Brave Witches: Petersburg Daisenryaku

I've been waiting for this special to be released subbed online since it aired back in May in Japan. I'll admit that I forgot about it for a bit, but after finally seeing it was uploaded subbed about 2 weeks ago, and putting it off unintentionally for a a while, I watched it. Just wow! It makes a great edition to the series. The episode just show cases a side story between the 7th and 8th episodes of the Brave Witches series after Eila and Sanya came to deliver supplies to the Petersburg base. It features tons of comedy between antics involvingEila and Sanya, Waltrud, Georgette in cleaning freak mode, etc. So many people are pretty much obsessed with Sanya and it just adds to the feeling from the comedy and the events are pretty much on par with many of amazingly cute moments from both the Strike Witches and Brave Witches full length series. For people that had a problem with the lack of ecchi content in the series, you'll get some here. Even though there are all these cute and funny moments, there is a battle at the end with a quick yet epic conclusion. The story isn't very simple, but it just works. 9/10. The art is pretty much the same as it was in the series, but there is a severe decrease in the amount of 3d cgi present and even a few of the cgi scenes in the opening were fixed. It isn't all gone, but it doesn't stand out nearly as much as it did in the series. It's a little annoying to see, but it doesn't detract too much from the quality. 9/10. You get the same calming music and energetic fighting music. I just love the soundtracks that are used for these Witch series, but I do feel that a single ova or special just doesn't capture the full effect of the music. I always feel more energetic and calm when hearing this series's music, even if it's not captured as well here. 9/10. The character are just about as amazing as always. The addition of Sanya and Eila is an amazing piece of bonus content for the episode. Other sides of characters like Georgette and Naoe are also shown. The characters are not randomly made extremely complicated or anything, but a pretty much amazing cast is still shown. One special cannot generally fully capture everyone's quirks in it though. 9.5/10. I enjoyed this special to the fullest. I enjoyed the full series to the fullest as well, excluding the 3d cgi; 10/10 without it, 9/10 with it, so I took the average of the two. The 3d cgi is used a lot less in this episode though and even some of the cgi parts in the opening were fixed. Since the main issue I had with the series is almost completely taken away, my enjoyment rank is a 10/10. I'm willing to forgive the slight use of noticeable 3d cgi here since it doesn't take away so much from the beautiful pictures. I highly recommend this to fan s of Brave Witches and Strike Witches, but watch the series in order. Overall, 9.3.

Brave Witches: Petersburg Daisenryaku (2017) Firstly, try to watch this between episode 7 and 8 like it says you should since it is literally between that time period. This one focuses on the events after episode 7 with Sanya V. Litvyak and Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen. As you would expect an episode with Sanya the best girl of the franchise it was always going to be great. It is nice to see the relationship between Eila and Sanya expanded and to see the girls interacting with them. You get the same art as expected with less of the weird CGI. You do get some nudity in thisone but it is enough and not overdone. Sound is the same as you would expect to be fitting. I think Sanya has a great voice. Characters in terms of Sanya and Eila develop well. A few others especially the unexpected actions of Sadako Shimohara with the quirk she has. Overall, it is very entertaining and a great episode. If you watch it in the order it is even better as it breaks up the show nicely.

This OVA special is particularly disappointing if you expected it to focus on Hikari and the rest of the Brave Witches 502nd Squadron. Nope, instead, this OVA is actually a bonus episode of Strike Witches disguising itself with the Brave Witches title, featuring Eila and Sanya, the popular pairing from the original Strike Witches anime. The rest of the "main cast" take a backseat this episode. Technically this episode takes place between roughly around episodes 7 and 8, but I don't think it would work watching it in chronological order, because this standalone episode disrupts the flow of Brave Witches' primary story. While I am afan of the various spinoff media of the World Witches franchise, I am admittedly not a Sanya x Eila fan, or a Strike Witches fan for that matter, given my own criticisms of the original anime. As such, I had my expectations crushed when I found out this more for older Strike Witches fans. Regardless, I did enjoy seeing Hikari fantasizing about Takami in a romantic way, as has been hinted on her borderline idolization of her sister in the main story, though seeing Eila get jealous of Sanya's many admirers does get old. However, someone who hasn't viewed Strike Witches before can still successfully watch this bonus episode and see it as characterization for Sanya and Eila, who in Brave Witches, are supporting characters that only cameo a couple of times, and from there go to watch the original series that they're main characters in. So it's a win-win situation for new Witches fans and business wise.

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