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THE FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE IRREGULAR WITCH

ONA

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
12
RELEASE
December 10, 2023
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

When witch Alyssa found a baby on her doorstep, she didn’t expect her life to take a topsy-turvy turn. Despite her bewilderment, she names the child Viola and decides to raise her. Fast-forward 16 years, and her “daughter” Viola isn’t just taller—she’s towering! Join this bewitching duo in a hilariously chaotic journey of mistaken identities and supernatural shenanigans!

(Source: Crunchyroll)

CAST

Viola
Nana Mizuki
Alyssa
Aoi Koga
Fennel
Takayuki Kondou
Phoenix
Takaya Hashi
Giriko
You Taichi
Luna
Akira Sekine
Lira
Romi Park
Doku Koala
Ikue Ootani
Glind
Daisuke Ono
Auri
Junichi Suwabe
Pond
Katsuyuki Konishi
Narrator
Kana Hanazawa

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REVIEWS

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80/100
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The Actual Review

The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch is about a couple of witches. One witch adopted this human girl, and now the girl is 16, and the family gets up to all sorts of shenanigans, and we meet a bunch of really cool and funny characters along the way. Man, why do I need to write so many words to tell people that this stuff is just funny? But, bug, how is it funny? Bro idk, explaining the joke is boring, and if we all knew the secret formula to comedy, every show would be funny. I think I'll just write about the characters here. When I think about this show, I think about the wacky, lovable characters.
# Alyssa
Alyssa is the witch mommy. She is aight. I feel most of the time, she's the straight man to a lot of the comedy that occurs. She's just a sweet lil lady everyone loves especially Viola.
# Viola
Viola is a baddy. I mean she look GOOD. I don't know that, just from the character design. I know that bc other characters say as much. First and foremost, she is super protective of her mother, especially when it comes to potential romances. (It is funny bc; usually, the parent is protective of the child. Hahaha. Aren't you glad I explained the joke?) She's also really magically powerful; mix that with the energy of a youthful teenage girl, and y'know ya, get some wacky high jinx. The final element of her character is that she, like her mother, can be extremely sweet. You don't always see it bc the other side of that coin is her EXTREME VIOLENCE.
# Phoenix (Best Character(Maybe of all time))
Phoenix is the best man, simultaneous straight man, and wacky wise being. When people usually assume he's a sentint cartoon character(witch he is never forget I love you phoenix) before an actual phoenix(witch he is never forget I love you phoenix). The voice actor elevate this roll significantly. love this guy very funny very powerful(witch he is never forget I love you phoenix).

Summary

Visually, it's okay. It uses the classic anime technique of keeping the slow bits looking okay, then turning up the budget for more meaningful moments. Like the summoning of Pheonix witch all jokes aside looked pretty good.

Sound design is overall good I guess. Voice acting was actually great, but I don't really remember the music or sound effects.

The characters are great. They carry this whole thing. The comedy works bc these characters are awesome.

Overall haha, funny. It doesn't get much better than that. This show wasn't god-tier, it wasn't one of the greats, but man if it wasn't haha funny.
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