Magical Witch Punie-chan DVD

Posted by Randy Kasugano at 4:42 PM


I saw this at a comic-con screening room and JUST HAD TO GET IT.
On the cover you see a seemingly adorable girl with girly pose etc. When things in anime are feminine.. They're usually for dudes.
That rule still applies here as Magical Witch Punie-chan hits the Magical girl genre hard over the head with a sludge hammer. I mean really.
Like Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan (which came a year later), this is a parody anime on the likes of Salormoon & Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.

So as i sit home busting out the LOCALIZED DVD,
the first thing i see is english subtitles with my japanese.
So i go back to the menu screen to look for the english dub and WHAT THE FUCKING HELL.
NO ENGLISH!??!
The convenience of having an english dub was part of why i bought this.
But before i bought this i was scared that the english dub would fuck up the
voice work of the mightiness that is Payatan.
So i guess i'll just move on!

So we're in the land of magic and the queen sends Punie to earth for one year to become the next queen of "the land of magic" (If she survives). So when Punie arrives she attends highschool as part of her training. But this highschool is full of yakuza like students who seem to fuck with Punie. But thats just the least of her problems. She has an adorable "supa kawaii" mascot who wants to kill her behind her back, numerous assassins (who are hired to kill the next queen of The land of magic aka Punie), and Punie's little sisters want the crown as well.
So in a parody of the magical girl genre such as this... Theres lots and lots and lots of gore and bone-crushing goodness to go with your SUPA KAWAII/cute heroine.
Punie's magic comes from her handy Candy cane staff. She has to say "Lyrical Tokarev, Kill them all" to activate it.

There wasn't much plot power to fuel this series. Probably why it was a 8 episode OVA


Genres: comedy, magic, supernatural
Themes: dark comedy, magic, Magical Girl, Parody, school life, wrestling
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)

SIDE NOTES
Watch with friends. And this is one of those animes that you'll only watch once.
Something i rather you rent.

Heres abit what you should expect;


When she summons the Goffers, shes saying "Lyrical Tokarev, Kill them all"



VERDICT
Art C
Animation C
Story D
Characters B
Acting B-
Music B
Laughs B-
Action C
Drama N/A
Execution C (Gore and cute girls went hand in hand, the acting was pulled off pretty well, little imagination used)
8.0

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