Witch Hunter Robin is one of the worst Anime titles I have ever had the agony of sitting through. I watched the English version on Cartoon Network. Of multiple weak points, the worst must be the storyline. Beginning with a dull introduction of the characters in a string of generic action 'witch hunts' the series gets of to a horrendously slow start. I found myself waiting 20 minutes through the shallow development of pseudo-detective work, and clichéd and cryptic dialogue leading up to only 5 minutes of mediocre action. Most of the story development happens in the last 3 episodes and even this development is far too shallow and predictable to serve as a reward for watching the entire series. The show uses an unacceptably high amount of stills, composed of 'Cowboy Bebop' style drawings and effects. These would be quite nice, if only they were not presented in such a static and non-stimulating manner. The characters mostly conform to the normal Anime stereotypes: The quiet heroine with a hidden past, the stoic fighter dude, the angry boss, the bad guy with a master plan. it goes on. To top it all off, the series soundtrack suffers from a serious lack of diversity. It consists of probably 3 main themes, the first of which you will know off-by-heart by the middle of the second episode. It seems to me that in Witch Hunter Robin, some well learned Anime techniques from previous titles fell into some very bad hands and were misused to create this muted, repressed, and wholly dull series.
Review of Witch Hunter Robin
