Brave Witches

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 第502統合戦闘航空団 ブレイブウィッチーズ
English: Brave Witches
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 6, 2016 to Dec 29, 2016
Premiered: Fall 2016
Broadcast: Thursdays at 01:35 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation, Crunchyroll
Studios: SILVER LINK.
Source: Original
Genres: ActionAction, Sci-FiSci-Fi, EcchiEcchi
Theme: MilitaryMilitary
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 6.781 (scored by 2190221,902 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #53642
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2925
Members: 61,958
Favorites: 122

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Synopsis

As humanity's war with the Neuroi—a mysterious, hostile alien race possessing weapons of unparalleled power—continues being fought across Europe and Africa, a new fighter squadron is formed. The 502nd Joint Fighter Wing, also known as the Brave Witches, operates on the eastern front, scouring the icy vastness of Orussia in search of alien invaders.

However, one of the Brave Witches' members suffers severe injuries on her way to the squadron's headquarters, rendering her unable to participate in any operations. As a result, her sister, Hikari Karibuchi, volunteers to take her place. Though not possessing any special abilities or significant magical powers, she is determined to live up to the expectations of her new comrades and prove herself worthy of the name of a Witch.

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Background

Brave Witches is set between the events of the 2008 series Strike Witches and the events of the 2010 series Strike Witches 2 within the same continuity.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Herek, Samantha
Assistant Producer
Takamura, Kazuhiro
Director, Character Design


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Opening Theme

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"Ashita no Tsubasa (アシタノツバサ)" by Yoko Ishida
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Ending Theme

1: "Little Wing ~Spirit of LINDBERG~" by Hikari Karibuchi (Ai Kakuma)
2: "Little Wing ~Spirit of LINDBERG~" by Takami Karibuchi (Rie Suegara)
3: "Little Wing ~Spirit of LINDBERG~" by Naoe Kanno (Rie Murakawa)
4: "Little Wing ~Spirit of LINDBERG~" by Nikka Edvardine Katajainen (Natsumi Takamori)
5: "Little Wing ~Spirit of LINDBERG~" by Waltrud Krupinski (Kayo Ishida)
6: "Little Wing ~Spirit of LINDBERG~" by Aleksandra Ivanovna Pokryshkin (Yumi Hara)
7: "Little Wing ~Spirit of LINDBERG~" by Georgette Lemare (Haruka Terui)
8: "Little Wing ~Spirit of LINDBERG~" by Sadako Shimohara (Marin Mizutani)
9: "Little Wing ~Spirit of LINDBERG~" by Edytha Rossmann (Hiromi Igarashi)
10: "Little Wing ~Spirit of LINDBERG~" by Gundula Rall (Rina Satou)

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Reviews

Jul 14, 2023
Brave Witches is the concept of Strike Witches retooled into an actual show. It's an abstract remake of the first season of SW starring Miyufiji with an inverted color palette and hair that goes down instead of up. A gang of magic girls with airplane legs is once again waging war against shapeshifting aliens with the help of their new recruit from not-Japan. Despite that premise it's a very different take on the same basic idea. The characteristics of Strike Witches are mostly inverted: the MC is noticeably underpowered instead of overpowered, she's not competent and nearly kicked out of the 502nd on arrival, and ...
Jan 22, 2018
Mixed Feelings
This is more of a comparison to its parent story Strike Witches.
This anime is very similar to Strike witches and when I say similar, I mean very similar.

Character development and story progression were almost exactly the same with a few minor changes.
Art is similar to Strike witches despite being made by different studios. There are hints of 3D-CGI that slightly throw things off when it appears.
Animation here is an improvement, battles are no longer (how do i say this without spoiling/summarizing part of it) linear. Fight scenes are slightly more inspired is all i can really say without giving too much away.
MAL says this is ...
Jun 30, 2021
Clumsiness is not a flaw.

The mantra repeated over and over in my head despite the fact I knew that in the right hands clumsiness can indeed be a good character flaw, but this often happens when I find myself introduced within the narrative to a character whose main flaw is clumsiness only for said flaw to go away when it is no longer convenient. In this particular series Hikari's clumsiness is explained away by having a lack of magical power, not that this really stops her later on because she's just that much of a hard worker and with that being her counter trait she's ...

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