Burn the Witch #0.8

I can say this is for sure. I didn't except Kubo to make an animanga similar to Harry Potter. It's basically if Harry Potter (series, not the character) and Bleach had a baby. Instead of samurai with swords vs ghosts called hallows, it's witches with wand guns vs dragons, and instead of the soul society it's a reverse London. From what I see it's very odd but also very good. It has good potential, and maybe if Kubo plays his cards, it might even rival Bleach itself. Time will only tell if it fulfills that potential or not. I look forward to seeing what Kubo ... has in story for this new series of his. Also I didn't except a Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon reference.

Burn the Witch #0.8, a prequel to the original series, upholds its high standards of visual and animation quality while subtly expanding its fantastical world. The character designs remain visually appealing, and the animation is skillfully executed, though some assets occasionally feel out of place.
The storyline lays the groundwork for the events of the original series, and while prior viewing of the movies isn't essential, they provide a more thorough introduction to the characters. However, the special isn't without its minor flaws. Some comedic moments fall flat and appear overly childish, and the short runtime may leave viewers wanting more.
Overall, the series caters to fans ... of the original, delivering an enjoyable experience without necessarily venturing into new territory.

Burn The Witch is a sorry attempt of a happy man.

Tite Kubo is famous for incredible character designs and he is also capable of creating a sense of amazing worlds and captivating atmospheres. However he is infamous to actually write something meaningful or something more interesting than a 3 year old could do in a sandbox.

Burn The Witch is an example of his low standards and his luck of writing skills.

The animation is pretty much the only thing you will find in this a positive experience compared to the rest. Since there is no real story and the characters are so one ... dimensional that it’s hard to even believe this type of writing is acceptable.

Although that the animation is the only positivity it offers, it isn’t anything special either. I would gave it a 7 or 7.5 at best to the animation. Which is a good level of animation, but considering that they had over two years to make this 20 minutes episode, it’s pretty average.

The characters.

We have the black haired girl (Noel) who is so all Japanese. She is a silent beauty, acting like she doesn’t care about anything. We have the blonde girl (Ninny) as contrast to her. She is so annoyingly loud that you didn’t know what the hell she is saying. Even if you catch a few words that comes out of her mouth doesn’t matter to the story one bit.

We also have a boy (Balgo) whose brain cells can’t go further than panties. He only wants to see panties and the only thing he talks about is panties.

It seems that you really-really had to mess up an anime to get any kind of reality check back from it. So until you didn’t try hard enough to make it that appealing, some people will just gave it a 7 and thats applies “low” in today’s standards. From that reason anime like this will continue.

Burn The Witch is just one awful anime that has zero reasons to exist. Although I gave it an incredibly overrated score of (2), maybe because I felt it had some possibilities deep down of its original concept. As such of pathetic reason I could have also given it a (1), for waisted great talents and their time on such a dry-cut-rate attempt of an “anime”. Withal the mind that so many Mangaka’s with significantly better concepts getting declined every day.

In my opinion to adapt such story is unacceptable. It was unacceptable before the year 2000’s and it’s still unacceptable in 2024.

Final Score 2/10 ⭐️