Night Wizard

Honestly Night Wizard is one of those anime that just fades from memory and becomes extremely obscure. There really isn't much in this show that is unique and really the only reason I even kept watching it instead of dropping it halfway through was because of the main character, Elis, who I just found really enjoyable to watch. Aside from her and the plot twist that happens around episode 9 and 10, the rest of this show is pretty much your stereotypical "gather the items and save the world" action-fantasy show. Story - 7/10 It's not really that boring of a plot to have to go andcollect all of a certain kind of mystical items, but it's not very creative and has been done better. Still I will mention one thing that is really keeping this plot from being rated much lower: the ending is good, or at least better than the rest of the show. So, the show starts off with this girl, Elis, who starts attending a new high school, and obviously knowing that this is an action-fantasy show, gets caught up in the secret organization trying to save the world that several other students are in. There really is almost nothing that actually happens at their school in this show, though. So, in order to save the world, she joins the three other members in order to save the galaxy. That's about it aside from the twist later on. Pretty simple concept. Art - 8/10 The art is good overall with some strange scenery in one dream episode as well as some very nice backgrounds for this kind of "inter-dimensional" headquarters their organization has. The biggest downside is that, aside from Elis, all of the main characters have very, very, very generic designs. Aside from Elis, only the villain looks cool. Sound - 7/10 I don't remember the sound much but it's not bad. Good generic battle sounds and voice acting overall. I don't include OP's or ED's in ratings (the opening is about as generic as you can get) but I want to mention that I really love the ED because it's a strange eerie, not in syncopation song that just looks and sounds cool. Character - 6/10 As I mentioned, Elis and the villain are the only non-extremely generic characters in this show. - main male character with very common build and personality - shrine maiden - quiet girl with a big gun - leader of the organization who is mean to the main male and nice to everyone else and looks very young despite being very old since she isn't human But that's enough about those boring people. Elis is a really likeable, shy girl with an awesome purple hair color (just mentioning that cause I noticed her design before watching it and really liked it). There's not really much to say about her that wouldn't spoil things, but I just personally thought she was a good main character and it was nice to see her as the actual lead and not the generic main male. It's not really much of a spoiler since it's really obvious that he is creepy and hiding something, but the villain is also cool. He's a lot like Nagisa Kaworu from Neon Genesis Evangelion. His relationship with Elis is also very strange and very good and is the main reason the plot twist was interesting. There are a few other minor characters who start out as villains but change side (they remind me of the background witches in Umineko no Naku Koro Ni and their relationship to the organization leader is similar as well) but they aren't very original either. Enjyoment - 7/10 I was going to drop it halfway through if it wasn't for Elis, but thankfully it got more interesting around episode 9 and 10 which helps maintain it's rating. If you like action-fantasy shows like Legend of the Legendary Heroes, Yumekui Merry, or Hidan no Aria, then you may want to check this out (they're just some shows I thought were a little similar). If you get really turned off by generic plots and characters and can't wait through the first 8 or so episodes, then I would not recommend Night Wizard for you.

Well, I can summarize Night Wizard in one sentence: It's not bad enough so that you won't be able to watch til the end. The story is full of cliches, but it's amusing enough to take you to the end. The whole "let's collect stuff to save the world" is nothing new and it's even less original the way is presented here. One thing I liked is that they didn't take until the last episode to collect all the jewels. The art is really simple. It's not crappy but it's miles away from being good. There'll be no surprises there, then. The soundtrack is really bad, it sometimesfeels out of place and it sounded really repetitive to me. The characters, oh, the characters. Absolute cliches, no development at all. They're just bad, that's all. There's not even one enjoyable character in this series. And in an average series this fact just makes it even worse. As I said before, this series is not bad enough so that it'll be unbearable watching it, but don't expect anything from it.

I would say that the first half of this anime is a little boring but as the series advances it starts getting more interesting. I think the artwork is actually quite nice and I also enjoyed the music in the last episode. In the end I enjoyed this anime more than what I had originaly expected and I hope you do too.