Burn the Witch

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Japanese: BURN THE WITCH

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 3

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 2, 2020

Producers: Shueisha, Twin Engine, Bandai Namco Arts

Licensors: VIZ Media

Studios: Studio Colorido, team Yamahitsuji

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Fantasy

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 21 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.11¹ (scored by 110,482 users)

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Ranked: #3593²

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Popularity: #1016

Members: 226,516

Favorites: 598

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Although citizens of London view dragons as a fairy-tale myth, statistics confirm that 72% of the city's deaths are caused by these grotesque beings. Unable to see them, the public is oblivious to their existence. However, in a mirror dimension to "Front London," exists a place where dragons can be seen with the naked eye—"Reverse London."

Ninny Spangcole is a member of a popular girl group. But in Reverse London, she works as a "Witch" at Wing Bind—an organization that dispatches agents to exterminate the beasts and protect the citizens of both Londons using magic. Ninny and her partner, Noel Niihashi, in addition to their jobs, safeguard Baldo Ywain Parks, a young man with an odd connection to the dragons.

Thanks to the Wing Bind's hard work, there were no fatal dragon attacks for almost a century. But the peace shatters when Baldo's presence unexpectedly causes a Dark Dragon to wreak havoc in the city. The witches are further inconvenienced when Ninny's troublesome former bandmate appears in Reverse London—in tandem with another powerful dragon.

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Background

Burn the Witch is based on an action fantasy one-shot manga by Tite Kubo and takes place in the Bleach universe.

In October 2020, Burn the Witch collaborated with the mobile gacha game Bleach: Brave Souls, where Ninny Spangcole, Noel Niihashi, and Bruno Bangnyfe feature as playable characters.

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Adaptation:	Burn the Witch
Alternative setting:	Bleach
Prequel:	Burn the Witch #0.8

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Characters & Voice Actors

Niihashi, Noel

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Yamada, Yuina
Japanese

Spangcole, Ninny

Main

Tano, Asami
Japanese

Bangnyfe, Bruno

Supporting

Kobayashi, Chikahiro
Japanese

Osushi-chan

Supporting

Hikisaka, Rie
Japanese

Parks, Balgo Ywain

Supporting

Tsuchiya, Shinba
Japanese

Baljure, Macy

Supporting

Hayami, Saori
Japanese

Banx Jr., Billy

Supporting

Hirata, Hiroaki
Japanese

Squire, Sullivan

Supporting

Shimizu, Haruka
Japanese

Slashhaut, Wolfgang

Supporting

Mugihito
Japanese

B. Dipper, Roy

Supporting

Tanaka, Miou
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Simone, Jamie

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Kawano, Tatsurou

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Miyoshi, Keiichirou

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Suzumura, Chika

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"Blowing" by NiL

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Oct 1, 2020

anime-prime

Recommended

Well, this movie was nice to watch. It really brought back that Bleach nostalgia.

While I can't even to begin to express how glad I am that I could experience Burn The Witch immediately as it released, it wasn't a flawless masterpiece. It tried to tell way too much story that could naturally fit in a one hour movie. The world building wasn’t as strong as it could have been. If only this movie had an extra 20-30 minutes to its runtime, like a normal length animated feature, it would have flowed a lot smoother and could have fleshed out the characters and world a bit ... more. Some things weren't explained fully and the characters didn't have enough time to become fully developed. This is especially true for Balgo, who is easily the flattest and least interesting character in the movie.

There is a moment at the end of the movie where two characters hug (sort of), and it feels so random and comes so out of nowhere, that you would think that there actually was a prequel movie to this, since nothing in the movie made it seem like they were on hugging terms.

Another flaw I would give this movie would go to the animation team at studio Colorido. While the fight scenes were well animated for the most part, a lot of the still frames felt stiff. While that may seem like an obvious thing to say, it felt stiffer than most still frames feel. Some of the CG was off-putting as well, but most of the CGI was integrated well.

Now for the positives, as I said before, the action scenes were well animated for the most part. They were very slickly and stylishly animated and the CGI was integrated well most of the time. The Marchen (legendary dragon) was animated nicely as well. The entire backstory scene with Macy and Elly was presented wonderfully. The ED song was nice and the soundtrack fit. The voice cast was all solid as well.

Most of the cast had great designs. The character designs were very Bleach-like and they looked great in this setting. Also, it is just nice to see the Bleach references and to just be back in the world of Bleach. The main characters, Noel and Ninny, are really likable (even if not fully developed), and they really had a natural and believable chemistry between them.

This movie was enjoyable, although I went in to the movie already loving it, so I have a bias. That being said, I think that non-Bleach fans will have a harder time enjoying it than Bleach fans.

There will probably be more animated Burn The Witch content down the road, so it will be interesting to see where the series goes from here.

All in all, an 8 out of 10.

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Oct 1, 2020

HenriqueNeves

Mixed Feelings

This anime has a disastrous montage.

Burn The Witch is anything but a movie. The biggest problem that prevents any internal logic is the way it was distributed by Crunchyroll. The movie was perforated like a seasonal anime, and the transition between the 3 episodes is disastrous, the narrative tone of each episode gives the feeling that the story is going to be much bigger than it really is.

In the little show time we have, the anime tries to develop an internal problem that doesn't work or just doesn't matter, and tries to assimilate that with a drama of some characters that does not move.

When I ...

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Oct 2, 2020

topidoru

Not Recommended

Harry Potter meets Hayao Miyazaki movies and adds some ‘can I see your pants jokes,’ so that no one will copy strike Kubo-san.

Burn the Witch is not worth the ‘Bleach’ hype. The anime follows the adventures of Noel Niihashi (Rukia should have stayed petan) and Ninny Spangcole (Hiyori is finally boing-boing). The two are Witches that work for Wing Bind in Reverse London, the western branch of Soul Society, which is also populated by Dragons. This, however, is being kept in a secret from the Human World's London.

This all might sound as an absolutely gem, as a candy that you will rush to savor. ...

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