![]() A movie with an original story was released in March 2012. Both seasons of Strike Witches were directed by Kazuhiro Takamura and consist of 12 episodes, with the first half centred around the titular Witches' backstories and livelihoods, while the remainder of each season unlocking more secrets about the nature of the war between humanity and the enigmatic Neuroi. A second season was released in July 2010 by AIC, following GONZO's bankruptcy. Brave Witches follows the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing and the soon-to-be-released Luminous Witches is about a musical squadron.Originally a Shōnen manga created by Fumikane Shimada, then a series of Light Novels, Strike Witches became an anime series animated by GONZO and was broadcast between July and September 2008. Other than the Strike Witches, there are other Witches that exist in the World Witches franchise. As the 501st fight the Neuroi, Sakamoto comes in via plane to drop Yoshika her Striker Unit, allowing her to rejoin the battle, defeat the Neuroi, and ultimately, reform the 501st Joint Fighter Wing with Shizuka Hattori in tow. As Yoshika lies on the ground, she hears the voices of her team, and perhaps through the power of love and friendship, regains her magical abilities and heals her wounds. Over an intercom, the rest of the 501st hear Hattori's pleas and rush over to join the fight. In the midst of battle, Yoshika is seriously injured and Hattori wakes up, feeling guilty she was unable to protect Yoshika. Despite having no magical abilities, Yoshika works to drive the Neuroi away from the village shelter. Shizuka attempts to fight off the new Neuroi on her own, but is shot-down and knocked unconscious. With this, Yoshika saves Mio and destroys the Neuroi, but at a major cost: she loses her magic in the process. All hope appears lost, until Yoshika, with the help of the rest of the troop, retrieves Sakamoto's fallen sword and accomplishes the True Reppuzan. Unfortunately, this plan fails as it is revealed the Neuroi were using a shield to protect its core, and it thus absorbs Mio into its body. Mio, refusing to lose, uses the last of her magical ability to power the ships' cannon and destroy the Neuroi nest. This, of course, goes terribly as the Yamato loses control of its ability to repair itself. To destroy the Neuroi nest, the military comes up with another harebrained scheme to use Neuroi technology to power up their battleship. The technique drains Mio's powers, but with her magic slowly dissipating anyways, she needs tricks like this up her sleeve to be useful in battle. While Yoshika uses the Striker Unit her father made to hold her ever-growing magical power, Mio trains to learn the True Reppuzan, a skill only Fuso Witches can learn. With this news on the airwaves, Minna reunites the 501st Joint Fighter Wing to combat the Neuroi. ![]() Yoshika delivers this info to Mio, however, both soon discover a new Neuroi nest has appeared, this time over Venezia. Six months later at her home in Fuso, Yoshika receives yet another letter from her deceased father, this time detailing a special Striker Unit he created. That mecha loses control, causing the Witches to get together, destroy the Neuroi nest, and free Gallia, allowing the team to finally return to their homes. ![]() It is later revealed this Neuroi was warning Yoshika that scientists in the military were taking a Neuroi core to power their mecha. Mio brazenly ignores these warnings, and as a consequence, gets seriously injured when trying to prevent Yoshika from interacting with a mysterious human-like Neuroi. During a battle, Minna noticed Mio's shield wasn't fully protecting herself anymore and orders her to stop fighting. But with time, Yoshika proves herself and the other pilots start treating her as part of the family.Īn important fact about the Witches is that, as they age, they start losing magical powers until eventually, they're unable to use magic and pilot the Striker Units. At first, the soldiers are harsh towards Yoshika, hazing her and doubting her abilities to fight the Neuroi on the frontlines. Following this introduction, many subsequent episodes spend time acquainting Yoshika with the other members of the 501st Wing. ![]()
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