Mahoutsukai Reimeiki (The Dawn of the Witch)

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 8, 2022 to Jul 1, 2022

Premiered: Spring 2022

Broadcast: Fridays at 01:58 (JST)

Producers: TBS, Kodansha, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, BS11, Nichion, NichiNare, DMM pictures, Bit grooove promotion

Licensors: Crunchyroll

Studios: Tezuka Productions

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Theme: Anthropomorphic

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Popularity: #1489

Members: 141,464

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Although he attends the Royal Magic Academy in the Kingdom of Wenias, Sable has the worst grades in the entire school. As he has no memories of his time before attending the institution, when Headmaster Albus tasks him with a special training regimen in the south, Sable eagerly accepts it. Alongside the Dawn Witch, Roux Cristasse; Holt, a human girl with antlers; and Kudd, a lizard Beastfallen, Sable must establish a village of witches in a region where anti-witch sentiment remains strong.

During their journey, the quartet avoids former members of the Dia Ignis Arbiters—a group of witch hunters notorious for murdering witches and civilians alike. Five years ago, their organization was disbanded and given amnesty with the end of the war between the Church and witches, but their members still linger and are ready to capture any mages they come across.

Thankfully, with Roux's Staff of Ludens, the "witch-eater," and Sable's unlimited supply of magic, the group may be able to accomplish their mission for Albus. If not, Sable's memories of magic and the academy will be taken away, and he will be left with nothing to guide him to the silver-haired mage who first rescued him.

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Mahoutsukai Reimeiki was released on Blu-ray on September 28, 2022.

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Adaptation:	Mahoutsukai Reimeiki
Spin-off:	Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho
Side story:	Mahoutsukai Reimeiki Mini Anime
Other:	Mahoutsukai Reimeiki PV

Mizunaka, Masaaki
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Oowada, Tomoyuki

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Furukawa, Makoto

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Aitani, Atsushi

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Kurosu, Nobuhiko

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"dawn of infinity" by fripSide

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"Imprinting (インプリンティング)" by ▽▲TRiNITY▲▽

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Jul 1, 2022

Anime_Guy219

Recommended

Even though this anime is actually a spin-off of "Grimoire of Zero" which I haven't seen yet, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Story was quite interesting, but a bit confusing at times as well. Sometimes the plot moved slowly and then picked up the pace signficantly so I lost track of what was going on. Well to tell you the truth, the plot was mostly driven by characters involved in it, in my opinion.

The three main characters Sayb, Hort and Kuddo are all very likeable. Of the three I liked Kuddo the most. He was very level-headed and had such humourous reactions to different situations they ...

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Jun 30, 2022

KANLen09

Not Recommended

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This show in a summary: when your original work is presented much better than the one that came after it.

There have been cases of authors already well-versed in their own series to try something new, and that is always appreciated in a sea of many other works to try what works and what doesn't work. This is exactly the case for author Kakeru Kobashiri and her famed work that is the Grimoire of Zero, already having won the Grand Prize in the 20th Dengeki Novel Awards held in 2013 (alongside novelist Chiaki Kisaki for Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens, which spawned Satelight's Winter 2018 anime), and then ... White Fox's anime adaptation that came and went back in Spring 2017. Since then, it has been exactly half a decade since that show came out, and the sequel spin-off that is Mahoutsukai Reimeiki a.k.a The Dawn of the Witch has some digging into since it's a direct canon of the original series that it stems from, mostly for nostalgia reasons. Although, I would say that while you need not watch Grimoire of Zero to understand this show since this is a spin-off that borrows its context, the respite is that Mahoutsukai Reimeiki isn't a good sequel, or anything remotely close to the original series, at all.

So first off, I understand if you didn't get that whole "sequel spin-off" rhetoric. By itself, you would definitely understand what's a sequel or a spin-off that's relative to many series that does the same thing. However, in Mahoutsukai Reimeiki's case, it's a mish-mesh of existing and new properties that coincides to make this series work: the setting and world-building that is the Kingdom of Wenias, the witch-hunt war between the humans (or rather, the Anti-Witch Church) and the witches with the witch-hunting group Dia Ignis all but disbanded when the war ended, and the recurring cast of characters in Grimoire of Zero, all make a comeback while giving updates on their perils. All of these make up the "sequel" effect, while the "spin-off" effect is just mainly on the new cast of characters on their own canon story that's the same, yet different from the original to stand out on its own.

Let's cover the things that are new to the series: the rag-tag new quartet group that Royal Academy of Magic students and their teacher: Saybil, Holt, Kudo and Professor Loux Krystas. This series covers their tracks and refining them to be trained magic wielders in their own right, that are still in their infancies. Most particularly for Saybil, he's the main protagonist of this new sequel spin-off, his character being one that of boring, monotone aloofness, but with reason: he is a child of unknown origin, an amnesiac boy whom only knows of a silver-haired woman that bore the same eyes as him. To sum Saybil's magic up, he's just a magic vessel (or in the modern context of a powerbank) made within the premise that connects to the original characters and their intentions of his creation as such, but using it has a devastating caveat, in which his magic would spiral out of control. Holt on the other hand, she is a deer Beastfallen training to be a witch, the unequivocal top scorer of the Academy. Her origin story is that of a forced hand, her character growth being hampered by the whole witch-hunt war to then be forcibly and ostensibly chosen on a side that favours her while sub-consciously being part of the recurring war that's since ended in the original series that has seen former Dia Ignis Arbiter remnants continue the tradition because they wouldn't give up too easily. She can be a bit dull, while most times just being an on-and-off relationship-driven fodder that can be attributed to her overly concern for others, and in regards to the plot progression, I would say that she gets a decent pass for overcoming her childhood nightmares of torture to finally being alleviated of her past sin of being a Beastfallen. This is the same story for Kudo the lizard Beastfallen training to be a sorcerer, he has a brusque demeanor and can seem like the joker's tool at times, though beneath his condescending nature reveals his kind-heartedness for friends, and one whom always strives to be stronger. Kudo is someone whom like Holt, has undergone rough times when he was very young, being sold as a child slave at the behest of humans whom don't take a liking to Beastfallen, only to get saved by his rescuer that he wishes to thank one day for giving him a new life to live by. Kudo can be a bit hard to be a likable character, but he's low-key one of the good new characters to make a mark in this spin-off. The biggest detractor however is Professor Loux Krystas, also known as the Dawn Witch, a 300-year-old witch that despite her "fountain of youth" age, acts like a child loli character being obnoxious at times with her whininess. Her only strong point is her semi-sentient magic Staff of Ludens that can take on different forms and consume other witches' magic to the verge of death, and the similarities to Zero after hearing of the Grimoire of Zero spellbook to set on a journey to find the book, and/or even maybe meet the girl in question. Also, there seems to be too much sexual provocation of the unkempt focus from showing her panties to focusing on her crotch at times, that is quite the bizarre pandering angles seen in this anime, and you're gonna see it a lot. The only antagonists are the Dia Ignis anti-witch remnants which only sought more trouble, and for the most part, it's through Tyrant that underwent a transformation from killing to helping witches, and I can already hear you say that it's the kind of plot that is easily predictable.

Speaking of Zero, it's such a delight to have the recurring cast back: the legendary witch spellcaster herself, Youhei a.k.a. Mercenary, the headmaster Albus (which she is actually the Mooncaller Clan's representative witch Sorena's late granddaughter) with her servitude servant wolf Beastfallen Holdem, the blind priest and his servant Lily the Mouse Beastfallen. Most would speculate that there's a huge timeskip within the events of the anime to this show, and if there's one thing certain for sure, is that puberty has hit them hard since that much time has passed. For anyone not in the know, both Zero and Youhei are married to one another, and the latter finally having fulfilled his dream of owning a tavern for beastfallen, witches and humans alike. And that definitely shows in their relationship towards one another, which is exactly the same as in the original series (that was growing at the time), and now both of them being affectionate...well, mostly Zero that is, that her character model change is quite significant as is Youhei's, they're not the same girl and young adult Beastfallen that you remember back in Grimoire of Zero, but grown to a fine and captivating woman and adult-aged Beastfallen. But going back to Saybil's history, remember that silver-haired woman whose eyes matched his? Well, Zero is that woman, revealing herself to be his paternal aunt, the younger sister of the much maligned elder brother Thirteen whom only sought retribution of the world. But Zero's life hasn't been easy since the events of the anime, to the point of suffering from a lack of mana to revive Youhei in the original series. And this is where Saybil makes himself useful as the illegitimate child that's birthed out of a necessity for his limitless and powerful magic that's transferred through weird sexual innuendos from holding hands to literal kisses. I admit I cringed at Saybil's only purpose to be an unadulterated harem maker with his paternal aunt, Professor Loux and Holt, I definitely felt the weird tingles of this decision at this juncture.

The rest of the anime however, I would like to point out certain facts. First, you can't blame Tezuka Productions' in-house director Satoshi Kuwahara for the mess that is this show, he's mainly done shows that are assigned by the production committees when the studio is chosen, and he can only follow what's given of the scriptwriting, which he is also handling this aspect as well. More rather, if you have to have an entity to blame, it would be that the studio itself really isn't up to the task of producing action-heavy series. The reason why I know this is because, take a look at Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu a.k.a How Not to Summon a Demon Lord's Season 2 which inexplicably changed studios mid-way from Ajia-Do to Tezuka Productions, and I proclaimed that the production looked shoddy at best with lots of animation cuts that are a disservice to the prequel. This is no different here in Mahoutsukai Reimeiki, which falls back to the blatant copy-and-paste tactic that's found in yet another of the studio's show Kanojo mo Kanojo a.k.a Girlfriend, Girlfriend. Word of advice: don't ever assign things to studios that shows their inept and incompetent track record at features which feels too much for them to handle. It's just as bad as Isekai Maou's sequel season, and for yet another action-heavy show, that's saying something.

The music...sounds mediocre and forgettable as hell. fripSide has been a very notable J-Pop and trance group made up of music composer Satoshi Yaginuma and the modern famed music artist Yoshino Nanjo, which explains why the duo's rise to fame throughout the 2010s to now has made the group a household name to expect of infinitely both memorable and decent songs across the board which defined the anime industry's music scene for years (i.e. A Certain Scientific Railgun). That was fripSide Phase 2, and thus with lead singer Yoshino Nanjo's departure and the two new members Mao Uesugi and Hisayo Abe, begins fripSide Phase 3. Their debut song "dawn of infinity", which also serves as the show's OP theme song, is just decent and definitely needs some time to get used to the new Seiyuus' vocals. I know I will miss Yoshino Nanjo's memorable vocals that defined the new age for the group. But the ED, it's kinda a meh song that's just easy to pass on.

I felt on the tip of my mouth to say that I wished that we would've gotten Season 2 of Grimoire of Zero, instead of this barren wasteland of a sequel spin-off that's not as enjoyable as the original series. Indeed, Kakeru Kobashiri's writing and her lore suffers from an existential crisis of knowing what it wants to be, yet feels like it has to take many steps to reach to the next waypoints in the story plot, so much so that it drags on and on, beckoning the audience to lament of when could we see the story develop faster. If you need any advice on watching this, please just go and watch Grimoire of Zero instead which is better in everything and above all, a good time-waster than this boring mind-numbingness of a canon.

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Jul 1, 2022

JiangHaoyi1979

Not Recommended

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Well, well, it looks like not a lot like this anime, in fact nearly every review about this anime wasn't very good to say the least. Not surprising when you have an anime about what suppose to "The Dawn of the Witch," problem was the story plot was all over the place and there wasn't a main character that this anime or the manga to be identified with....of course you can say that Sable was the main character, but the problem was, he isn't, in fact the character to be identified with was simply split within the 3 protagonist of this story plot, most ...

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