REVIEW: ‘WITCH WATCH’ is a Ridiculously Enchanting Experience for Anime Fans to Catch in Theaters

When fellow BNP contributor and anime fan, Mikkel, suggested this would be up my alley, I rejoiced that my friends know me and my anime tastes. Rom com vibes, comedy, funny school life episodes, and a magical lean towards folklore and imagination made this series one that I wanted to watch. Based on the Weekly Shonen Jump manga by Kenta Shinohara (SKET Dance), GKIDS brought us the first three episodes w/ exclusive interviews of the anime adaptation of WITCH WATCH in theaters starting March 16.

I said it before and I’ll be happy to repeat: GKIDS never disappoints with the bonus featurettes (They did us proper for Look Back as well. GKIDS, never change) that come with their theater showings. Audiences who managed to catch WITCH WATCH on the big screen were treated to a mini feature with short interviews with talent like the voice actors for Morihito, voiced by Ryota Suzuki and Nico voiced by Rina Kawaguchi. These two cheerfully shared their thoughts on the opposite personalities of their on-screen characters and how the comedy naturally happens around them. The director of the series, Hiroshi Ikehata (no stranger to comedy anime) reveals that the dialogue for the series was mostly recorded before the animation. Also there was plenty of attention to the quips and fast paced Manzai style talking jokes WHICH actually helps explain the context for a lot of the humor present in this series.

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