.[4][5] According to André Lake Mayer, "The 2D format will let us explore new creative executions while staying true to the 'Zag style' of inspirational storytelling, visually intriguing, fun, relevant and high quality content."[6]
English cast[]
- Cristina Vee as Marinette Dupain-Cheng
- Bryce Papenbrook as Adrien Agreste
- Mela Lee as Tikki
- Carrie Keranen as Alya Césaire
- Selah Victor as Chloé Bourgeois
- Ben Diskin as Nino Lahiffe
- Christopher Smith as Tom Dupain
- Philece Sampler as Sabine Cheng
- Reba Buhr as Rose Lavillant and Juleka Couffaine
Webisodes[]
| Episodes | Season premiere | Season finale | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | January 18, 2017 | April 3, 2017 | |
| # | English title | US Release | ||
| 1 | "The Notebook" | January 18, 2017 (YouTube) | ||
| Marinette, Alya and Juleka show Rose that her notebook can be very special. | ||||
| 2 | "Inspiration" | January 26, 2017 (YouTube) | ||
| Marinette works on a design for a dress for the school dance with Tikki. | ||||
| 3 | "Repetiton" | February 15, 2017 (YouTube) | ||
| Marinette struggles with finding the confidence to ask Adrien out. So, Tikki is to the rescue to help her out! | ||||
| 4 | "Busy Day" | March 16, 2017 (YouTube) | ||
| Marinette wants to go to the movies to be with Adrien but must stay and help her parents bake macarons at the Bakery. Alya, Juleka, and Rose come to the rescue to help Marinette so that she’ll be done on time to go see Adrien. | ||||
| 5 | "Homework Essay" | April 3, 2017 (YouTube) | ||
| Marinette must write a short essay on someone who inspires her but struggles to decide who. She finally finds inspiration in her parents. | ||||
Trivia[]
- This is the first web series to ever produced by Zagtoon with original art designs. It's also the second web series to be based on Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir after Miraculous Secrets.
- The webisodes were originally planned to come out in late October 2016, but they were delayed to January 2017.
- The series was originally announced to be designed by Nathanaël Bronn, but it is currently unknown if his design work was used in the final production.[1]
- Early concept art of the series was labeled with the title Miraculous: Adventures of Ladybug.
- On December 22, 2016, Ezra Weisz confirmed that the webisodes had started recording after he mentioned that Kira Buckland came into record.[7]
- Marinette and Adrien's superhero identities, Ladybug and Cat Noir, didn't appear in this web series.
- The webisodes have been confirmed to be canon to the main show by the official Miraculous Ladybug Tumblr blog.[8]
- According to the official Miraculous Ladybug Tumblr blog, 26 webisodes were originally planned.[9]
Gallery[]
Concept arts[]
Promotional artworks[]
