Little Witch Academia now up on Netflix
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:21 pm
....first 12 episodes, anyway.
The new TV series seems more juvenile than I remember the OAVs, with Akko considerably less competent than I remember her being in the OAVs, and that's having an impact on my enjoyment of the series. It's still a very sweet series, though.
It's a reboot --- we see Akko's original inspiration for becoming a witch, and see her struggling to get to the witch academy --- somewhat harder than catching the train at platform 9 3/4.
Diana starts out the early episodes seeming less stuck-up --- i.e., more willing to acknowledge Akko's worth --- than your usual anime antagonist. Sucy, on the other hand, seems pretty amoral, casually risking the lives of Lotte and Akko when they first meet.
Shiny Chariot (and Ursula) are voiced by Noriko Hidaka --- I suppose sticking to Studio Trigger's GAINAX roots (she was Noriko in Gunbuster, and Jean in Nadia). She played those roles in the OAVs, but I hadn't noticed.
The new TV series seems more juvenile than I remember the OAVs, with Akko considerably less competent than I remember her being in the OAVs, and that's having an impact on my enjoyment of the series. It's still a very sweet series, though.
It's a reboot --- we see Akko's original inspiration for becoming a witch, and see her struggling to get to the witch academy --- somewhat harder than catching the train at platform 9 3/4.
Diana starts out the early episodes seeming less stuck-up --- i.e., more willing to acknowledge Akko's worth --- than your usual anime antagonist. Sucy, on the other hand, seems pretty amoral, casually risking the lives of Lotte and Akko when they first meet.
Shiny Chariot (and Ursula) are voiced by Noriko Hidaka --- I suppose sticking to Studio Trigger's GAINAX roots (she was Noriko in Gunbuster, and Jean in Nadia). She played those roles in the OAVs, but I hadn't noticed.