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.
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Alternative Titles
Japanese: BURN THE WITCH
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Type:
ONA
Episodes:
3
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Oct 2, 2020
Licensors:
VIZ Media
Source:
Manga
Demographic:
Shounen
Duration:
21 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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#37502
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Your Feelings Categories Oct 1, 2020
Burn the witch made me feel like I was watching the 6th episode (and only the 6th episode) in a 12 episode series.
The first part of the anime jumps straight into action with minimal information. We get about 2 minutes of the anime establishing the setting, another 2 minutes of vague implications about who and what people are, and then all of a sudden we’re fighting dragons in the middle of the street. The lack in background isn’t so bad that you can’t follow what’s going on, but the anime would have been a million times better if everything had been laid out properly before ... Oct 1, 2020
Oh my, the time has finally come for Burn the Witch, a much-anticipated movie constantly advertised by your favorite streaming site: Crunchyroll.
I can best describe this movie as average and enjoyable. In fact, I can't even call this a movie, maybe an OVA would better describe it. Let me start off with the first thing that greets you when you watch an anime, the animation. I must say Studio Colorido has done a great job at animating this movie, the fight scenes are visually pleasing and the movements are fluid, there's no sign of shoddy work done by a bunch of underpaid chumps. Although some frames ... Oct 6, 2020
Burn The Witch is a average movie. The 3 episode format led to a unnecessary ending for two episodes when it should have just been put all together for fluidity.
Story was nothing special but nothing trash. Plot twists were cool but generic. Characters were extremely average to me but Noel and Ninny got thighs so thats a plus. The interactions between the two main females are funny, sometimes. Animation once again is average and non-memorable. In conclusion, if you have a rough 1 hour of time to do anything, watch Burn The Witch if you just wanna pass time, but do not expect anything amazing. Apr 9, 2024
It's always upsetting to see such a good-looking show end up being all form over substance. Unfortunately, things such as stellar animation, beautiful colours, interesting looking art style, and cool character designs can't carry the overall chaotic direction and extremely rushed, poorly written plot.
"Burn the Witch" offers a very nice and intriguing setting that serves as mere background to a story that's just half-baked. Half-baked, because how would one call a situation when viewers are supposed to care about anything and anyone, when all they learn throughout the show is that "this place exists, this person exists as well"? Why do viewers have to learn ... Apr 4, 2021
I hate long reviews.
Firs episode felt promising and actually kind of unique as I am not usually into mahou shoujo (magical girl) and I liked magus bride with which first episode resonated had similarities. But that's basically it. The three episodes are so unmemorable that after binging them in a row, can't tell what happened in which one. Art is bright colored and minimalist. Characters and story were appalling. Main guy is a wuss somewhere in the background. Romantic attachment between wuss and Noel took away from already limited screen time. Spells, weapons felt nice, fight in flight looked good. Story about reverse London, didn't ... Jan 14, 2024
Is it worth watching? probably yes but get ready for some unnecessary mentions of pantsu and a dumb, blond, annoying dude.
The setting looks amazing, the story looks interesting, the characters are a bit cliché and the fanservice is cringe. The setting is the city of london, cool place especially considering that for obvious reasons most anime don't have europeans settings, in this case London is a magical city sort of, the world has weird and well designed dragons and they are up to no good or atleast some of them. With all these creatures and magic there had to be, as the title says, witches and ... Oct 2, 2020
this my first review in My Animelist, so this just my personal opinion and don't take it very seriously
To be Honest this movie is feels more like a pilot episode for the anime series (which is i hope is coming soon). Despite being very impresive for 3 episode Anime, this movie does'nt feel solid. The visualis good, the sound design is also good, the characther is fine, but the story is that makes this movie does'nt solid at all (at least what i feel when i watch it from non-manga reader perspective). We got a little naration for what happened here and the world of ... Jun 20, 2023
As this three part anime series opens we are told that most disappearances in London are due to dragons. Most of the inhabitants can't see them though. There is also a second City of London; Reverse London. Here people are aware of the dragons and they are controlled by 'Wing Bind'. Protagonists Noel Niihashi and Ninny Spangcole are two witches who work for Wing Bind to protect the city.
I enjoyed this short series; it is just a pity it didn't have more episodes. The setting is good and the characters are fun to watch. The scenes of them battling against dragons were suitably exciting without ... Oct 2, 2020
Coming into this, I didn't have much expectation at all, to be honest. Now let's all remember that this is an introduction to the series, so this was purely world-building and setting us up for what to come. Though even then, I kinda wanted to fall asleep watching these 3 episodes. During each one, I was thinking "Hm, I still got [insert number] this amount of time left in this episode huh?". This was by no means bad at all, but won't be something I will remember. I do suggest watching this though. When the rest gets adapted, I definitely will watch it, but till
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Mar 20, 2021
So I came to this a bit later than most which led to me not realizing this anime/movie is part of the Bleach universe. No where on Crunchyroll's app did it inform me of this nor did it state as much in the beginning. The issue with this is that I have never watched Bleach and have no interest in doing so thus I have no context for the things happening or mentioned in Burn The Witch making it a very confusing a sometimes frustrating watch.
Story: This is very difficult for me to rate. As someone who has not watched Bleach I would rate this ... Jun 7, 2025
Burn the Witch is a mixed bag. The story itself is a 6/10, but it has many redeeming qualities that elevate it to a 7/10, such as the animation and some creative elements. There could be a good story here if it were a 24-episode season to further flesh it out. However, it ends just as things were getting interesting. There are hints of a larger and more interesting narrative/mystery but it is unfortunately limited by its short format. I think it's worth watching if you're a general fantasy fan or if you're a Bleach fan wanting to check it out (there are some similarities
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Oct 2, 2020
Let's get this straight, I had read the manga days before this had release, and comparing them, you're better off just reading it. You lose the prologue of how Balgo becomes a dragonclad and that's really it.
What carried me through this "movie" was Noel. Waifu material, buckaroo. If you're trying to watch this to get Bleach nostalgia, then this will do it, the art style can easily be compared to that of Bleach and if you want comparison. Noel is like Rukia, Ninny is a female Renji, and Balgo is most similar to Kon. I did enjoy Burn the Witch, don't get me wrong, I just ... Oct 2, 2020
Burn the Witch has a lot of potential yet suffers from lack of run time. I enjoyed the animation and character designs; the story was alright however there was simply not enough time to connect to the characters or explore any of the world that the story takes part in overall this show suffers from rushing the story a lot if this was a 12 episode show or even 6 episode show it would become much more enjoyable.
I hope Crunchyroll decides to remake or continue this serie, this anime may not have a unique or groundbreaking story but it still has an interesting enough characters ... Oct 13, 2020
This anime is the best kind of ok. An ok that has fun and sometimes rises above mediocrity to deliver a fun, but forgettable experience.
The story is by far the worst thing. It feels like walking into a movie at the end of act 1 and leaving said movie before the ending. The world meanwhile is really imaginative. Reverse London is an improvement in almost every way when compared to the Soul Society, from its rules to its looks. The characters are in some gray area of quality between the confusing story and the great world. The standouts are Ninny and Bruno. Their loud personality ... Oct 4, 2020
You ever anticipate an upcoming show or movie expecting to be completely entertained? Well, this isn't that. It was merely OK.
The background work was great. But the character art felt flat to me. It looks like a lot of the current style of computer animation that for the sake of production speed, they sketch out the characters with minimalized details and then use a paint bucket tool to fill in the color. A stark contrast to the beautifully detailed background work. The sound work was nicely done, no complaints there and the music blended in beautifully as well. The problem is with the overall story. It ... Oct 2, 2020
Burn the Witch, more like burn the whole series.
I’m going to keep this short and simple. Keep in mind, this may contain spoilers. I personally didn’t expect this to be a so-called ‘movie’ with 3 episodes. Let’s begin on how this ‘movie’ is presented. First episode, without a doubt, must give a big impression to the viewers, in this case Burn the Witch actually does. It starts with Ninny helping her friend Noel on doing contracts(?) and developed from that. Moreover, the first episode packs quite the action with cool scenes and effects which I find very pleasant to watch. However, the second episode was probably ... Oct 6, 2020
Most of us are here for one reason, we heard that Burn The Witch was written by the author of Bleach, it peaked our interest and so we gave it a chance. But what a disappoint it was.
Burn The Witch is a "movie" in a 3 episode format, except they're not even full-length episodes. Each episode is only about 18 minutes long after you take out the screen time used for the ending. This means that Burn The Witch is a "movie" that isn't even an hour long. Movies are already hard pressed for time when it comes to building an exposition, building up for ... Oct 4, 2020
I'm disappointed in everything that really mattered, the story, the characters and the world.
The Art and the sound: Good, nothing to complain about, there weren't any scenes that I will remember tomorrow... The story: It feels like two people who didn't communicate at all about the story, wrote and animated the first and the second part, and then made a sloppy third part that kind of ties everything together. The characters: Imagine that each character is a painting, well all the characters in this anime are basically one color canvases, with a small splash of some other colors. If I said the horny one, the cold one, the crazy one, ... Oct 10, 2020
The only thing I can say about this 'movie' ,is that its at most a meh. In reality I don't even think the anime deserves a 6, the only reason I gave that score is the animation and the sound design.
Its way to short even for an actual movie, without the ending credits I don't even think the whole run time would reach the hour mark. Now don't get me wrong, if this was a full fledged 12-ep anime, it would be way way higher but as a 3ep 'movie' it just doesn't work. I think its an amazing anime with just a very short ... |





