Witchblade

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: ウィッチブレイド
English: Witchblade
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Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 6, 2006 to Sep 21, 2006
Premiered: Spring 2006
Broadcast: Thursdays at 01:45 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Gonzo
Source: Other
Genres: ActionAction, DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, Super PowerSuper Power
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 7.201 (scored by 4912749,127 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #34132
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1950
Members: 121,138
Favorites: 585

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Synopsis

Masane Amaha and her daughter Rihoko are on the run from a government child welfare agency that wants to take Rihoko away from her mother. They are caught and Rihoko is taken away. Meanwhile, Masane is attacked by an advanced weapon that can disguise itself as a human being. When faced with the danger, a strange light emits from her wrist and she transforms into a powerful being. She destroys the weapon and consequently becomes involved in a power struggle between powerful organizations, with her at the center of their attention. Because she holds the greatest power of them all, the legendary Witchblade.

(Source: AniDB)

Background

Witchblade is based on the American comic book series of the same name. Although it is set in the same universe, the story and characters are entirely new.

Characters & Voice Actors

Soho, Reina

Supporting
Sonozaki, Mie
Japanese

Nora

Supporting
Yumiba, Saori
Japanese

Cho

Supporting
Kashii, Shouto
Japanese

Asagi

Supporting
Watanabe, Akeno
Japanese

Tozawa, Yuusuke

Supporting
Matsukaze, Masaya
Japanese

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1: "XTC" by Psychic Lover (eps 1-13,24)
2: "Dear Bob" by KOOLOGI (eps 14-23)
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Ending Theme

1: "Ashita no Te (あしたの手)" by Mamiko Noto (eps 01-13)
2: "Kutsu Himo" by Asami Yamamoto (eps 13-23)
3: "kodou ~get closer~ (鼓動~get closer~)" by PSYCHIC LOVER (eps 24)




Reviews

Dec 29, 2024
Surprisingly good, honestly. Sure, at first glance it seems to be gratuitous with fanservice or whatever, but that's maybe 10% of the show, there is a (relatively) layered plot with criss-crossing faction alliances and grey character motives. At its core it's really a story about a mother who will go to great lengths for her daughter, over all others. Also, a decent and original story for what is supposed to be a loose adaptation of a Top Cow IP. It doesn't seem to have much in common with its American counterpart besides the titular Witchblade artifact itself. Maybe the artstyle is somewhat dated, but not ...
Apr 7, 2025
Mixed Feelings
Whilst the show tries in earnest to balance the titulation (or as much as you can get away with for an animated IP intended for a teenage male demographic) of its 90s comic book source material with some wholesome family drama that results in some tonal whiplash, it never achieves much success delivering in either. The threadbare world-building, one-note and rote characters, the laughably shallow corporate political intrigue in the backdrop, the clunky and ironically unappealing (again, considering how the source material's infamous reputation for featuring unapologetically "sexy" art) character/monster/Witchblade design does little to make up for these shortcomings.

Overall an incredibly disappointing, uneven show that ...
Aug 14, 2019
✪ Genre: action, comedy, drama, sci-fi (genetic enhancement), military, seinen


✔ Positive Aspects ✔

◧ The quality of the animation is typical of any Gonzo production, highly saturated, fairly vibrant colors, with the characters being distinct from one another, with clear facial expressions.

◧ I found the concept of this series very interesting, even though it could have developed more.

◧ Probably the strongest aspect of the show was the character development of its protagonists, with the mother-daughter duo taking center stage, and every plot change being understandable only through this lens.
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