Witchblade (Anime)

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Television series
Original title Witchblade
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2006
length 25 minutes
Episodes 24 in 1 season
genre Action , adventure , science fiction , drama
idea Marc Silvestri , Michael Turner
production Osamu Nagai, Shin Hieda, Tsuyoshi Okazaki
music Masanori Takumi
First broadcast April 16, 2006 on CBC and TBS
German-language
first broadcast		 December 7, 2008 on Animax
synchronization

The anime Witchblade ( Jap. ウィッチブレイド , Witchibureido ) is an adaptation of the American Comics Witchblade as Anime - television series . A manga was also published for this .

Anime

In 2006 Studio Gonzo produced a 24-part anime television series based on the comic. Directed by Yoshimitsu Ohashi . The character design was created by Makoto Uno and the artistic direction was taken over by Junichi Higashi. The series was first broadcast from April 16, 2006 by the broadcasters CBC and TBS in Japan.

In 2008 the anime was broadcast in English by the Independent Film Channel in the USA . He has also appeared with Madman Entertainment in Australia and MVM in the UK. The broadcaster Buzz Channel broadcast the series in Spanish.

The series appeared in German on Panini Video and was broadcast on Animax .

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Masane Amaha Mamiko Noto Kordula Leiße
Rihoko Amaha Akemi Kanda Kirstin Hesse
Yusuke Tozawa Masaya Matsukaze René Dawn-Claude
Maria Nana Mizuki Rieke Werner
Yagi Ayumu Hasegawa Dennis Saemann

action

Masane Amaha and her daughter Rihoko are on the run from child and family welfare, which Rihoko wants to separate from her mother. They are caught and Rihoko is taken from her mother. Meanwhile, Masane is attacked by an advanced weapon that can disguise itself as a human. In the face of this danger, a mysterious light appears from her wrist and she transforms into a powerful creature. She destroys the weapon and is drawn into a battle between two powerful organizations, at the center of which she is because she has the greatest power of all, the legendary Witchblade.

music

The music for the series was composed by Masanori Takumi . The opening titles used were XTC by Psychic Lover and Dear Bob by KOOLOGI. The credits were underlaid with Ashita no Te ( あ し た の 手 ) by Mamiko Noto, Kutsu Himo by Asami Yamamoto and kodō ~ get closer ~ ( 鼓動 ~ get closer ~) by Psychic Lover.

Manga

In Japan, a manga with the title Witchblade Takeru ( Japanese ウ ウ ッ チ ブ レ イ ド 丈 流 , Witchibureido Takeru ) appeared in March 2006 , the plot of which differs from that of the series. The main character is Takeru Ibaraki, who has to fight murderous demons with the Witchblade.

The manga was created by the author Yasuko Kobayashi and the illustrator Kazasa Sumita and appeared in the magazine Champion RED of the Akita Shoten publishing house . The ten chapters were also brought out in two tankōbon (anthologies).

The manga was published in English by Bandai Entertainment and Top Cow Productions. Both volumes were published in German by Planet Manga . The translation is by Christine Roedel.

action

High school student Takeru Ibaraki lives in a Buddhist nunnery. Night after night, she is tormented by nightmares revolving around the old monastery warehouse and a strange demonic hand. She is told not to approach the warehouse under any circumstances, which makes her even more curious.

She doesn't let go of it all day and when she begins to hallucinate, she is driven home by Kou, her childhood best friend, and finds that the monastery has been ravaged. They quickly run to the warehouse and there they see the terrible: demons have their grandmother in their power and the nanny Seishu is badly injured on the floor. When Takeru is also in great danger, the witchblade, which is located in a small glass case, is activated and passes over to Takeru.

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