Audience reviews
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Pockycrusader
I picked this up because the manga hooked me and I couldn't find more of it.
I was disappointed and confused to say the least. The pacing is too fast. 13 episodes is too short for the story to properly unfold and to establish the characters as anyone you actually care about. Firiel and Rune get the most screen time, but never develop much. There's a lot of politics at play in this story, but there isn't a lot of time spent really establishing points of view or importance of different factions. The world building could use some work, too.
The animation is quite pretty, and the music is all right, but ultimately it isn't enough to make up for shallow characters and a rushed plot. I might try to track down the light novels and see if that helps.
Read at the sourceMonjaElisa
The Good Witch of the West.
Its an anime filled with Much Romance, Drama, Mystery and Action. If you wish to see a anime with a great yet not to obvious storyline this is the anime for you.
It started of looking as nothing but some lame children anime, but as the story unfolds you will find the story interesting and you might also get addicted to it.
The expected won't happen as you watch this 13 episodes long anime.
The first episodes might not be so capturing however when you start following the story for real you might have troubles leaving your computer.
I will without a doubt recommend this capturing anime to everyone who like the genres:
Romance, Action, Mystery and Drama.
Read at the sourceSatokah
The series is great! You really won't regret watching it! Lots of love and romance and heated passionate moments for our 15 yr old heroine starting from the second episode. It's very much into fairy tales. VERY. So if you are a fantasy junkie, likes fairy tale stories, likes cute things, and is a big fan of shows where the heroine has a bunch of guys who are in love with her and she has to choose one, you will like this.
Don't be fooled by it being 13 episodes long. The story's not rushed at all and it begins and ends perfectly. My hope of wanting it to be longer is only because of my fandom over the series. The characters are so lovable. But the series has a well-accomplished ending. Definitely give this series a try when u can.
Read at the sourceangelofutopia
The story itself would have been better if it hadn't been so condenced. Oddly enough I didn't think that the story was all that rushed and things were going to fast. I would have liked a breather every once in awhile though. The whole series was full of moments that you had to catch or be lost forever. As it is I'm going to have to watch the series again to catch things that I've missed.
The art was pretty good. The series was nice to look at although it wasn't anything shocking in my opionion. You could tell that they put some work into it though.
The sound really isn't all that important to me so I'm not going to act like it is now that I'm writing a review. Everything was clear. That's good enough for me.
The characters were average. The supporting characters could have been a bigger…
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Actually, in truth, this anime is one of the best short animes I have watched!! It made me want to know more and what is going to happen next~ It's very gripping and this anime is an anime that someone would really want to finish in one day because it is just that good. There may be some parts in which they drop the anime's tension by a bit, but that's all what's bad about it. But also because it is shorter, it keeps viewers interested all the way until the end and love it. I know because that happened to me. I was bored and couldn't find something to watch, then I came across this anime and totally LOVED IT. I was sooo happy that I found something interesting again!! Good Witch of the West is definitely an anime I would recommend to other anime lovers. ^-^~
Oh and the characters are so lo…
Read at the sourceVenneh
Title: Nishi no Yoki Majo ' Astraea Testament
Manga/Anime/Novel: Nishi no Yoki Majo's original incarnation was an eight-volume, three side-story novel series done by Noriko Ogiwara. The manga incarnation, which keeps Ogiwara on the story and puts Haruhiko Momokawa on the art, is currently running in Japan, began being serialized in Comic Blade on July 9th, 2006, and currently has five volumes released. Tokyopop has picked it up, and will release it under the title Good Witch of the West ' Nishi no Yoki Majo's literal translation ' this October (2006). The anime itself ran from April 7th to June 30th of this year (2006), and is thirteen episodes long.
Story: Nishi no Yoki Majo follows Firiel Dee, a young, fifteen year-old girl living with foster parents, even though her real father (who's…
Read at the sourceelricbro15
Good Witch was a show I picked up on recommendation from a friend of mine, and while I was initially disappointed, it proved itself down the stretch.
The main sticking point here was the story. Don't get me wrong, the plot itself was well-written with lots of twists and turns. However, this show was poorly paced, which is what happens when you put either some or all of 9 light novels into a 13 episode series. The first half of the show was a whirlwind, and while this is understandable considering how the main character is swept up into a world she doesn't understand, there were a lot of questions at least in the back of my mind regarding the underlying political and social situation that was mentioned over and over but never explained, at least early on.
As I said, however, things reall…
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