Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2015) [+]
Jul 02 2025
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir is a French teen superhero animated series set in Paris. Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Christina Vee, who I love as a voice actress and Internet personality) is a normal high-school teen who has a secret — she is also the superhero Ladybug protecting Paris alongside her partner Cat Noir who she doesn't know is actually her high-school crush Adrien Agreste (Bryce Papenbrook). At the same time Cat Noir is in love with Ladybug and since they don't know each other's secret identity they don't know that they're actually in love with each other.
Meanwhile the main villain is Hawk Moth who is actually Adrien's father the fashion designer Gabriel Agreste (Keith Silverstein). Hawk Moth finds people with negative emotions and akumatizes them into supervillains which he then sicks on Ladybug and Cat Noir because he wants their Miraculous — the totem that lets them turn into superheroes. Later on we find that Gabriel has a good reason for wanting the two Miraculous though still not a good idea to let him have them.
In each episode someone gets akumatized and Ladybug and Cat Noir have to stop them. This also reveals something about the akumatized person since something unfortunate happened to make them angry or sad or disappointed or whatever — and that something is often Chloé Bourgeois (Selah Victor), the rich mean girl of the high-school who also loves Adrien and is intensely jealous of Marinette.
Later on Ladybug is allowed to deputize people to help her for a mission and she gets to lend them a Miraculous. Hence we start seeing new superheroes with their own unique powers and even Adrien (Aspik snake hero) and Miranette (Multimouse mouse hero) get deputized, one because Miranette doesn't know Adrien's secret and the second for Miranette to cover her secret. Even later still Ladybug and Cat Noir have special cookies to turn them into variants, like Aquabug and Aqua Noir.
Season five (the last one to day though season six is coming) Hawk Moth finally gets the upper hand as he obtains all the Miraculous except for Ladybug and Cat Noirs. Things get bleaker and bleaker until a final confrontation that could be a series ender (I guess if they had decided not to do a season six).
Along with the regular series there are four standalone movies (of 45 to 60 minutes length).
Miranette and Adrien are a great almost couple and it takes until season 5 before they get their act together (though still, without learning their alter egos). Animation is mostly ok — not the biggest fan of this type of animation. This is a nice wholesome series that I enjoyed watching.
Meanwhile the main villain is Hawk Moth who is actually Adrien's father the fashion designer Gabriel Agreste (Keith Silverstein). Hawk Moth finds people with negative emotions and akumatizes them into supervillains which he then sicks on Ladybug and Cat Noir because he wants their Miraculous — the totem that lets them turn into superheroes. Later on we find that Gabriel has a good reason for wanting the two Miraculous though still not a good idea to let him have them.
In each episode someone gets akumatized and Ladybug and Cat Noir have to stop them. This also reveals something about the akumatized person since something unfortunate happened to make them angry or sad or disappointed or whatever — and that something is often Chloé Bourgeois (Selah Victor), the rich mean girl of the high-school who also loves Adrien and is intensely jealous of Marinette.
Later on Ladybug is allowed to deputize people to help her for a mission and she gets to lend them a Miraculous. Hence we start seeing new superheroes with their own unique powers and even Adrien (Aspik snake hero) and Miranette (Multimouse mouse hero) get deputized, one because Miranette doesn't know Adrien's secret and the second for Miranette to cover her secret. Even later still Ladybug and Cat Noir have special cookies to turn them into variants, like Aquabug and Aqua Noir.
Season five (the last one to day though season six is coming) Hawk Moth finally gets the upper hand as he obtains all the Miraculous except for Ladybug and Cat Noirs. Things get bleaker and bleaker until a final confrontation that could be a series ender (I guess if they had decided not to do a season six).
Along with the regular series there are four standalone movies (of 45 to 60 minutes length).
- Miraculous World: New York (2020) - introduces American superheroes
- Miraculous World: Shanghai (2021) - introduces a Chinese super heroine with multiple powers akin to Miraculous. The heroes introduced in New York and Shanghai show up for the season 5 climax.
- Miraculous World: Paris (2023) - an alternate world invades where Shadybug and Claw Noir are the supervillains
- Miraculous World: London (2024) - a neat time travel story set right after season 5 ends and sets up season 6's new villain
Miranette and Adrien are a great almost couple and it takes until season 5 before they get their act together (though still, without learning their alter egos). Animation is mostly ok — not the biggest fan of this type of animation. This is a nice wholesome series that I enjoyed watching.