AniWorthStrike Witches OVA
Introduction
In 1939, after the world has been devastated by an invasion of the "Neuroi"—alien war machines of unknown origin—humanity continues to struggle in an uneven fight. With no conventional arms able to pierce through the aliens' hardy armor, resistance forces spare no expense in their search for a way to level the playing field.
Eventually, the so-called "Striker Unit" is designed—a state-of-the-art device utilizing the innate magical powers of young girls and turning them into deadly weapons. The women who are now gathering from all around the world to fight for the survival of the human race are known as "Witches," with the 501st Joint Fighter Wing—the "Strike Witches"—standing at the forefront of the deadly conflict.
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Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.28/10 · 12325
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Audience reviews
5 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
MyOpinionsValid
This is literally just a short promotion for the show, and I haven't even watched the show it is trying to promote. Now, did this grab my attention to make me watch the show? I guess. This show is an absurdist's delight. A delicate balance of every other school anime that has come around, plotted alongside the military training hellscape of a futuristic, war-trodden world. Anime girls are A-10's. It's ridiculous in every sense, but that's fucking entertainment at it's finest.
I was sold for the first minute or so of this. Once the more character driven aspects picked up, I couldn't be bothered to care. It's a very basic, formulaic story that has been done a million times over. It's insanely face paced and not for its own good. The characters are very uninteresting as it is, they throw ar…
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Strike Witches OVA (2007)
Not so much an OVA but a promotional video from before the main show was released. Now, as far as a promotional video goes it is pretty good but also terrible.
It is also pretty badly animated. Had I seen this first I probably of hesitated from watching the show so I don't think it really helps it. It does work in the way of what it wants to achieve but also doesn't.
You see a fair few characters on screen but again it's a short that is not designed to develop.
I would honestly say overall that it isn't too bad as a promotional video but the animation choice just really does make me question whether it would have helped people watch the show.
Read at the sourceZaku88
This Strike Witches OVA can be thought of as a 7 min prototype/preview for the Strike Witches TV show. I consider it more of a prototype than a preview as many aspects, as I'll explain later, differ significantly from the actual TV show.
The OVA introduces the main setting and characters but has a dreary story line, if it can even be considered a storyline... If you're thinking of watching this to see if you might be interested in the TV series, just skip this and go directly to ep 1 of the TV series.
Animation:
The animation quality and drawing style are different from the TV series. In addition to character styling changes, even the base and mechanics of the striker units are different (the strikers in the TV series don't have wheels...). Strangely enough, even though this is an OVA it…
Read at the sourceChibiAnime84
OVAs usually aren't as "good" as an actual series, nor are OVA's held with as high regard as an acual series.
The Strike Witches OVA is a stark exception.
In my opinion, this pilot episode of sorts is actually better than the main Strike Witches series, far better really, and I'll explain why.
The first 30 seconds of the Strike Witches OVA are some of the most awesome moments I've ever seen in any anime. The blue sky, saturated with white clouds, is penetrated by a rising and bright yellow sun. An epic orchestra is building up to a climax. As a blast of brass and drums sound, the brave lasses of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing come gloriously into view, each Witch gettng a little face-shot so that the viewer can get an idea of who the characters are. The roar of their mighty Striker Uni…
Read at the sourceSmoku
I watched this Ova after i watched two of the later seasons of Strike Witches. And I was pleasently surprised.
Story 7/10
Although the story is rather short, there are many things explained in details, which I didn't see in the longer anime show. Finally a load of new things actually started to make sense to me. The weapons, the places. Finally something more then just ridiculous amounts of shear fanserwis and nothing else. It was actually a good introduction to the universe and my view about Strike Witches has changed. I am willing to check out the manga and novels now.
Art 6/10
The art is worse then the anime series, but it doesn't mean it's bad. It's pretty, gives a wibe of WWII at times and there are featured many interesting images.
Sound 7/10
The sound was good, it fit well with t…
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