Witch Hunter Robin

Overview

In present-day Japan, use of magic-called CRAFT-is an everyday occurrence. It's more about extrasensory perception and enhanced mental powers than the spells-and-potions variety of magic. Anyone using CRAFT for evil is branded a witch, likely to be hunted down by an official body, the STN (Solomon Tokatsu Nindantai-or Solomon Secret Action Group). But it goes even further; STN mastermind Solomon, based in Europe, tracks down individuals with witch genes in their ancestry and takes action against anyone with emerging latent abilities, visiting the sins of their forebearers on later generations. Six skilled witch hunters form the operational arm of STN-Japan, out to protect the population from misuse of magic. The team's father figure, Takuma Zaizen, combines the roles of M and Q from the James Bond mythos, as the man who gets the hottest weapons for the team and the controller of their field activities. When one of the team is lost in action and a new member joins them, the team's equilibrium is upset. Gentle, reserved Robin Sena, Japanese but raised in an Italian convent, is just fifteen and has an uncanny ability to control fire, but her relationships with her new teammates prove more difficult to manage, and the political undercurrents of their work create more conflict. A moody, grey-black color palette and restrained design create an atmosphere of repressed emotion-later episodes play up the literal witch hunts in a new form of cold war, marrying the paranoia of Arthur Miller's The Crucible (1953) to the paranoid conspiracies and switches in allegiance of Alias (2001). Compare to Hellsing and Chrono Crusade, which similarly allegorized modern conflicts with myth and magic. The original concept is credited to Sunrise's house pseudonym Hajime Yadate and director Murase. A live-action version was supposedly planned by the American Sci-Fi channel, but dropped in 2005.

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Season/Ep#	Name		Airdate
1 - 26	Time to Tell	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/24/2002
1 - 25	Redemption Day	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/18/2002
1 - 24	Rent	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/11/2002
1 - 23	Sympathy for the Devil	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	12/04/2002
1 - 22	Family Portrait	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/27/2002
1 - 21	No Way Out	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/20/2002
1 - 20	All I Really Oughtta Know	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/13/2002
1 - 19	Missing	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	11/06/2002
1 - 18	In My Pocket	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/30/2002
1 - 17	Dilemma	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/23/2002
1 - 16	Heal the Pain	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/16/2002
1 - 15	Time to Say Goodbye	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/09/2002
1 - 14	Loaded Guns	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	10/02/2002
1 - 13	The Eyes of Truth	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	09/25/2002
1 - 12	Precious Illusions	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	09/18/2002
1 - 11	The Soul Cages	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	09/11/2002
1 - 10	Separate Lives	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	09/04/2002
1 - 9	Sign of the Craft	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	08/28/2002
1 - 8	Faith	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	08/21/2002
1 - 7	Simple Mind	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	08/14/2002

	Person Name	Episode Count
	Kumiko Takahashi	26
	Taku Iwasaki	26
	Shukou Murase	26

Name	Witch Hunter Robin
Name:	ウィッチハンターロビン
Romaji:	Uicchi Hantaa Robin
Publisher	Sunrise Inc.
Start Year	2002
Genres	Add a new genre Action Drama Fantasy Horror
Themes	Add a new theme Magic Psychological
Aliases

Yuji Kobari first in Replacement	5
Robin Sena first in Replacement	5
Miho Karasuma first in Replacement	5
Haruto Sakaki first in Replacement	5
Amon first in Replacement	5
Michael Lee first in Replacement	5
Yurika Doujima first in Replacement	5
Shintaro Kosaka first in Replacement	5
Toko Masaki first in Addicted to Power	3
Takuma Zaizen first in Replacement	3

Witch Hunter Robin

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