“Tokyo cop Akari faces Christmas chaos in NYC when a witch prank triggers a mysterious girl's heroic intervention.”
Sorcery in the Big City
いたずら魔女と眠らない街
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Synopsis
Tokyo cop Akari faces Christmas chaos in NYC when a witch prank triggers a mysterious girl's heroic intervention.
The story is set in New York which is lit up with Christmas lights. Tokyo Metropolitan Police officer Akari Kido is directing traffic while on her international exchange training program, when a witch-like character pulls a "Christmas Party" prank. Just before a runaway trailer truck smashes into Akari, a mysterious girl suddenly appears and shouts, "I'm going to protect New York and Akari!" (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
What 6 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.67 · split reception
7.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 1.0
↓ 1.83
Running avg · Dec 2017 → Jul 2022
- 8 “So, I wasn't sure what to expect when I saw this ONA. I thought it was going to be a weird kid's thing, but I couldn't pass up what I saw from the thumbnail and short description. The story had a...”
- 9 “(I am not a reviewer and I suck at grammar and spelling so take it as you will) I had so much fun watching this story so I wanted to write a review for it. Let's see. I have no idea what this movie...”
- 8 “I had a good time with this Monster Strike Christmas special. It was a departure from a lot of the original anime content their channel had produced in the past, a completely new story with new...”
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- Format 1 × 40′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 40m all episodes
- Aired Dec 2017 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-13507 catalog
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