Nozomi Witches

Introduction

Ryoutaro Shiba and his family have just moved into a new housing neighborhood. He soon discovers he is lucky enough to be living next to a beautiful and bewitching girl named Nozomi Egawa. Nozomi is athletic, an actress, and surprisingly more than anything else, she wants Ryoutaro to become a boxer so that he can fulfil her dream. Ryoutaro isn't exactly sure what Nozomi's dream is, but he definitely does not want to become a boxer. Unfortunately for Ryoutaro, he finds himself being dragged to the high school boxing club because Nozomi has written a resume for him claiming that he is a boxing genius! It actually seems that Ryoutaro has a special gift for boxing that he has never known about before. Ryoutaro soon finds himself in the winners' circle. But for how long can he last, and can he really live up to Nozomi's expectations? (Source: AnimeNfo)

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kekekeKaj

You'd be forgiven for thinking Nozomi Witches is Adachi Mitsuru's creation: it's a boxing anime; it possesses a quiet, tranquil atmosphere; even the plot feels reminiscent of his other works. Most suspicious of all, the character designs, with their soft, wistful looks, are unmistakably Adachi's style. I too was fooled. But in actual fact Adachi Mitsuru didn't have anything to do with the source material: he merely did the character designs for the anime. Nozomi Witches is a strange OVA. It tells the story of transfer student Ryoutaro moving into a new neighbourhood next door to the titular Nozomi, who claims to be a witch. Nozomi, recognising Ryoutaro's potential, encourages him - or perhaps more accurately, pushes and tricks him - to take up boxing so that he can fulfil HER dream (like…

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BuggZapper

I'm not into sports at all but I've watched a few sports anime's and for some reason the sports element seems to help tie the story together and provide a good straight cut direction for the anime. This is a pretty short anime so the characters don't really get fleshed out. That being said the artwork is great for the time period, I enjoyed the score, and although the plot could have been strengthened with more time and development it is pretty sturdy. If I had watched a typical 12 episode half hour each anime I would be quite disappointed, but for the amount of time allotted, this series it is pretty damn good. It gets a 8 from me for telling a good story in a very short amount of time.