Alternative TitlesEnglish: Witchblade Synonyms: witch blade Japanese: ウィッチブレイド
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Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 6, 2006 to Sep 21, 2006
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company
StatisticsScore: 7.541 (scored by 4631 users)
Ranked: #9222
Popularity: #418
Members: 9,805
Favorites: 106 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisMasane Amaha and her daughter Rihoko are on the run from a government child welfare agency that wants to take Rihoko away from her mother. They are caught and Rihoko is taken away. Meanwhile, Masane is attacked by an advanced weapon that can disguise itself as a human being. When faced with the danger, a strange light emits from her wrist and she transforms into a powerful being. She destroys the weapon and consequently becomes involved in a power struggle between powerful organizations, with her at the center of their attention. Because she holds the greatest power of them all, the legendary Witchblade.
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Based on Marc Silvestri's and David Wohl's American Comic book series |
Related AnimeAdaptation: Witchblade
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PKAmmoTroop
9 of 13 people found this review helpful
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24 of 24 episodes seen
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
9 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
I stumbled across this anime at Funimation's Anime Selects On Demand channel and was pleasantly surprised. Lately it seems like anime has become stale and formulaic, but Witchblade brings some American energy into the mix with this US/Japanese co-production.
The characters were energetically imaginary but with enough reality mixed in to further endear them to the viewer. I've known several people like Masane - flighty and incapable of holding down a real job, but with enough heart and love to do what ever it takes to raise their kids. Rihoko is the mandatory kawaii injection that just about every Japanese production seems to require, and her cuteness is a bit overpowering but it doesn't detract from the story. The rest of the gang is fairly well scripted, the good guys being Noir good, meaning there's enough bad in them to make it interesting, and the bad guys are really bad.
What also engaged me is that the story is not solely focused on the action and the fight scenes. Like truly great anime, like Neon Genesis Evangelon or Full Metal Alchemist, the story focuses on the bigger story; how the characters got to the point where they're at and how the current situation is effecting their lives. And all is done without long, boring, confusing flash backs that make you wonder if you're still watching the same anime like Tenjou Tenge. The action is there like frosting on a cake; not too much or it will get boring - sort of like Bleach's 4 episode long fight scenes. This action is well animated and exciting to watch.
One of the best points, like any good story, not everything is wrapped up in one tidy package at the end of the story. Life isn't like that, and even though you may be able to see how it's going to play out several episodes from the end, the final scenes are satisfying, but Witchblade still leaves plenty of threads dangling for one to savor and ponder long after the show is done. It's a fan fiction authors God-send.
I highly recommend this one - kick back and enjoy. It's good viewing. read more
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Helwig
18 of 28 people found this review helpful
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24 of 24 episodes seen
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
I first heard about this Anime when i was watching G4TV and a commercial came on announcing that they were going to Air it. Instead of waiting, i jumped on it and saw the first 4 episodes. Based just off that, it caught my interest almost immediately.
-Story: Unique story even if there wasn't much background to get you to know everything. But, as you watched, more and more is revealed.
-Art: Great art, got a little qwerky here and there, but other than that, Nice.
-Sound: I watched the entire series with my Studio headphones and it was great. Explosions, screams, clashes, and the music all turned out well. The battle music got stuck in my head for awhile even afterwards. xD
-Character: All the main characters were all very different, giving the full aspect of who the protagonist was.
Overall it was Very Enjoyable. I would recommend this to anyone into Action pack awesomeness. read more
Recommendations
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Chalked full of Action and ready to kick ass! Both series have a Female protagonist who has to do dirty work. While Witchblade has the protagonist wielding a special "power" called the Witchblade, Mnemosyne has the protagonist wield a power of Invulnerability/Regeneration. Mnemosyne is a bit more gory than Witchblade but its an Excellent anime by my standards. Mnemosyne is still currently Airing (at a slow rate) but the 3 Episodes that are currently out are a must SEE!
For the guys: Witchblade being the boob-a-licious anime it is, Mnemosyne has a bit of nudity here and there. so 18+! (NOT HENTAI >=O )
~Enjoy
Both of these great anime involve powerful woman protagonists as main characters who are in tight struggles against the consequences that these powers bring. Although Mnemosyne is more sinister, both contain intense fighting scenes and have interesting plots. What's more, the two main female characters from these anime are voiced by the same seiyu.
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Both involve a beautiful woman that can transform into a bloodthirsty superhuman being recruited by the government to fight people with similar powers that have gone mad, and the ending plot twist is similar for each.
Devilman Lady and Witchblade look at the evolution of man into monsters, though Witchblade looks at it through a more technological way as opposed to Devilman Lady which is solely supernatural.
They both feature adult female lead characters who transform against their will into tough, blood-thirsty, "monster-like", feral fighters. The protagonists of each anime have important reasons for fighting, though they are different, as one fights to find her true identity as a person or a beast (Devilman Lady) and the other fights to protect and take care of her daughter (Witchblade).
Violence, sexuality, adult life, government conspiracies and the unbridled lusts for raw power are explored thematically in both anime as well.
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Opening Theme#1: "XTC" by Psychic Lover (eps 1-13, 24)
#2: "Dear Bob" by KOOLOGI (eps 14-23)
Ending Theme#1: "Ashita no Te (あしたの手)" by Mamiko Noto (eps 01-13)
#2: "Kutsu Himo" by Asami Yamamoto (eps 13-23)
#3: "kodou ~get closer~ (鼓動～get closer～)" by PSYCHIC LOVER (ep 24)
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