Strike Witches

Strike Witches
First light novel volume cover, featuring Tomoko Anabuki
ストライクウィッチーズ (Sutoraiku Witchīzu)
Genre	Alternate history[1] Girls with guns[2] Military science fiction[3]
Created by	Fumikane Shimada
Further information Manga Strike Witches Sōkū no Otome-tachi Written by Yoshiyuki Kazumi Published by Kadokawa Shoten Magazine Comp Ace Demographic Seinen Original run September 26, 2005 – January 26, 2006 Light novel Strike Witches Suomus Iranko Chūtai Ganbaru (1), Koisuru (2), Hajikeru (3) Written by Noboru Yamaguchi Illustrated by Fumikane Shimada Hashigo Ueda Published by Kadokawa Shoten Imprint Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko Demographic Male Original run October 2006 – July 2008 Volumes 3 Original video animation Directed by Kunihisa Sugishima Studio Gonzo Released January 1, 2007 Runtime 24 minutes Manga Strike Witches: Maidens in the Sky Written by Yuki Tanaka Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA: Seven Seas Entertainment Magazine Comp Ace Demographic Seinen Original run January 26, 2008 – November 26, 2008 Volumes 2 Anime television series Directed by Kazuhiro Takamura Written by Tsuyoshi Tamai Shouji Saeki Takaaki Suzuki Tatsuhiko Urahata Music by Seikou Nagaoka Studio Gonzo Licensed by Crunchyroll Original network Chiba TV Original run July 3, 2008 – September 18, 2008 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Light novel Strike Witches Otome no Maki Written by Hidehisa Nanbō Illustrated by Fumikane Shimada Hashigo Ueda Published by Kadokawa Shoten Imprint Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko Demographic Male Original run August 1, 2008 – July 1, 2010 Volumes 4 Manga Strike Witches: The Sky That Connects Us Written by Shin Kyogoku Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA: Seven Seas Entertainment Magazine NyanType Demographic Seinen Original run September 30, 2009 – July 30, 2010 Volumes 1 Anime television series Strike Witches 2 Directed by Kazuhiro Takamura Written by Striker Unit Music by Seikou Nagaoka Studio AIC Spirits Licensed by Crunchyroll Original network BS11, Chiba TV, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, tvk, TV Saitama, TVQ Original run July 7, 2010 – September 23, 2010 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Light novel Strike Witches 2 Written by Hidehisa Nanbō Illustrated by Fumikane Shimada Shin Kyogoku Published by Kadokawa Shoten Imprint Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko Demographic Male Original run September 1, 2010 – September 30, 2010 Volumes 2 Manga Strike Witches: 1937 Fuso Sea Incident Written by Projekt Kagonish Fumikane Shimada Illustrated by Ningen Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA: Seven Seas Entertainment Magazine NyanType Demographic Seinen Original run October 30, 2010 – November 30, 2011 Volumes 2 Manga Strike Witches: One-Winged Witches Written by Atsuto Shinozuka Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA: Seven Seas Entertainment Magazine Comp Ace Demographic Seinen Original run April 26, 2011 – June 26, 2012 Volumes 2 Manga Strike Witches: The Witches of Africa Written by Takeshi Nogami Takaaki Suzuki Published by Kadokawa Shoten Magazine Comptiq Demographic Seinen Published January 26, 2012 Volumes 1 Light novel Strike Witches: The Witches of Africa Written by Takaaki Suzuki Illustrated by Fumikane Shimada Takeshi Nogami Published by Kadokawa Shoten Imprint Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko Demographic Male Published March 2012 Volumes 1 Anime film Strike Witches: The Movie Directed by Kazuhiro Takamura Produced by Hisashi Imamoto Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki Written by Striker Unit Music by Seikou Nagaoka Studio AIC Licensed by Crunchyroll Released March 17, 2012 Runtime 97 minutes Light novel Strike Witches gekijo-ban Kaeritai Sora Written by Hidehisa Nanbō Illustrated by Fumikane Shimada Published by Kadokawa Shoten Imprint Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko Demographic Male Published April 2012 Volumes 1 Original video animation Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Directed by Kazuhiro Takamura Written by Striker Unit Music by Seikou Nagaoka Studio Silver Link Released September 20, 2014 – May 2, 2015 Runtime 30 minutes each Episodes 3 (List of episodes) Anime television series Brave Witches Directed by Kazuhiro Takamura Produced by Takashi Tachizaki Written by Striker Unit Music by Seikou Nagaoka Studio Silver Link Licensed by Crunchyroll[4] Original network Tokyo MX, TV Saitama, Chiba TV, tvk, KBS, BS11, TVQ, Sun TV, AT-X English network SEA: Animax Asia Original run October 5, 2016 – December 28, 2016 Episodes 12 + OVA (List of episodes) Anime television series Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off! Directed by Fumio Ito Produced by Takashi Tachizaki Music by Seikou Nagaoka Studio acca effe Giga Production Licensed by Crunchyroll SEA: Muse Communication Original network Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, MBS, BS11 Original run April 9, 2019 – June 25, 2019 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Anime television series Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Directed by Hideya Takahashi Kazuhiro Takamura Produced by Takashi Tachizaki Written by Striker Unit (series composition) Tatsuhiko Urahata (story composition) Music by Seikou Nagaoka Studio David Production Licensed by NA: Crunchyroll Funimation SEA: JOYUPMEDIA Original network Tokyo MX, KBS, Sun TV, TV Aichi, BS11 Original run October 7, 2020 – December 23, 2020 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Anime television series World Witches Take Off! Directed by Fumio Ito Produced by Takashi Tachizaki Music by Seikou Nagaoka Studio acca effe Giga Production Licensed by Crunchyroll Original network Tokyo MX, MBS, BS11 Original run January 13, 2021 – March 31, 2021 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Anime television series Luminous Witches Directed by Shouji Saeki Produced by List PV: Takashi Tachizaki[5] Mitsutoshi Kubota[5] TV: Akiko Ookubo Naruki Fukaya Hajime Maruyama Soujirou Arimizu Kenichi Tokumura Chiho Shibayama Toshiki Fujiwara Miho Uzuki Kazuhito Kondou Written by Shouji Saeki Shaft[a] Music by Yoshiaki Fujisawa Studio Shaft Licensed by Sentai Filmworks SEA: Muse Communication Original network AT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, SUN, KBS Kyoto, BS NTV Original run July 3, 2022[b] – September 25, 2022 Episodes 12 + Special PV[c] (List of episodes)

Strike Witches (Japanese: ストライクウィッチーズ, Hepburn: Sutoraiku Witchīzu) is a Japanese media mix franchise originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The illustrations have since inspired several official light novel, manga, and anime series and various video games. The series revolves around teenage moe anthropomorphic girls who use machines attached to their legs to do aerial combat. The original video animation (OVA) preview episode was released in January 2007. The televised anime series later aired between July and September 2008. A second season aired between July and September 2010.^[6] A film adaptation was released on March 17, 2012, and a three-part OVA series was released between September 2014 and May 2015.^[7][8] A third season aired from October to December 2020.^[9]

A spin-off of the original series titled Brave Witches aired from October to December 2016, and a second spin-off titled Luminous Witches aired from July to September 2022.

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