Witchblade (2006 TV series)

This article is about the Japanese animated TV series. For the American live action TV series, see Witchblade (2001 TV series).
Witchblade
Key visual of the series
ウィッチブレイド
(Witchibureido)
Genre
Created byTop Cow Productions
Anime television series
Directed byYoshimitsu Ohashi
Produced by
  • Masaru Nagai
  • Susumu Hieda
  • Takeyuki Okazaki
Written byYasuko Kobayashi
Music byMasa Takumi
StudioGonzo
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkJNN (CBC, TBS)
English network
Original run April 6, 2006 – September 21, 2006
Episodes24

Witchblade (Japanese: ウィッチブレイド, Hepburn: Uitchibureido) is a Japanese anime television series loosely based on the American comic book of the same name. It was directed by Yoshimitsu Ōhashi, with Yasuko Kobayashi handling series scripts, Makoto Uno designing the characters and Masa Takumi composing the music. The series was broadcast for 24 episodes on CBC and TBS from April to September 2006. A packaged version of the series in eight DVD volumes was released, followed by a DVD box version released in 2008.

The series sets up an entirely new storyline with all new characters, but in the same continuity as the original comic books.

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