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“Yoshika Miyafuji joins 501st Joint Fighter Wing to fight Neuroi aliens, but also handles daily chores during peacetime.”
Strike Witches: 501st JOINT FIGHTER WING Take Off!
ストライクウィッチーズ 501部隊発進しますっ！
6.65
6,782 rank · 22,042 viewers · 31 favorites
Comedy
Sci-Fi
CGDCT
Military
Shounen
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Synopsis
Yoshika Miyafuji joins 501st Joint Fighter Wing to fight Neuroi aliens, but also handles daily chores during peacetime.
Yoshika Miyafuji joins the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, a defense unit specializing in taking down alien beings known as the Neuroi. However, in days of no invasion, she and the members of the unit are taking down day to day tasks like cooking and laundry. (Source: MAL News)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 6 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.58
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.58 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · May 2019 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Wow, what it lacks in art it makes up in funny and brilliant writing. So far four episodes in and I can't stop thinking about how much fun each of the episodes have been. I want to go back each...”
- 8 “501 Butai Hasshin Shimasu! is a charming, genuinely funny slice-of-life comedy that makes the Strike Witches WWII fantasy setting enjoyable even for those who dislike the original ecchi action...”
- 8 “A hilarious slice-of-life spin-off that trades action for non-stop comedy, making the 501st’s downtime fresher and funnier than ever. While the animation is plainly limited and the reused...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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- Format 12 × 13′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 36m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2019 – Jun 2019 Spring 2019
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-14215 catalog
Produced by
- Nippon Columbia Producer
- Glovision Producer
- Anime Beans Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor