Got the first episode of Night Wizard and the next downloading now, and I agree that it looks pretty good so far. The general creepy-yet-kawaii mixture of atmosphere and art reminds me vaguely of Meitantei Loki Ragnarok, and there's a hint of Nanoha in the weapons and attacks. Any Anime that blends elements from two of my favorites deserves a definite look. (Plus the fact it's related to a table-top RPG hooked me in rather).
Favorite scene: Hiiragi-san, the powerful mage who just wants to be allowed to go to school and graduate to avoid bringing shame to his family, exhausted from a day of being dragged away from his desperate attempts to make it into school by his boss in order to fight Emulators, still trying to drag himself to school even though it's DARK out now, so tired from his day of constant abductions by his boss that he has to use a random tree branch as a walking stick. He pauses a he hears a noise, then shrieks as a UBER-MECHA helicopter drops out of the sky in front of him, blinding him in its searchlights, and his ultra-cute loli-boss Angelot calls out a saccharine-sweet, "you'll accept the task, won't you Hiiragi-saaaaaaaan?" and a rope with a hook drops out the 'copter and grabs him by the collar, his legs windmilling in the air as he tries to get away, poor-put upon manly-man Hiiragi wailing like a little girl to just be let to go to school as he's pulled away into the sky to fight magical evil for the n-th time that day. Poor guy!
Plus the miko mecha-crossbow wielding girl Akabane's accosting of the new girl to join her failing Astronomy club, the new girl Shiho apparently having some ancient magical artifact as a bracelet and being pulled into the Night Wizard world by the spooky shadowy voyeur villain girls, The brief appearance of the Rei-Ayanami-redhead-girl-with-a-frickin-huge-magic-gun that is Akari Himuro.
A good first episode, apparently plentiful source material, good OP and EN songs, creepy background music and atmosphere, plus some Nanoha-esque music (particularly during the next episode preview) and fun characters. One I'm going to follow.
Favorite scene: Hiiragi-san, the powerful mage who just wants to be allowed to go to school and graduate to avoid bringing shame to his family, exhausted from a day of being dragged away from his desperate attempts to make it into school by his boss in order to fight Emulators, still trying to drag himself to school even though it's DARK out now, so tired from his day of constant abductions by his boss that he has to use a random tree branch as a walking stick. He pauses a he hears a noise, then shrieks as a UBER-MECHA helicopter drops out of the sky in front of him, blinding him in its searchlights, and his ultra-cute loli-boss Angelot calls out a saccharine-sweet, "you'll accept the task, won't you Hiiragi-saaaaaaaan?" and a rope with a hook drops out the 'copter and grabs him by the collar, his legs windmilling in the air as he tries to get away, poor-put upon manly-man Hiiragi wailing like a little girl to just be let to go to school as he's pulled away into the sky to fight magical evil for the n-th time that day. Poor guy!
Plus the miko mecha-crossbow wielding girl Akabane's accosting of the new girl to join her failing Astronomy club, the new girl Shiho apparently having some ancient magical artifact as a bracelet and being pulled into the Night Wizard world by the spooky shadowy voyeur villain girls, The brief appearance of the Rei-Ayanami-redhead-girl-with-a-frickin-huge-magic-gun that is Akari Himuro.
A good first episode, apparently plentiful source material, good OP and EN songs, creepy background music and atmosphere, plus some Nanoha-esque music (particularly during the next episode preview) and fun characters. One I'm going to follow.