Comments on: Nishi no Yoki Majo - Astraea Testament (Good Witch of the West) - Anime First Impressions

By: Halogen

Halogen — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:34:25 +0000

I have to agree that the beginning is abit well, to be be frank boring and terribly dry but if you manage to get past it, you’ll actually start to see some interestings traits. Like how some of the characters are named after fairy tale characters/creatures, and some might not be able to notice but if you think twice of the dialogue you’ll find it has double meanings and it’s actually deep.
Personally what I really found unique about this anime is how they potray mythical creatures, I fell in love with the unicorns way cooler than the ones from those cheesy hollywood stuff.
Another thing I totally fell head over heels was the romance, Roux is a bastard, and I love him! Like he’s really realistic, and the totally touching, he kept pushing her away just for her safety but in the end of it all. Fairy-tale style it ended with a kiss, and it was all happily ever after.
I enjoyed the little humour tip-bits, but I think that was one of the things lacking, if they pushed a bit more onto this, I think this would’ve been a really popular series.
Personally I was surprised to find this as Shojo, for there is alot of action and a bit of gore, along with angst.

By: Iris

Iris — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:01:17 +0000

I personly LOVED this anime! I was attracted by he name (good witch of the west) because I love fantasy stuff and witches but it turned out I was all wrong! It still had this magical touch; with the dragons, the unicorns, the teletransportation and that mystious Bard. I love the storyline which is more difficult and complex to understand than it first seems! I’ve watched all 13 episodes in 1 day online and I totaly LOVED it!!! Adele is so sweet and innocent and pretty as well as Firiel and Roux is soooo cute and roux-bow is so cuddlely!!! I hope there will be a season 2 because the story does make it look that way in the end, altough the serie has stopped for over a year by now… ah, well…..
Anyway it’s a beautiful anime and I really recommend it!!! If you think that it get’s boring the 1st 2 or 3 episodes you should see the rest (expecially 9 till 13), than you’ll judge otherwise!!!!
KuS, Me!!!!
(Kus is dutch for Kiss incase you didn’t know. I live in Holland (K)(L) )

By: Takiko Okuda

Takiko Okuda — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:17:54 +0000

I really don’t like the title because I’m not into those wizards spells or something like that but when I watched it, I realized that I was wrong and I’m totally moved… It’s the second anime series that made me cry… At first, it’s really unclear and it took me a long time to understand what’s going on and that’s the bad side of it but for me, it’s worth watching…

By: Katrina

Katrina — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:47:05 +0000

This is the best anime I’ve ever seen in a long, long, time. It’s not your usual pauper-turns-princess storyline, but much much deeper. It’s got its flaws, like vague conversation suffering from too much lighting, but overall this anime is good. 4/5 It’s best to watch it in a marathon, or else every thing will be mixed up.

By: Erika

Erika — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:15:41 +0000

This anime is very great… The right word to describe it fabulous… firiel is very beautiful no wonder not only two men like her… The love story of Firiel & Roux is very sweet and so romantic… i hope Japan make the Season two of Nishi no Yoki Majo - Astraea Testament (Good Witch of the West) to continue the Love story of Roux and Firiel and also I also like to see Eusis and Roux-bou… Kawaii…

By: Mirrorly

Mirrorly — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 04:18:09 +0000

This is one of those series that if you only watch a few eps, then give up on it, you’re going to really be missing something special. Like most anime, the first eps are just setting the story up. It’s an incredible anime overall and the last few eps will have you glued to the screen in case you miss something. There is a pretty complex storyline woven through this one. It’s not your usual fairytale.

By: Fukayna

Fukayna — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:45:23 +0000

Gawd, this anime is really boring!! I managed to see a few episodes, but man, I hate that type of storys! YUCK!!

By: Siyu

Siyu — Tue, 16 May 2006 15:16:48 +0000

i just watched it recently. it was very nice. At first i thought was a story on a witch…bah, bah, bah…then i was wrong… it is worth watching….i am waiting for ep 4 to come out….

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Fri, 12 May 2006 04:06:54 +0000

I agree, the first half of the anime is rather boring -__-. They havn’t done much but talk talk talk and worry worry worry and explain explain…well not much on the explaining. I’m on the third episode right now. I’m one of those people who like it so far cause i guess it’s different from the recent romance shows i’ve been watching. I personally LOVE the pauper to princess kinda thing and i’m delighted to know that she PROBABLY won’t fall in love with the prince of the story. INstead she MIGHT fall for her best friend n__n. Either way, it’s rather cute in some way. Just really…slow …

By: juna

juna — Wed, 10 May 2006 21:41:00 +0000

awe man~ ur mp3 links dont work :[ i really like the ED :3

i watched the 1st and 2nd eps…it seems really easy to figure out, so i’m not quite sure why everyone was like “WOW” :/