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is a Japanese anime series created by Sunrise. It follows the STN-J, the Japanese branch of a secret global organization called "SOLOMON" that fights the harmful use of witchcraft, utilizing a database of those who have (or inherited from their parents) the power of witchcraft in order to arrest or eliminate them should their powers "awaken". The series focuses on one of the STN-J's members, Robin Sena.
Robin Sena is a "craft user", born in Japan and raised by the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. She is trained to use her craft (fire) to hunt down witches. Witchcraft is a genetic trait, dormant within a number of individuals within the human population. However, powers can be "awakened" in these dormant human "seeds" at any time. Trained hunters, usually craft-users or "seeds" themselves, are needed to keep watch over "seeds" and hunt those whose abilities become active, serving in secret organizations, such as the parent branch "Solomon" (and the "STN-J" branch in Japan), as self-appointed police to curtail the use of witchcraft in society.
The series begins when Robin arrives in Japan gain information for Solomon headquarters about a fabled "secret technique," while acting undercover as a new hunter to the STN-J in their efforts to capture witches. However, she finds that the STN-J are working "orbo", a green liquid that negates witch abilities. STN-J's hunters carry small vials of it on necklaces as a form of protection against their targets' craft. Hunters also carry air pistols which fire darts or pellets of orbo that dampen witch powers when it enters the bloodstream. Hunters who are craft-users or seeds can use orbo with little ill effects (their powers are reportedly diminished while using it), but the substance is initially debilitating to normal humans.
As the series goes on, Robin grows increasingly uncomfortable with her role in hunting and capturing other witches. She begins to question the treatment they receive while incarcerated in the mysterious "Factory". Robin begins to worry that she will become a target and grows to suspect that her partner Amon will welcome the opportunity to hunt her. Eventually, Robin does become a target of Solomon and labeled a witch, becoming "hunted". In the end, Robin finds out more about her craft and that of witches than she knew at the beginning.
Initially, the series appears to take a "monster of the week" approach. About halfway through the 26-episode season, the characters and the relationships between them are established and the main plot gets underway.
''
: 'Robin' is a soft-spoken 15-year-old girl with a mysterious origin, given that she has power similar to the witches she helps hunt. She was raised in a convent in Italy before she joined the STN-J.
: Robin has pyrokinetic abilities that allow her to manifest varying amounts of fire. In addition, she can channel her energy into shields capable of blocking both solid matter and "crafts", or magical powers, from other craft-users like herself. However, any use of her power causes her eyesight to weaken, which in turn greatly reduces the accuracy and effectiveness of her pyrokinesis. This problem is easily solved when she begins wearing glasses. Though good-natured, Robin has employed her gift to the point of lethal force when necessary to either save someone's life or for the good of others.
: Her powers rapidly grow as the series progress, going from being able to light several candles to being able to kill a person by incinerating them. Her abilities get to the point where she is labeled dangerous by Solomon, and is ordered to be hunted as a witch. The hunters sent after Robin are killed by her, usually by incineration via Robin's pyrokinetic ability. At the end of the series it is discovered that Robin is in fact a "Designer Witch", a Witch created through genetic engineering in a project called "Project Robin".
: Her fate at the end of the series is unknown, however it is hinted that both she and Amon survived the collapse of the Factory. At the end episode 26, while Doujima states that Robin and Amon must have died in the collapse of the Factory, it is said in a tone suggesting that she does not believe this but that it would be best for Robin and Amon if they were believed to be dead.
''
: 'Amon' is a 25-year-old S-class Hunter and is also Robin's partner. Originally, he is reluctant to team up with Robin, seeing her as more of an annoyance than an actual partner. However, seeing her worthiness in cases concerning highly prominent witches, he eventually accepts her. Later on in the anime, Amon is ordered by Solomon to hunt Robin, as she has learned the arcana of the craft and her powers have grown beyond Solomon's control. However, when coming to face Robin, Amon finds that he cannot kill her. It is revealed near the end of the series that Amon's father was a witch and his mother a "seed", indicating that Amon himself also carries the dormant witch trait.
''
: 'Sakaki' is an eighteen-year-old Hunter working with the STN-J. He is brash, slightly hot-tempered, ambitious, and supportive. He often rushes into danger during hunts, and this often produces regrettable results. He is the newest member of the group after Robin, and is initially afraid of being replaced when she arrives. Sakaki is not biased about choosing friends however, and welcomes Robin to the crew.
: Later on in the anime, Sakaki is attacked by Factory's Attack Team, and is only saved via direct intervention of Robin, Amon, Doujima and Nagira. He later helps Robin infiltrate the Factory, and provides covering fire while Michael attempts to get an elevator back online. He is confirmed alive after Factory's collapse, Michael mentions that he still hunts witches at the end of the series.
'Michael Lee'
: 'Michael' is a hacker and the technical support expert in the STN-J. He is confined to the STN-J building 24/7 by the director Zaizen after being caught hacking into the STN-J's computer network (the only network he was unable to avoid detection in, as he states to Robin). Zaizen had given him the option of either working for STN-J or being killed on the spot, and Michael had opted for the former. Michael somewhat avoids Robin at first, but then begins to warm up to her, particularly when Robin stays behind in the office at night to accompany him. Michael is able to dig up extensive information about various witches, police reports, and the like, all the while covering his tracks. In the end, he is finally given permission to leave STN-J headquarters.
''
: 'Karasuma' is a nineteen-year-old hunter with the craft of psychometry, a craft which allows her to touch an object and read strong emotions and thoughts a person had while holding it. She can also sometimes see past events that happened to, or around, an item or place. She utilizes this power when examining evidence or crime scenes, and through this she is able to relay useful information to the rest of the group. She gives Robin advice on how to improve her control over her power, and also acts like a mentor to her. Though rather young, her level of professionalism and determination to get things done make her seem older. Towards the end of the series, she is captured by the Factory in an operation planned by Zaizen for Orbo testing, and is given the choice to either hunt Robin or die like the rest of the witches. She refuses to hunt Robin, and is seen stumbling out of the debris after the Factory collapses. After that, she tells Doujima that what happened to Amon and Robin was a fluke and that she doesn't know exactly what happened to them. In the end, she takes Amon's place and works as hard as she can to hunt down witches.
''
: 'DÅjima' is portrayed as as carefree, lazy, vain, and immature; and she would sooner go shopping than go on a mission any chance she gets. She is consistently late for work and rarely does anything around the office, getting much negative attention from Kosaka. According to her, her parents had STN-J act as her "caretakers" and have the authority to get STN-J in trouble. She is a disappointment to the other STN-J members most of the time by doing the most minimal work during missions, and ditching them immediately when her task is finished. DÅjima does not warm up to Robin at first and mockingly calling her "Amon's Girl", but towards the end of the series she begins to take a liking for Robin calling her "Little Robin". She also begins to do a little more work and proves she has more insight and perception of her surroundings than originally presumed. Revealed to be a Solomon intelligence operative, DÅjima was sent by Solomon to the STN-J to uncover more information about the Orbo. In the end, she escapes the Factory with Nagira. After the attack on the Factory, she finally begins doing a good job in hunting witches.
''
: 'Kosaka' is a rather short-tempered man who works directly under Zaizen, and passes on reports of the organization's progress as well as other related information. Not much is known about his work, as he is mostly seen criticizing the employees while they are investigating a case, or not doing work when he thinks they should. He constantly yells and scolds his employees, and he mostly fusses over Hattori and DÅjima. Although he may be an annoyance to the rest of the Hunters, he shows some concern for them. He was originally a member of the city police force, thus, he possesses connections that come in rather useful when the hunters are unable to use the STN-J databases. At the end of the series, it is revealed that Kosaka has become the new administrator of STN-J, replacing the deceased Zaizen.
''
: Not much is known about Hattori, except that he works with filing and other various jobs Kosaka requests him to do. His attitude towards his fellow staff is somewhat snobbish and uncaring, but around Kosaka, he acts as a suck-up and abruptly halts whatever he is doing to listen to him.
''
: 'Zaizen' is the administrator of the STN-J and the Factory, and is TÅko's father. It is eventually revealed that he is behind transforming the blood of witches into the substance called orbo, which the Hunters use to stop witches. Suspicion regarding the source of orbo causes Solomon to take action and attack the STN-J for information about the secrets of the orbo. Zaizen is eventually killed by Robin during an unsuccessful attempt to murder her himself, and subsequently fleeing into an elevator shaft that was completely ignited.
'Father Juliano Colegui'
: 'Father Juliano' is Robin's former guardian, and is also her maternal grandfather who raised her from age four after her parents died. He visits Robin in the latter part of the series to inform her about the events surrounding her past. During the times Robin stays with Nagira, he is the one who asks Amon to hunt Robin, for fear that she wouldn't be able to control her powers as they grew stronger.
'Grand Inquisitor Cortion'
: 'Grand Inquisitor[1] Cortion' is an Inquisitor sent from Solomon to perform an inquisition on the craft-user Shiro Masudo in the episode "The Eyes of Truth". Karasuma explains to Sakaki that Solomon uses a human Inquisitor to make the final decision whether a craft-user/witch can be a hunter or not. Amon and Robin escort Cortion to the church he will be staying, and a discussion between the Inquisitor and Robin reveals that he performed Robin's Inquisition. As Cortion is leaving to return to HQ after the Inquisition, he tells Robin they will probably never meet again and alludes to the fact that she has awakened to "the pleasure of using her craft".
'Sastra'
: 'Sastra' is a male witch hunter who dresses like a magician, and is one of the most feared witch hunters due to the fact that he avoids of every form of law enforcement and detainment. Even Robin herself expressed fear when he was mentioned in a case. His trademark is to leave origami cranes with the name of his next victim on his latest victim. Sastra is the first of the witch hunters dispatched by Solomon HQ to hunt Robin when they decide she has become a threat. It is during her battle with him that she understands how the Arcana of the Craft works and becomes more powerful.
'Hiroshi TÅdÅ'
: 'TÅdÅ' is Robin's "father", and was a friend of Zaizen as well as a brilliant scientist. He researched a new project to repair the conflicts between humans and witches, however all evidence of his research was destroyed by Solomon because of the potential danger it contained, although it was far too late as the project had already reached its final stages. In the last episode, a recording of him is displayed on a computer in The Factory. He explains everything about his project, Robin's past, and the origins of the society's imbalance.
'Maria Colegui'
: 'Maria' is the daughter of Father Juliano and Robin's mother, although not by a standard means of birth. She passed her power of pyrokinesis to Robin, stating that Robin is the "Hope" for the future of the well-being of all witches, as well as the key to solving the struggle of acceptance between witches and humans. After giving birth to Robin, Maria died, leaving the infant Robin in the care of Father Juliano.
'Yuji "Master" Kobari'
: 'Master' is the calm and polite proprietor of "Harry's", a cafe frequented by Robin and the rest of the series' main cast. Aside from Episode 10, and towards the end of the series, only one or two hunters from STN-J are ever seen there at a time. His son, Yukata, is revealed to be a witch, and it is strongly hinted that Yuji has "awakened" as well. He usually provides the Hunters with information that he manages to pick up from his customers.
''
: 'Nagira' is an attorney and is Amon's older half-brother. He takes Robin in after she leaves STN-J, and he runs a private office with two assistants. He has Robin act as a bike messenger, partly because he does not believe the government is correct in persecuting witches. Nagira gathers information in the streets by means of a man he meets in a pachinko bar as well as a witch in Wall City. Personality-wise, he appears to be the opposite of his brother, as he is talkative, goofy, occasionally lazy, and tends to do things his way.
''
: 'Mika' is a secretary at the law office where Robin stays, and she constantly scolds Nagira for being lazy. She has her hair tied back and seems a little pushy and easily annoyed, but she shows concern for her fellow workers.
''
: 'TÅko' is Robin's roommate, and also Zaizen's daughter. She takes care of Robin until the raid at STN-J, and expresses interest in Robin by asking her several questions. She appears to have had a relationship with Amon, but he dumps her after a while. In the middle of the series, an assassination attempt directed toward Robin fails, and TÅko is caught in the crossfire and left in critical condition. When she recovers she is unable to cope with what happened, and is institutionalized in a sanitarium for the remainder of the series.
★ Planning: Sunrise
★ Original concept: Hajime Yatate, Shukou Murase
★ Director: Shukou Murase
★ Character designs: Kumiko Takahashi
★ Music: Taku Iwasaki
★ Production: Sunrise, Bandai Visual
★ Opening: ''Shell''
:Performance: Bana
:Lyrics: Hitomi Mieno
:Composition/arrangement: Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki
★ Ending: ''half pain''
:Performance: Bana
:Lyrics: Hitomi Mieno
:Composition: Takao Asami
:Arrangement: Taku Iwasaki
The series originally aired across Japan between July 2, 2002 and December 24, 2002 on TV Tokyo and Animax, who later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and other regions.
The series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment and was later aired across the United States on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim network from February 16, 2003. It has also been aired across Canada on YTV's Bionix block from September 10, 2004. It will begin airing in the United Kingdom on AnimeCentral from September 10, 2007.
On April 5, 2004, the SciFi Channel released a press release stating a listing of new shows and movies in development for the future, one of which was ''Witch Hunter Robin''. The press release describes the show in development as "Based on a Japanese anime, this series follows a group of trained cops that seek to capture witches. One of the newest cops, Robin, is secretly a witch herself and uses her powers to track down the evildoers." This show was to be live action. The executive producers were Roy Lee and Doug Davison, who were credited in the press release as being the producers for the movie The Ring. No premiere date was given.[2] In December 2005, it was revealed that the live action version developed by Sci-Fi has been dropped from production.
During the ending credits, a page from the Malleus Maleficarum can be seen. It is a handbook which was used for prosecuting witches during the mid-16th and mid-17th centuries.
In episode 22, some text is shown quoting the notes accompanying the lyrics to the song Ravenchild, by the English folk singer Maddy Prior:
1. Bonus content on the DVD explain that historically the church used Inquisitors to weed out heretics.
2. Sci Fi Channel goes supernova with new shows, series and specials
★ Bandai Visual's official ''Witch Hunter Robin'' website
★ Witch Hunter Robin at Anime News Network
is a Japanese anime series created by Sunrise. It follows the STN-J, the Japanese branch of a secret global organization called "SOLOMON" that fights the harmful use of witchcraft, utilizing a database of those who have (or inherited from their parents) the power of witchcraft in order to arrest or eliminate them should their powers "awaken". The series focuses on one of the STN-J's members, Robin Sena.
| Contents |
| Plot |
| Characters |
| STN-J (Main characters) |
| Solomon |
| "Witches" |
| Other characters |
| Staff |
| Theme songs |
| Episodes |
| Broadcast details |
| In other media |
| Allusions and references |
| References |
| External links |
Plot
Robin Sena is a "craft user", born in Japan and raised by the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. She is trained to use her craft (fire) to hunt down witches. Witchcraft is a genetic trait, dormant within a number of individuals within the human population. However, powers can be "awakened" in these dormant human "seeds" at any time. Trained hunters, usually craft-users or "seeds" themselves, are needed to keep watch over "seeds" and hunt those whose abilities become active, serving in secret organizations, such as the parent branch "Solomon" (and the "STN-J" branch in Japan), as self-appointed police to curtail the use of witchcraft in society.
The series begins when Robin arrives in Japan gain information for Solomon headquarters about a fabled "secret technique," while acting undercover as a new hunter to the STN-J in their efforts to capture witches. However, she finds that the STN-J are working "orbo", a green liquid that negates witch abilities. STN-J's hunters carry small vials of it on necklaces as a form of protection against their targets' craft. Hunters also carry air pistols which fire darts or pellets of orbo that dampen witch powers when it enters the bloodstream. Hunters who are craft-users or seeds can use orbo with little ill effects (their powers are reportedly diminished while using it), but the substance is initially debilitating to normal humans.
As the series goes on, Robin grows increasingly uncomfortable with her role in hunting and capturing other witches. She begins to question the treatment they receive while incarcerated in the mysterious "Factory". Robin begins to worry that she will become a target and grows to suspect that her partner Amon will welcome the opportunity to hunt her. Eventually, Robin does become a target of Solomon and labeled a witch, becoming "hunted". In the end, Robin finds out more about her craft and that of witches than she knew at the beginning.
Initially, the series appears to take a "monster of the week" approach. About halfway through the 26-episode season, the characters and the relationships between them are established and the main plot gets underway.
Characters
Robin as she appears from the opening sequence of the series.
STN-J (Main characters)
''
: 'Robin' is a soft-spoken 15-year-old girl with a mysterious origin, given that she has power similar to the witches she helps hunt. She was raised in a convent in Italy before she joined the STN-J.
: Robin has pyrokinetic abilities that allow her to manifest varying amounts of fire. In addition, she can channel her energy into shields capable of blocking both solid matter and "crafts", or magical powers, from other craft-users like herself. However, any use of her power causes her eyesight to weaken, which in turn greatly reduces the accuracy and effectiveness of her pyrokinesis. This problem is easily solved when she begins wearing glasses. Though good-natured, Robin has employed her gift to the point of lethal force when necessary to either save someone's life or for the good of others.
: Her powers rapidly grow as the series progress, going from being able to light several candles to being able to kill a person by incinerating them. Her abilities get to the point where she is labeled dangerous by Solomon, and is ordered to be hunted as a witch. The hunters sent after Robin are killed by her, usually by incineration via Robin's pyrokinetic ability. At the end of the series it is discovered that Robin is in fact a "Designer Witch", a Witch created through genetic engineering in a project called "Project Robin".
: Her fate at the end of the series is unknown, however it is hinted that both she and Amon survived the collapse of the Factory. At the end episode 26, while Doujima states that Robin and Amon must have died in the collapse of the Factory, it is said in a tone suggesting that she does not believe this but that it would be best for Robin and Amon if they were believed to be dead.
Supporting main character, Amon.
''
: 'Amon' is a 25-year-old S-class Hunter and is also Robin's partner. Originally, he is reluctant to team up with Robin, seeing her as more of an annoyance than an actual partner. However, seeing her worthiness in cases concerning highly prominent witches, he eventually accepts her. Later on in the anime, Amon is ordered by Solomon to hunt Robin, as she has learned the arcana of the craft and her powers have grown beyond Solomon's control. However, when coming to face Robin, Amon finds that he cannot kill her. It is revealed near the end of the series that Amon's father was a witch and his mother a "seed", indicating that Amon himself also carries the dormant witch trait.
Supporting Main Character, Sakaki.
''
: 'Sakaki' is an eighteen-year-old Hunter working with the STN-J. He is brash, slightly hot-tempered, ambitious, and supportive. He often rushes into danger during hunts, and this often produces regrettable results. He is the newest member of the group after Robin, and is initially afraid of being replaced when she arrives. Sakaki is not biased about choosing friends however, and welcomes Robin to the crew.
: Later on in the anime, Sakaki is attacked by Factory's Attack Team, and is only saved via direct intervention of Robin, Amon, Doujima and Nagira. He later helps Robin infiltrate the Factory, and provides covering fire while Michael attempts to get an elevator back online. He is confirmed alive after Factory's collapse, Michael mentions that he still hunts witches at the end of the series.
'Michael Lee'
: 'Michael' is a hacker and the technical support expert in the STN-J. He is confined to the STN-J building 24/7 by the director Zaizen after being caught hacking into the STN-J's computer network (the only network he was unable to avoid detection in, as he states to Robin). Zaizen had given him the option of either working for STN-J or being killed on the spot, and Michael had opted for the former. Michael somewhat avoids Robin at first, but then begins to warm up to her, particularly when Robin stays behind in the office at night to accompany him. Michael is able to dig up extensive information about various witches, police reports, and the like, all the while covering his tracks. In the end, he is finally given permission to leave STN-J headquarters.
''
: 'Karasuma' is a nineteen-year-old hunter with the craft of psychometry, a craft which allows her to touch an object and read strong emotions and thoughts a person had while holding it. She can also sometimes see past events that happened to, or around, an item or place. She utilizes this power when examining evidence or crime scenes, and through this she is able to relay useful information to the rest of the group. She gives Robin advice on how to improve her control over her power, and also acts like a mentor to her. Though rather young, her level of professionalism and determination to get things done make her seem older. Towards the end of the series, she is captured by the Factory in an operation planned by Zaizen for Orbo testing, and is given the choice to either hunt Robin or die like the rest of the witches. She refuses to hunt Robin, and is seen stumbling out of the debris after the Factory collapses. After that, she tells Doujima that what happened to Amon and Robin was a fluke and that she doesn't know exactly what happened to them. In the end, she takes Amon's place and works as hard as she can to hunt down witches.
''
: 'DÅjima' is portrayed as as carefree, lazy, vain, and immature; and she would sooner go shopping than go on a mission any chance she gets. She is consistently late for work and rarely does anything around the office, getting much negative attention from Kosaka. According to her, her parents had STN-J act as her "caretakers" and have the authority to get STN-J in trouble. She is a disappointment to the other STN-J members most of the time by doing the most minimal work during missions, and ditching them immediately when her task is finished. DÅjima does not warm up to Robin at first and mockingly calling her "Amon's Girl", but towards the end of the series she begins to take a liking for Robin calling her "Little Robin". She also begins to do a little more work and proves she has more insight and perception of her surroundings than originally presumed. Revealed to be a Solomon intelligence operative, DÅjima was sent by Solomon to the STN-J to uncover more information about the Orbo. In the end, she escapes the Factory with Nagira. After the attack on the Factory, she finally begins doing a good job in hunting witches.
''
: 'Kosaka' is a rather short-tempered man who works directly under Zaizen, and passes on reports of the organization's progress as well as other related information. Not much is known about his work, as he is mostly seen criticizing the employees while they are investigating a case, or not doing work when he thinks they should. He constantly yells and scolds his employees, and he mostly fusses over Hattori and DÅjima. Although he may be an annoyance to the rest of the Hunters, he shows some concern for them. He was originally a member of the city police force, thus, he possesses connections that come in rather useful when the hunters are unable to use the STN-J databases. At the end of the series, it is revealed that Kosaka has become the new administrator of STN-J, replacing the deceased Zaizen.
''
: Not much is known about Hattori, except that he works with filing and other various jobs Kosaka requests him to do. His attitude towards his fellow staff is somewhat snobbish and uncaring, but around Kosaka, he acts as a suck-up and abruptly halts whatever he is doing to listen to him.
''
: 'Zaizen' is the administrator of the STN-J and the Factory, and is TÅko's father. It is eventually revealed that he is behind transforming the blood of witches into the substance called orbo, which the Hunters use to stop witches. Suspicion regarding the source of orbo causes Solomon to take action and attack the STN-J for information about the secrets of the orbo. Zaizen is eventually killed by Robin during an unsuccessful attempt to murder her himself, and subsequently fleeing into an elevator shaft that was completely ignited.
Solomon
'Father Juliano Colegui'
: 'Father Juliano' is Robin's former guardian, and is also her maternal grandfather who raised her from age four after her parents died. He visits Robin in the latter part of the series to inform her about the events surrounding her past. During the times Robin stays with Nagira, he is the one who asks Amon to hunt Robin, for fear that she wouldn't be able to control her powers as they grew stronger.
'Grand Inquisitor Cortion'
: 'Grand Inquisitor[1] Cortion' is an Inquisitor sent from Solomon to perform an inquisition on the craft-user Shiro Masudo in the episode "The Eyes of Truth". Karasuma explains to Sakaki that Solomon uses a human Inquisitor to make the final decision whether a craft-user/witch can be a hunter or not. Amon and Robin escort Cortion to the church he will be staying, and a discussion between the Inquisitor and Robin reveals that he performed Robin's Inquisition. As Cortion is leaving to return to HQ after the Inquisition, he tells Robin they will probably never meet again and alludes to the fact that she has awakened to "the pleasure of using her craft".
'Sastra'
: 'Sastra' is a male witch hunter who dresses like a magician, and is one of the most feared witch hunters due to the fact that he avoids of every form of law enforcement and detainment. Even Robin herself expressed fear when he was mentioned in a case. His trademark is to leave origami cranes with the name of his next victim on his latest victim. Sastra is the first of the witch hunters dispatched by Solomon HQ to hunt Robin when they decide she has become a threat. It is during her battle with him that she understands how the Arcana of the Craft works and becomes more powerful.
'Hiroshi TÅdÅ'
: 'TÅdÅ' is Robin's "father", and was a friend of Zaizen as well as a brilliant scientist. He researched a new project to repair the conflicts between humans and witches, however all evidence of his research was destroyed by Solomon because of the potential danger it contained, although it was far too late as the project had already reached its final stages. In the last episode, a recording of him is displayed on a computer in The Factory. He explains everything about his project, Robin's past, and the origins of the society's imbalance.
'Maria Colegui'
: 'Maria' is the daughter of Father Juliano and Robin's mother, although not by a standard means of birth. She passed her power of pyrokinesis to Robin, stating that Robin is the "Hope" for the future of the well-being of all witches, as well as the key to solving the struggle of acceptance between witches and humans. After giving birth to Robin, Maria died, leaving the infant Robin in the care of Father Juliano.
"Witches"
| Witch | Episode | Japanese Seiyuu | English Voice Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuya Misawa | Addicted to Power (2) | Kazuya Ichijou | Kirk Thornton |
| Karata Kazuma | Dancing in Darkness (3) | Kouji Ishii | Michael McConnohie |
| Sayoko | Stubborn Aesthetics (4) | Shoko Kikuchi | Dorothy Elias-Fahn |
| "Single-Eye" | Smells Like The Wandering Spirit (5) | Kirk Thornton | |
| Chie | Raindrops (6) | Makoto Tsumura | Karen Strassman |
| Mamoru KudÅ | Simple-Mind (7) | Reiko Takagi | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn |
| Akio Kurosawa | Faith (8) | Mahito ÅŒba | Steven Blum |
| Saki Yoshioka | Sign of the Craft (9) | Tomoko Kawakami | Karen Strassman |
| Yutaka Kobari | Separate Lives (10) | Shigeru Shibuya | Richard Cansino |
| Jyuuzou Narumi | The Soul Cages (11) | Yuji Ueda | Lex Lang |
| "Methusaleh" | The Soul Cages (11) Precious Illusions (12) | Natsumi Sakuma | Catherine Battistone (Adult) Julie Maddalena (Child) |
| Shiro Masuda | The Eyes of Truth (13) | Takayuki Fujimoto | Kirk Thornton |
| Muroi | All I Really Ought To Know (20) | Doug Stone |
Other characters
'Yuji "Master" Kobari'
: 'Master' is the calm and polite proprietor of "Harry's", a cafe frequented by Robin and the rest of the series' main cast. Aside from Episode 10, and towards the end of the series, only one or two hunters from STN-J are ever seen there at a time. His son, Yukata, is revealed to be a witch, and it is strongly hinted that Yuji has "awakened" as well. He usually provides the Hunters with information that he manages to pick up from his customers.
''
: 'Nagira' is an attorney and is Amon's older half-brother. He takes Robin in after she leaves STN-J, and he runs a private office with two assistants. He has Robin act as a bike messenger, partly because he does not believe the government is correct in persecuting witches. Nagira gathers information in the streets by means of a man he meets in a pachinko bar as well as a witch in Wall City. Personality-wise, he appears to be the opposite of his brother, as he is talkative, goofy, occasionally lazy, and tends to do things his way.
''
: 'Mika' is a secretary at the law office where Robin stays, and she constantly scolds Nagira for being lazy. She has her hair tied back and seems a little pushy and easily annoyed, but she shows concern for her fellow workers.
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: 'TÅko' is Robin's roommate, and also Zaizen's daughter. She takes care of Robin until the raid at STN-J, and expresses interest in Robin by asking her several questions. She appears to have had a relationship with Amon, but he dumps her after a while. In the middle of the series, an assassination attempt directed toward Robin fails, and TÅko is caught in the crossfire and left in critical condition. When she recovers she is unable to cope with what happened, and is institutionalized in a sanitarium for the remainder of the series.
Staff
★ Planning: Sunrise
★ Original concept: Hajime Yatate, Shukou Murase
★ Director: Shukou Murase
★ Character designs: Kumiko Takahashi
★ Music: Taku Iwasaki
★ Production: Sunrise, Bandai Visual
Theme songs
★ Opening: ''Shell''
:Performance: Bana
:Lyrics: Hitomi Mieno
:Composition/arrangement: Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki
★ Ending: ''half pain''
:Performance: Bana
:Lyrics: Hitomi Mieno
:Composition: Takao Asami
:Arrangement: Taku Iwasaki
Episodes
Broadcast details
The series originally aired across Japan between July 2, 2002 and December 24, 2002 on TV Tokyo and Animax, who later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and other regions.
The series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment and was later aired across the United States on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim network from February 16, 2003. It has also been aired across Canada on YTV's Bionix block from September 10, 2004. It will begin airing in the United Kingdom on AnimeCentral from September 10, 2007.
In other media
On April 5, 2004, the SciFi Channel released a press release stating a listing of new shows and movies in development for the future, one of which was ''Witch Hunter Robin''. The press release describes the show in development as "Based on a Japanese anime, this series follows a group of trained cops that seek to capture witches. One of the newest cops, Robin, is secretly a witch herself and uses her powers to track down the evildoers." This show was to be live action. The executive producers were Roy Lee and Doug Davison, who were credited in the press release as being the producers for the movie The Ring. No premiere date was given.[2] In December 2005, it was revealed that the live action version developed by Sci-Fi has been dropped from production.
Allusions and references
During the ending credits, a page from the Malleus Maleficarum can be seen. It is a handbook which was used for prosecuting witches during the mid-16th and mid-17th centuries.
In episode 22, some text is shown quoting the notes accompanying the lyrics to the song Ravenchild, by the English folk singer Maddy Prior:
"With all the associations of darkness and the tricker [trickster] it is easy to lose sight of the softer, more generous side of their nature. They are often to be seen in the wild rubbing beaks and canoodling with their life’s partner, using their extensive vocabulary to “whisper sweet nothing†in a strangely anthropomorphic way.|Whoever said it|Source of the quote}}"With all the associations of darkness and the tricker [trickster] it is easy to lose sight of the softer, more generous side of their nature. They are often to be seen in the wild rubbing beaks and canoodling with their life’s partner, using their extensive vocabulary to “whisper sweet nothing†in a strangely anthropomorphic way."
References
1. Bonus content on the DVD explain that historically the church used Inquisitors to weed out heretics.
2. Sci Fi Channel goes supernova with new shows, series and specials
External links
★ Bandai Visual's official ''Witch Hunter Robin'' website
★ Witch Hunter Robin at Anime News Network
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