Night Wizard

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.

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.

Writen by: Erisu

Honestly Night Wizard is one of those anime that just fades from memory and becomes extremely obscure. There really isn't much in this show that is unique and really the only reason I even kept watching it instead of dropping it halfway through was because of the main character, Elis, who I just found really enjoyable to watch. Aside from her and the plot twist that happens around episode 9 and 10, the rest of this show is pretty much your stereotypical "gather the items and save the world" action-fantasy show.

Story - 7/10

It's not really that boring of a plot to have to go and ... collect all of a certain kind of mystical items, but it's not very creative and has been done better. Still I will mention one thing that is really keeping this plot from being rated much lower: the ending is good, or at least better than the rest of the show.

So, the show starts off with this girl, Elis, who starts attending a new high school, and obviously knowing that this is an action-fantasy show, gets caught up in the secret organization trying to save the world that several other students are in. There really is almost nothing that actually happens at their school in this show, though. So, in order to save the world, she joins the three other members in order to save the galaxy.

That's about it aside from the twist later on. Pretty simple concept.

Art - 8/10

The art is good overall with some strange scenery in one dream episode as well as some very nice backgrounds for this kind of "inter-dimensional" headquarters their organization has. The biggest downside is that, aside from Elis, all of the main characters have very, very, very generic designs. Aside from Elis, only the villain looks cool.

Sound - 7/10

I don't remember the sound much but it's not bad. Good generic battle sounds and voice acting overall. I don't include OP's or ED's in ratings (the opening is about as generic as you can get) but I want to mention that I really love the ED because it's a strange eerie, not in syncopation song that just looks and sounds cool.

Character - 6/10

As I mentioned, Elis and the villain are the only non-extremely generic characters in this show.
- main male character with very common build and personality
- shrine maiden
- quiet girl with a big gun
- leader of the organization who is mean to the main male and nice to everyone else and looks very young despite being very old since she isn't human

But that's enough about those boring people. Elis is a really likeable, shy girl with an awesome purple hair color (just mentioning that cause I noticed her design before watching it and really liked it). There's not really much to say about her that wouldn't spoil things, but I just personally thought she was a good main character and it was nice to see her as the actual lead and not the generic main male. It's not really much of a spoiler since it's really obvious that he is creepy and hiding something, but the villain is also cool. He's a lot like Nagisa Kaworu from Neon Genesis Evangelion. His relationship with Elis is also very strange and very good and is the main reason the plot twist was interesting.

There are a few other minor characters who start out as villains but change side (they remind me of the background witches in Umineko no Naku Koro Ni and their relationship to the organization leader is similar as well) but they aren't very original either.

Enjyoment - 7/10

I was going to drop it halfway through if it wasn't for Elis, but thankfully it got more interesting around episode 9 and 10 which helps maintain it's rating. If you like action-fantasy shows like Legend of the Legendary Heroes, Yumekui Merry, or Hidan no Aria, then you may want to check this out (they're just some shows I thought were a little similar). If you get really turned off by generic plots and characters and can't wait through the first 8 or so episodes, then I would not recommend Night Wizard for you.

Laohoam- This anime came at a coincidentally bad timing. after finishing an anime that started off somewhat similar to this one and it made me slightly doubt it. After a few episodes it is easy to differentiate them, and I have to say that this one is a lot better then it. The plot is developed well enough that if you stick with it you will get a nice connection between the characters, and how they develop throughout the story. At first I thought it would be somewhat predictable as well, even as far as to make predictions on how ... it would end, I was wrong there is a major twist in the plot that will leave you completely shocked. All in all though I would recommend this anime, though its not the greatest it is still a good watch.

Dr. R Dash: SO I did enjoy this anime for a few reasons the art was nice, The mystery part of the story made me anxious and it had humor to it as well. But i thought the story was a little different and sadly our group anime night just finished a anime called 11 Eyes which was not a favorite for ANY of our party members, and AS SOON AS we started Night Wizard certain parts reminded me of 11 Eyes which wasn't a good thing. But at least there wasn't any razor blades in Anzelotte's tea, LOL i did enjoy the fact that she described all the different teas she had which may not interest everyone but it made me happy :)

Tadgh: I'd just like to reiterate the facts that 11 Eyes left a bad taste in regards to red moons, orphans, and amnesia. Night Wizard, however, used those same elements for good instead of evil. It was a short anime, but I feel like a lot happened. Each episode built towards the main story while containing a full resolution to the immediate issues. The characters were all very individual and each had their own bit of development. A very well rounded anime that gave laughs, serious thoughts, and a nice twist at the end.

Rasanaph- It was good.

I would say that the first half of this anime is a little boring but as the series advances it starts getting more interesting. I think the artwork is actually quite nice and I also enjoyed the music in the last episode. In the end I enjoyed this anime more than what I had originaly expected and I hope you do too.

Alright this is my first review I have done while being apart of this site. This anime is about magic, with the characters of Higarii, Elis, Akari, and Kureha. In my opinion i thought it was good I like anime like this with magic involved. If your looking for a simple plot anime with magic this is it. The reason for me disliking it is simple, the anime was too short in my opinion and needs a second season. I liked the characters they all had different personalities. So as I mentioned if you like Anime and magic in a ... combination, then this is for you. :-)

i liked the whole magic thing and the battles seemed to have a lot of action. the only thing that bugs me is that i didnt get to know the secret which the girl threatened to reveal whenever the guy didnt want to do something. overall its a decent show that u can watch as u wait for the new episodes of ur favorite anime to be released.

This show started off looking deceptively simple -- bright colors, attractive character models, adventures and power-ups. After a few episodes I thought it had been written by some serious fiction addicts who were just immersed in books and TV and who wanted to throw in homages to classic adventure stories (e.g. Classic Star Trek and the Six Million Dollar Man, not to mention a lot of movies and books).

As the story progressed, it kept me guessing. The pacing was surprisingly subtle and the plot kept surprising me. After the half-way point, the "save the world" theme was feeling less like a cheesy ... James Bond plot (e.g. prevent Blofeld from firing a nuclear missile) and more like an epic story (e.g. "Lord of the Rings").

It's a mastaaapiece!! This show has no equal. It really is just incredible how daring and innovative, pushing the boundaries of the action genre to the limit with mind blowing animation and incredibly fluid transitions. The voice acting is top tier as well.
The show is so good it's a mix of Little Witch Academia, Transformers, Re:Zero, TsukaTsuka, and of course Auschwitz.... and I forgot to mention Boku no Pico.

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Nah, for real though this show is terrible, but it's so bad you have to watch it. It's absolutely hilarious how bad it is. Watching this with a friend is an absolute blast. I haven't laughed this ... hard in a longgggg time. Sooo yeah a it's a 9/11... Which explains all the Illuminati references.

It does seem to drag for only 13 eps, but near the end is a twist that will shock you enough to change your opinion of the show.