History Anime / Witchblade

* HotMom: Masane Amaha, [[spoiler: Reina Sohou]], Tozawa's boss/editor.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Tozawa jokingly calls Masane "Masamune"/Melony (see above) due to her large breasts.

** Also, Maria's normal outfit

* DepartmentOfChildDisservices: The Department of Welfare Services. Not only they are aggressive {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s, but apparently [[spoiler:is infiltrated and controlled by NSWF and serve only to further Father's agenda]], at least in Tokyo. They also catalyzed the entire plot.

[[caption-width-right:350:Masane's censored Japanese costume. The uncensored version shows significantly more [[{{Stripperiffic}} skin]].]]

* TragicMonster: Arguably all the X-Cons, but especially the mosquito-man. Also, Shiori.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Riko combines this skillset with the CheerfulChild appearance and personality, which charms the hell out of everyone around her.
** And most of the audience, too.

* EyesOfGold

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Blade users have extendable/retractable blades attached to their arms. Masane has one, while those with [[spoiler: upgraded Cloneblades]] have two. [[spoiler: Masane acquires another one after learning to increase her power using the Witchblade]]

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Riko, in contrast to AdultChild poster-woman Masane.

* AdultChild: Masane.

* BlushSticker: Masane gets the "[[BottleFairy blitzed]]" version. Riho gets the "cute little kid" version
* BottleFairy: Masane.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The Witchblade comics make it clear that while the Witchblade itself is classified as 'male' (exactly how this is possible isn't entirely explained) and usually chooses female bearers, there ''have'' been males who have been chosen as wielders. It also states that Excalibur was part of the Witchblade that it either gave up to a male user at one point or else it was forcibly taken by magic. In the anime, it is stated that men have never worn the thing and are flat out incapable of doing so. This is a small, but significant, deviation from Witchblade canon. Ironic, since the anime itself is apparently part of the official canon despite this minor gaffe.

** It's...''kinda'' pretty, in a [[NightmareFuel disturbing sort of way]].

* {{Nakama}}: Masane, Tozawa and the other lodgers at the restaurant.

** Whitish fluid. [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean That sorta looks like...]]

* OrgasmicCombat: Masane moans in combat mode. A lot. And that's not even counting the gratuitous use of words like "throbbing" and "[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean satisfied]]." And she's not half as bad as Shiori.

* SenseLossSadness: [[spoiler:Masane loses her sense of taste. Her reaction to this is short, but nonetheless powerful because of what follows after: [[TearJerker she would go on to have her last meal with her daughter, forcing herself to act as if nothing was wrong.]]]]

* {{Unfunny}}: Reiji.

* BoobsOfSteel: Nearly the entire female cast.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Stealing babies from hospitals is okay just as long as your very protective of it.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Stealing babies from hospitals is okay just as long as your very protective of it/

''Witchblade'' is an anime series based on the American comic book [[{{Witchblade}} of the same name]]. Rather than a retelling, it is a story set in the future with new characters. The series centers around Masane Amaha, who was found at ground zero of a catastrophe that destroyed Tokyo with an infant in her arms, a jewel on her wrist, and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia no memory of how she came to be there]].

* InferredSurvival: [[spoiler: Masane]]. Due to the fact the ending conflicts with {{Witchblade}} canon (yet is recognized as canon), it's possible that the [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]] could be reversed.

* SequelHook: Several, and [[WMG/WitchBlade large]] ones. It's quite surprising there's no sequel.

* AffablyEvil: Father is so polite and friendly that you'd almost forget that he has no trouble at all to subject lots of young women to potentially deadly treatments in order to achieve his goal.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: Any wielder of a Cloneblade. [[spoiler: And Masane herself.]]