Little Witch Academia (TV) (Little Witch Academia)

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Japanese: リトルウィッチアカデミア

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Type: TV

Episodes: 25

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 9, 2017 to Jun 26, 2017

Premiered: Winter 2017

Broadcast: Mondays at 00:00 (JST)

Producers: Ultra Super Pictures, TOHO animation, Good Smile Company

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Trigger

Source: Original

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Theme: School

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.81¹ (scored by 318,026 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #965²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #325

Members: 645,069

Favorites: 7,633

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Synopsis

"A believing heart is your magic!"—these were the words that Atsuko "Akko" Kagari's idol, the renowned witch Shiny Chariot, said to her during a magic performance years ago. Since then, Akko has lived by these words and aspired to be a witch just like Shiny Chariot, one that can make people smile. Hence, even her non-magical background does not stop her from enrolling in Luna Nova Magical Academy.

However, when an excited Akko finally sets off to her new school, the trip there is anything but smooth. After her perilous journey, she befriends the shy Lotte Yansson and the sarcastic Sucy Manbavaran. To her utmost delight, she also discovers Chariot's wand, the Shiny Rod, which she takes as her own. Unfortunately, her time at Luna Nova will prove to be more challenging than Akko could ever believe. She absolutely refuses to stay inferior to the rest of her peers, especially to her self-proclaimed rival, the beautiful and gifted Diana Cavendish, so she relies on her determination to compensate for her reckless behavior and ineptitude in magic.

In a time when wizardry is on the decline, Little Witch Academia follows the magical escapades of Akko and her friends as they learn the true meaning of being a witch.

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Alternative version:

Little Witch Academia, Little Witch Academia: Mahoujikake no Parade

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kagari, Atsuko

Main

Han, Megumi
Japanese

Cavendish, Diana

Main

Hikasa, Youko
Japanese

Manbavaran, Sucy

Main

Murase, Michiyo
Japanese

Jansson, Lotte

Main

Orikasa, Fumiko
Japanese

O'Neill, Amanda

Supporting

Shida, Arisa
Japanese

Callistis, Ursula

Supporting

Hidaka, Noriko
Japanese

von Braunschbank-Albrechtsberger, Constanze Amalie

Supporting

Murakawa, Rie
Japanese

du Nord, Chariot

Supporting

Hidaka, Noriko
Japanese

Hanbridge, Andrew

Supporting

Kanemoto, Ryousuke
Japanese

Meridies, Croix

Supporting

Takeuchi, Junko
Japanese

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Tsutsumi, Naoko

Producer

Takei, Katsuhiro

Producer

Usa, Yoshiki

Producer

Yoshinari, You

Director, Storyboard, Original Creator, Character Design

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Opening Theme

	1: "Shiny Ray" by YURiKA (eps 2-13)
	2: "MIND CONDUCTOR" by YURiKA (eps 14-24)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Shiny Ray" by YURiKA (eps 1)
	2: "Hoshi wo Todoreba (星を辿れば)" by Yuiko Ohara (大原ゆい子) (eps 2-13, 25)
	3: "Toumei na Tsubasa (透明な翼)" by Yuiko Ohara (大原ゆい子) (eps 14-24)

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Jun 25, 2017

TakaCode

Recommended

"Just you watch! I'm gonna become an amazing witch one day and make the whole world gasp in surprise!"

Akko Kagari Little Witch Academia (TV) 2017 (Episode 5)

Out of all anime that came out in winter 2017, Little Witch Academia (TV) caught my interest and it's the only show from that season that had to potential to great not counting squeals.
I have previously seen the short movies for Little Witch Academia and I really liked a lot. However, I won't be mentioning or comparing the TVs with the short movies because I want to review the TV series by its own identity.
Now after all that is ...

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Jul 8, 2017

NSpectre7

Mixed Feelings

Hey folks, this will be a review for Little Witch Academia. This show is not to my taste, or more specifically what it turned into wasn't. This show has some fandom behind it and I'm not a part of it, I haven't read the manga, or even watched the other movies. Everything I'm writing here will cover just this show.

The show for the first five or so episodes has a slice of life type of story. A normal person joins a prestigious school of witchcraft, and she is unable to do magic herself. Her idol is a woman named Shiny Chariot who is an unpopular ... witch in the magical world who suddenly disappeared. Her goal is to meet and be like Shiny Chariot. This of course is hard because of many things, but namely she cant do magic.

After these initial episodes however the story becomes very similar to Harry Potter with a few tweaks, but I wont go more into this. This part of the story revolves around our incompetent main character while she discovers ancient words, fights against a villain, learns about herself and the one she idolizes, and learns about love, friendship...and all the other typical tropes of a shounen show.

This part of the story imo is fairly bad. There are large and gaping plot holes. Most of the early story plot has no buildup time either. It just poofs into existence and finishes equally as quick. It's like they were in a rush to push the story forward but I cant really understand why. The plot twist towards the end was indeed unexpected but it just gets brushed aside. It felt like most of the writing energy went into the characters and the story was rushed and patched into the show as a whole.

The art and sound were both great. The art was frankly beautiful, and fits a setting of magic and fantasy well.

The characters were great. The general cast is fun and magical. From the word go each character is given a personality that is vibrant and fun. Each character is given a decent amount of time. However this all seems to become pointless as the show continues. Akko(Atsuko Kagari) becomes pretty much the sole focus of the show and the other characters are just background noise.

Akko is not a character type I enjoy. She is overly cheerful and stubborn, yet she has almost no ability and is constantly dragging her friends into her messes. At first her character is cute because she has drive and though she doesn't wield magic like the other girls she doesn't give up. She finds interesting ways around things, she relies on her friends who are good witches, and she grows and tries to better herself. This however stops and she just becomes an interfering character that should be nothing more than a side character or comic relief. Watching Akko work herself into her stubborn phases was incredibly annoying and the furthest thing from an endearing character.

When I started this show I entered with no preconceptions and was really pleasantly surprised by what I found. The show was adorable, it had life lessons that were not shoved down your throat, the story was basic and broad. I was prepared to give it glowing reviews and high praise but then the fire nation attacked. After the first few episodes the show changes, the characters become backdrops for this new and gloriously poor story. Akko being central the story is given too much time and becomes a chore. The show seems self aware and has good moments which are killed off to keep this overarching happiness and friendship theme.

I tried to keep this condensed and without spoilers but seriously I could rant on about how Akko is poor excuse for a main character, and how the story doesn't really work, and how the pacing felt both rushed and dragging. I wouldn't really recommend this show, but I hate that I have to say this. The first few episodes were like delicious candy that didn't rot your teeth and made you skinny. Then it becomes garbage.

TLDR: Don't be fooled by first few episodes. Really a poorly written story, decent characters become backdrops, and strange pacing issues. Art is great but not worth the price of admission.

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Jun 28, 2017

Omen_7

Not Recommended

Disclaimer: the following review/analysis is oriented towards those who finished the series, and as such, there will be spoilers.

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Little Witch Academia is Yoh Yoshinari's precious child, who is one of the most important and iconic animators this industry has. It's at the same time, a love letter to it, with clear intent, wanting to be a message of hope to everyone looking to be part of it eventually. Unfortunately, he is an animator, not a writer (though he most likely wasn't alone in this), and said intentions are not backed up by the execution of the piece once examined under the cold eye of the ...

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