Night Wizard flew under a lot of radars during its Fall 2007 run. Sure the show started off as a run-of-the-mill game adaptation. Neither the story nor the concept were particularly original, but Night Wizard was still a solidly done show. Synopsis: Renji Hiiragi just can’t catch a break. Under the direction of Anzelotte, he is one [...]
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Night Wizard was possibly the biggest surprise for me this season, since it's one of those series that at a glance sounds like it should be just God-awful, and I had zero expectations going into it. First of all, it's based on an RPG, which many would argue is generally not a predictor of anime excellence (whatever that means). After the first episode, the plot seemed amazingly simplistic--a
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Maybe it's because I've seen too much Anime about "protect your friends" stuff, as I would've simply answered that if Kurusu asked me "What do you want to protect". Or maybe it's because Renji is dumber than I thought.
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When a series approaches the end, even if I have no way of predicting the ending, I usually at least have a good idea of who’s intended to be the hero and who the villains are. I don’t necessarily root for the hero, but at least his or her identity is apparent. This time it’s [...]
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1. Anzelotte randomly showing up to ruin Hiiragi’s otherwise peaceful day. This is the most entertaining recurring element of Night Wizard, to be sure. 2. Tea. Obviously, tea-drinking sequences without fail make a series better. See: Rozen Maiden. 3. EPIC CAPITAL SHIP BATTLE. The presence of one of these always make a show better. Always. [...]
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  Why hasn’t she been blowing up crap for the whole show?
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   Poor guy… only Kureha has smaller ‘equipment’ than him now.
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Why have I made yet another post with a slash emote in the title? Well perhaps I’ve just been playing too many MMOs lately. Either way, grinding gold is probably more enjoyable than most of this episode, maybe it was because I had just watched Koharubiyori before that and it didn’t have the [...]
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  Word to your mother.
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Anzelotte has everyone over for tea, along with a mysterious man, who introduces himself as Nightmare, a dream user. She shows them the jewel of temperance, which other people retrieved. It makes Elis enter a dream, however, and it becomes possible that she could sleep forever. Therefore, Hiiragi, Akari and Kureha have to go inside [...]
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Mmmmm the gar content of this show doubled this episode, with what sounded to me like Nobuyuki Hiyama providing the voice for the guest character Nightmare. You may remember him from other gar-ish roles such as Viral (Gurren-Lagann) and Ikkaku (Bleach). This episode features him as a dream expert who leads the gang [...]
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  I believe you can get me through the night.
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This week’s installment of Night Wizard is definitely weaker in original content than previous episodes. Maybe I was just in a criticizing mood tonight, but I found a lot of the plot here cliché and predictable. However, it wasn’t all bad as there is the show’s first momentary fanservice. Read on for [...]
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  Yes yes, I’m aware that Hiiragi’s weapon is a broadsword and not at all suitable for the Niten Ichiryu style.
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