![]() ![]() The artistry and animation are lousy, and the CG of the battle scenes very bad. This world wasn’t designed from the ground up as a compelling or coherent universe – it’s “I like WWII military stuff” + “I like panties,” full stop. The premise is definitely more convoluted than most, and the seams of its “let’s find a way to throw a bunch of classic WWII countries together as friends to fight something” objectives definitely show. The episode moves well enough, though its beats are very tired and routine. There’s nothing much to say about the narrative elements of this show’s premise. Yoshika doesn’t want to fight, but it seems like Mio might lead her to the truth about her father, and so she tags along back to Britannia until they’re ambushed on the high seas. Yoshika has plenty of magical potential, though, and so she’s scouted out by the military officer Mio Sakamoto. After that, we meet Yoshika, a young girl who hates war because it stole her father away. The show opens with a very dull battle between a bunch of flying girls and one of these evil ships, which is noteworthy only for this episode’s one defining feature (which I will certainly get to). This means all the big WWII fan favorites get to team up in fighting this threat, which they do through use of the “striker unit,” magical airplane boots that young girls fly around in to shoot bad guys. In an alternate 1940s, World War II is replaced by the attack of the “Neurois,” evil CG planes that threaten all countries indiscriminately. Well, for the most part, it was a functional but unremarkable first episode of what’s almost certainly going to play out as part slice of life, part action drama. So, how was the first episode of Strike Witches? ![]() When Saint Peter scans down my MAL at the pearly gates, he’ll take a momentary pause at the S section, glance at me with one raised eyebrow, and then continue without a word. The first episode of Strike Witches now exists in my past. You got me to make despairing jokes on twitter about Strike Witches. I open up my viewing schedule for anything you all want to support, and what happens? You fund The Room and God Damn Strike Witches. ![]()
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