Ranked #2005

Night Wizard

Okay, guys! I wanted to re-do this review too, since I finished this series some time ago.

Story
Night Wizard. A term given to those whose mission is to protect the world from impending darkness. Renji Hiiragi is one such Night Wizard, who is constantly called on missions, even though all he wants is to be able to go to school and graduate.

However, his latest order was to protect Elis Shiho, who is a new transfer student at his academy. Being dragged into the Astronomy Club by Renji's childhood friend, Kureha Akabane on her first day at school, Elis soon realises that she too, has the power to become a night wizard, after possessing one of seven secret Jewels, the Jewel of Kindness.
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I really liked Night Wizard's story, it's not the most original story that you'll see, I mean, we've probably seen alot of magic-animes.. But.. this had some really funny moments, action moments and serieus moments. The only thing that I'd missed was romance. If you want more romance than the usual, this isn't an anime that you should watch. Even though the lack of romance, I really enjoyed this series. Do not watch if you don't like magical gernes!

Art
The animation is pretty good. I wouldn't expect less from an 2007-anime. Ofcourse, we have some miss-steps in Night Wizard too, but every anime has some of these. Overall is must say that I have nothing to complain about the animation. We see some pretty good effects with is just okay.

Sound
What can I say about this? The Opening-song, ''Kurenai'' is very nice to listen to. I'm sure it won't bother you to listen to it through the 13 episodes. The Ending-song, which is ''Erinyes'' was the song where I got addicted too! It's really good for an Ending-song, I really miss to listen to it now. For the sound-effects, we have enough of them, also the seiyuu's did a goob job with their character.

Character
The main characters of Night Wizard are probably Renji (Hiiragi) and Elis. Which I enjoyed very much is that Renji always was the victim! Everyone was always picking on him, awhh. Elis is probably the main female character, the one who turns out to have ''magical'' powers, like you see more in this kind of animes. Renji ends up as Elis's ''protector'' and Elis makes more friends. The other kinda like ''supporting'' characters are Kureha, Akari, Anzelotte and Bell. Kureha is Elis's first friend and drags Elis into the Astronomy Club, she's also a wizard who's been friends with Renji since childhood. Akari is the quite type of girl and ends up as being Elis's friend too, probably because she was touched by her kindness. Yes, Akari is a wizard too. Than, Anzelotte, Renji's ''boss''. It's very funny to see her commanding him, she always ignores his complaints. Bell is like the main villain of the story, she knew Anzelotte for a long time. She's not as bad as she looks, though. You should expect a suprise in this series. I think I've told you something about all the important characters, I really liked them. Let's continue with the next subject.

Enjoyment
I think that you'll enjoy this series if you like magic and comedy. Me, myself, really DID enjoy this. I don't regret watching it and waiting for the episodes to air. Think I'll dare to say that this is something that you should give a try. At least, if you like magic.

Overall
Overall I think that I give this a 8. The story turns out the be different than what you thought (somewhere at the end). My favourite through the series was Elis, she was really cute. I also loved Renji, he was so funny! Well, as you can see, if you ask me, this a good anime which has what an anime needs.

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Night Wizard in no way a great anime. But it somehow ended up as one of my favorites and for one little reason: it's so simple. The plot is a straight forward one that is reminiscent of older anime where Yandere characters were but a far, far away thing and loli was not a genre of anime. Where it was the hero versus the bad guy on a mystical quest. Night Wizard is exactly that.

The art in Night Wizard, although sometimes inconsistent (although quite rarely), is very nice. While the character designs are somewhat generic, they are done nicely and with style so that you can get over the generic feel that accompanies them. The opening sequence is very simple and the song (sung by the wonderful Seiyuu who plays the main female character, Shihou Elis) isn't too bad either. The ending sequence is a series of still images but done really nicely so that the power of the beautiful ending song can really get it's point across.

The characters work nicely as a team and go about fighting the weekly bad guys until the end of the series where the true villian is revealed and our two main characters have to go against their friends and the organization they worked very hard for. A turn of events you might not have anticipated at the start of the series. But everything wraps up nicely for the end of the series with the perfect place to start off with a second season. read more