Marketing Witchblade as a violent, fan-service heavy title was foolish. At first the suggestion is that it's going to be a The Devil Lady, 'monster of the week' type, and that is simply It has some fighting, yes, but the vast majority of the episodes are spent focusing on character development. But once we started, I realized it had less violence and more heart." - Mie Sonozakiīefore anything else, you need to understand the following: Witchblade is, first and foremost, a character-driven drama, rather than an action series. "When I saw the pictures and the explanation of the story, I thought it was a coarser, scarier and darker anime. Witchblade is a show worthy of being given a chance. Don't randomly run away from this show like I did. When the plot starts moving along things really pick up, characters stop being idiots and suddenly you won't be able to look away. It started off kind of slow as far as character development, but don't give up right away. Overall Witchblade was a very enjoyable experience. Besides that horrible opening song, the music wasn't really a dominant factor in this show. Then they suddenly switch to that terrible second opening half way through and my heart broke. I always skipped over both EDs, but I adored the first opening. The action was very fluid and the fight scenes will probably be a favorite of our resident echhi lovers. A lot of the girls still had boobs bigger then their heads, but that's to be expected. It's like all of the characters are different.but wait that's a good thing! After years of seeing anime girls with the exact same body type it was refreshing to see characters that completely differ in all those. The character designs seem strange at first. For one of those anime children that's randomly mature and good at everything, she was one of the few that didn't make me want to punch things. Her daughter, Rihoko was a particular favorite. But she wasn't alone all of the side characters were wonderful and had unique personalities that changed over time. Everything would have fallen apart without her growth.
The characters moved this show along, the main character Masane particularly. It might almost feel anti-climatic at first, but after thinking about it I wouldn't think of this a flaw so much as a quirk considering the circumstances. But that's what they were aiming for and they definitely achieved something with the ending.
Some people feel that the ending was rushed and I would have to disagree. It felt a bit slow at times only to suddenly spring this emotional roller coaster at you towards to the end. The pacing of the show moves along nicely. There are still some hints to this being related to its darker American comic, but they're subtle and younger viewers might not even pick up on them. The greedy organizations, insane scientists and terrifying weapons just add that extra something every plot needs to get on its feet. It's about a mother who would do anything to protect her daughter. The main story is simpler then the synopsis lets on. Don't worry boys, you'll all have plenty to drool over. Her costume certainly doesn't leave much to be desired and the ecchi factor is certainly there, but miraculously it doesn't become the focus of the story. Considering it is based off an American comic of the same name that is known for being very sexual and violent, I was expecting a perverted ecchi mess. For some reason I just refused to watch this, but I can't even remember why anymore. I don't know how many times I looked at this page only to run away five seconds later.