Witch Hunter Robin

Though hidden away from the general public, Witches—those with supernatural powers—have always existed in human societies. Neither numerous nor inherently evil, Witches are nonetheless capable of creating disorder by misusing their powers for criminal means. The task of solving supernatural crimes falls outside of the jurisdiction of normal authorities and is instead handled by the Solomon organization.

Having finished her training in Italy, Robin Sena transfers to Solomon's local Japanese branch, STNJ. Possessing powerful pyrokinetic abilities, she is herself a Witch, putting her at odds with STNJ's methods of dealing with rogue Witches. In particular, Robin opposes the use of an elixir called Orbo, which can weaken or even neutralize a Witch's powers. If Robin wants to find her place within the organization, she must find a way to navigate the internal politics of Solomon while also handling the threat of hostile Witches—but both seem to be dangerous for very different reasons.

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Sena, Robin Main

Watanabe, Akeno Japanese

Amon Main

Takewaka, Takuma Japanese

Lee, Michael Main

Yuuki, Hiro Japanese

Doujima, Yurika Main

Hikami, Kyouko Japanese

Karasuma, Miho Main

Kouda, Kaho Japanese

Sakaki, Haruto Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Nagira, Shunji Supporting

Yamanoi, Jin Japanese

Kurosawa, Akio Supporting

Ohba, Mahito Japanese

Kirihara, Kazuhiro Supporting

Endo, Moriya Japanese

Kousaka, Shintarou Supporting

Tsuji, Shinpachi Japanese

Sugita, Tsutomu Producer

Murase, Shukou Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Original Creator

Fujino, Sadayoshi Sound Director

Nagai, Tatsuyuki Episode Director

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Dec 29, 2024

Dompa112

Recommended

One of the greatest joy with anime is finding those rare hidden gems. Yes i love Attack on Titan, Death note and the likes. I rate them higher. But you go into them with expecting greatness. With a show like witch hunter robin i go into an uncharted and unexpected territory not sure what will come. And then it just hits you, blowing you away

I only learned of the show a few days before starting to watch it despite having many others on my plan to watch list. I think what draw me in was the darker and gritty feel it gave of reading about ... it and seeing the character art.

And straight from the beginning watching it it delivered. Theres something about the atmosphere of the show thats very appealing to me. Again the art and animation. Early 2000. Dark and gritty. The characters personalitys. Its a serious and mature story. No goofy teenagers or fan service. No screaming. Id compare it to stuff like Lain or Hell girl, two other shows i enjoyed.

The music is also very good and adds to the atmosphere.

Story is split into two parts you could say. First half is more episodic. While im usually not a big fan of the episodic structure just like with gell girl it still worked for me because i really enjoyed the atmosphere and characters. For the second half theres alot more story going on that continues until the end. Feels like it happened a bit to late though or would need some more episodes to flesh out some stuff. That might have pushed it on to a 9. Although even without im very close to put one more point but gonna settle with the 8/10. If you look for a darker, more serious anime you should give Witch Hunter Robin a go

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 4, 2025

ryck66x

Mixed Feelings

Hello, first of all, this is my first review, I apologize for any mistakes. I hope you enjoy reading it.


Visual Impression and Animation: I would say that it is a good animation, it is not perfect, but for me it was very enjoyable from beginning to end. In addition to the scenarios, which I maintain the same opinion. Now, two negative points are the action scenes that end up being very tedious, as well as the first part of the anime mentioned below. But some are exceptions, and end up being cool. I also liked the futuristic touch, combined with a time when this would ... not be possible. And also the scenarios, locations and costumes, which contribute to the atmosphere positively.


Script and Pace: I felt that the pace of the anime was slow. I think the plot could have made better choices to be more interesting in the first part of the anime, because it ended up becoming repetitive and, at one point or another, I ended up getting bored and even sleepy because I was watching the same thing and nothing surprised me. The good thing is that the second part came and revived the anime, breaking out of that repetitive cycle, containing more mystery, investigation scenes and battles that became a little more striking as the episodes went by. In addition, pieces of the protagonist's story were revealed, and external things fit together in due time. Another positive point is the good balance between calm moments and moments of action, and I particularly like how these moments convey a comforting feeling. One point to be commented on, and that many other people have already commented on, is how the anime sometimes leaves questions unanswered, despite the ending that answers many questions regarding the protagonist's story. But I wouldn't say that this ruins or hinders; sometimes, not answering questions is a good decision. And here, it didn't make a difference for me, my few doubts were answered, and others, I can overlook.


Characters: Good to say the least, however, they could have been much more, and I felt that they lacked greater development. The only ones who grow in the anime, even if minimally (except for the protagonist), are Michael and maybe Amon. The others are there more to fill their own roles and, in 26 episodes, they end up not having that much importance in terms of development. Since, in the first part of the anime, this does not happen. We can have a minimal glimpse of development from the second part onwards, but it does not seem to be that important or significant. And, although I understand their motivations throughout the anime, I would say that it does not go beyond that. They do what they have to do.


Soundtrack: Great. It was composed by Taku Iwasaki, the same person responsible for the soundtracks of Akame ga Kill!, Rurouni Kenshin (1999 and 2001), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Noragami, Soul Eater, Black Butler, Bungo Stray Dogs and many other important titles. Now, returning to the anime, the soundtrack varies from rock to jazz, at least as far as I could detect and tell. In addition, there are many musical experiments and combinations of these aspects that I could not and cannot say now, but which were certainly good during and after the anime. And I recommend listening to the soundtrack on Spotify or YouTube to learn more details about it, because I really lack information to describe Iwasaki's beautiful work in this work. Commenting a little more about the soundtrack, there is also a background piano that appears frequently and that is very striking and emphasizes many moments that occur during the anime, and it ends up being a beautiful and even moving thing. In addition, just like these musical experiments, rock, jazz and piano also helped to build the mood and atmosphere during the anime's scenes. They gave an extra charm to the work and matched well with the proposal of the anime and its themes. And also, of course, even after all this, I cannot fail to mention and highlight the opening and ending. Both are particularly addictive and good, in addition to the vocalist herself, who did a great job. I wanted to comment more about them, but I am afraid of commenting on something completely unrelated, so I will stop here.


But overall, I would say it is a good anime, with good potential, but due to some points mentioned above and the choices made in the anime itself, I believe it cannot reach a higher level. That said, it is worth watching if you want to experience something atmospheric, with genres of action, drama, supernatural, mystery and involving witchcraft, but explored in a different and interesting way. In addition to presenting gothic/noir settings, themes, and costumes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jan 1, 2025

Chloe2ndLife

Not Recommended

When watching this I kept thinking "is this a sequel? am I missing some backstory" but no this is it.

The first few episodes felt like Detective Conan and that it was going to be a 'hunt of the week show' but then it just becomes a story of 'office politics' There's supposed to be a deeper backstory and mystery but none of it is intriguing or remotely interesting, once again I watched this Anime at 1.5x speed and it was still painfully slow. It isn't unwatchable but it just isn't worth your time x

Still haven't reached the text limit, this anime doesn't ... need an entire essay , it's slow, boring, lacks excitement etc etc

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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