The Good Witch of the West | |
西の善き魔女 (Nishi no Yoki Majo) | |
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Genre | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
Novel series | |
Written by | Noriko Ogiwara |
Published by | Chuokoron-Shinsha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | C Novels Fantasia |
Original run | 1997 – 2003 |
Volumes | 8 |
Manga | |
Written by | Noriko Ogiwara |
Illustrated by | Haruhiko Momokawa |
Published by | Mag Garden |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Comic Blade |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | July 9, 2004 – December 10, 2007 |
Volumes | 8 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Katsuichi Nakayama |
Produced by | Shigeru Tateishi Taimei Yamaguchi Hiroyuki Ōmori Katsumi Koike Takayuki Hamatsu Shinji Nakajima |
Written by | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
Music by | Hikaru Nanase |
Studio | Hal Film Maker |
Licensed by | |
Original network | KBS Kyoto, TV Kanagawa, BS Asahi, Tokyo MX TV |
Original run | April 8, 2006 – July 1, 2006 |
Episodes | 13 |
The Good Witch of the West (Japanese: 西の善き魔女, Hepburn: Nishi no Yoki Majo) is a series of fantasy novels by Noriko Ogiwara, published by Chuokoron-Shinsha.
The series has been adapted into both a manga series and a thirteen episode anime television series subtitled Astraea Testament broadcast in Japan in 2006. The story revolves around a fifteen-year-old commoner who discovers that she is really a princess. The manga and novels were licensed for English language releases in North America by Tokyopop. After Tokyopop went out of business JManga began translating the manga and has progressed farther than TokyoPop did.