Night Wizard

Night Wizard. A term given to those whose mission is to protect the world from impending darkness. Renji Hiiragi is one such Night Wizard, who is constantly called on missions, even though all he wants is to be able to go to school and graduate.

However, his latest order was to protect Elis Shiho, who is a new transfer student at his academy. Being dragged into the Astronomy Club by Renji's childhood friend, Kureha Akabane on her first day at school, Elis soon realises that she too, has the power to become a Night Wizard, after possessing one of seven secret Jewels, the Jewel of Kindness.

Along with Renji and Kureha, Elis now begins her fight and her new life as a Night Wizard.

(Source: ANN)

Himuro, Akari Main

Kogure, Ema Japanese

Hiiragi, Renji Main

Yanagi, Naoki Japanese

Anzelotte Main

Kogure, Ema Japanese

Zephyr, Bell Main

Gotou, Yuuko Japanese

Kirihito Main

Watanabe, Akeno Japanese

Shihou, Elis Main

Miyazaki, Ui Japanese

Akabane, Kureha Main

Satou, Rina Japanese

Nightmare Supporting

Hiyama, Nobuyuki Japanese

Mu, RaRa Supporting

Hisakawa, Aya Japanese

Andou, Kurusu Supporting

Tanaka, Hideyuki Japanese

Sudou, Naomi Producer

Suzuki, Kenta Producer

Yamamoto, Yuusuke Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Motoyama, Satoshi Sound Director

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Aug 22, 2017

Kiryu-shi

Recommended

It's a mastaaapiece!! This show has no equal. It really is just incredible how daring and innovative, pushing the boundaries of the action genre to the limit with mind blowing animation and incredibly fluid transitions. The voice acting is top tier as well.
The show is so good it's a mix of Little Witch Academia, Transformers, Re:Zero, TsukaTsuka, and of course Auschwitz.... and I forgot to mention Boku no Pico.

Hawawawawawa?

Hawawawawawa.


Nah, for real though this show is terrible, but it's so bad you have to watch it. It's absolutely hilarious how bad it is. Watching this with a friend is an absolute blast. I haven't laughed this ... hard in a longgggg time. Sooo yeah a it's a 9/11... Which explains all the Illuminati references.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jul 11, 2023

karioka-

Mixed Feelings

Night Wizard is a pretty generic anime. It adds nothing much to the anime world but damn is it entertaining.

Story - 6

Night Wizard is about some guy named Hiiragi, Renji, a Night Wizard who is constantly on missions with a girl named Anzelotte. He also happens to be in an astronomy club at school with his childhood friend Kureha. Elis is a new kid at school and also happens to join an astronomy club with Kureha and Hiiragi. Elis realizes she has powers and Hiiragi, Kureha and Elis now need to collect 7 jewel things.

The story really is nothing new, just some generic magic school ... story. The thing that makes the show entertaining is all the crazy plot twists thrown near the end of the show which make it entertaining.


Art - 8

The art for this show was actually pretty good for 2007. It looked clean and crisp and aged pretty well. It looks better than some anime they release today. I’m not going to say it’s the best animation I've seen for 2007 since the animation could look weird sometimes but it is up there.


Sound - 7

The sound in this show was good. Both the opening song and the ending song were pretty well made, as well as the voice acting and background music.
The opening song fit the show, not too serious, not too happy either just in the middle.
Ending song for this show was also pretty good. It was more serious than the opening and was actually really good. The thing is this does not fit this show until the last few episodes when the show got serious.
The background music was good. I atleast memorized some of the background music which is a good sign.
The voice acting was good too.


Characters - 6

The characters were fine but again pretty generic.
Hiiragi was a good character. I liked him. He was kind of just a comedic character because there would be something bad or crazy happening to him every 2 seconds in this show.
Elis and Kureha were also good. Elis was just a cute side character that would basically do nothing but cute stuff (I still liked her, she was cute.) Kureha was the childhood friend character that would just do ridiculous stuff to just annoy Hiiragi just like any friend would do. Unfortunately the rest of the cast got barely any development and we learned mostly nothing about characters Akari, Anzelotte and the others. Same thing with the villains.


Enjoyment - 8

Night wizard is just a really fun anime to watch besides all its flaws. You can easily watch this anime in one day and have a fun time with it. It has all kinds of things like plot twists, comedy and action to keep you entertained.

I just really enjoyed watching this series because you didn’t really have to think or anything. It isn't supposed to be some thought provoking, emotional masterpiece but instead just a fun anime to watch when you have nothing else to watch.


Overall - 6

Now this show isn’t the best obviously but it really was entertaining to watch. If you’re looking for a fun anime you can just finish in a day and be satisfied, watch this and you won’t be disappointed!

Good things
-Most characters are likeable
-Entertaining
-Good plot twists
-Awesome art
-Good music

Bad things
-Generic story
-Some characters are flat and bland
-Generic concept

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jan 18, 2020

kawaii123456

Not Recommended

""For the request that I will ask you now please reply 'Okay' or 'Yes'"
---Anzelotte

In reality the only valid answer is NO!!! This was painful to watch. Do yourself a favor, RUN!! don't walk away from this anime.

I divide anime into storytelling and presentation. Presentation being the visual artwork, the music, and voice acting. The presentation for night wizard was meh at best. The art is on the crude and poorly done side. Generic character design and low detail backgrounds and literally nothing special. The music is uninteresting. The only saving grace is the voice acting which is well done, especially Renji who ... really hits the right notes.

******* Minor spoilers nothing you wont have seen by early in the 2nd episode
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In the second episode the anime falls off a cliff and never picks itself back up. The characters start out bad, and by 2nd episode they are just completely awful. I don't think I have ever seen such badly done characters. I think they were going for comedy but watching this made my skin crawl.

Start with the MC Renji. Masochistic doesn't begin to describe him. He takes so much crap from the other characters in ways that just aren't funny. Angelotte his "boss ?" literally destroys his life, right to the point where she has him demoted a year in high school (aka repeating a grade he had already passed). His "Childhood Friend" (with friends like that how needs enemas). Literally forces him to live on the balcony of Elis's apartment who they are both guarding. Watching what happens to him isn't funny but painful

Kureha, oh man if you have a friend like this get a better one. Hell a bucket of icks would be better. She is constantly blackmailing Renji with a secret. All I have to say with what she pulls it must be that he's a serial child abuser or worse.

Anzelotte, just destroys the show. Every time you hear her catchphrase you just want to say no, not going to do it, you can't make me, etc etc etc. She is just plain grating, and spares no trouble making Renjii miserable

Elis is the only non detestable character, she isn't particularly sympathetic though.

The story thankfully isn't nearly as bad but it's pretty average. It's a hunt the items deal with the big boss at the end type of plot and really nothing of great interest. By the end of the first episode you have a pretty good idea of what is going to happen, and by the middle of the second episode you should be able to take the premise and do a better job of plotting it out than they did.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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