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Little Witch Academia

Jan 22, 2023

Little Witch Academia


This anime sets a great example for all the others, showing how with an almost unlimited concept, it still manages to waste all its potential and simply create subpar results. On the outside, Little Witch Academia looks like a promising work. Animations, drawing style, colorful depictions you could almost think "This is going to be THIS anime!" but no, it's just a bluff.

Through this concept you had a limitless reserve of creative actions that could have been accomplished, there are no limitations here. Everything can be as irrational and bizarre as you want. And yet they decided that this anime is simply a witch version of Sailor Moon or Wedding Peach. With this I can practically explain how bad the dialogue has been, it's practically been an oversized play.

Among other things, I'm not sure if this anime like Digimon/Pokemon was made for kids in the 10-year-old range, but it feels that way. At least I got the same vibe with it after rewatching Digimon. The dialogue is spongy and I occasionally get the impression that everything has been simplified so that even a toddler can understand it. Maybe it is, I just couldn't find any more specific information on this.


[Story 3]

After -Midori..- Atsuko has admired witches/mages since she was a little girl. She became a real witch fanatic after a performance of her favorite idol and also wanted to go to the same magic school as her. Which she also ... managed to do. But unfortunately, it's a weak-to-strong plot, whereby the protagonist can't do anything and has to mess with the "cool" kids to get her point across.

Honestly, it goes on like this until the end. She builds friendships, screws up and creates problems, and figures out new legendary things.


The only thing that surprised me was the plot twist at the end, which resolved the entire story between Akko and her idol. Honestly, it was simplistic but good. I liked this twist because it created some drama and added depth to some of the characters.

But you had to wait for almost 20 boring episodes for it.

[Characters 4]

Akko... I hate this girl. I see not only naivety and stupidity in her eyes, but also bottomless arrogance. The fact that she builds SO much nonsense and caused so many problems and still always acts innocent was possibly acceptable in the first 2 scenes. But not after 20 episodes of pure nonsense. The fact that she is constantly forgiven even though she is a complete troublemaker is not understandable.

I thought she was going to be a naive dimwit who wants to make people smile, but she did the exact opposite.

The rest of the characters are practically just comedy asides that aren't even decent. There's nothing to say about them. The mushroom girl of course has been Best Girl as expected.

The antagonist in the story had his motivations and little story arc but was so cliché that it almost killed me.


[Music 5 /Animations 7]


The two intros are pretty similar and average. The osts were staggering but some decent ones were there. Nothing to ever be remembered for.


Little Witch Academia's animations were the best point of the anime. With their bizarre and flexible drawing style, they created many dynamic scenes. Together with very appealingly drawn backgrounds, there was a good overall picture. It's something to be proud of, at least.


[Conclusion 4]


It's not like Little Witch Academia is bad. This anime just has a lot of flaws and not enough strengths to make up for it. Most average series I've seen are simply better than this one. And that's sad, I like this setting and this waste of potential is a crime.

In the right hands, Little Witch Academia could have been outstanding. Unfortunately, we will never see it.

[Enjoyment 4]

3/10 story
7/10 animation
5/10 sound
4/10 characters
4.5/10 overall
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