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| Strike Witches; An Awesome WWII Meets the Future anime | |
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| Shyna | May 30 2014, 06:18 AM Post #1 |
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Hello, I thought I'd make a thread for another anime that I've become extremely interested in. This is my second-favorite anime series of all, although Sonic is still better than it in my opinion, but it is still pretty darn close. It is called Strike Witches Strike Witches is about these girls who are called "Joint Fighters" who all have special powers and kitten/puppy/bunny ears whenever these powers are active. The Joint Fighter are taking part in a secret army organization where they fight by using these futuristic power-amplifying flight legs. The story takes place in a futuristic-WWII setting too. They form a team known as the "501st Joint Fighter Union" otherwise known as the "Strike Witches." The Joint Fighters are currently involved in a war against a biomechanical, insectoid, Parasitic, Alien race known as the Neuroi. These Neuroi resemble large parasitic creatures with black skin covered in a hexagon pattern and red spots too, usually the red spots being where they shoot powerful lasers from. They are capable of infecting machine beings, as for most of their fights with them are against infected ships and other vehicles (though there are a few battles against normal ones too), and I think they may be able to corrupt a living host too. They also have other special abilities such as shields and firing red lasers, some that even change direction in midair, and some powers even unique to only specific types. However, all Neuroi have a major weak point, a large red power-core in their body. Destroying this will instantly destroy the Neuroi, and sometimes this is in an easy-to find place, while others are more obscure. The Neuroi also appear to be hive-minded, as for sometimes a larger one will send out many smaller drone Neuroi, but these drones act more like extra limbs than independent creatures, and perish as soon as the one who spawned them does. Not only that, but they live and spawn in these massive floating structures known as Hives. However, their intentions are yet to be seen though. Personally I think they are really cool, and are the best part of the series. The Neuroi are so awesome and they remind me a lot of the Aparoid in Star Fox, and the Ing in Metroid Prime. I watch the series mainly for the dogfights against the Neuroi though, and for the cute and cuddliness of the Joint Fighters. If only there was more of those dogfights in it *sigh.* The series is extremely cute at times, and I love the battle scenes. However, I do have some problems with it that makes it somewhat less. First of all, they don't focus enough on the warfare parts, and focus moe on their "dorm-lives." The battle scenes in Strike Witches last on average, 4 to 5 minutes, I'd prefer more of it being half an episode to a whole episode on average in combat. Also it is a bit erotic at times, which I dislike, though I have learned to ignore those parts. Like for one, the Joint Fighters never wear pants and always run around in their underwear, though this is because thier flight legs are hard to put on with pants on, and they have to be ready at all times. Not only that, but there are also a few other ones too. Nevertheless, it's awesome, and I'd reccomend Strike Witches to all of you. The series is supposed to be a tribute to Mecha-Musume, which in case you don't know, are japanese small-girl personifications of Army Vehicles, which they resemble when they have their flight legs on. The joint-fighters themselves also happen to be based on real-world war heroes, such as Erica is based on "Erich Hartmann," and Sanya is modeled after "Lydia Litvyak." The series is chock full of other symbolic parts to WWII as well. The series also reminds me a ton of Danmaku Shmup games due to how they battles turn out, like in Dodonpachi, Touhou, Ketsui Kizuna, Battle Garegga/Bakraid, Armed Police Batriders, Strikers 1945, etc. which also is one of the reasons I love it so much. Strike Witches is like Star Fox meets Metal Slug and Touhou, with a metric ton of cute and cuddliness added in, and plenty more! The show only has 2 seasons of 12 episodes each, plus a manga series, and a full-length movie. Season 3 is coming out soon too.  So anyone else here heard of Strike Witches? And if you have, do any of you guys like it? Edited by Shyna, May 30 2014, 06:19 AM.
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| Jenna Jay | May 31 2014, 02:29 PM Post #2 |
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| Shyna | May 31 2014, 03:39 PM Post #3 |
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I watch it for these below though, not for what you watch it for. 
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Be sure to check me out on Deviant Art to see some of my various drawings and artworks. http://hexidextrous.deviantart.com/ Also, I would like to ask a favor from for anyone who is my friend here. If someday we meet in person in the near future, and I had recently done anything that would confirm that I had become a Brony (which as of now I am not one), such as if I had posted on a Pony-related fan-site, drawn a Pony-themed artwork, contributed to a Pony fanfic, or anything else along those lines. If I have done anything like that, I want you to punch me in the face without warning. This make sound like I'm joking, but I am absolutely serious about this. Ignore any future statements retracting this if I ever make any. Though if you do, please first confirm that it is me who is doing it, and not some Brony who is posing as me and wants to see me get punched. I do not wish to go down the path of the Bronies, and hopefully those of you reading this will help me so that it stays that way, if god forbid I ever even attempt it. Thank you. | |
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