List of Brave Witches episodes
Brave Witches (ブレイブウィッチーズ Bureibu Witchīzu), or World Witches Series: 502nd Joint Fighter Wing Brave Witches, is an anime television series produced by Silver Link and directed by Kazuhiro Takamura as a spin-off of the Strike Witches multimedia project by Humikane Shimada. The series takes place after Strike Witches 2 and it revolves around the adventures of Hikari Karibuchi, a Witch from Fuso who joins the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing in Petersburg to fight against an alien race known as the Neuroi. Brave Witches began broadcasting in Japan on Tokyo Metropolitan Television on October 5, 2016;[1] the series is also simulcast outside of Asia on Crunchyroll's streaming services.[2][3] The first Blu-ray and DVD compilation is scheduled to be released on February 24, 2017 following a two-month delay; additional volumes will be released monthly for a total of six volumes.[4][5]
Brave Witches makes use of two pieces of theme music. The opening theme is "Ashita no Tsubasa" (アシタノツバサ, lit. "Tomorrow's Wings"), performed by Yoko Ishida.[6][7] The ending theme is "Little Wing ~Spirit of Lindberg~" performed by the series' voice cast.[6] Its original score was composed by Seikou Nagaoka, and is scheduled to be released on December 21, 2016.[8]
Episode list
| No. | Title[lower-alpha 1] | Original air date[9] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Witch of Sasebo?" "Sasebo no Mahō Shōjo?" (佐世保の魔法少女？) | October 5, 2016 |
| In September 1944, in the Fuso country of Sasebo, a young witch-in-training named Hikari Karibuchi reunites with her sister Takami, who is part of the Third Aerial Squadron. Learning that Takami is to be dispatched to Petersburg to join the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing, also known as the Brave Witches, Hikari decides to participate in a selection exam to be dispatched to Petersburg as well in an effort to join her sister. Hikari competes with fellow classmate Mia Misumi in a mock battle race. When Mia crashes and falls into the ocean, however, Hikari uses her magic to cross the sea and rescue her. Having completed the exam despite technically not finishing it, Hikari is dispatched to Europe, where a new Neuroi Nest is forming, to join the Brave Witches. | ||
| 2 | "Take Flight, Chidori" "Habatake Chidori" (羽ばたけチドリ) | October 12, 2016 |
| On their journey to Europe, Takami tells Hikari about how she can hear the voice of her prototype Striker Unit, nicknamed Chidori. The next day, Takami is dispatched to fight a fleet of Neuroi craft appearing near the ship. Struggling with the large numbers, Takami is forced to use her Absolute Eye ability to destroy the fleet, but her Absolute Eye exhausts her magic to the point of unconsciousness. Regretting how she was unable to protect her sister, Hikari borrows her Striker Unit and unsuccessfully attacks an incoming Neuroi nest until the Brave Witches arrive and easily destroy them. In the aftermath, Hikari joins the Brave Witches and fight in her sister's place, much to the dismay of Naoe Kanno, who was close friends with Takami. | ||
| 3 | "The 502nd Joint Fighter Wing" "Dai Gō-maru-ni Tōgō Sentō Kōkū-dan" (第502統合戦闘航空団) | October 19, 2016 |
| At Petersburg, Hikari meets the other members of the Brave Witches including Nikka "Nipa" Edvardine Katajainen. As Hikari begins her training, squadron leader Gundula Rall and trainer Edytha Rossmann discover that her magic is insufficient to properly use Chidori. When Hikari mentions that she can use a special ability to see a Neuroi's core called Contact Eye, she is dispatched to fight a Neuroi ship with the other Witches. During the assault, Hikari is unable to replicate her Contact Eye, causing Gundula and Edytha to consider deporting her to Sasebo. Hikari and Naoe rescue Nipa, who was shot down in the earlier battle, and confront the Neuroi again. With Naoe struggling to fight the Neuroi at a high altitude, Hikari and Nipa distract the Neuroi and buys Naoe enough time to destroy it. In the debriefing, Gundula and Edytha read Naoe's report and decide to give Hikari one more week. | ||
| 4 | "If You Want to Fight, Get Stronger!" "Tatakai takereba Tsuyoku nare!" (戦いたければ強くなれ!) | November 2, 2016[lower-alpha 2] |
| After discovering Hikari's weak magic during training, Edytha issues Hikari a test: in order for Hikari to stay with the Brave Witches, she must climb a tall tower using only her magic and retrieve a hat from its top one week from now. Despite the test's difficulty, Hikari is persistent and refuses to give up. One night, after learning that one of Edytha's previous students was magically weak and got seriously injured in combat, Hikari becomes more determined to finish the test. On the seventh day, Edytha tells Hikari to redirect her magic into her hands so she can climb more efficiently. When Hikari is seemingly running out of magic, however, Naoe resorts to provoking Hikari into successfully retrieving the hat from the tower's top. Having completed Edytha's test, Hikari is dispatched to fight another Neuroi ship with the other Witches. After colliding with the Neuroi, Hikari uses the Contact Eye to see its core, which allows the Witches to destroy it. In the debriefing, Hikari is told that she cannot use the Contact Eye anymore, as Takami's Absolute Eye has already exhausted her magic. | ||
| 5 | "Deadly Battle in the Freezing Cold" "Gokkan no Shitō" (極寒の死闘) | November 9, 2016 |
| Hikari befriends fellow Witch Georgette Lemare, who cleans the Witches' rooms and can use magic to heal injuries. Later, Hikari is dispatched on a recon mission to Petrozavodsk with both Georgette and the team's chef, Sadako Shimohara. Upon arriving in Petrozavodsk, the girls discover the town has been frozen by a blizzard caused by a Neuroi. Out of a desire to prove herself as a Witch, Sadako leads an assault against the Neuroi, but it freezes their Striker Units with its cold breath and causes the Witches to crash-land on the snow below. With Hikari suffering from frostbite, Sadako and Georgette are forced to take shelter in the snow and heal Hikari with their body heat. After Hikari regains consciousness, Georgette laments how she could not fully heal Takami, but Hikari thanks her for rescuing Takami in the first place. Unable to contact the Petersburg base about the oncoming Neuroi, Sadako devises a plan using materials from a nearby tank. Using flaming arrows to break through the Neuroi's frozen exterior, the Witches destroy it and return to Petersburg. | ||
| 6 | "Good Luck" "Kōun wo" (幸運を) | November 16, 2016 |
| The Witches learn that a Neuroi is hiding somewhere in a nearby town, sending signals to launch pinpoint attacks from outside. While pursuing the shape-shifting marker Neuroi alongside Hikari and Nipa, combat leader Alexsandra "Sasha" Ivanovna Pokryshkin experiences a flashback of the town despite claiming never to have been there. While pondering why she has this memory, Sasha becomes annoyed with Nipa for drawing a doodle of a ladybug in her Striker Unit. The next day, after encountering the marker Neuroi again, Sasha remembers that she once came to this town to visit her grandmother and had sealed her memories out of fear of being marginalized as a Witch after using her magic in public. Using her recovered memories, Sasha discovers the marker Neuroi and destroys it, but not before it signals for one final attack on the town. Despite being ordered to evacuate, Nipa intercepts the shell and saves the town, later explaining that the doodle she drew in Sasha's Striker Unit was in gratitude for the "Good luck" message she wrote in hers. | ||
| 7 | "On a Holy Night" "Seinaru Yoru ni" (聖なる夜に) | November 23, 2016 |
| In December, Hikari comes down with a fever after Nipa takes her out sledding. To cheer up Hikari, Nipa has the other Witches organize the Saturnus Festival, which was scheduled to be canceled due to food shortages. As the Witches work on preparing the festivities, Nipa tells Hikari about how the previous year's festival helped her fit in with the Brave Witches. The plans deteriorate rapidly as everyone ends up in laughing fits after eating some strange mushrooms, leaving Nipa the sole Witch who can fight an attacking Neuroi. As Nipa struggles against the camouflaged Neuroi, she is rescued by the arrival of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing's Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen and Sanya Litvyak, who deliver some supplies for the festival, helping to make it a heart-warming experience for Hikari. | ||
| 8 | "Grape Juice for Your Eyes" "Kimi no Hitomi ni Budō Jūsu" (君の瞳にぶどうジュース) | November 30, 2016 |
| Among the gifts delivered by Eila, the Witches discover some microfilms containing secret information about the Warlock, which was destroyed by the Strike Witches in Brittania. Assuming that a secret weapon is being sent to them among a cargo shipment, Waltrud Krupinski, along with Hikari, Naoe and Nipa, are dispatched to assist a Brittanian Witch in escorting the delivery fleet to Murmansk. While Naoe and Nipa test new Striker Units included in the delivery, Waltrud drinks liberal amounts of "grape juice" and develops a hangover. When a group of Neuroi suddenly appear before the Witches, Waltrud's hangover has worn off and she assumes command of the situation. After destroying the Neuroi, Waltrud is struck by a Neuroi drone, although its impact is dispersed by the FP-45 Liberator that Hikari had given her earlier. Waltrud is hospitalized but finds herself in the company of the Brittanian Witch, while the Neuroi begins to regenerate and assimilates Waltrud's Striker Unit in the process. | ||
| 9 | "Break Witches" "Bureiku Witchīzu" (ブレイクウィッチーズ) | December 6, 2016 |
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Notes
References
- ↑ "Brave Witches Anime Premieres on October 5". Anime News Network. September 1, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ↑ "Crunchyroll to Stream BBK/BRNK Sequel, Izetta, Magical Girl Raising Project, Brave Witches". Crunchyroll. September 27, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ↑ Macias, Patrick (September 29, 2016). "More Details on Crunchyroll's "Brave Witches" Anime Simulcast". Crunchyroll. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ↑ "All Brave Witches BD/DVD Volumes Delayed by 2 Months". Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ↑ "「ブレイブウィッチーズ」Blu-ray&DVD第1巻 2017年2月24日（金）発売決定!!" (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- 1 2 "Strike Witches Spinoff Anime Brave Witches Reveals Cast, Theme Song Artist". Anime News Network. May 29, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
- ↑ "OPアーティストが、石田燿子さんに決定！" (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ↑ "TVアニメ「ブレイブウィッチーズ」オリジナル・サウンドトラック" (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ↑ "ブレイブウィッチーズ｜アニメ｜TOKYO MX" (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Brave Witches Anime's 4th Episode Delayed by 1 Week". Anime News Network. October 23, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
See also
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