Strike Witches
ストライクウィッチーズ
The year is 1944 and the world lives in fear of unidentified flying objects called Neuroi. With the old-boy old guard unable to thwart this deadly menace, humanity turns its desperate eyes to an aerial attack force with much nicer legs. Meet the girls of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, better known as the Strike Witches. These darlings of the great blue yonder may not have standard issue uniforms, but they do have all the right stuff. Where the average flyboy falters, these dolls blast aliens to bits in the bat of an eyelash. With a little magic and a whole lot of leg, the girls of the 501st are winning the war on pants, and aliens!
TV anime, 12 episodes, Summer 2008, GONZO. Episode guide with the official trailer and links to licensed services. Studio GONZO. Genres: Action, Ecchi, Sci-Fi. Season: Summer 2008.
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Characters and voice cast
- Yoshika Miyafuji (宮藤芳佳) - main character, voiced by Misato Fukuen (福圓美里); English dub: Cherami Leigh
- Mio Sakamoto (坂本美緒) - main character, voiced by Saeko Chiba (千葉紗子); English dub: Kira Vincent-Davis
- Perrine H. Clostermann (ぺリーヌ・クロステルマン) - main character, voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro (沢城みゆき); English dub: Jad Saxton
- Lynette Bishop (リネット・ビショップ) - main character, voiced by Kaori Nazuka (名塚佳織); English dub: Kate Bristol
- Charlotte E Yeager (シャーロット・E・イェーガー) - main character, voiced by Ami Koshimizu (小清水亜美); English dub: Jamie Marchi
- Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen (エイラ・イルマタル・ユーティライネン) - main character, voiced by Ayuru Oohashi (大橋歩夕); English dub: Caitlin Glass
- Francesca Lucchini (フランチェスカ・ルッキーニ) - main character, voiced by Chiwa Saitou (斎藤千和); English dub: Trina Nishimura
- Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke (ミーナ・ディートリンデ・ヴィルケ) - main character, voiced by Rie Tanaka (田中理恵); English dub: Anastasia Muñoz
- Erica Hartmann (エーリカ・ハルトマン) - main character, voiced by Sakura Nogawa (野川さくら); English dub: Luci Christian
- Gertrud Barkhorn (ゲルトルート・バルクホルン) - main character, voiced by Mie Sonozaki (園崎未恵); English dub: Stephanie Sheh
- Sanya V. Litvyak (サーニャ・V・リトヴャク) - main character, voiced by Mai Kadowaki (門脇舞以); English dub: Jennifer Forrester
- Amaki Suwa (諏訪天姫) - supporting character, voiced by Kana Hanazawa (花澤香菜); English dub: Tia Ballard
- Sayaka Miyafuji (宮藤清佳) - supporting character, voiced by Yuri Amano (天野由梨); English dub: Jennifer Seman
- Ichirou Miyafuji (宮藤一郎) - supporting character, voiced by Hozumi Gouda (郷田ほづみ); English dub: John Burgmeier
- Trevor Maloney (トレヴァー・マロニー) - supporting character, voiced by Yousuke Akimoto (秋元羊介); English dub: Cole Brown
- Michiko Yamakawa (山川美千子) - supporting character, voiced by Arise Satou (佐藤有世 ); English dub: Katie Caruso
- Christiane Barkhorn (クリスティアーネ・バルクホルン) - supporting character, voiced by Asami Sanada (真田アサミ); English dub: Monica Rial
- Fujihiro Yamakawa (山川藤宏) - supporting character, voiced by Ken Shiroyama (城山堅); English dub: Jerry Russell
Staff
- Original Character Design: Fumikane Shimada (島田フミカネ)
- Director: Kazuhiro Takamura (高村和宏)
- Character Design: Kazuhiro Takamura (高村和宏)
- Art Design: Hiroki Matsumoto (松本浩樹)
- Sound Director: Tomohiro Yoshida (吉田知弘)
- Music: Seikou Nagaoka (長岡成貢)
- Theme Song Performance: Youko Ishida (石田燿子)
- ADR Script (English; eps 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11): Chuck Huber
- ADR Script (English; eps. 3, 4, 5, 10, 12): Leah Clark
- Script: Tatsuhiko Urahata (浦畑達彦)
- Chief Animation Director: Kouji Yamakawa (山川宏治)
- Theme Song Performance (ED1-ED3, ED8, ED9, ED11): Misato Fukuen (福圓美里)
- Theme Song Performance (ED1, ED7, ED10, ED11): Saeko Chiba (千葉紗子)
- Theme Song Performance (ED4, ED11): Chiwa Saitou (斎藤千和)
Production: GONZO (animation), Funimation, Kadokawa Shoten, KLOCKWORX, NTT Docomo, 501st JOINT FIGHTER WING.
Rankings on AniList: #70 highest rated 2008, #28 most popular 2008, #9 highest rated summer 2008, #4 most popular summer 2008.
AniList members score Strike Witches 66/100. On their lists: 2,025 watching, 17,908 completed, 17,358 planning to watch, 2,194 dropped; 448 favourites.
Related titles
- Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow - OVA, 2014
- Brave Witches - TV, 2016
- Strike Witches: Road to Berlin - TV, 2020
- League of Nations Air Force Aviation Magic Band Luminous Witches - TV, 2022
- Strike Witches: 501st JOINT FIGHTER WING Take Off! - TV, 2019
- Strike Witches: 501st JOINT FIGHTER WING Take Off! Movie - Movie, 2019
- World Witches Take Off! - TV, 2021
- Strike Witches OVA - OVA, 2007
- Strike Witches 2 - TV, 2010
- Strike Witches The Movie - Movie, 2012
- Brave Witches: Petersburg Daisenryaku - OVA, 2017
- Luminous Witches OVA - OVA, 2020
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Episodes
- Episode 1: Magical Girl
- Episode 2: That Which I Can Do
- Episode 3: You're Not Alone
- Episode 4: Thanks
- Episode 5: Fast, Big, Soft
- Episode 6: We're the Same
- Episode 7: Nice and Breezy
- Episode 8: I Won't Forget You
- Episode 9: What I Want to Protect
- Episode 10: I Want You to Believe
- Episode 11: Into the Sky...
- Episode 12: Strike Witches