Strike Witches: The Complete Series |  | Director: Scott Sager
Actors: Jamie Marchi, Cherami Leigh, Trina Nishimura
Studio: Funimation
Category: DVD
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 5,476
Format: Widescreen, Color, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 300 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 704400011900
UPC: 704400011900
EAN: 0704400011900
ASIN: B0030ZOYE0
Theatrical Release Date: 2010
Release Date: March 30, 2010
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Wild Stuff February 2, 2010
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31 out of 37 found this review helpful
This is a show about magical girls with guns that are in a war against aliens called Neuroi from outer space. The time and setting of Strike Witches is around when World War II happened, but in this story, it never did. The countries are all different, also. The main character is Yoshika Miyafuji. She has a magical ability to heal injured people and animals. She joins the 501st Joint Fighter Wing which is a military unit of other witches like herself. They do battle with WWII-like weapons and fly using devices resembling airplanes fixed to their legs called Strikers.
The story of Strike Witches is rather simple. It involves numerous battle scenes against the aliens to save the world, cutesy comedy bits, and a great deal of fan service. The animation is skillfully done and the sound mix is dynamic, accented with a nice classical opus. From start to finish, I found myself fixated on the unfurling action and positively, attractive design work. Everything that takes place in Strike Witches breathes with good entertainment value and more than compensates for its lack of a more complex story, which it doesn't need. There is, quite thankfully, more of this show being produced in Japan. I could definitely follow a show which keeps the enjoyment straight forward and without the requirement for difficult interpretation. You just kick back and let this gem take you away.
People have rated Strike Witches too low, unfortunately. It seems they failed to see why a show like this can be so much fun and beat it up unnecessarily. I feel that nothing can be lost by seeing what it's all about here at least once, though preferably numerous times.
Experienced anime fans will love it March 28, 2010
Andy Moorer (Florida, USA)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
While it has many of the trappings of a typical light fanservice title, strike witches has more spark than you would think. Varied and memorable characters, quality design elements (the series if derived from a collection of figurines produced by a popular designer where elements of classic WWII aircraft are blended with kawaii teen girls), a decent storyline and good pacing. If you enjoyed "Sky girls" this series is, IMHO, better. Strike witches is on my short list of series which deserve more recognition than they get.
Satisfing the Wetdreams of every WWII Otakus March 12, 2010
cloner4000 (CA)
15 out of 20 found this review helpful
While it is true that the Anime is mainly cater to groups that would appreciate fan-service, there is small details here and there that I found very surprising and amazed at the same time.
First of all, all 11 of the main heroines are based on a actual ACE during WWII and there striker units resembles the airplane of the respective countries. The sounds effect for all the guns are accurate, you can hear the loud and distinct sound of each bullet being fired from the BAR, and the rapid fire of the MG42.
Story-wise, nothing that will really drop your jaws, but it flows wells and does it well. The animations is also well done and very smooth. The dogfights are a treat and they use actually WWII formations and flight path are all coordinated.
If you happens to like WWII and Anime and don't mind some fan services then this is definitely for you.
A bit of everything... done well! July 6, 2010
Charles Stuckey (Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At first it looks like little more than fan service on a stick. Get past it, this is one of the best stories I've seen in a long time. Character development is good and the story line is engaging and well written. It's not as generic of a storyline as it seemingly starts out either. Due to the "fan service" and some adult situations I'd probably not recommend it for children, at least not without adult supervision and having watched it first. On the plus side for parents, there's not a lot of blood and it's handled tastefully (It IS a war, injuries happen).
The setting is an alternate world where WWII was preempted due to an alien invasion and the only effective force to fight them is magic. Magic is not commonplace, so witches are recruited from all over the world to fly the "Striker Units". (If you look at the case, you'll see one on each leg of the main character). They even have magic propellers keeping the "WWII" feel intact. The countries are all renamed to give it a more "alternate world" feel, but it's not hard to figure out. I prefer not to give away the storyline in reviews. I will say there is an interesting contrast in the main character, who fights only because she wants to protect as many people as she can. (And at first seems to be an adamant pacifist, which never entirely fades). There is also some interesting character development around why people fight and the effects their reasons have on them. A little simplified, but it is only 12 episodes.
LASTLY! This is a DO NOT MISS IT anime for most fans, almost regardless of the type you like. Don't pass it up if you don't like one aspect of it, like setting, or combat, or fan service. It has a wide range of appeal!
A good, Fan Service Anime May 3, 2010
Raso (CT, USA)
I didn't expect the grandest of story lines but I was was very surprised by the over all quality of the story. In some of these "Cute girls fight evil geometric shapes" animes you can often have a laps of story but this show delivered a story that, in typical anime fashion, was heart warming, action backed, happy, sad and dared to blur the lines of good and evil and reality and fantasy.
I would definitely recommend this set to everyone, but be warned, as is typical in some fan service anime there is some animated nudity, and mild sexual situations but nothing too obscene (there's no sex or anything like that) but all together nothing that is horridly vulgar or overly violent.
And a heads up, season 2 has already been announced, hopeful it will get dubbed and released state side, cross your fingers!
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