Audience reviews
12 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Unemployed-Sama
Pure otaku parody moe bliss, this was like crack cocaine to me! Really kind of surprised how low the average rating is, it's certainly better than Welcome to the NHK (will nvr undrstnd dat high rating!). If you're looking for The End of Mugelion or some shit then I would look somewhere else, but if you want a short and sweet OVA that will fry your brain then this one's for you!
The animation is like 7/10, not a masterpiece but surprisingly great. It's that wonderful really blocky and colorful 2000s early digital style, always expressive and very fluid. There's also a good amount of funny early y2k CGI used for comedic effect which is beautiful.
The character designs are 20/10, the lord touched Akio Watanabe's mind with this show, truly heavenly.
The OPs and EDs are all amazing, 9/10,…
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Notwithstanding the pervasive pejorative consensus regarding this anime's merit, my delectation attained a zenith of fervor, owing that this series eschews teleological narrative imperatives, gravitating instead toward a characterological centrifuge. Those aforesaid harboring an aversion to dense plot-architectonics, ergo the diegesis of this moe-phenomenology that borders on such preternatural opus, evince inordinately efficacious. Komugi's pulchritudinous aesthetic so superlative as to posit the work’s structural integrity predicates upon the idiosyncratic agency of its dramatis personae rather than linear causality. Should an auditor requisite a strenuously teleological arc in view of the fact that the sole caveat to sporadic insertion in gratuitous visual superfluities necessitates man…
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Nurse Witch Komugi is a fascinating anime. It exists as a parody of and love letter to the magical girl genre and otaku culture as a whole, but also as a parody of an entirely different anime, SoulTaker, which embodies an entirely different tone. The SoulTaker production committee is actually responsible for the production of this anime, and even brought over the same dub actors to maintain consistency. Furthermore, Nurse Witch Komugi maintains this irreverent, highly referential personality throughout the show that is highly peculiar and specific to the time in which it was made, that being the early 2000s. It references everything from other anime like Fist of the North Star and Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan, to more unexpected things like South Park and early 2Chan memes. This eccentric…
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This may have been the dumbest thing I've watched in awhile... in a good way(?) Ecchi comedies that actually manage to be funny to me are often too far and in between, and this series literally starts off with the "virus" of the episode being 2chan shitposters. It is a parody on magical girl/idol tropes, and in no way does it even pretend to be serious. One scene could be spoofing Gundam, the other could be 4th wall break after 4th wall break, or even a character (mostly Komugi) dying in-explicitly. I haven't personally seen the original Soul Taker at the time of this review that this was spun off from, but from what I hear I am not missing much.
The only complaints I have about the series is that the subbing from the copy I watched is downright awful, with text overlapping and staying on…
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I'm going to make this short because there's no need to be long-winded about such an unserious anime. Also, no, I have not seen the anime this is based off of, Soultaker. I'm basing this review on Nurse Witch alone, since Soultaker is not required viewing to watch Nurse Witch.
The show is a parody of the magical girl genre, particularly that of the early moé boom. There are references to many other anime and live action dramas (Evangelion, Macross, Anime Tenchou, Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, etc.) throughout. If you find referential humor funny, especially otaku-media references, you'll probably enjoy Nurse Witch.
The character designs are by Akio Watanabe (Poyoyon♥Rock) of Monogatari Series fame. His art style is iconic and on full display here. Nurse Witch is a must watch for fans of…
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if you watch this ova expecting to get some answers on the open ending from the soul taker stay away from this anime, as it's a parody that has a very specific target audience that's very big in japan and almost non existent outside of it, first it's filled to the brim with references to the japanese pop culture of that era such as places, internet forums, comiket, the idol and anime industry and tons references to older anime (some as old as the early 80s or even 70s), so in order to understand them and get the jokes you have to be more than "weeb", you have to either have lived that era or study about it, in my case it's a bit of both so i can say i enjoyed this anime a lot (and enjoyed it a lot more when i watched it with friends that also got most of the references), i have even rewatc…
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I watched Nurse Witch Komugi-chan (all of the original material). I watched the first 4 episodes of R and then dropped it. Note: I have not seen more than like 10 minutes of Soultaker.
The originals are great. Simply put, they are funny and entertaining. Good voice acting too. Most importantly, they have tremendous cultural value. If you're into ‘otaku culture’ then I strongly recommend watching Nurse Witch Komugi-chan Magikarte. It won't even take you long (there's like 8 episodes). Overall 7/10 but don't let that dissuade you. That's just an intellectually honest rating; I'm still really glad I didn't pass on the series. The series is highly underappreciated (this decade at least), and I urge you to give it a chance.
Okay now on to the 2016 'reboot.' I'm not aware of the legal issues…
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Nurse Witch Komugi-chan is the perfect representation of what anime in 2000’s was like. Considering that this was a parody like anime, I wasn’t too surprised over what I was dealing with. This anime is makes fun of the magical girl shoujo characterization, which is famous in anime like “Precure”, “Sailor Moon” (obviously), “Cardcaptor Sakura”, while also parodying “The Soultaker”. The funny part about this show is that besides the main characters abilities, it also makes fun of the cosplayer stereotype that makes most cosplayer-like characters in today’s anime seem interesting to watch. There were moments that I wish they made fun of the cosplayer culture a whole lot more than I wish they made fun of the magical girl plot line, as it would have been a whole lot easier to do so.
It also sa…
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This anime seems to have quite poor reviews, but I honestly really, really loved it. The whole show is really funny, and it doesn't seem to be very plot-driven, but rather character-driven, so if you're like me and dislike plot-heavy stuff I really recommend this anime!!
The main character, Komugi, is SO freaking adorable. Her character design is so cute.
As previously mentioned I feel like this show is really driven more by the characters themselves than the plot. But if you like shows that have a strong plot then maybe give this one a miss.
The only complaint that I personally have about the show is that there's a bit of fanservice. I found myself hitting the fast-forward button once or twice in each episode due to those scenes.
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Well, here’s the thing about this anime right here. This is a spinoff OVA to their sister series SoulTaker and yet I’m going in without watching the original series. From what I heard about the show, people absolutely hated it, mostly because they found the character Komugi was so annoying in SoulTaker, a whole OVA series that revolves around her would spell anger into a lot of fans, non-fans and even anime reviewers, especially a certain wolf/angel-based reviewer I know. *wink wink*.
Ungrar, the King of Viruses, has escaped from his prison cell in Vaccine World. Maya, the Goddess of Vaccine World sends Mugimaru down to Earth to find a human to accept the powers of Vaccine World and become the Magical Nurse. He finds the best (and the only willing) person for the job when he meets Komugi…
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Welcome to my nightmare… If Kurai really wanted to break me, this is a really good one to use. I don’t know who decided to actually make an anime out of the stupid pinked haired girl Komugi from SoulTaker, but they need to be forced to watch this themselves.
The story starts out talking about a rather odd place called Vaccine World where a virus has broken out of prison and went to earth. Because of this, the Goddess of Vaccine World sent this little talking… squirrel-puffball-annoying sidekick-thing… to go find a human to use the magic baton to defeat the virus. He finds Komugi who takes the job only because she wanted to cosplay as a nurse witch. Yep, its one of those shows… the shows where its all fun and games to the person trying to save the earth. I wish he would of at least looked…
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The picture should be a dead giveaway of what you're getting yourself into: bunny ears, nurse outfits, and lots of pink. It's fanservice and jokes, their was never any depth intended, and anyone taking this show seriously is a fool.
Nurse Witch Komugi is a parody-laden romp laced with sight gags, slapstick and sheer randomness. And like Excel Saga it works pretty well. References to other anime are frequent and often hilarious, and Komugi makes an over-excitable but likeable lead character. The series is pretty much made up of stand-alone stories, with Komugi having to face a different problem in each episode, which usually start with her doing a job for her modelling agency before everything goes wrong and she has to change into Nurse Witch Komugi. It may be a bit formulaic if it was don…
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