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“Masane fights to reclaim her daughter while wielding the legendary Witchblade, caught between powerful organizations.”
Witchblade
ウィッチブレイド
7.2
3,662 rank · 124,834 viewers · 594 favorites
Action
Drama
Sci-Fi
Adult Cast
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Synopsis
Masane fights to reclaim her daughter while wielding the legendary Witchblade, caught between powerful organizations.
Masane Amaha and her daughter Rihoko are on the run from a government child welfare agency that wants to take Rihoko away from her mother. They are caught and Rihoko is taken away. Meanwhile, Masane is attacked by an advanced weapon that can disguise itself as a human being. When faced with the danger, a strange light emits from her wrist and she transforms into a powerful being. She destroys the weapon and consequently becomes involved in a power struggle between powerful organizations, with her at the center of their attention. Because she holds the greatest power of them all, the legendary Witchblade. (Source: AniDB)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 52 sampled reviews
7.2
/10
What 52 viewers settled on.
85%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.10
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.10 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.2 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.23
Running avg · Nov 2007 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “People think I'm crazy but this is my favorite anime series that didn't go for a second season. I thought everything was strong but I just wanted more. Go witchblade”
- 8 “Salior + Eechi + sexxi armor + reality = Witchblade. Its nice to see some american work on Japan's list once and a while and I suppose the Japanese didn't fuck this up like we fucked up super mario...”
- 9 “So, picked this with no expects really, had some knowledge of the basic story though. My first impession was "Boobs and supernatural fights". Need to say this offered quite a bit more. There´s lots...”
Verbosity
Short · 35%
Medium · 42%
Long · 23%
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- Format 24 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 36m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2006 – Sep 2006 Spring 2006
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-0848 catalog
Produced by
- GDH Producer
- SKY Perfect Well Think Producer
- Sotsu Music Publishing Producer
- Future Vision Music Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor