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+====== Little Witch Academia ======
+{{ img:b:r:lwa.png?460 |Little Witch Academia}}
+**リトルウィッチアカデミア**(Little Witch Academia) is an anime series following a girl, named <span smcp>Kagari Atsuko</span>, who wants to be a witch despite her magical ineptitude, focused around the Academy for little witches.
+As is now usual for this wiki, <cite>LWA</cite> is one of my personal favorites. I started watching this after watching an analysis video that mentioned it, though I don't remember which video it was. But, since I have...well...favorites.
+{{tag>anime otaku speculah}}
+===== Reviews =====
+==== Little Witch Academia (2017) ====
+I watched this anime before I watched the OVA and <cite>[[#The Enchanted Parade]]</cite>, though it doesn't matter, since this is in a separate continuity from those. This anime is also likely to become the primary continuity from now on...unless they do something like with <cite>[[lb:patlabor|Patlabor]]</cite>.
+Surprisingly, my notes don't say much here, but that's probably because I think <cite>LWA</cite> is an unambiguous masterpiece with few, if any, flaws. I could be wrong here, but I seriously haven't noticed anything...it all just fits together.\\  Weeeeell...there might be the one issue in that nobody is questioning the big star-shaped crater on the Moon. That said...this can be excused since it's been there for like 10 years by the time we're in the present...so it's likely that nobody really questions why it appeared. The truth behind it...that <wrap spoiler>it was created by <span smcp>Chariot</span></wrap> is an effective <wrap spoiler>twist. Especially since I initially thought it was</wrap> a stylistic choice. I imagine most people react the same way.\\  Something which is subtle, but could hint at that <wrap spoiler>twist</wrap> is the fact that <wrap spoiler>Akko looks at the Moon anytime she thinks about Chariot</wrap>.\\  Oh yeah, in comparison to the other continuity...actually, I'll leave that for //that// review.
+==== Little Witch Academia (OVA) ====
+For an episode-long introduction to <cite>LWA</cite>...it's okay. It shows off all the characters (sans <span smcp>Amanda</span>'s crew) and their personalities.\\  I don't have any specific complaints besides the animation //maybe// being slightly worse than the anime, though this isn't surprising considering the context.\\  So let me note some of the notable differences between this and the anime:
+  * Akko is less incompetent here than in the anime...as she can use magic and fly on a broom, only extremely poorly.
+  * <span smcp>Diana</span> is more of a tsundere in the OVA and <cite>Enchanted Parade</cite>.
+Oh...that's all my notes had. Oh well.
+==== The Enchanted Parade ====
+This film is a...sequel? to the OVA. It introduces Amanda, <span smcp>Jasminka</span> and <span smcp>Constanze</span>. What's interesting about their portrayal is that Akko and Amanda don't really have a rivalry here, unlike in the TV anime.
+It can best be described as a fun side-story to the main series. So watch it if you want more <cite>LWA</cite>. Though it isn't strictly necessary since, y'know, discontinuity.
+===== Speculah & Analysis =====
+==== Celtic Mythology ====
+Something I really should have noticed earlier are all the references to Celtic Mythology. Obviously the series has Celtic aesthetics, but I didn't realize that they also borrowed from Myth.
+For example, the ‘Shiny Rod’ is the <span smcp>Claíomh Solais</span>, which is a mythical...sword from Irish Myth.
+That's all I'm noting for now.
+==== Comparison to Shūmatsu no Izetta ====
+You can read the comparison on the <cite>[[lb:izetta#comparisontolittlewitchacademia|Shūmatsu no Izetta]]</cite> article directly.
+==== Comparison to Harry Potter ====
+Little Witch Academia has a few similarities with <cite>[[lb:Harry Potter]]</cite>. In fact, when I noticed, I couldn't un-notice.
+What do I mean? Well...
+<cite>Little Witch Academia</cite>/<cite>Harry Potter</cite> follows an outsider to the magical world entering a school for magic. This outsider has unbridled and innocent wonder towards magic, whilst their attitude towards //learning// that magic is not as enthusiastic.\\  They look up to a teacher/professor within the school who takes them under their wing and guides them. Plus they're a part of a magical prophecy, which this teacher/professor knows the details of.\\  They also have two friends who stick with them...and a rival with their own two friends, though they aren't as important. That rival is also associated with the color green, while the outsider is associated with the color red.
+It's weird, isn't it? I'm gonna stop there, but you can probably compare the two further.\\  Of course, let's make something clear...<cite>Little Witch Academia</cite> is //much better// than <cite>Harry Potter</cite>, though the comparison isn't fully fair, since it's not like they're trying to do the same thing. I might make a more in-depth comparison in the future...if I ever re-read <cite>Harry Potter</cite>.
+===== Trivilinks =====
+  * [[http://littlewitchacademia.jp|Official JP Website]]
+  * [[anidb>12235|aniDB]]
+  * [[anila>21858|AniList]]
+  * Those links are for the 2017 anime, but you can access the rest via the power of clicking.