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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Dec 27, 2007

Niacinamide

Recommended

Night Wizard in no way a great anime. But it somehow ended up as one of my favorites and for one little reason: it's so simple. The plot is a straight forward one that is reminiscent of older anime where Yandere characters were but a far, far away thing and loli was not a genre of anime. Where it was the hero versus the bad guy on a mystical quest. Night Wizard is exactly that.

The art in Night Wizard, although sometimes inconsistent (although quite rarely), is very nice. While the character designs are somewhat generic, they are done nicely and with style so that you ... can get over the generic feel that accompanies them. The opening sequence is very simple and the song (sung by the wonderful Seiyuu who plays the main female character, Shihou Elis) isn't too bad either. The ending sequence is a series of still images but done really nicely so that the power of the beautiful ending song can really get it's point across.

The characters work nicely as a team and go about fighting the weekly bad guys until the end of the series where the true villian is revealed and our two main characters have to go against their friends and the organization they worked very hard for. A turn of events you might not have anticipated at the start of the series. But everything wraps up nicely for the end of the series with the perfect place to start off with a second season.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jan 1, 2011

LuccasDMC

Mixed Feelings

Well, I can summarize Night Wizard in one sentence: It's not bad enough so that you won't be able to watch til the end.

The story is full of cliches, but it's amusing enough to take you to the end. The whole "let's collect stuff to save the world" is nothing new and it's even less original the way is presented here. One thing I liked is that they didn't take until the last episode to collect all the jewels.

The art is really simple. It's not crappy but it's miles away from being good. There'll be no surprises there, then.

The soundtrack is really bad, it sometimes ... feels out of place and it sounded really repetitive to me.

The characters, oh, the characters. Absolute cliches, no development at all. They're just bad, that's all. There's not even one enjoyable character in this series. And in an average series this fact just makes it even worse.

As I said before, this series is not bad enough so that it'll be unbearable watching it, but don't expect anything from it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 22, 2017

LordSwagimusII

Not Recommended

This show is something that can't be described in simple terms like bad, appalling, horrible, or shouldn't have been made; the word art is the only one that accurately puts night wizard into words. Between the horribly cliched plot and terribly forgettable characters and that chimney gun that's also a rocket I can only come to the conclusion that a true artist attempting to create the most terrible garbage around thought up this idea and couldn't resist in much the same way as sheryl nome said in macross frontier that singers, pilots, and actors can't help but do what they love, a cancerous artist can't ... help but make shit.

The most confounding part of this whole series which also happens to be my favorite is the LEGENDARY HAWAWA! I mean what is this why haven't I heard it before and why do I love it so much. It's kind of like the poi from kantai cole only better and more kawaii but if no one has ever come up with Hawawa before, then who but a fucking genius could have come up with something so amazing. I can't help but feel this show is a beautiful masterpiece never have I laughed so hard at something that seemingly shouldn't be comedic in any way that LEGENDARY scene the chimney gun rocket scene; where akari rides in on a chimney gun.... rocket. I died laughing, the atmosphere the music the girl nonchalantly flying in on a gun. Anyways this show is shit but its a masterpiece among shit truly something to behold or not who really cares anyways.

<3 Rara Mu true best waifu

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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