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* SlipperySwimsuit: In episode 5, Shirley goes into a combat sortie straight from the beach, breaks the sound barrier, and then flies straight ''through'' a Neuroi. When she makes it out the other side, both her Strikers and her bikini have fallen off.

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* LighterAndSofter: ''501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off!'' is a comedic spinoff focused almost exclusively on the daily lives of the Strike Witches with almost no Neuroi fighting.

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** * The ''Luminous Witches'' spin-off series shifts away from the ongoing war with the Neuroi to instead focus on the antics of the titular Luminous Witches, a unique squadron of Witches who don't engage in combat and are instead deployed to support their homefronts around the world through the power of song and dance, making it closer to being a SliceOfLife idol anime instead of an action-packed war-themed story the franchise is famously known for. It's also the series that features the ''least'' amount of {{Fanservice}} outside of a few moments sprinkled in-between.
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* CallingYourAttacks: Used liberally by Mio and her ''Death Strike Reppuzan!''. Perrine's ''[[ShockAndAwe Tonnerre]]'' and Erica's ''[[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning Sturm]]'' are less offensive examples than most anime as they're short and actually said in real time, and are dispensed with later on.

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* CallingYourAttacks: Used liberally by Mio and her ''Death Strike Reppuzan!''. Perrine's ''[[ShockAndAwe Tonnerre]]'' and Erica's ''[[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning ''[[SpectacularSpinning Sturm]]'' are less offensive examples than most anime as they're short and actually said in real time, and are dispensed with later on.
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* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: In the first season, Perrine is initially depicted as a jealous JerkWithAHeartOfGold. By the time of the second season, she gets over her jealousy, turns her home into an orphanage and helps reconstruct Gallia.

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* GunshipRescue: Towards the end of the film, [[spoiler:the Yamato arrives to assist the witches, having been able to navigate up the Rhine thanks to special flotation devices]].



* HotterAndSexier: Oddly enough inverted for the film, which aside from half a dozen incidental panty shots actually ''downplays'' the {{Fanservice}} of the two TV series, and even those shots were ''nowhere'' as sexually-detailed as those found in said two series.



* MildlyMilitary:
** The Strike Witches don't act much like a military unit in a warzone. Then again, the actual military is a bit better about this so the mildly military attitude of the 501st is probably due to the fact that they are highly valuable former civilian volunteers. This is realistically applicable particularly when dealing with experienced and higher ranking Witches who have actually been training for longer. For on, they're Air Force Aces whom did actually have quite glamorous lives back then due to propaganda among other things. High rank Witches like Minna spend most their time realistically pushing papers while the lower rank Witches are shown to spend most of their time training, drilling or doing maintenance work or catering for themselves and running for supplies. Military law is also carried out such as with Miyafuji's eventual dishonorable discharge despite her heroics and strict hierarchy of command is also maintained, it's just that some punishments have to be lighter because they justifiably can't replace their losses.
** Lampshaded heavily in the film by Shizuka Hattori, whose parents served in the Fuso military and thus is rather put out by Yoshika's attitude of helping out with chores on the aircraft carrier Amagi despite holding an officer's rank. In the second half, after meeting the rest of the 501st and seeing how they operate, she's convinced to lighten up a bit.

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* MildlyMilitary:
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MildlyMilitary: The Strike Witches don't act much like a military unit in a warzone. Then again, the actual military is a bit better about this so the mildly military attitude of the 501st is probably due to the fact that they are highly valuable former civilian volunteers. This is realistically applicable particularly when dealing with experienced and higher ranking Witches who have actually been training for longer. For on, they're Air Force Aces whom did actually have quite glamorous lives back then due to propaganda among other things. High rank Witches like Minna spend most their time realistically pushing papers while the lower rank Witches are shown to spend most of their time training, drilling or doing maintenance work or catering for themselves and running for supplies. Military law is also carried out such as with Miyafuji's eventual dishonorable discharge despite her heroics and strict hierarchy of command is also maintained, it's just that some punishments have to be lighter because they justifiably can't replace their losses.
** Lampshaded heavily in the film by Shizuka Hattori, whose parents served in the Fuso military and thus is rather put out by Yoshika's attitude of helping out with chores on the aircraft carrier Amagi despite holding an officer's rank. In the second half, after meeting the rest of the 501st and seeing how they operate, she's convinced to lighten up a bit.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The series is primarily set in Europe. Don't look for any of the MultinationalTeam members to sport anything approaching an actual foreign accent, however.

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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The series is primarily set in Europe. Don't look for any of the MultinationalTeam members Witches to sport anything approaching an actual foreign accent, however.



* PantyThief: When Hartmann lost her panties, she ... "borrowed" them from Lucchini, who borrows Perrine's, who in turn tried to steal Sakamoto's swimsuit ([[LesYay with great delight]]), but was caught red-handed. By [[OhCrap Sakamoto]].

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* PantyThief: When Hartmann lost loses her panties, she ... "borrowed" "borrows" them from Lucchini, who borrows Perrine's, who in turn tried to steal tries stealing Sakamoto's swimsuit ([[LesYay with great delight]]), swimsuit, but was caught red-handed. By [[OhCrap Sakamoto]].



** Not so-subtle hints include [[spoiler:The letter from Yoshika's father in the post-credits sequence.]], a novel about Anabuki Tomoko, and the Afrikakorps and the introduction of the 504th Joint Fighter Wing in ''Strike Witches 2''.

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** Not so-subtle hints include [[spoiler:The letter from Yoshika's father in the post-credits sequence.]], a novel about Anabuki Tomoko, Tomoko Anabuki, and the Afrikakorps and the introduction of the 504th Joint Fighter Wing in ''Strike Witches 2''.



** In the film's [[spoiler:final battle]], Perrine's Tonnerre + Erica's Sturm = young girl-ified [[Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon Ideon Gun]] anyone?



** Season 2 ends with a nice closing shot of Shinden and Reppumaru washed up on a beach near Yamato. And then a shadow approaches them.

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** Season 2 ''Strike Witches 2'' ends with a nice closing shot of Shinden and Reppumaru washed up on a beach near Yamato. And then a shadow approaches them.



* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: After Yoshika had an obviously [[EroticDream NC-17-rated dream]] about [[LesYay her teammate Lynette]] and was awakened from this dream by her, she [[BlatantLies claimed not to remember the content or having been staring at Lynette's "assets"]].

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: After Yoshika had an obviously [[EroticDream NC-17-rated dream]] about [[LesYay her teammate Lynette]] Lynn]] and was awakened from this dream by her, she [[BlatantLies claimed not to remember the content or having been staring at Lynette's "assets"]].

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* DemotedToExtra:
** Good lord, the film. Mio doesn't appear at all until the end, and Eila and Sanya (who are very popular with the fandom, to boot) get about five minutes of screentime before being stowed away until the final scene.
** Perrine in ''501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off''. She barely appears until the penultimate episode.



* OutofFocus: Good lord, the film. Mio doesn't appear at all until the end, and Eila and Sanya (who are very popular with the fandom, to boot) get about five minutes of screentime before being stowed away until the final scene.
** Perrine in ''501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off''. She barely appears until the penultimate episode.

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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: At the start of season one, most of continental Europe has fallen to the Neuroi.

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* TheForties: The series is primarily set in an alternate version of the 1940s.
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** A rare positive example: Francesca accidentally tampering with Charlette's striker allows the latter to finally reach supersonic speeds, [[TooFastToStop much to the detriment of the Neuroi she was sent to dispatch.]]

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** A rare positive example: Francesca accidentally tampering with Charlette's striker Shirley's Striker allows the latter to finally reach supersonic speeds, [[TooFastToStop much to the detriment of the Neuroi she was sent to dispatch.]]



* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Anime/VividredOperation'' is basically ''Strike Witches'' with a magical girl esque twist. Makes sense, since they both share the same director.
* SpoilerTitle: Subverted. [[spoiler:The title of the last episode of ''Strike Witches 2'' is “Beyond the skies to eternity”, which heavily implies Mio is going to perform a [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifice]]. Yoshika saves her in the end.]]

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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Anime/VividredOperation'' is basically ''Strike Witches'' with a magical girl esque girl-esque twist. Makes sense, since they both share the same director.
* SpoilerTitle: Subverted. [[spoiler:The title of the last episode of ''Strike Witches 2'' is “Beyond "Beyond the skies to eternity”, eternity", which heavily implies Mio is going to perform a [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifice]]. Yoshika saves her in the end.]]



** There was a bunch of new girls during the credits for group 504, plus the return of LT Takei and the clutzy Fuso messenger.

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** There was a bunch of new girls during the credits for group Group 504, plus the return of LT Takei and the clutzy Fuso messenger.
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* ''Luminous Witches'', a musical spin-off with personifications of famous war songstresses slated originally for 2021, but was postponed to July 2022.

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* ''Luminous Witches'', a musical spin-off animated by Creator/StudioSHAFT with personifications of famous war songstresses slated originally for 2021, but was postponed to July 2022.

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* DeathByOriginStory: After learning the truth about Ichiro Miyafuji's death, Yoshika ends up joining the 501st Joint Fighter Wing.

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** In Minna's backstory, [[spoiler:Kurt Flachfeld's death caused her to forbid male workers in the base from socializing with the witches]].



* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: During the defensive battle of Petersburg, [[TheNapoleon Kanno Naoe]], a witch of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing whose magic talent compresses and strengthens her shield, ''literally'' punched out a neuroi by using this ability to focus her shield around her fist.

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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: During the defensive battle of Petersburg, [[TheNapoleon Kanno Naoe]], Naoe Kanno]], a witch of the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing whose magic talent compresses and strengthens her shield, ''literally'' punched out a neuroi by using this ability to focus her shield around her fist.
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* DeathByOriginStory: Ichiro Miyafuji's death is Yoshika's first major step towards joining the 501st.

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* DeathByOriginStory: After learning the truth about Ichiro Miyafuji's death is Yoshika's first major step towards death, Yoshika ends up joining the 501st.501st Joint Fighter Wing.
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* DeathByOriginStory: Ichiro Miyafuji's death is Yoshika's first major step towards joining the 501st.
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* {{Narrator}}: Creator/HozumiGoda narrates the anime.

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* {{Narrator}}: Creator/HozumiGoda Creator/HozumiGouda narrates the anime.
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* PantyShot:
** All witches go without pants (or only with really tight pants/tights/etc. leading to constant panty shots. Except they're apparently not panties, so it isn't embarrassing. The technical explanation is their legs aren't actually inside the Striker Units they wear due to the space needed for the magical engine to operate; they're instead shunted to an alternate dimension of sorts, and this can't be done with anything that isn't skintight. As the witches have to be prepared to fly at a moment's notice, they go pants-less constantly.
** To add to the confusion, they call whatever they wear "zubon", which translates to "trousers".
** The style has even spread to the general female population, thanks to the idolization of witches. Some girls, like Yoshika, don't even know where it comes from but still follow it.
** At present, there is exactly one female known to wear pants: Adolfine Galland, the counterpart to real-world ace Adolf Galland, who was the only pilot to fly ''without'' pants.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The fiction's universe (including LightNovel, Manga, [[{{Anime}} Animation]] and [[{{Doujinshi}} Doujin]] works) consists of approximately [[http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Strike_Witch 101 Witches]].
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%%* {{Meganekko}}: Perrine.

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%% * WorldOfActionGirlsWorldOfActionGirls: The witches.



%% * WorthyOpponent: Marseille and Hartmann. [[spoiler:In the past, any competition would end in a draw.]]
%% * YuriGenre: In some cases the [[LesYay teasing between the girls]] appears to be fueled by genuine romantic feelings.

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%% * WorthyOpponent: Marseille and Hartmann. [[spoiler:In the past, any competition would end in a draw.]]
%% * WrenchWench: Charlotte E. Yeager. Before joining the witches she worked on motorcycles and airplanes, consequentially her striker unit is heavily modified. Even after joining the witches she spends her spare time in the machine shop and making further modifications to her striker unit.
* YuriGenre: In some cases the [[LesYay teasing between the girls]] appears to be fueled by genuine romantic feelings.
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** The manga centered around the African front has a story dedicated to the testing of a prototype Striker Unit that is the series' equivalent to the Tiger heavy tank. Its test pilot at one point asks the head mechanic how she's supposed to feel about risking her life constantly to defend humanity, eventually breaking down in tears from fear of dying. The mechanic is so saddened, both from that he was already asked the same question by another witch years before and still doesn't have a proper answer and that [[AdultFear young girls need to even consider such questions]], that when a Neuroi later attacks the testing grounds, he takes over the prototype himself and [[TakingYouWithMe self-destructs it near the Neuroi]] in an attempted HeroicSacrifice to protect the witches.

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** The manga centered around the African front has a story dedicated to the testing of a prototype Striker Unit that is the series' equivalent to the Tiger heavy tank. Its test pilot at one point asks the head mechanic how she's supposed to feel about risking her life constantly to defend humanity, eventually breaking down in tears from fear of dying. The mechanic is so saddened, both from that he was already asked the same question by another witch years before and still doesn't have a proper answer and that [[AdultFear [[ChildSoldiers young girls need to even consider such questions]], that when a Neuroi later attacks the testing grounds, he takes over the prototype himself and [[TakingYouWithMe self-destructs it near the Neuroi]] in an attempted HeroicSacrifice to protect the witches.
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* ''Luminous Witches'', a musical spin-off with personifications of famous war songstresses slated originally for 2021, but was postponed to 2022.

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* SweepingLaserExplosion: If Neuroi's lasers cut through something, they only explode after few seconds as oppose to blowing up instantly if directly hit with a laser blast. There are also few cases such as in the beginning of ''The Movie'' and later on in the Movie when [[spoiler:a Neuroi almost kills Yoshika]] where just grazing the ground will set off an explosion.
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[[WhereItAllBegan The one that started it all.]]

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[[WhereItAllBegan The one that started started]] [[Manga/WorldWitches it all.]]
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* ''Luminous Witches'', a musical spin-off with personifications of famous war songstresses slated for 2021.

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* FalseFlagOperation: In ''Noble Witches'', a noble extremist faction bombs the bases at Sedan and Dijon and take Jennifer DeBlanc so that her disappearance will make her look like the culprit, allowing them to blame the United States of Liberion and use it to undermine Liberion/Gallian relations.

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* FalseFlagOperation: In ''Noble Witches'', a noble extremist faction bombs the bases at Sedan and Dijon and take Jennifer DeBlanc [=DeBlanc=] hostage so that her disappearance will make her look like the culprit, allowing them to blame the United States of Liberion and use it to undermine Liberion/Gallian relations.
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* CrossCastRole: In ''Noble Witches'', the titular witches put on a [[InNameOnly very loose adaptation]] of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' for a group of orphans to help improve their image, with Wittgenstein playing Romeo and Keera playing Lord Montague.
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Originally a {{Shonen}} manga created by Fumikane Shimada, then a series of LightNovels, ''Strike Witches'' became an anime series animated by {{Creator/GONZO}} and directed by Kazuhiro Takamura, and was broadcast [[http://www.hulu.com/strike-witches between July and September 2008]]. A second season, also directed by Takamura, was [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/strikewitches released in July 2010]] by Creator/{{AIC}}, following GONZO's bankruptcy. Both seasons of ''Strike Witches'' contain [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12 episodes]], with the first half centred around the titular Witches' backstories and livelihoods, while the remainder of each season unlocking more secrets about the nature of the war between humanity and the enigmatic Neuroi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJXKTN5JXo A movie]] with an original story was released in March 2012. A new TV anime and an OVA were [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-13/strike-witches-gets-3rd-tv-anime-series-ova announced as having been greenlit in October 2013]]. It was later clarified that [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-14/strike-witches-new-tv-anime-ova-are-not-the-3rd-season neither are continuations of the existing story]]. The first episode of the new OVA, ''Strike Witches: [[FunWithAcronyms Operation Victory Arrow]]'', was released in December 2014, showing what happened to the various groups of witches between ''Strike Witches'' and ''The Movie''.

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Originally a {{Shonen}} manga created by Fumikane Shimada, then a series of LightNovels, ''Strike Witches'' became an anime series animated by {{Creator/GONZO}} and directed by Kazuhiro Takamura, and was broadcast [[http://www.hulu.com/strike-witches between July and September 2008]]. A second season, also directed by Takamura, was [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/strikewitches released in July 2010]] by Creator/{{AIC}}, following GONZO's bankruptcy. Both seasons of ''Strike Witches'' contain were directed by Kazuhiro Takamura and consist of [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12 episodes]], with the first half centred around the titular Witches' backstories and livelihoods, while the remainder of each season unlocking more secrets about the nature of the war between humanity and the enigmatic Neuroi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJXKTN5JXo A movie]] with an original story was released in March 2012. A new TV anime and an OVA were [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-13/strike-witches-gets-3rd-tv-anime-series-ova announced as having been greenlit in October 2013]]. It was later clarified that [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-14/strike-witches-new-tv-anime-ova-are-not-the-3rd-season neither are continuations of the existing story]]. The first episode of the new OVA, ''Strike Witches: [[FunWithAcronyms Operation Victory Arrow]]'', was released in December 2014, showing what happened to the various groups of witches between ''Strike Witches'' and ''The Movie''.
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Originally a {{Shonen}} manga created by Fumikane Shimada, then a series of LightNovels, ''Strike Witches'' became an anime series animated by {{Creator/GONZO}} and was broadcast [[http://www.hulu.com/strike-witches between July and September 2008]]. A second season was [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/strikewitches released in July 2010]] by Creator/{{AIC}}, following GONZO's bankruptcy. The first installment in the ''Manga/WorldWitches'' series, both seasons of ''Strike Witches'' contain [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12 episodes]], with the first half centred around the titular Witches' backstories and livelihoods, while the remainder of each season unlocking more secrets about the nature of the war between humanity and the enigmatic Neuroi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJXKTN5JXo A movie]] with an original story was released in March 2012. A new TV anime and an OVA were [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-13/strike-witches-gets-3rd-tv-anime-series-ova announced as having been greenlit in October 2013]]. It was later clarified that [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-14/strike-witches-new-tv-anime-ova-are-not-the-3rd-season neither are continuations of the existing story]]. The first episode of the new OVA, ''Strike Witches: [[FunWithAcronyms Operation Victory Arrow]]'', was released in December 2014, showing what happened to the various groups of witches between ''Strike Witches'' and ''The Movie''.

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Originally a {{Shonen}} manga created by Fumikane Shimada, then a series of LightNovels, ''Strike Witches'' became an anime series animated by {{Creator/GONZO}} and directed by Kazuhiro Takamura, and was broadcast [[http://www.hulu.com/strike-witches between July and September 2008]]. A second season season, also directed by Takamura, was [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/strikewitches released in July 2010]] by Creator/{{AIC}}, following GONZO's bankruptcy. The first installment in the ''Manga/WorldWitches'' series, both Both seasons of ''Strike Witches'' contain [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12 episodes]], with the first half centred around the titular Witches' backstories and livelihoods, while the remainder of each season unlocking more secrets about the nature of the war between humanity and the enigmatic Neuroi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJXKTN5JXo A movie]] with an original story was released in March 2012. A new TV anime and an OVA were [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-13/strike-witches-gets-3rd-tv-anime-series-ova announced as having been greenlit in October 2013]]. It was later clarified that [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-14/strike-witches-new-tv-anime-ova-are-not-the-3rd-season neither are continuations of the existing story]]. The first episode of the new OVA, ''Strike Witches: [[FunWithAcronyms Operation Victory Arrow]]'', was released in December 2014, showing what happened to the various groups of witches between ''Strike Witches'' and ''The Movie''.



The anime series is one component of the franchise officially referred to as ''World Witches'': additional materials includes eight light novels (covering the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Suomus Misfits Squadron]] and the African front of the war), four manga series, five official doujinshi (also covering the African front), four video games, and occasional short stories released on Humikane's Twitter feed which follow the adventures of the 502nd JFW. Most of the early material is available in Japanese only, though more recent doujinshi and light novels have been receiving international releases, and fan translations exist for several of the Twitter releases.

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The anime series is one component of the franchise officially referred to as ''World Witches'': additional first entry in the ''Manga/WorldWitches'' series. Additional materials includes eight light novels (covering the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Suomus Misfits Squadron]] and the African front of the war), four manga series, five official doujinshi (also covering the African front), four video games, and occasional short stories released on Humikane's Twitter feed which follow the adventures of the 502nd JFW. Most of the early material is available in Japanese only, though more recent doujinshi and light novels have been receiving international releases, and fan translations exist for several of the Twitter releases.
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Originally a {{Shonen}} manga created by Fumikane Shimada, then a series of LightNovels, ''Strike Witches'' became an anime series animated by {{Creator/GONZO}} and was broadcast [[http://www.hulu.com/strike-witches between July and September 2008]]. A second season was [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/strikewitches released in July 2010]] by Creator/{{AIC}}, following GONZO's bankruptcy. Both seasons contain [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12 episodes]], with the first half centred around the titular Witches' backstories and livelihoods, while the remainder of each season unlocking more secrets about the nature of the war between humanity and the enigmatic Neuroi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJXKTN5JXo A movie]] with an original story was released in March 2012. A new TV anime and an OVA were [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-13/strike-witches-gets-3rd-tv-anime-series-ova announced as having been greenlit in October 2013]]. It was later clarified that [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-14/strike-witches-new-tv-anime-ova-are-not-the-3rd-season neither are continuations of the existing story]]. The first episode of the new OVA, ''Strike Witches: [[FunWithAcronyms Operation Victory Arrow]]'', was released in December 2014, showing what happened to the various groups of witches between ''Strike Witches'' and ''The Movie''.

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Originally a {{Shonen}} manga created by Fumikane Shimada, then a series of LightNovels, ''Strike Witches'' became an anime series animated by {{Creator/GONZO}} and was broadcast [[http://www.hulu.com/strike-witches between July and September 2008]]. A second season was [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/strikewitches released in July 2010]] by Creator/{{AIC}}, following GONZO's bankruptcy. Both The first installment in the ''Manga/WorldWitches'' series, both seasons of ''Strike Witches'' contain [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12 episodes]], with the first half centred around the titular Witches' backstories and livelihoods, while the remainder of each season unlocking more secrets about the nature of the war between humanity and the enigmatic Neuroi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJXKTN5JXo A movie]] with an original story was released in March 2012. A new TV anime and an OVA were [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-13/strike-witches-gets-3rd-tv-anime-series-ova announced as having been greenlit in October 2013]]. It was later clarified that [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-14/strike-witches-new-tv-anime-ova-are-not-the-3rd-season neither are continuations of the existing story]]. The first episode of the new OVA, ''Strike Witches: [[FunWithAcronyms Operation Victory Arrow]]'', was released in December 2014, showing what happened to the various groups of witches between ''Strike Witches'' and ''The Movie''.
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